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The Annex sociology podcast, chopped up into segments. For more, visit www.sociocast.org/annex

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    • May 17, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 43m AVG DURATION
    • 37 EPISODES


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    Christian Nationalism (Perry & Perrin)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 55:02


    A look at Christian nationalism

    A More Radical Sociology (Michelle Jackson)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 58:36


    A discussion about radicalism in sociology

    The Stock Market (Ivy Huang)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 36:21


    The QC Pod's Hanme Cho interviews QC Accounting's Ivy Huang about the stock market.

    David & Xavier Talk NBA

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 24:54


    David Middleton and Xavier George talk NBA

    Police & Race (Roscigno, Prieto-Hodge & Ture)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 67:10


    The complicated relationship between the police and America's African-American community.

    Danger and Police Culture (Sierra-Arevalo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 46:01


    We discuss the concept of danger in police culture with Michael Sierra-Arevalo.

    Applied Sociology (Karen Albright)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 29:26


    It has been a very tough decade for the sociology job market, and faculty jobs are getting tougher to land. At the same time, doctoral students often feel discouraged from pursuing a career outside of the academy. One viable response may be to reconsider old attitudes about a career in applied sociology. In this episode, […]

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    Cults (2 of 2) (Craig Rawlings)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 39:17


    Part two of our two-part series on the sociology of cults.

    Cults (Part 1 of 2) (Rick Moore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 21:58


    Understanding cults, Part 1 of 2

    Queens College’s Counseling Services

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 50:34


    We meet Counseling Center Director Barbara Moore to discuss counseling services available to QC students.

    Loneliness (Margolis & Torres)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 47:37


    A look at loneliness from a social science and sociological perspective.

    QC Analytics Wins at UN Hackathon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 10:17


    QC Analytics wins at a global hackathon! We meet the winning team to learn about analytics, hackathons, and more.

    Ann Powers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 70:18


    NPR music critic Ann Powers sits down with Jason Tougaw.

    Rating British Departments

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 37:35


    How the British system of rating departments influences scholarship.

    Political Rage and the Media

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 53:12


    The Knight News' Samantha Galvez-Montiel interviews Media Studies' Benjamin Strassfield about America's increasingly fraught political culture.

    CUNY, Cutbacks, and Threats to Social Mobility

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 68:08


    We talk with Urban Studies professor Natalie Vena and pre-dentistry student Tiara Miller about CUNY’s social justice mission, what it has made possible in their own lives, chronic underfunding, and the future of this powerful institution of social mobility. Host Jason Tougaw.

    Populism in 19th Century America (Adam Slez)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 48:28


    Adam Slez (Virginia) discusses political populism in the 19th century American West.

    Learning about COVID19 with John Dennehy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 18:41


    We talk about COVID19 with QC virologist John Dennehy.

    Life as a New York Journalist with Amir Khafagy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 45:23


     In this episode of the QC Pod, we meet Amir Khafagy, freelance journalist and QC graduate with a B.A. and M.A. in Urban Studies from Queens College. Khafagy’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, including Vice, Bloomberg, and City Limits. He’s the recipient of The New Economics Reporting Fellowship and the Asian American Writers Workshop […]

    George Herbert Mead (Daniel Huebner)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 55:24


    The back story on George Herbert Mean, with Daniel Huebner.

    Campus Labor Relations

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 55:07


    In this episode of the QC Pod, we meet two campus labor leaders to discuss the current state of labor relations between campus faculty and executives. Jane Guskin is an adjunct in the Urban Studies department at Queens College, a PSC delegate, and co-founder of QC Adjuncts Unite. David Gerwin is a faculty member in the department […]

    New Digital Inequalities (Matt Rafalow)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 48:20


    How do inequalities in access to digital technologies persist after everyone gets an iPad and access to a hotspot?

    Inside Weill Cornell’s COVID-19 Testing Lab

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 40:36


    Ever wondered what happens to the sample after that swab invades your nasal passages? On this week’s episode of the QC Pod, we meet Kathy Fauntleroy, Microbiology Laboratory Supervisor at New York Presbyterian Hospital by day–and MFA in Creative Nonfiction student by night. In addition to being at the forefront of the fight against COVID19, […]

    Labor Organization in Academia (Aptekar, Fu, and Mason)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 48:01


    Labor organization and labor issues in academia

    Doomsday Preppers in New York City

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 53:30


    We meet Prof Anna Bounds (Sociology) to discuss her research on doomsday survival preppers.

    Inequality in the Restaurant Industry (Eli Wilson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 54:41


    We discuss Eli Wilson's research on inequality in the restaurant industry.

    Applying to Graduate School

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 10:35


    Advice for Queens College students who want to move on to graduate school.

    Being a New York EMT During COVID

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 38:45


    What was it like to be an EMT during the COVID19 wave? Jason Tougaw asks QC alumni Timothy So.

    Urban Doomsday Preppers (Anna Bounds)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 53:08


    We talk about urban doomsday preppers with Anna Bounds (CUNY Queens College)

    QC Poet Ariel Francisco

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 34:03


    We meet poet and QC grad student Ariel Francisco.

    The Sociology of Food (Bowen, Gaddis & Young)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 48:50


    Today, we learn about the sociology of food with Sarah Bowen, Jennifer Gaddis, and Kara Young.

    Politicizing the Census (Rob Santos)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 73:04


    We talk about the politicization of the Census with Rob Santos, incoming President of the American Statistical Association

    Succeeding in Online Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 32:03


    How can students succeed when school is online?

    The Women of Generation X

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 11:09


    We discuss the women of Gen X with Prof. Robin Rogers (Sociology).

    The Challenge of Chairing (Wynn, Besen-Cassino and Weeden)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 46:01


    Jonathan Wynn leads a discussion of the challenges facing sociology chairs.

    Teaching During COVID

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 21:55


    Eva Fernandez and Michelle Fraboni on best online teaching practices while Queens College is online.

    Inequality Among Doctors (Tania Jenkins)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 52:01


    We discuss occupational equality in the medical profession with Tania Jenkins (UNC-Chapel Hill)

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