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
The Economic Benefits of Trust and Low Crime
We discuss the role that trust and low crime play in our economy.
Dealing with Threatening Students
How should faculty deal with threatening students?
The Small-N Question
How should qualitative researchers deal with questions about small Ns?
Grad School is Mentally Unhealthy
We discuss a recent report on the prevalence of mental health problems among graduate school.
Failure to Meet Carbon-Cutting Goals
We discuss a UN report on countries’ failure to meet carbon emission-cutting goals.
Parental Separation
We discuss recent work on the dissolution of marriages and cohabitation unions among parents.
Scientist Claims to have Gene-Edited Babies
A Chinese scientist claims to have gene-edited babies.
Rich Adjunct, Poor Adjunct
Data suggests that there is considerable economic inequality among adjuncts.
