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Indian Religions April 22, 2021

The Science of Satyug

Class, Charisma, and Vedic Revivalism in the All World Gayatri Pariwar

Daniel Heifetz

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
The first in-depth study of the All World Gayatri Pariwar, a modern Indian religious movement. The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern religious movement that enjoys wide popularity in …

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Sociology April 21, 2021

What We Mean by the American Dream

Stories We Tell about Meritocracy

Doron Taussig

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Doron Taussig invites us to question the American Dream. Did you earn what you have? Did everyone else? The American Dream is built on the idea that Americans end up …
Gender and Sexuality April 21, 2021

Sadomasochism and the BDSM Community in the United States

Kinky People Unite

Stephen K. Stein

Hosted by Isabel Machado
Sadomasochism and the BDSM Community in the United States: Kinky People Unite (Routledge, 2021) chronicles the development of sadomasochistic sexuality and its communities in the United States from the post-war period …
Literary Studies April 19, 2021

Touch

Recovering Our Most Vital Sense

Richard Kearney

Hosted by Britton Edelen
In this episode, I interview Richard Kearney, professor of philosophy at Boston College, about his most recent book, Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital Sense, out through Columbia University Press. The …
Economics April 19, 2021

The Human Network

How Your Social Position Determines Your Power, Beliefs, and Behaviors

Matthew O. Jackson

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Social networks existed and shaped our lives long before Silicon Valley startups made them virtual. For over two decades economist Matthew O. Jackson, a professor at Stanford University, has studied how …
Jewish Studies April 19, 2021

Beyond the Synagogue

Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice

Rachel B. Gross

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
In 2007, the Museum at Eldridge Street opened at the site of a restored nineteenth-century synagogue originally built by some of the first Eastern European Jewish immigrants in New York …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel April 16, 2021

The End of Love

A Sociology of Negative Relations

Eva Illouz

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us; the feverish waiting …
Sex Work, Sexualities and Sex April 16, 2021

The Routledge Handbook of Male Sex Work, Culture, and Society

John Geoffrey Scott and Christian Grov

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Panoramic and provocative in its scope, John Geoffrey Scott and Christian Grov's The Routledge Handbook of Male Sex Work, Culture, and Society (Routledge, 2021) is the definitive guide to contemporary issues …
Latino Studies April 16, 2021

Abstract Barrios

The Crises of Latinx Visibility in Cities

Johana Londoño

Hosted by Jonathan Cortez
The rapid gentrification of Black and brown neighborhoods in urban areas by predominantly upper-class white and other white-adjacent peoples is largely facilitated by urban redevelopment and revitalization projects. These projects …
Economics April 15, 2021

Everybody Lies

Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Economist, data journalist, and best-selling author Seth Stephens-Davidowitz uses data from the internet to gain new insights into the human psyche. In his new book Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast April 15, 2021

Can We Fix Social Media?

A Discussion with Christopher A. Bail

Christopher A. Bail

Hosted by Marshall Poe
In an era of increasing social isolation, platforms like Facebook and Twitter are among the most important tools we have to understand each other. We use social media as a …
In Conversation: An OUP Podcast April 15, 2021

The Hidden History of Coined Words

Ralph Keyes

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Successful word-coinages--those that stay in currency for a good long time--tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely when and where they were first minted …
Gender and Sexuality April 15, 2021

Make Your Move

The New Science of Dating and Why Women Are in Charge

Jon Birger

Hosted by Elizabeth Cronin
Apps have transformed dating from a mysterious adventure into a daily chore. Young, single, college-educated women are sick and tired of competing for a shrinking supply of guys. And marriage-material …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery April 14, 2021

Chemical Youth

Navigating Uncertainty in Search of the Good Life

Anita Hardon

Hosted by Geert Slabbekoorn
Anita Hardon's Chemical Youth: Navigating Uncertainty in Search of the Good Life (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020) explores how young people engage with chemical substances in their everyday lives. It builds upon and …
Anthropology April 13, 2021

Waiting Town

Life in Transit and Mumbai's Other World-Class Histories

Lisa Björkman

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
Drawing on a decade of ethnographic research in the Indian city of Mumbai, Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai's Other World-Class Histories (Association for Asian Studies, 2020) is an …
American West April 9, 2021

Rodeo as Refuge, Rodeo as Rebellion

Gender, Race, and Identity in the American Rodeo

Elyssa Ford

Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Imagine a rodeo rider atop a bucking bronco, hat in hand, straining to remain astride. Is the rider in your mind's eye white? Is the person male? Popular imaginings and high …
Politics & Society April 9, 2021

Debating the Drug War

Race, Politics, and Media in the War on Drugs Debate

Michael Rosino

Hosted by Rachel Stuart
Since President Nixon coined the phrase, the "War on Drugs" has presented an important change in how people view and discuss criminal justice practices and drug laws. The term evokes …
Ethnographic Marginalia April 8, 2021

New Ethnographies of the Global South

In Conversation with Victoria Reyes and Marco Garrido

Victoria Reyes and Marco Garrido

Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
How can Sociology be nudged away from its traditional parochialism to embrace empirical work that focuses on the global south? Marco Garrido (assistant professor of sociology at the University of …
History April 7, 2021

State Formation and Shared Sovereignty

The Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, 1488–1690

Christopher W. Close

Hosted by Jana Byars
Today on the New Books in History, a channel on the New Books Network, we’re here today with Christopher Close, Associate Professor of History at St. Joseph’s University in the …
Gender and Sexuality April 7, 2021

The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm

Intimate Citizenship Regimes in a Changing Europe

Sasha Roseneil and Isabel Crowhurst

Hosted by Jana Byars
Sasha Roseneil, Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science at the Institute of Advanced Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Social and Historical Studies at University College London joins today to …