Taste, with Irmak Karademir Hazir
What makes “good” taste? Who decides? And what’s it got to do with inequality? Sociologist Irmak Karademir Hazir grew up watching women in her parents’ clothing boutique. She explains how her fascinat...
24 Mar 202348min
Listening, with Les Back
What does it mean to really listen in a society obsessed with spectacle? What’s hidden when powerful people claim to “hear” or “give voice” to others? And what’s at stake if we think that using fancy ...
20 Jan 202345min
Natives, with Nandita Sharma
In this supposedly “post-colonial” age, the idea of the native continues to be distorted and deployed, whether in Narendra Modi’s India or calls for “British jobs for British workers”. How and why has...
23 Des 202247min
Emotion, with Billy Holzberg
Emojis! Feminism! Rage! Sociologist Billy Holzberg joins us to talk about emotion. Why is it dismissed as an obstacle to progress and clear thinking – and to whose benefit? How can we let anger into p...
18 Nov 202246min
Cities, with Romit Chowdhury
Lonely? Mean? Hostile? Cities get a bad rap. But why? Romit Chowdhury has lived in cities worldwide; from Kolkata to Rotterdam. He tells Alexis and Rosie about the wonder of urban “enchantment” found ...
21 Okt 202245min
Bodies, with Charlotte Bates
We each have a body, but every body’s story is unique. In this intimate conversation, sociologist Charlotte Bates tells Alexis and Rosie why studying bodies – and how we talk about them – matters in a...
23 Sep 202240min
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EDUCATORS! STUDENTS! LISTENERS! We want to hear from you ... We’re taking a short summer break, and will be back in September ready and refreshed for the new term, and with a new episode for you! So...
26 Aug 20222min
Security, with Daria Krivonos
Too often, talk about security seems to belong to politicians and psychologists; to discussions about terrorism and defence, individual anxiety and insecurity. But how do sociologists think about it? ...
22 Jul 202242min
