In this special episode of The Annex, we introduce the pilot episode of a new podcasting project, The B-Side, hosted by Leslie Hinkson and Corey Fields of Georgetown. The B-Side is a show that discusses big ideas from the world of black thought on culture, politics, and much more. Leslie R. Hinkson is Assistant […]
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This week, we talk with Yasemin Besen-Cassino from Montclair State University about gender and early work experiences. Yasemin is the author of a new book: The Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap from Temple University Press. We also discuss partisanship and the study of […]
Also, we discuss Prince Harry’s engagement to Meghan Markle, charges of data falsification in France, and the case of Brooke Harrington and academic freedom in Denmark.
In this completely dispensable, all-banter episode, we discuss the possibility of long-term societal changes stemming from recent sexual harassment allegations (3:00), the dynamics governing the fates of identity-based social movements (15:10), weird GSS questions (32:00), bad research incentives (37:10), Gabriel gives his take on Sam Quinones’ Dreamland (39:20), and fear of […]
We interview John Eason from Texas A&M, and author of Big House on the Prairie: Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation (University of Chicago Press) . We also discuss representation at ESS plenary sessions (0:50) and class inequality (19:25).
This week, we talk to David Peterson from Northwestern University (31:22). David is a sociologist of knowledge and science, and his research compares the scientific practices of natural and social scientists. He authored a 2015 American Sociological Review article, “All that is Solid: Bench-Building at the Frontiers of Two Experimental Sciences” Also, […]
We discuss China's Uyghurs, the casting of Uyghurs as whites in Chinese culture, and the Uyghurs' heritage.
This week, we speak to Georgetown sociologist Corey Fields, author of Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans (2016, University of California Press). Also, Twitter’s experiment with 280 character Tweets, China’s crackdown on Uighurs, post-Christianity in Europe, and Chris Hayes’ A Colony and a Nation.
