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In Visible Presence: Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos (MIT Press, 2023) is an absorbing exploration of Soviet-era family photographs that demonstrates the singular power of the photographic image to command attention, resist closure, and complicate... more

Prof Mukul Sharma is a professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University. His formal training is in Political Science and has worked as a special correspondent with a leading news outlet in India and received 12 national and international award... more

Naomi R Williams is associate professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers University. Their primary research interests include labor and working-class history, urban history and politics, gender and women, race and politics, and mo... more

In “[M]y ‘case’ to work up’: William Carlos Williams’s Paterson” (William Carlos Williams Review, Volume 41, Number 2, 2024), Walter Scott Peterson argues that as a physician-poet Dr. Williams approaches his poetic material very much as he approaches... more

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Naomi R. Williams
Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations
Rutgers University
Episode: Naomi R. Williams, "A Blueprint for Worker Solidarity: Class Politics and Community in Wisconsin" (U Illinois Press, 2025)
Mukul Sharma
Professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University, author of 'Dalit Ecologies, Caste and Environmental Justice'
Ashoka University
Episode: Mukul Sharma, "Dalit Ecologies: Caste and Environment Justice" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Chris Dalla Riva
Author of Uncharted Territory, focuses on data analytics in music.
Audiomack
Episode: Chris Dalla Riva, "Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us about the Biggest Hit Songs and Ourselves" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Claire Whitlinger
Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Intergroup Dialogue Program
Furman University
Episode: Claire Whitlinger, "Between Remembrance and Repair: Commemorating Racial Violence in Philadelphia, Mississippi" (UNC Press, 2020)
Avishek Ray
Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at the National Institute of Technology
National Institute of Technology, Siltjar
Episode: Digital Expressions of the Self(ie): The Social Life of Selfies in India
Meredith Roman
Associate professor of history at SUNY Brockport
SUNY Brockport
Episode: Meredith L. Roman, "The Black Panthers and the Soviets: A Comparative History of Human Rights Movements" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Alicia M. Walker
Associate Professor of Sociology at Missouri State University
Missouri State University
Episode: Alicia M. Walker and Arielle Kuperberg, "Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for Building a Happier Life" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Arielle Kuperberg
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Episode: Alicia M. Walker and Arielle Kuperberg, "Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for Building a Happier Life" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Ashleigh Greene Wade
Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Episode: Ashleigh Wade on How Black Girls Use Social Media

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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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Claire Whitlinger, "Between Remembrance and Repair: Commemorating Racial Violence in Philadelphia, Mississippi" (UNC Press, 2020)
Q: What insights can we gain for thinking about social change from this case study?
Claire discusses the importance of understanding historical commemoration and its implications for social movements and community healing.
Claire Whitlinger, "Between Remembrance and Repair: Commemorating Racial Violence in Philadelphia, Mississippi" (UNC Press, 2020)
Q: For those not familiar with the events in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964, can you give us a little context?
Claire explains the significance of the Freedom Summer and the events that led to the tragic murders of three civil rights workers.
Claire Whitlinger, "Between Remembrance and Repair: Commemorating Racial Violence in Philadelphia, Mississippi" (UNC Press, 2020)
Q: What led you to write this book?
Claire shares her background and journey to studying the events in Philadelphia, Mississippi, linking her experiences in South Africa to her work in the US.
Claire Whitlinger, "Between Remembrance and Repair: Commemorating Racial Violence in Philadelphia, Mississippi" (UNC Press, 2020)
Q: Could you please tell us a bit about yourself and what you do?
Claire mentions her work as an associate professor and her interest in how communities commemorate racial violence and the evolving narratives over time.
Walter Scott Peterson, "[M]y ‘case’ to work up’: William Carlos Williams’s Paterson" (William Carlos Williams Review, Vol 41, No. 2, 2024),
Q: Do you think that this type of medical cognition or medical consciousness was brought over into his poetic method?
Doctors do not approach their work linearly; they gather holistic information just as a poet gathers details, suggesting that Williams' medical practices influenced his poetry.

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