As a disciplinary service and public sociology project, I run the Sociocast Project, which produces academic sociology podcasts and develops resources to promote podcasting in our discipline. As of Spring 2019, our catalog received an average of rouhgly 500 daily listens.
Our flagship show is The Annex, co-hosted by me and two grad school friends working at UCLA and Georgetown. It is a lighthearted banter and interview show about academic sociology. The show is available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, and Radio Free Public.
Podcast Episodes
Distress in Small Town America
We interview Robert Wuthnow about his new book on small town America.
Census Questions on Citizenship
We discuss plans to add a citizenship question to the Census.
On Amy Wax’s Comments about Black Students
A Penn law professor comments that black students perform poorly. What are we to make of it?
Human Work in an Automated Future
We discuss how humans can retain relevance in a fast-automating future.
The Cambridge Analytics Scandal
We discuss the Cambridge Analytics scandal, in which a company stole Facebook user data to advance the Republican 2016 campaign.
The Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting Program
A discussion of political cartoons in the SSS 2018 Annual Meeting program.
Nat Geo Takes on Race
National Geographic has a special issue on race that’s getting a lot of groans.
Robert Samuel and David Brady Argue about Poverty
We discuss a recent argument between the Washington Post’s Robert Samuel and sociologist David Brady.
The Comedy Business
Pat Reilly discusses his research on the career trajectories and early career challenges of comedians.
