The Sociology Improv: Part II
Listen now
Description
[1]Podcasting and procrastination, nuclear power and scientific knowledge, the problem with high schools, and the situation in Libya. Links: New Books Network [2] New Books in Sociology [3] Tom on global warming [4] George Monbiot on nuclear power [5] Glenn Greenwald on Libya [6] Benjamin Barber on Saif al-Qaddafi [7] 23! Jump! [8] [1] https://thesocietypages.org/improv/files/2011/03/album-art-ep23.png [2] http://newbooksnetwork.com [3] http://newbooksinsociology.com [4] https://thesocietypages.org/improv/2011/03/13/the-weak-board-of-weakness/#comment-134 [5] http://www.monbiot.com/2011/03/21/going-critical/ [6] http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/03/22/libya/index.html [7] http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/03/07/understanding_libyas_michael_corleone?page=full [8] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/socimprov23.mp3
More Episodes
[1]This week we talk about the sociology and economics of academic journal publishing, the Elsevier boycott [2], and whether the journal system as we know it is necessary anymore. Our decision: everybody can just podcast everything from now on. Starting with…. Episode Number 37 [3] [1]...
Published 06/14/12
Published 06/14/12
[1]This episode we start with a discussion of violent protests prompted by a question from a listener (Which is great! Send more!). We then talk about Twitter, hashtags, Gmail, and passwords before moving on to a discussion about education and universal preschool. Links from this...
Published 05/15/12