Episodes List

Here you’ll find the master list of the episodes we’ve released so far, along with links to listen to them and transcriptions.

Spring 2023

  1. January 25, 2023 – SOC606 – Culture and Systems: An Intro to Food Studies
    • SOC606’s transcript can be found here.
  2. February 8, 2023 – (Re-release) SOC119 –  Mom is the Panopticon: Modern Day Surveillance
  3. February 14, 2023 – (Re-release) SOC118 – Love Struck or Love Sick?
  4. March 1, 2023 – (Re-release) SOC109 – Illness & Morality: A Look at Medical Sociology
  5. March 15, 2023 – (Re-release) SOC211 – “It Ain’t a Rug!”: Edward Said’s Orientalism

Fall 2022

  1. September 7, 2022 – Breakaway Episode 11: the Symbolic Meanings of 2022
  2. September 21, 2022 – SOC600 – Agents of Socialization
  3. October 5, 2022 – SOC601 – The Looking Glass Self and Cooley
    • SOC601’s transcript can be found here.
  4. October 12, 2022 – Check your boobs: it’s breast cancer awareness month
  5. November 2, 2022 – SOC602 – The War on Drugs (Guest Edition)
  6. November 16, 2022 – SOC603 – The Peaks and Valleys of Service Learning (Guest Edition)
  7. November 30, 2022 – SOC604 – The Functions of Workplace Violence
  8. December 14, 2022 – SOC605 – Comedy, Humor, and ‘The Souls of White Jokes’ (Guest Edition)

Spring 2022

  1. January 12, 2022 – SOC509 – LGBTQ Caregiving (Guest Edition)
  2. February 2, 2022 – (Don’t) Ask a Sociologist Episode 2: What is Agency and Structures?
  3. February 16, 2022 – SOC510 – Mail Order Brides and Romance Tourism (Guest Edition)
  4. March 4, 2022 – SOC511 – Intro to Religion: Blame Durkheim!
  5. March 16, 2022 – SOC512 – Ministry, Religion, and the Sociological Imagination (Guest Edition)
  6. March 30, 2022 – SOC513 – Visual Sociology (Guest Edition)
  7. April 13, 2022 – (Don’t) Ask a Sociologist Episode 3: What are Norms?
  8. April 27, 2022 – SOC514 – The Senses of Stuffs: Introduction to Material Culture
    • SOC514’s transcript can be found here.

Fall 2021

  1. September 2, 2021 – SOC501 – “You’re a donkey!”: Food Media and Violence in Kitchens
  2. September 15, 2021 – SOC502 – Gentrification: Movement in Neighborhoods (Guest Episode)
  3. September 29, 2021 – SOC503 – Social Problems and Social Causes: We have an episode on it
  4. October 13, 2021 – SOC504 – Money and Morals: Judging Creativity in Art (Guest Edition)
  5. October 20, 2021 – Check Your Boobs: It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  6. November 10, 2021 – SOC505 – Caste, Class, and Masculinities: Exploring the Jatt Community (Guest Edition)
  7. November 24, 2021 – SOC506 – Black Feminist Thought
  8. December 8, 2021 – SOC507 – Princess Performers (Guest Edition)
    • SOC507’s transcript can be found here.
  9. December 22, 2021 – SOC508 – Changing the Narrative for Native Hawaiian Wellbeing (Guest Edition)

Spring 2021

  1. January 16, 2021 – SOC412 – Student Loans (Guest Edition)
  2. February 3, 2021 – SOC413 – Firearms in America (Guest Edition)
  3. February 17, 2021 – SOC414 – “I just see blue”: What is art? (Guest Edition)
  4. March 3, 2021 – SOC415 – LookBackStage
  5. March 17, 2021 – Breakaway Episode 10 – Girl Power and the Vampire Slayer
  6. March 31, 2021 – SOC416 – Venice and The Venetian: A Sociology of Tourism (Guest Edition)
  7. April 14, 2021 – SOC417 – Sports, Violence Against Women, and Celebrity (Guest Edition)
  8. May 12, 2021 – SOC418 – We Watched the Watchmen: Are We Superheroed Out? (Guest Edition)
  9. June 30, 2021 – SOC419 – A Better Life: Higher Education and Anti-Black Racism (Guest Edition)

Fall 2020

  1. September 11, 2020 – SOC401 – “You’re all sociologists!” Part 3: Don’t get senioritis!
    • SOC401’s transcript can be found here.
  2. September 23, 2020 – SOC402 – Intro to Sociology of Education (Guest Edition)
    • SOC402’s transcript can be found here.
  3. October 7, 2020 – SOC403 – Empathy: “It’s more than a feeling”
  4. October 14, 2020 – SOC404 – Manifesting Masculinities (Guest Edition)
  5. October 28, 2020 – SOC405 – The Political Spectacle 2: GO VOTE!
  6. November 1, 2020 – SOC406 – Pre-election Special: The Politics of Higher Education (Guest Edition)
  7. November 2, 2020 – SOC407 – Deinstitutionalization and Politics (Guest Edition)
  8. November 11, 2020 – SOC408 – Gentrification Through Food (Guest Edition)
  9. November 25, 2020 – SOC409 – PhD’s Guide to Getting a Non-Academic Job
  10. December 9, 2020 – SOC410 – The Political Economy of the Music Industry (Guest Edition)
  11. December 16, 2020 – SOC411 – Intro to Disability Studies: Who is deserving of a childhood? (Guest Edition)

Spring 2020

  1. January 15, 2020 – SOC307 – The Social Construction of Rock n’ Roll
  2. January 29, 2020 SOC308 – Grounded Theory: It’s Not A Theory
    • SOC308’s transcript can be found here.
  3. February 12, 2020 SOC309 – PhD’s Guide to Relationships
  4. February 26, 2020 Breakaway Episode 8 – Girl Power and the #Girlboss Movement
  5. March 11, 2020 – SOC310 – PhD’s Guide to BOOK$
  6. March 20, 2020 – (out)Breakaway Episode 9 – “It’s not just the ‘flu’”
  7. March 28, 2020 – SOC311 – Intro to Popular Culture: “It’s all about popular”
    • SOC311’s transcript can be found here.
  8. April 1, 2020 – SOC312 – Zen and the White Male Savior in Film (Guest Edition)
  9. April 15, 2020 – (Don’t) Ask a Sociologist Episode 1: What is Society?
  10. April 22, 2020 – SOC313 – To Err is Human: A Look at Medical Error
  11. May 6, 2020 – SOC314 – Family Demography and Intergenerational Solidarity Theory (Guest Edition)
  12. May 20, 2020 – SOC315 – The Political Spectacle: Symbols in Politics
  13. June 3, 2020 – SOC316 – PhD’s Guide to Teaching
  14. June 15, 2020 – #BlackLivesMatter Miniseries 1: What is #BLM?
    1. #BLM Miniseries 1’s transcript can be found here.
  15. June 17, 2020 – #BlackLivesMatter Miniseries 2: Vive la Resistance!
  16. June 19, 2020 – #BlackLivesMatter Miniseries 3: Defunding the Police
  17. July 1, 2020 – Breakaway Episode 10 – Inequality at Bon Appetit

Fall 2019

  1. September 25th, 2019 – SOC301 – Intro to Sociology of Emotions: Did you cry at Avengers: Endgame?
  2. October 9th, 2019 – SOC302 – Podcasting w/ The Annex (Guest Edition)
  3. October 23rd, 2019 – Breakaway Episode 7 – Monster Artists: When something you love is created by a monster
  4. November 6th, 2019 – SOC303 – The “Myth” of Mental Illness
    • SOC303’s transcript can be found here.
  5. November 20th, 2019 – SOC304 – PhD’s Guide to Money in Grad School
  6. December 4th, 2019 – SOC305 – Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination (pt. 1): “Can I call you ‘Mulan’?”
  7. December 18th, 2019 – SOC306 – Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination (pt. 2): “I don’t see color”

Spring 2019

  1. February 6th, 2019 – SOC210 – PhD’s Guide to Research Ethics
    • SOC210’s transcript can be found here.
  2. February 20th, 2019 – SOC211 – “It Ain’t a Rug!”: Edward Said’s Orientalism
  3. March 4th, 2019 – SOC 212 – Our Imagined Communities: Intro to Migration Studies (Guest Edition)”
    • SOC212’s transcript can be found here.
  4. March 20th, 2019 – SOC 213 – Doulas and Midwives and Women’s Health, Oh My!
  5. April 3rd, 2019 – SOC 214 – Reproductive Politics: The Body as a Site of Political Struggle
  6. April 17th, 2019 – Breakaway Episode 6 – “JPOP, KPOP, and Boy Bands”: A Rant by Dr. Penn
    • Breakaway 6’s transcript can be found here.
  7. May 1st, 2019 – SOC215 – Social Stratification, Capitalism, and Inequality: All the Sad Things
  8. May 15th, 2019 – SOC216 – Feminist & Critical Criminology: Problematizing the State (Guest Edition)
    • SOC216’s transcript can be found here.

Fall 2018

  1. September 26th, 2018- SOC201-PhD’s Guide to Time Management
  2. October 3rd, 2018- SOC202-#FreeTheGenitals: Why Japanese Porn is Blurred
  3. October 10th, 2018-SOC203-PhD’s Guide to Grad School Applications
  4. October 17th, 2018-SOC204-The Spectrum: An Introduction to Sex and Gender
  5. October 24th, 2018 – SOC205 – The Matrices of Oppression: An Introduction to Intersectionality
    • SOC205’s transcript can be found here.
  6. October 31st, 2018 – SOC206 – Intention vs. Perception: On Human Aggression
  7. November 7th, 2018 – Breakaway Episode 4 – Context Collapse
  8. November 28th, 2018 – SOC207 – Three Schools of Thought: Conflict Theory, Structural Functionalism, and Symbolic Interactionism
    • SOC207’s transcript can be found here.
  9. December 5th, 2018 – Breakaway Episode 5 – Black Friday and Holiday Shopping
  10. December 12th, 2018 – SOC208 – Left Handed Devils: The Social Construction of Deviance

Spring 2018

  1. January 24th, 2018 – SOC115 – I Do (Not): Marriage and Family in the 21st Century 
  2. January 31st, 2018 – SOC116 – Constructing Race and Black History Month
  3. February 7th, 2018 – SOC117 – The Forgotten Founding Father: W.E.B. Du Bois
    • SOC117’s transcript can be found here.
  4. February 14th, 2018 – SOC118 – Love Struck or Love Sick? 
    • SOC118’s transcript can be found here.
  5. February 21st, 2018 – SOC119 – Mom is the Panopticon: Modern Day Surveillance
    • SOC119’s transcript can be found here.
  6. February 28th, 2018 – SOC120 – PhD’s Guide to Conferences
  7. March 7th, 2018 – SOC121 – ‘X’ Number of Asians: The Model Minority Myth
  8. March 14th, 2018 – SOC122 – PhD’s Guide to Research Methods
    • SOC122’s transcript can be found here.
  9. March 21st, 2018 – SOC123 – Spranng Break Mini Episode
  10. April 4th, 2018 – SOC124 – Life is but a Stage: Goffman and Dramaturgy
    • SOC124’s transcript can be found here.
  11. April 11th, 2018 – Breakaway Episode 2 – The Middle Finger
  12. April 18th, 2018 – SOC125 – Conformity, Whaddup?
  13. April 25th, 2018 – SOC126 – Medicalizing Behavior: Common or “Abnormal”? 
  14. May 2nd, 2018 – SOC127 – The Dark Web (Part 1): The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
    • SOC127’s transcript can be found here.
  15. May 9th, 2018 – SOC128 – The Dark Web (Part 2): The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
  16. May 16th, 2018 – Breakaway Episode 3 – Self-Esteem and Race
  17. May 23rd, 2018 – SOC129 – PhD’s Guide to Writing
  18. May 30th, 2018 – SOC130 – Obedience, Whaddup?
  19. June 6th, 2018 – SOC131 – How Do We Do It (Behind the Scenes)

Fall 2017

  1. September 18, 2017 – SOC 000 – teaser
  2. September 20, 2017 – SOC 100 – “You’re all sociologists!”
    • SOC100’s transcript can be found here.
  3. September 22, 2017 – SOC101 – Red, White, and Blue: Defining American Culture
  4. September 27, 2017 – SOC102 – Buddha Heads and Crosses: Cultural Appropriation
    • SOC102’s transcript can be found here.
  5. October 4, 2017 – SOC103 – Status and the Paradox of the Celebrity
  6. October 11, 2017 – SOC104 – Consumption, Prosumption, What’s Your Function?
  7. October 18, 2017 – SOC105 – “You’re Beautiful, No Matter What They Say”
  8. October 25, 2017 – SOC106 – “You’re all sociologists!” Pt.2 (AKA Don’t be a dumbass)
    • SOC106’s transcript can be found here.
  9. November 1, 2017 – SOC107 – Who You Gonna Call? The Crimebusters!
    • SOC107’s transcript can be found here.
  10. November 8, 2017 – SOC108 – Vive La Résistance!
    • SOC108’s transcript can be found here.
  11. November 15, 2017 – SOC109 – Illness & Morality: A Look at Medical Sociology
  12. November 22, 2017 – SOC110 – Violence: Nature VS Nurture
    • SOC110’s transcript can be found here.
  13. November 29, 2017 – SOC111 – A PhDer’s Guide to the PhD
  14. December 6, 2017 – SOC112 – (Neo)liberalism and its Discontents
    • SOC112’s transcript can be found here.
  15. December 13, 2017 – SOC113 – Christmas Rituals & Traditions: Mariah Carey VS Chipmunks
  16. December 20, 2017 – SOC114 – Mini-Episode: Winter Vacay is here to stay yay!
  17. January 3, 2018 – Breakaway Episode 1 – The Infamous N-Word