The Sociology Show

Oct 18 2024 201 ep. 34 mins 332
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The Sociology show hosted by Matthew Wilkin conducts interviews with a range of different people within the world of Sociology.

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The impact of Globalisation (Student Takeover)

Oct 18 2024 10 mins  
In this student takeover episode, Naomi Hoffman from Colchester Sixth Form College dicusses the impact of Globalisation on the UK and applies some key sociological theory to the debate. If you would like to submit a podcast then simply record an MP3 and sent it to - [email protected]

Interview with Professor Jack Katz on The Seductions of Crime

Oct 13 2024 43 mins  
In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Jack Katz from UCLA about his research on crime and crimonology.The central thesis of Seductions of Crime is that situation-specific emotional and sensual sensations play an important role in the commission of crime. It is not a complete theoretical construct, but rather the sensual experiences and emotional states of the perpetrator that

Interview with Dr Jennifer Fleetwood on 'What we talk about when we talk about crime'

Oct 09 2024 35 mins  
In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Jennifer Fleetwood about her book 'What we talk about when we talk about crime'. The book examines seven infamous crime stories to make sense of this modern confessional impulse, including Howard Marks’s outlandish autobiography Mr Nice, Shamima Begum’s controversial Times interview, Prince Andrew’s disastrous Newsnight appearance and Myra

Interview with Professor Paul Seabright on religion and the divine economy

Jul 26 2024 42 mins  
In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Paul Seabright about his book 'The divine economy' and how religions operate as successful businesses in order to make profit and demonstrate power. Paul explains why we must carefully consider the question of secularisation, how religions can gain power in both positive and negative ways and how the story of one young girls tells us a lo

Interview with Anton Roberts on homelessness and masculinity

Jun 05 2024 41 mins  
In this episode, Matthew talks to Anton Roberts about his research on homelessness and masculinity. Anton is a researcher at the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) at Manchester Metropolitan University, within the disciplines of Sociology and Criminology. His specific research areas of focus are homelessness and exaggerated 'hyper' forms of masculinity.You can lcontact Anto

Interview with Professor Lee Elliot Major on social class and education

Nov 18 2023 45 mins  
In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Lee Elliot Major OBE, Lee is the country’s first Professor of Social Mobility. Appointed by the University of Exeter to be a global leader in the field, his work is dedicated to improving the prospects of disadvantaged young people.Lee discusses his book Equity in education: Levelling the playing field of learning as well as outlining o

Why is football hooliganism back on the rise? (Prof Les back and Dr Isaac Hoff)

Aug 28 2023 48 mins  
In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Les Back and Dr Isaac Hoff about the rise of hooliganism and anti social behaviour at football grounds post covid. Ideas around drug use, masculinity, cultural resistance, subcultures and moral panics are all discussed. Is the problem really as bad as the media make out it is?

Misogyny and video games (STUDENT TAKEOVER)

Jul 24 2023 48 mins  
In this episode, three students takeover the pod to discuss the issue of sexism and misogyny in the gaming world. Harper Winslet, Jessica Thornton and Leila Miller-Jones from BHASVIC college in Brighton and Hove were inspired by the research of Anita Sarkeesian and wanted to see if their own primary research gained similar results. The research considers early games when objectific

Interview with Professor Tom Shakespeare on disability

Jul 05 2023 33 mins  
In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Tom Shakespeare. Tom is is an English sociologist and bioethicist, he has achondroplasia and uses a wheelchair, his work focuses on all aspects of diability. In discussion, Tom defines what a disability is, how it impacts identity and changing attitudes. Tom also discusses media representation of disabilities and whether they have improve

Advice from a lead Examiner (AQA A-level Sociology Paper 3)

Jun 04 2023 12 mins  
In this episode, Matthew talks to Circe Newbold about Paper 3 for the AQA A-level Sociology exam. Circe Newbold is a lead examiner for Paper 3, here she explains some top tips in terms of what the examiners are looking for and how to structure questions. Circe also explains how to work towards the A* grade.