The Social Breakdown

The sociology podcast nobody wants, but everybody needs! Come join us as we break down the complex s

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My oh my, it's been a while since we last chatted with you all-- sorry for the extended "hiatus," li

Are you a newly minted or almost PhD graduate? Have academic job prospects been stressing you out? L

With all this talk about Tik Tok, we wanted to bring you an oldie-but-goodie from 2018 about Context

We're honoring the queen of sociology, Dr. Patricia Hill Collins, on this last week of Women's Histo

We’re getting theoretical this week and tackling Orientalism, a concept and book by the fantastic Dr

Is health a privilege or a right? As a society, how do we come to understand health and its social o

Since it's V-day, we wanted to rerelease one of our first episodes from 2018 about LOVE. In this epi

Triggered by "China Balloon Incident" of Feb 2023, we wanted rerelease this episode to consider the

If you're like us, you're probably snacking on something right now trying to get through your day. I

What is “humor” and what is “comedy”? Do these terms mean the same thing? Today we answer these ques

Itʻs strange to say that workplace violence has any place in society. It doesnʻt. But workplace viol

Are you Black Friday shopper, like Penn? Or are you ambivalent, like Ellen? This week, the ladies of

More and more today’s educators are encouraged to set up service learning and community-based projec

Drugs. Alotta us do them and alotta us are scared of them! There are a ton of topics to cover within

Do you want to be a better Public Scientist? Do you want to enhance your skills in sociological anal

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, the time when everything turns pink! We here at The Social

What makes you, “you”? Well, sociologists love to answer this question by saying that you are a soci

What is socialization? And why do we sociologists *love* using the term? This week we're diving into

We’re baaaaacck! Welcome to the start of our 5th school year together. (Yep, you read that right: *f

This week, we’re exploring how sociology makes sense of our material culture. What is the relationsh