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Oct 30, 2023 • 1h 5min

Claire Jean Kim, "Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

Claire Jean Kim, author of 'Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World', discusses the racial dynamics in the US, the intersections of anti-Asian racism and structural anti-blackness, and how Asian Americans are positioned as not-white but not-Black. The podcast explores historical contexts, legal cases, and the need for education to address anti-blackness and foster political action.
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Oct 29, 2023 • 38min

Simone Varriale, "Coloniality and Meritocracy in Unequal EU Migrations: Intersecting Inequalities in Post-2008 Italian Migration" (Bristol UP, 2023)

Simone Varriale, a sociologist, discusses his book on post-2008 Italian migration, challenging notions of meritocracy and critiquing stereotypes. Topics include the intersection of coloniality and meritocracy, capturing migration through interviews, stereotypes and class experiences of Italian migrants in the UK, and reflections on race and Brexit.
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Oct 29, 2023 • 45min

Sarah Mayorga, "Urban Specters: The Everyday Harms of Racial Capitalism" (UNC Press, 2023)

Author Sarah Mayorga explores the everyday harms of racial capitalism in urban neighborhoods. She discusses challenges faced by residents in Cincinnati, including limited resources and gentrification. The concept of trash is used to combat territorial stigmatization. An emphasis on policing weakens residents' sense of safety. Mayorga also explores neighborhood reputation and the reasons behind why gentrification did not occur in a Latinx neighborhood in Houston.
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Oct 29, 2023 • 38min

Utsa Mukherjee, "Race, Class, Parenting and Children's Leisure: Children's Leisurescapes and Parenting Cultures in Middle-Class British Indian Families" (Policy Press, 2022)

Utsa Mukherjee, a researcher on middle-class British Indian families discusses the changing landscape of children's leisure, the transmission of ethnic and racial cultural capital through after-school activities, children's voices and leisure experiences, and the dynamics of race, class, parenting, and children's leisure in middle-class British Indian families.
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Oct 29, 2023 • 47min

Lesley Nicole Braun, "Congo's Dancers: Women and Work in Kinshasa" (U Wisconsin Press, 2023)

Lesley Nicole Braun, author of a book on Congo's dancers, explores the politics of control and the interlinking of visibility, virtue, and socio-economic opportunity in Kinshasa. She discusses the challenges faced by women navigating the public sphere and the gendered differences in local patronage politics. The podcast also covers the fusion of African and Cuban influences in Congolese rumba music, the significance of music and dance in women's lives in Kinshasa, the power of dance in anthropology, and the cultural significance of Mami Watah, a spiritual figure in Kinshasa.
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Oct 28, 2023 • 1h 10min

Arjun Shankar, "Brown Saviors and Their Others: Race, Caste, Labor, and the Global Politics of Help in India" (Duke UP, 2023)

Arjun Shankar, author of 'Brown Saviors and Their Others: Race, Caste, Labor, and the Global Politics of Help in India,' discusses the practices of 'brown saviors' in India's help economy and how they reproduce racialized values. The podcast covers the importance of embracing discomfort and reflexivity in research, challenges in data production, ethics of sharing images in NGO spaces, and the need to question existing frameworks. It also explores anti-colonialism, fixed mindsets, and upcoming projects on poverty alleviation and post-colonial nation building.
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Oct 24, 2023 • 36min

Margaret K. Nelson, "Keeping Family Secrets: Shame and Silence in Memoirs from the 1950s" (NYU Press, 2022)

Dr. Margaret K. Nelson, a researcher interested in family secrets, discusses the hidden stories of same-sex attraction, unwed pregnancies, and adoption in memoirs from the 1950s. She explores the impact of family secrets on relationships and the search for missing family members. The guest also reflects on their personal connection to the topic and the use of memoirs for teaching and scholarship.
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Oct 24, 2023 • 50min

Jeremy Nobel, "Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection" (Avery Publishing Group, 2023)

Jeremy Nobel, Founder of Project UnLonely, discusses his book on healing our crisis of disconnection through creativity. He explores the origins of Project UnLonely, the impact of loneliness on societal issues, the role of creativity and storytelling, scaling up efforts to address loneliness, and the healing power of poetry and art.
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Oct 23, 2023 • 55min

Özge Yaka, "Fighting for the River: Gender, Body, and Agency in Environmental Struggles" (U California Press, 2023)

Özge Yaka, environmental activist and author of 'Fighting for the River: Gender, Body, and Agency in Environmental Struggles', discusses women's intimate relationship with river waters in Turkey. She explores the connection between lived experience and nonhuman environments, treating bodily senses and affects as media of political agency. The podcast delves into gendered sensory memory, the significance of nonhuman entities in social life, triads as a methodological tool for analyzing environmental struggles, and the book's emphasis on coexistence.
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Oct 21, 2023 • 1h 4min

Melissa Weininger, "Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century" (Wayne State UP, 2023)

Melissa Weininger introduces 'diaspora Israeli culture' challenging the binary between diaspora and Israel. Topics include a scene from an Israeli sketch comedy show, tensions in the Jewish tradition, alternative histories of the homeland in speculative fiction, the Jewish Renaissance movement in Poland, and reflections on recent events in Israel and Palestine.

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