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August 18, 2022
Access, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Cultural Organizations
Insights from the Careers of Executive Opera Managers of Color in the US
Antonio C. Cuyler
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Dave O'Brien
Where are the success stories for people of color in opera? In Access, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cultural Organizations: Insights from the Careers of Executive Opera Managers of Color …
Sociology
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Latin American Studies
August 18, 2022
Undoing Multiculturalism
Resource Extraction and Indigenous Rights in Ecuador
Carmen Martínez Novo
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
President Rafael Correa (2007-2017) led the Ecuadoran Citizens’ Revolution that claimed to challenge the tenets of neoliberalism and the legacies of colonialism. The Correa administration promised to advance Indigenous and …
Sports
August 18, 2022
Soccer in Mind
A Thinking Fan's Guide to the Global Game
Andrew M. Guest
Hosted by
Keith Rathbone
Today we are joined by Andrew Guest, Professor of Psychology and Sociology at the University of Portland, where he also serves as Director of the Core Curriculum. He is also …
High Theory
August 16, 2022
Normalization
A Discussion with Gëzim Visoka and Nicolas Lemay
Gëzim Visoka and Nicolas Lemay
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
In this episode of High Theory, Gëzim Visoka and Nicolas Lemay-Hebert tell us about normalization in international relations. Their research applies Foucault’s social theories of the normal and abnormal to …
Southeast Asian Studies
August 15, 2022
Deliberative Democracy in Asia
Baogang He, Michael Breen, and James Fishkin
Hosted by
Nicole Curato
Southeast Asia is a region often associated with authoritarian resilience and democratic decline. In this podcast, Professor Baogang He examines the various ways in which Southeast Asian countries have institutionalised …
Political Science
August 15, 2022
Hijacking the Agenda
Economic Power and Political Influence
Christopher Witko, Jana Morgan, Nathan J. Kelly, and Peter K. Enns
Hosted by
Susan Liebell
How do competing interests shape public policy? Why are the economic interests and priorities of lower-, working-, and middle-class Americans often neglected while the interests and priorities of wealthier Americans …
Economics
August 12, 2022
Micro-Institutional Foundations of Capitalism
Roselyn Hsueh
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Peter Lorentzen
Roselyn Hsueh’s Micro-Institutional Foundations of Capitalism (Cambridge, 2022) presents a new framework for understanding how developing countries integrate into the global economy. Examining the labor-intensive textile sector and the capital-intensive …
Public Policy
August 12, 2022
Single Payer Healthcare Reform
Grassroots Mobilization and the Turn Against Establishment Politics in the Medicare for All Movement
Lindy S. F. Hern
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Gregory Soden
In Single Payer Healthcare Reform: Grassroots Mobilization and the Turn Against Establishment Politics in the Medicare for All Movement (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), Lindy Hern provides a comprehensive history of the grassroots Movement …
Gender Studies
August 11, 2022
Millennial Feminism at Work
Bridging Theory and Practice
Jane Juffer
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Iqra Shagufta Cheema
In Millennial Feminism at Work: Bridging Theory and Practice (Cornell UP, 2021), volume editor Jane Juffer brings together recently graduated students from across the US to reflect on the relevance of …
Genocide Studies
August 11, 2022
Sites of Genocide
Adam Jones
Hosted by
Kelly McFall
Adam Jones will be familiar to anyone interested in the field of genocide studies. He's published one of the leading textbooks in the field. He's been influential in drawing attention …
Sociology
August 11, 2022
Generally Speaking
An Invitation to Concept-Driven Sociology
Eviatar Zerubavel
Hosted by
Rituparna Patgiri
Defying the conventional split between “theory” and “methodology,” Eviatar Zerubavel's Generally Speaking: An Invitation to Concept-Driven Sociology (Oxford UP, 2020) introduces a yet unarticulated and thus far never systematised method of …
Mobilities and Methods
August 10, 2022
Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Social Media's Influence on Fashion, Ethics, and Property
Minh-Ha T. Pham
Hosted by
Lakshita Malik
In 2016, social media users in Thailand called out the Paris-based luxury fashion house Balenciaga for copying the popular Thai “rainbow bag,” using Balenciaga’s hashtags to circulate memes revealing the …
Genocide Studies
August 9, 2022
Ideology and Mass Killing
The Radicalized Security Politics of Genocides and Deadly Atrocities
Jonathan Leader Maynard
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
In research on 'mass killings' such as genocides and campaigns of state terror, the role of ideology is hotly debated. For some scholars, ideologies are crucial in providing the extremist …
General History
August 9, 2022
The Literacy Myth
Cultural Integration and Social Structure in the Nineteenth Century
Harvey J. Graff
Hosted by
Nathan Moore
Harvey Graff's pioneering study presents a new and original interpretation of the place of literacy in nineteenth-century society and culture. Based upon an intensive comparative historical analysis, employing both qualitative …
Interpretive Political and Social Science
August 9, 2022
Mobilizing in Uncertainty
Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia
Anastasia Shesterinina
Hosted by
Nick Cheesman
Anastasia Shesterinina begins Mobilizing in Uncertainty: Collective Identities and War in Abkhazia (Cornell University Press, 2021) with an account of Georgian troops crossing into eastern Abkhazia, in the Southern Caucasus …
Critical Theory
August 8, 2022
The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice
Nasar Meer
Hosted by
Dave O'Brien
Why are societies still not offering racial equality? In The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice (Policy Press, 2022), Nasar Meer, a professor of Race, Identity and Citizenship in the School of …
On Religion
August 8, 2022
On Online Churches
A Discussion with Tim Hutchings
Tim Hutchings
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Dr. Tim Hutchings is a sociologist of digital religion. His Ph.D. (Durham University, 2010) was an ethnographic study of five online Christian churches. Dr. Hutchings is interested in the relationship …
Darts & Letters
August 8, 2022
January 6th and the Myth of the Mob
The Pervasive Power of Crowd Theory
Hosted by
Gordon Katic
This week, we’re showcasing some of our favourite past episodes of Darts and Letters themed around “Activism & Academia”. Today’s episode originally aired a little earlier this summer. In the …
Anthropology
August 5, 2022
Sextarianism
Sovereignty, Secularism, and the State in Lebanon
Maya Mikdashi
Hosted by
Alize Arıcan
The Lebanese state is structured through religious freedom and secular power sharing across sectarian groups. Every sect has specific laws that govern kinship matters like marriage or inheritance. Together with …
Economics
August 4, 2022
The Effect
An Introduction to Research Design and Causality
Nick Huntington-Klein
Hosted by
Peter Lorentzen
The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality (Routledge, 2021) is about methods for using observational data to make causal inferences. It provides an extensive discussion of causality and …
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