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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 112 days 23 hours 55 minutes
episode 349: Alexandrina Vanke, "The Urban Life of Workers in Post-Soviet Russia: Engaging in Everyday Struggle" (Manchester UP, 2024)
An interview with Alexandrina Vanke
episode 118: Ben Highmore, "Lifestyle Revolution: How Taste Changed Class in Late 20th-Century Britain" (Manchester UP, 2023)
An interview with Ben Highmore
episode 348: Ya-Wen Lei, "The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China" (Princeton UP, 2023)
An interview with Ya-Wen Lei
episode 128: Robert Willim, "Mundania: How and Where Technologies Are Made Ordinary" (Bristol UP, 2024)
An interview with Robert Willim
episode 149: David E. Sutton, "Bigger Fish to Fry: A Theory of Cooking as Risk, with Greek Examples" (Berghahn, 2021)
An interview with David E. Sutton
episode 8: SunAh M. Laybourn, "Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants" (NYU Press, 2024)
An interview with SunAh M. Laybourn
episode 347: Neil Gong, "Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics: Mental Illness and Homelessness in Los Angeles" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
An interview with Neil Gong
episode 345: Rana AlMutawa, "Everyday Life in the Spectacular City: Making Home in Dubai" (U California Press, 2024)
An interview with Rana AlMutawa
episode 101: Why, How, and Who to Marry: A Conversation with Brad Wilcox *01
University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox *01 delves into some of the popular wisdom surrounding marriage and tells us what the data has to say: is it better to marry young or wait? To move in with your partner before or after marriage? Does marriage hurt your career prospects or your ability to set aside time for your own happiness? What groups in America are doing well with regards to marriage, and what groups aren't doing as well? Along the way, he also addresses some of the political...
episode 291: Cristina Rocha, "Cool Christianity: Hillsong and the Fashioning of Cosmopolitan Identities" (Oxford UP, 2024)
An interview with Cristina Rocha