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David Shuang Song
Author, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Sociology at the University of Oklahoma
University of Minnesota Press (publisher) / University of Oklahoma
Episode: Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language with David Shuang Song (U of Minnesota Press, 2026)
Mona Sloane
Assistant Professor of Data Science and Media Studies at the University of Virginia; author of Predicted
University of Virginia; UC Press (book publisher)
Episode: Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life with Mona Sloane (U California Press, 2026)
Sarah Brothers
Author of Hit Doctors, Care, Harm, and the Art of Survival
University of California Press
Episode: Hit Doctors: Care, Harm, and the Art of Survival with Sarah Brothers (U California Press, 2026)
Lauren Nicole Henley
Assistant Professor in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond
University of Richmond
Episode: Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with Lauren Nicole Henley (LSU Press, 2026)
Sally A. Nuamah
Author of How Girls Achieve
Episode: How Girls Achieve
Gil Hizi
Author of Transient Becoming, researcher
University of Cologne
Episode: Transient Becoming: Self-Improvement and Capitalist Virtuousness in Contemporary China with Gil Hizi (NUS Press, 2026)
Ming-sho Ho
Sociologist specializing in social movements; author of Be Water, Collective Improvisation in Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Protests
Taiwan; sociologist
Episode: Ming-sho Ho, "Be Water: Collective Improvisation in Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Protests" (Temple University Press, 2025)
Billy Fleming
Author of Building Postcarbon Futures, Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Episode: Billy Fleming, "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions" (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026)
Violaine Roussel
Professor of Sociology at the University of Paris 8
University of Paris 8
Episode: Violaine Roussel, "Data-Driven Hollywood: The New Data Professionals in the Age of Streaming" (Princeton UP, 2026)

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4.3 out of 5 stars from 131 ratings
  • 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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    5
    HanaBones
    United States7 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!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Katie Joy B.
    United States8 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.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    socguy2
    United States15 years ago

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Deep, informative discussions with a strong scholarly bent.
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Hit Doctors: Care, Harm, and the Art of Survival with Sarah Brothers (U California Press, 2026)
Q: What made you want to study Hit Doctors in San Francisco in the first place?
Brothers began researching during early fieldwork at syringe exchanges, where she observed a substantial yet underrepresented practice and community that challenged existing academic literature and demanded deeper understanding.
Hit Doctors: Care, Harm, and the Art of Survival with Sarah Brothers (U California Press, 2026)
Q: First, can you define exactly what a Hit Doctor is?
Hit Doctors are people who provide assisted injection for compensation, forming a trusted, skilled labor force within injection drug use communities, often lacking formal medical oversight.
Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language with David Shuang Song (U of Minnesota Press, 2026)
Q: Can you tell us about Multiracial Mandarin and how it appears in the classrooms you studied?
Multiracial Mandarin emerges from a setting where classrooms aim for inclusivity but must navigate the languages students bring from home, allowing Mandarin and Cantonese use alongside English in social and collaborative activities, though sometimes suppressed in official curriculum.
Multiracial Mandarin: Asian Americans and Impossible Language with David Shuang Song (U of Minnesota Press, 2026)
Q: Who is, quote unquote, meant to study this? Who has the quote unquote right to study this? How should it be taught?
The discussion suggests that language education research should include diverse communities and teachers' practices, focusing on equity and the lived realities of diasporic multilingual students rather than treating ethnicity as a fixed category.
How Girls Achieve
Q: Can you describe a practical example from the classrooms you studied?
In a US K-4 girls' school, walls featured posters of Black female leaders and a curriculum centered on Black experiences, with leadership and staff reflecting students' identities; such an environment helped students see models they could identify with and feel empowered to pursue diverse paths while processing social issues in safe, structured ways.

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A scholarly interview program focused on recent sociology and related social-science books and research. Episodes center on caste and Dalit studies, heritage and regional identity in the Midwest, culture wars and online discourse, urbanization and state policy, as well as ethnographic studies of race, gender, and migration. The show regularly features university professors, researchers, and authors discussing their latest publications with other academics, offering detailed methodological insights and case studies. Noteworthy traits include transnational caste discussions, cross-disciplinary approaches, and a consistent emphasis on how memory, policy, and identity shape social life. For potential listeners, the conversations are dense, rese... more

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