Twitter (Stephen Barnard)

We talk about Twitter has altered journalism, the news, and our world of information.
Racialized Organizations (Victor Ray)

We speak to Victor Ray about racialized organizations.
Professional Wrestling

We discuss the sociology of pro wrestling.
The Everyday Lives of Muslim American Teen Boys

We discuss the lives of Muslim American teenage boys with John O’Brien (NYU Abu Dhabi).
World of YouTube

In this episode of The Annex, we sit down with Michael Siciliano of Queen’s University (Canada). Michael is currently working on a book for Columbia University Press about YouTubers, tentatively titled Creative Control: Platforms, Labor Relations, and the Aesthetics of Precarious Work. We talk about YouTube, content creation, and media. This episode is hosted by […]
Literary Criticism (Phillipa Chong)

We discuss literary criticism with Phillipa Chong from McMaster University.
Making It In India (Beaman, Magbouleh and Inglis)

An interview about Patrick Inglis’ book on social mobility in India.
Criticizing Lana Del Rey (Rachel Skaggs)

Internet outrage at a mixed review of Lana Del Rey’s new album. What do we learn about celebrity today?
Country Music Songwriting (Rachel Skaggs)

Rachel Skaggs (Ohio State University) describes her research on making it in country music songwriting.
Upper-Middle Class American Parenting

The Annex Sociology Podcast examines an article in the New York Times Upshot’ discussing a high intensity parenting style. Discussants Kristina Scharp is an Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Washington. Her forthcoming articles include “Making Meaning of the Parent-Child Relationship: A Dialogic Analysis of Parent-Initiated Estrangement Narratives” in the Journal of Family Communication, […]