Annex Sociology Podcast

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Food Deserts (Ken Kolb) Apr 18, 2022

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In this episode, we discuss unequal access to healthy food, activitism, and public policy with Ken Kolb (Furman University). Ken is the author of Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food Desert Debate (University of California Press).

Media Framings of the War on Drugs (Rosino) Apr 04, 2022

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In today's episode of the Annex, Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian) sits down with Michael Rosino (Molloy College) to discuss media framing and the War on Drugs. Michael is the author of Debating the Drug War: Race, Politics, and the Media (Routledge, 2021).

Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracy Entrepreneurs (Hyzen & Van den Bulck) Mar 14, 2022

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Today's episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast features a discussion about conspiracy theories and conspiracy entrepreneurs with Aaron Hyzen (University of Antwerp) and Hilde Van den Bulck (Drexel University). They recently published "Conspiracies, Ideological Entrepreneurs, and Digital Popular Culture" in Media and Communications.

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Posting Ivermectin Research to SocArXiv (Cohen & Pardo-Guerra) Mar 07, 2022

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In this episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, we discuss a recent controversy surrounding SocArXiv's takedown of a working paper on the effectiveness of Ivermectin in treating COVID. We speak with SocArXiv Director Philip Cohen (University of Maryland) and JP Pardo-Guerra (University of California, San Diego), who raised concerns about the paper on Twitter.

Eric Fromm (Neil McLaughlin) Feb 21, 2022

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It is classic theorists week on The Annex Sociology Podcast, as we discuss Eric Fromm with Neil McLaughlin (McMaster). Neil recently published Eric Fromm and Global Public Sociology (2021, Bristol University Press).

Antivaccine Movements (Carpiano and Reich) Feb 14, 2022

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In today's episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, we discuss the antivaccine movement with two outstanding experts on the topic. Jennifer A. Reich (University of Colorado, Denver) is the author of Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines (2016, NYU). Richard Carpiano (University of California, Riverside) is a Professor of Public Policy with a long research record on anti-vaccine movements.

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Overdoing Democracy (Talisse) Feb 07, 2022

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In this episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian) and three students (Gracyn McGathy, Meghan Moten, and Alexis Pereira) sit down with Vanderbilt philosopher Robert Talisse to discuss politics how politics is coming to dominate our lives, and what to do about it. Dr Talisse recently published Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in Its Place (Oxford)

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Creativity (Hannah Wohl) Jan 31, 2022

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The Annex is back for its tenth semester. In this episode, we meet with Hannah Wohl (University of California, Santa Barbara) to discuss her book on creativity and cultural production, Bound by Creativity: How Contemporary Art is Judged (University of Chicago Press).

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Gendered Structural Racism (Whitney Pirtle) Dec 20, 2021

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In today’s Annex, we meet Whitney Pirtle (University of California, Merced) to discuss gendered racism (in general and during COVID) in academia and beyond, racial formation in South Africa, and more. Dr Pirtle directs the Center for Health and Equity Lab, and has authored a range of research on the sociology of gender and race. She recently co-edited Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis with Routledge.

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Training Doctors (Kelly Underman) Dec 13, 2021

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Today, The Annex sits down with Kelly Underman (Drexel), the author of Feeling Medicine: How the Pelvic Exam Shapes Medical Training (NYU Press). Her work examines the process of training doctors, and how this training process shapes the field of medicine and our health. We discuss the social forces shaping medical training and associated topics.

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