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Tanja Petrović
Linguist and anthropologist
Duke University Press
Episode: Tanja Petrovic, "Utopia of the Uniform: Affective Afterlives of the Yugoslav People's Army" (Duke UP, 2024)
Joel Best
Professor Emeritus and Frances Allison Award winner in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware
University of Delaware
Episode: Joel Best, "Just the Facts: Untangling Contradictory Claims" (U California Press, 2025)
Dr. Shakirah Hudani
An urban studies and planning scholar focusing on African cities
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Episode: Shakirah E. Hudani, "Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Dr. Dom Davies
Reader in English at City St. George's University of London
City St. George's University
Episode: Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind, "Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics" (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2025)
Dr. Candida Rifkind
Professor of English at the University of Winnipeg
University of Winnipeg
Episode: Dominic Davies and Candida Rifkind, "Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics" (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2025)
Dr. Katherine Eva Maich
Assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M University and author of the book.
Texas A&M University
Episode: Katherine Eva Maich, "Bringing Law Home: Gender, Race, and Household Labor Rights" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Professor Kevin Passmore
A historian of fascism and the French right.
Yale University Press
Episode: Kevin Passmore, "The Maginot Line: A New History of the Fall of France" (Yale UP, 2025)
Dr. Chelsi West Ohueri
Author of "Encountering Race in Albania: An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife"
Cornell University Press
Episode: Chelsi West Ohueri, "Encountering Race in Albania: An Ethnography of the Communist Afterlife" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Dr. May Friedman
Professor of social work and author focused on fat studies and its intersectionality
Toronto Metropolitan University
Episode: May Friedman, "Fat Studies: The Basics" (Routledge, 2025)

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  • Interesting topics and guests

    I love all the NBN podcasts, they are so interesting and informative. However sometimes the audio from the guests is hard to hear/understand... but everything else about these podcasts is great. So happy I found them!

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    HanaBones
    United States6 years ago
  • Informative, Fascinating, and Oh So Social!

    All of the amazing NBn hosts, along with their fascinating guests, do a phenomenal job at providing an in-depth look into the latest Sociology publications without giving away too much! The wide variety of topics they cover and the engaging way in which they do so had me hooked from the very first listen. Thanks for putting out such an enjoyable show guys - keep up the great work!

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    Katie Joy B.
    United States7 years ago
  • Good so far

    Thus far, the podcast has had decent conversation surrounding new books in sociology. The interviewers sound somewhat knowledgable and the guests provide some interesting insight into their books. The production quality is so-so, but listenable.

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    socguy2
    United States14 years ago

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Susan D. Stewart. "On the Rocks: Straight Talk about Women and Drinking" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
Q: Is there a place that you could give me to share in the blurb, where people could go to explore that research?
Susan's research is available through Google Scholar and includes studies on alcohol use during COVID and its impact on the LGBTQ+ community.
Susan D. Stewart. "On the Rocks: Straight Talk about Women and Drinking" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
Q: What implications do you think can come from this research? What do you hope to come out of this book and the research that was associated with it?
Stewart aims to highlight the health risks and social implications of increasing alcohol consumption among women, sparking conversations about acceptable drinking behavior and wellness alternatives.
Susan D. Stewart. "On the Rocks: Straight Talk about Women and Drinking" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
Q: Did that stand true in the research that you conducted?
Yes, the research revealed that as women age and become mothers, they often develop complex relationships with alcohol that are shaped by social expectations and cultural norms.
Susan D. Stewart. "On the Rocks: Straight Talk about Women and Drinking" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
Q: What is your relationship like with alcohol? Where do you see it around you?
Susan Stewart sought to understand the everyday experiences of women with alcohol, particularly focusing on how social and familial roles influence their drinking behaviors.
Tanja Petrovic, "Utopia of the Uniform: Affective Afterlives of the Yugoslav People's Army" (Duke UP, 2024)
Q: Can you elaborate on your decision to divide the book into two temporal sections?
The division highlights the impact of the violent 90s on individuals and illustrates the contrasts between Yugoslav identity and post-Yugoslav realities.

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