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The Podcast for Social Research

From Plato to quantum physics, Walter Benjamin to experimental poetry, Frantz Fanon to the history of political radicalism, The Podcast for Social Research is a crucial part of our mission to forge ne... Read more

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Podcast for Social Research, Ep. 41: Escapism

Podcast for Social Research, Ep. 41: Escapism

In episode 41 of the Podcast for Social Research, Raphaële Chappe, Ajay Singh Chaudhary, Rebecca Ariel Porte, Michael St... Read more

29 May 2020

1hr 21mins

Ranked #2

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The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 14, "Violence and Resistance--Frantz Fanon"

The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 14, "Violence and Resistance--Frantz Fanon"

In the fourteenth episode of the Podcast for Social Research, Anjuli, Tony, and Ajay talk through the life, work, and le... Read more

24 Aug 2016

1hr 10mins

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Podcast for Social Research, Episode 35: Capitalism’s Hidden Crises

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 35: Capitalism’s Hidden Crises

American capitalism is frequently contrasted with its European other—namely, the social democratic model that seems, to ... Read more

9 Nov 2019

1hr 16mins

Ranked #4

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The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 17, "Reading Donna Haraway in the Anthropocene"

The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 17, "Reading Donna Haraway in the Anthropocene"

The seventeenth episode of the Podcast for Social Research centers on recent work by Donna Haraway, whose newest interve... Read more

11 Feb 2017

42mins

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The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 22: Seeing Red--On the Centenary of the Russian Revolution

The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 22: Seeing Red--On the Centenary of the Russian Revolution

In the twenty-second episode of the Podcast for Social Research, Asma Abbas, Tony Alessandrini, Ajay Singh Chaudhary, an... Read more

3 Nov 2017

2hr 22mins

Ranked #6

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The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 24: Perennial Fashion--Music and Criticism

The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 24: Perennial Fashion--Music and Criticism

In the twenty-fourth episode of the Podcast for Social Research, Ajay Singh Chaudhary, Rebecca Ariel Porte, Nathan Shiel... Read more

23 Apr 2018

59mins

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“Eating the Whole Thing”: Philosophy, Science, and Anxiety; A Supplemental Podcast for Social Research with David Albert

“Eating the Whole Thing”: Philosophy, Science, and Anxiety; A Supplemental Podcast for Social Research with David Albert

This is a supplemental episode of our podcast series. In this very different episode of the Podcast for Social Research,... Read more

1 Jul 2012

1hr 21mins

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The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 12, "Radicalism"

The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 12, "Radicalism"

The Podcast for Social Research returns with an episode centered on theories of the radical. Departing from Emily Bazelo... Read more

20 Feb 2016

1hr 2mins

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At Year's End with the Angel of History: 2019 in Review

At Year's End with the Angel of History: 2019 in Review

In this episode of the Podcast for Social Research, the last of the year, Raphaële Chappe, Ajay Singh Chaudhary, Mark De... Read more

21 Dec 2019

2hr 4mins

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Podcast for Social Research, Episode 36: Difficult Pleasures

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 36: Difficult Pleasures

What’s a difficult pleasure? In this episode of the Podcast for Social Research, a sequel to our episode on guilty pleas... Read more

13 Dec 2019

1hr 37mins

Ranked #11

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On (Not) Guilty Pleasures

On (Not) Guilty Pleasures

In this episode of the Podcast for Social Research, BISR Core Faculty members Ajay Singh Chaudhary, Suzanne Schneider, a... Read more

28 Jun 2019

1hr 29mins

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The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 25: Borders, Migration, and Crisis

The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 25: Borders, Migration, and Crisis

The twenty-fifth episode of the Podcast for Social Research is a live recording of "Borders, Migration, and Crisis," a c... Read more

20 Jul 2018

2hr 15mins

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The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 19: Biopolitics in Bloomberg's New York

The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 19: Biopolitics in Bloomberg's New York

The nineteenth episode of the Podcast for Social Research features BISR research associate Jeffrey Escoffier, formerly t... Read more

31 Mar 2017

1hr 2mins

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The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 18, "BISR Public Conversations--Uses of Poetry"

The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 18, "BISR Public Conversations--Uses of Poetry"

Public Conversations: Uses of Poetry is the eighteenth episode of the Podcast for Social Research and features poet, sch... Read more

3 Mar 2017

1hr 2mins

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The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 29: The Fall that Wasn’t: A Decade Since the Financial Crisis

The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 29: The Fall that Wasn’t: A Decade Since the Financial Crisis

The 2008 financial crisis shook to the core not only the global economy, but also prevailing myths about the efficiency ... Read more

18 Dec 2018

1hr 45mins

Ranked #16

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"Reading Lolita in Tehran" Redux, NY, 2012; a Supplemental Podcast for Social Research

"Reading Lolita in Tehran" Redux, NY, 2012; a Supplemental Podcast for Social Research

This is a supplemental episode of our podcast series, “The Podcast for Social Research.” While preparing for our previou... Read more

9 May 2012

36mins

Ranked #17

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The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 16, "What Rough Beast? Contending with Trumpism"

The Podcast for Social Research: Episode 16, "What Rough Beast? Contending with Trumpism"

A sequel to our first, live, election-themed episode of the podcast (Slouching towards Election Day), Episode 16 respond... Read more

23 Dec 2016

2hr 4mins

Ranked #18

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The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 3

The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 3

This is the third episode of our podcast series, “The Podcast for Social Research.” This week we talk a bit about our fi... Read more

13 Feb 2012

1hr 44mins

Ranked #19

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The Podcast for Social Research, Ep. 25.5, Shortcast: Bicentennial Frankenstein

The Podcast for Social Research, Ep. 25.5, Shortcast: Bicentennial Frankenstein

In our first Podcast for Social Research Shortcast, BISR's Rebecca Ariel Porte, Raphaele Chappe, Mark DeLucas, Suzanne S... Read more

3 Aug 2018

35mins

Ranked #20

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The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 30: At Year's End with the Angel of History: A 2018 Cultural Retrospective

The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 30: At Year's End with the Angel of History: A 2018 Cultural Retrospective

Ajay, Raphaële, and Rebecca look back on 2018 in cultural objects: what artifacts from the catastrophe of history linger... Read more

18 Dec 2018

1hr 38mins

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