The Annex Sociology Podcast

The Annex Sociology Podcast is a podcast that features and speaks to academic sociologists. Our episodes feature discussions with leading academic sociologists from across the world on the more niche topics that draw interest within our occupation, like current research, disciplinary politics, teaching, advisement, grantmaking, writing and publishing, or higher education administration.
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Recent Podcast Episodes

The Inner World of Political Campaigns (Laurison)
February 21, 2023
A discussion about the elite world of political campaigns with Daniel Laurison (Swarthmore)
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Science When the Money Runs Out (Reinecke)
February 14, 2023
We explore the relationship between science and money by asking what happens when the money runs out. Guest David Reinecke (Princeton).
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Classical Sociology (Lizardo & Abrutyn)
February 1, 2023
Seth Aburtyn (UBC) and Omar Lizardo (UCLA) discuss classical sociology and their Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory.
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How Americans Misunderstand China's Political System (Chua & Lei)
January 28, 2023
What do we really know about China's political system and civil society? We discuss with two experts.
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Racism and Racial Humor (Raul Perez)
December 15, 2022
We discuss racism, racial humor, and Raul Perez's new book, The Souls of Black Jokes. Guests Raul Perez, Ann Morning, and Victor Ray
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Annex Live on YouTube
This fall, The Annex Sociology Podcast will experiment with live stream roundtables on YouTube. We will talk about disciplinary news, new research, recent currents in sociology, and real world applications of our scholarship. Catch us on YouTube Live on selected Tuesdays, starting November 15. Click here for a post describing the series. This is a collaboration with Contexts.
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- Shattered Dreams: Paternal Incarceration, Youth Expectations, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage
- Why Net Worth Misrepresents Wealth Effects and What to Do About It
- High-Dimensional Imputation for the Social Sciences: A Comparison of State-of-The-Art Methods
- Inequality Below the Poverty Line since 1967: The Role of the U.S. Welfare State
- Polyoccupationalism: Expertise Stretch and Status Stretch in the Postindustrial Era
- “Was It Me or Was It Gender Discrimination?” How Women Respond to Ambiguous Incidents at Work
- Dorothy Smith’s Sociology for People: Theory for Discovery
- Resilience and Stress in Romantic Relationships in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Dorothy Smith’s Legacy of Social Theorizing: Introduction
- The Particular and the Provincial: Thinking with Dorothy Smith’s Phenomenology
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- Annex Live Premiere with Episode on Sociology of Science November 1, 2022
- Proposal: Annex on YouTube Live September 19, 2022
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