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NBN Episodes hosted by Krystina:

Sociology July 23, 2020

Crunch Time

How Married Couples Confront Unemployment

Aliya Hamid Rao

Hosted by Krystina Millar
In Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment (University of California Press, 2020), Aliya Hamid Rao gets up close and personal with college-educated, unemployed men, women, and spouses to explain …
Sociology June 16, 2020

Where the Millennials Will Take Us

A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure

Barbara J. Risman

Hosted by Krystina Millar
In Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure (Oxford University Press 2018), Barbara J. Risman uses her gender structure theory to tackle the …
Sociology May 26, 2020

Sociology as Analysis of the Unintended

From the Problem of Ignorance to the Discovery of the Possible

Adriana Mica

Hosted by Krystina Millar
Sociology of unintended consequences is commonly depicted as a framework for understanding the outcomes that run counter to the initial intentions of social actors because of factors such as ignorance …
Sports May 7, 2020

Whose Game?

Gender and Power in Fantasy Sports

Rebecca J. Kissane and Sarah Winslow

Hosted by Krystina Millar
Fantasy sports have the opportunity to provide a sporting community in which gendered physical presence plays no role—a space where men and women can compete and interact on a level …
Sociology May 4, 2020

Transforming Prejudice

Identity, Fear, and Transgender Rights

M. R. Michelson and B. F. Harrison

Hosted by Krystina Millar
Since the mid-1990s, there has been a seismic shift in attitudes toward gay and lesbian people, with a majority of Americans now supporting same-sex marriage and relations between same-sex, consenting …
Sociology April 29, 2020

The Right Amount of Panic

How Women Trade Freedom for Safety

Fiona Vera-Gray

Hosted by Krystina Millar
Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by …
Sociology April 22, 2020

Fear Itself

The Causes and Consequences of Fear in America

Christopher D. Bader

Hosted by Krystina Millar
From moral panics about immigration and gun control to anxiety about terrorism and natural disasters, Americans live in a culture of fear. While fear is typically discussed in emotional or …
Sociology April 20, 2020

Forgetting Items

The Social Experience of Alzheimer’s Disease

Baptiste Brossard

Hosted by Krystina Millar
Alzheimer's disease has not only profound medical consequences for the individual experiencing it but a life-changing impact on those around them. From the moment a person is suspected to be …
Sociology April 13, 2020

Men in Place

Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America

Miriam J. Abelson

Hosted by Krystina Millar
American masculinity is being critiqued, questioned, and reinterpreted for a new era. In Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America (University of Minnesota Press, 2019), Miriam J …
Sociology April 6, 2020

Sexual Citizens

A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus

J. S. Hirsch and S. Khan

Hosted by Krystina Millar
The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three …
Sociology April 3, 2020

On the Heels of Ignorance

Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing

Owen Whooley

Hosted by Krystina Millar
Psychiatry has always aimed to peer deep into the human mind, daring to cast light on its darkest corners and untangle its thorniest knots, often invoking the latest medical science …
Sociology March 30, 2020

Why Do We Hurt Ourselves?

Understanding Self-Harm in Social Life

Baptiste Brossard

Hosted by Krystina Millar
Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves? What are the reasons certain people resort to self-injury as a way to manage their daily …
Sociology March 27, 2020

What is Digital Sociology?

Neil Selwyn

Hosted by Krystina Millar
The rise of digital technology is transforming the world in which we live. Our digitalized societies demand new ways of thinking about the social, and this short book introduces readers …
Sociology March 24, 2020

Coerced

Work Under Threat of Punishment

Erin Hatton

Hosted by Krystina Millar
What do prisoner laborers, graduate students, welfare workers, and college athletes have in common? According to sociologist Erin Hatton, they are all part of a growing workforce of coerced laborers …
Sociology March 13, 2020

Bandage, Sort, and Hustle

Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering

Josh Seim

Hosted by Krystina Millar
What is the role of the ambulance in the American city? The prevailing narrative provides a rather simple answer: saving and transporting the critically ill and injured. This is not …
Food March 6, 2020

The Labor of Lunch

Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools

Jennifer E. Gaddis

Hosted by Krystina Millar
There’s a problem with school lunch in America. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation’s school cooks by supplying cafeterias with cheap, precooked hamburger patties and chicken nuggets chock-full …
Sociology March 2, 2020

Deviance Management

Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and Drifters

Joseph O. Baker

Hosted by Krystina Millar
Christopher D. Bader and Joseph O. Baker's book Deviance Management: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and Drifters (University of California Press, 2019) examines how individuals and subcultures manage the stigma of being …