Reconsidering the Achievement Gap: An Interview with Monica Ellwood-Lowe
Monica Ellwood-Lowe is a PhD candidate in the UC Berkeley Department of Psychology whose research focuses on differences between outcomes for students of different socioeconomic status, as well as the...
11 Okt 202231min
Shifting Inequality and Mass Incarceration
On this episode of the Matrix Podcast, Julia Sizek spoke with two scholars whose work focuses on explaining how mass incarceration has changed over the last 30 years. Alex Roehrkasse is an Assistant P...
30 Sep 202236min
Economic Benefits of Higher Education: Maximilian Müller and Zach Bleemer
Why do people choose to go to college (or not)? What impact do race-based or financial aid policies have on higher education and the broader economy? In this episode of the Matrix Podcast, Julia Sizek...
12 Sep 202241min
A Changing Landscape for Farmers in India: An Interview with Tanya Matthan and Aarti Sethi
In countries around the world, the "Green Revolution" has changed the scale and economy of growing crops, as pesticides, fertilizers, and new kinds of hybrid seeds have transformed the agricultural pr...
31 Aug 202239min
Institutionalizing Child Welfare: An Interview with Matty Lichtenstein
How do American child welfare and obstetric healthcare converge? Matty Lichtenstein, a recent PhD from Berkeley's Sociology Department, studies how state and professional organizations shape social an...
10 Aug 20221h 1min
Race, Gender, and Political Speech: An Interview with Gabriella Licata
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was insulted on the Capitol steps in July 2020, it was a brief media sensation. But what does being called an "effing bitch" mean for how we think about political speech?...
1 Aug 202253min
Listening to Rwandan Popular Music with Victoria Netanus Grubbs
This episode features an interview with Victoria Netanus Grubbs, Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellow with the Black Studies Collaboratory. Grubbs is a black feminist abolitionist educator committed to de...
10 Apr 202239min
What happened to the week? Interview with David Henkin
In this episode of the Matrix Podcast, Julia Sizek interviews David M. Henkin, the Margaret Byrne Professor of History at UC Berkeley, about his new book, The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms ...
30 Mar 202239min
