This week we talk about the sociology and economics of academic journal publishing, the Elsevier boycott, and whether the journal system as we know it...

This episode we start with a discussion of violent protests prompted by a question from a listener (Which is great! Send more!). We then talk about Tw...

We have three segments this episode: We talk with Shannon Golden about Kony 2012. Shannon provides some insight into the situation in Uganda while Chr...

Autonomous Cars, more on stadiums and Mayor KJ, and Arturo’s participation in the NorCal AIDS Challenge: Donate here! Other links: Elite Squad Politic...

Topics include the sociology of weather in an M Word state, the Super Bowl, stadiums, and guilt over the state of professional sports. Chris tries to ...

After a lengthy break, we’re back! Racism in hockey, Work It, and The Trap are among our topics this episode. Enjoy! Download Improv #32

This week we talk about Occupy Wall Street and other Occupations. Links mentioned in the show: Occupy Wall Street Occupy Minnesota Planet Money on OWS...

This episode, we fail to talk about Robocop, then we have a discussion about Getting Wasted, and then chat a bit about current political events. Downl...

After a quick ASA recap from Jesse and Arturo, we talk about the challenges of writing—and academic writing in particular—and whether diversity on tel...

Long time, no see. Hope you’re having a nice summer. We’re back with two topics. First, we spend most of the hour talking about barefoot running, the ...