Making Sense of Brexit - Victor Seidler
Victor Seidler, author of Making Sense of Brexit, talks with Jessica Miles from Bristol University Press about his book and the future of Brexit. Find out more about the book:...
View ArticleSnobbery - David Morgan
David Morgan, author of Snobbery, part of our British Sociological Association 21st Century Standpoints Series, talking about what snobbery is and why it has more series effects on society than we...
View ArticleMoney - Mary Mellor
Mary Mellor, author of Money, part of our British Sociological Association 21st Century Standpoints Series, talks with Jessica Miles from Bristol University Press about her book and the many myths...
View ArticleIsolation and life in the debt trap
Based on the book, Life in the Debt Trap, this mini-series of podcasts looks at what life is like for families stuck in problem debt, why they fall into debt and why it's hard to escape. This story is...
View ArticleLoss, grief and life in the debt trap
Based on the book, Life in the Debt Trap, this mini series of podcasts looks at what the day-to-day struggle is like for families in problem debt and how debt can bring people to dark places from which...
View ArticleDreams and life in the debt trap
Based on the book, Life in the Debt Trap, this mini series of podcasts looks at what the day-to-day struggle is like for families in problem debt and how debt can bring people to dark places from which...
View ArticleWorking mothers and the work-life balance myth
Zoe Young, author of 'Women's Work: How Mothers Manage Flexible Working in Careers and Family Life', speaks to Jess Miles about work-life balance being an unattainable dream and how choice is an...
View ArticleHappiness is nice but it won't solve the world's problems
In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast we speak to Sam Wren-Lewis, author of 'The Happiness Problem: Expecting Better in an Uncertain World'. In his book, Sam argues that the way we're...
View ArticleHow a sociology of emotions helps us understand society
In this episode Jess Miles speaks, via Skype, to Mary Holmes and Åsa Wettergren, co-editors of the Emotions and Society journal. They talk about how the journal came about and the importance of the...
View ArticleHow to use social work theory in practice
Malcolm Payne talks with Jess Miles about his new book, How To Use Social Work Theory in Practice which shows students and newly qualified practitioners how to work with the main theories and practice...
View ArticleThe Changing Politics of Abortion in Britain
Fran Amery, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bath talks about her book, 'Beyond Pro-Life and Pro-Choice: The Changing Politics of Abortion in Britain'. Fran addresses the questions we...
View ArticleJoshua Rozenberg on 'Enemies of the People?'
In this episode of the Transforming Society Podcast, Helen Davis, Commissioning Editor for Law at Bristol University Press, speaks to Joshua Rozenberg about his new book. They speak about the role of...
View Article‘I am, because we are, we are because I am’: race and COVID-19
Dr Martin Glynn, criminologist, academic, data storyteller and creative director of Algorhythm Data Storytelling Lab looks at race, COVID-19 and the ongoing struggle for ‘racial recognition’ within...
View ArticleBreaking the cycle of homelessness
Ligia Teixeira, co-editor of 'Using Evidence to End Homelessness', talks with Jess Miles from Bristol University Press about the book, homelessness and COVID-19, and the importance of a 'what works'...
View ArticleLESSONS FROM LOCKDOWN: Sam Royston on families and welfare
In the first in this podcast mini-series, Sam Royston, author of ‘Broken Benefits: What's Gone Wrong with Welfare Reform’, talks about the impact of COVID-19 on families. He highlights what Government...
View ArticleLESSONS FROM LOCKDOWN: Martin Glynn on crime and race
In this 'Lessons from Lockdown' Transforming Society podcast Jess Miles speaks to Martin Glynn, criminologist, on lessons government should be learning at this time around crime and race. This episode...
View ArticleLESSONS FROM LOCKDOWN: Lisa Mckenzie on class
Jess Miles speaks to Lisa Mckenzie, author of 'Getting By: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain' about the impact of lockdown on working class people and what lessons we have learned and...
View ArticleOmar: A Wasted Life
Dr Martin Glynn, criminologist, academic, data storyteller and creative director of Algorhythm Data Storytelling Lab, explores the emotions that young men like Omar experience when faced with bullying...
View ArticleLESSONS FROM LOCKDOWN: Erik Andersson on the global political economy
Jess Miles speaks with Erik Andersson, author of ‘Reconstructing the Global Political Economy’, about the impact of COVID-19 and how we interpret it, having hope, what we value, avoiding more austerity...
View ArticleWhat white working class Americans really think
Harris Beider and Kusminder Chahal talk about their new book, 'The Other America: White Working Class Perspectives on Race, Identity and Change', covering the impact of the murder of George Floyd,...
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