In this episode, Dr Catherine Hakim explains all about erotic capital. Erotic capital is a combination of "beauty, social skills, good dress sense, physical fitness, liveliness, sex appeal and sexual competence" and Hakim explains why our erotic capital is so important in terms of how we are viewed by others and how succesful we are in life. 

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In episode 2 - 

1. How is crime measured - Official crime statistics
2. Victimisation surveys - strengths and weaknesses
3. Self report studies - strengths and weaknesses

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In episode 1 -

1. What is the difference between crime and deviance
2. How is crime relative and socially constructed
3. Who are the victims of crime

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In this student takeover episode, Xu Junzhe (Cecilia) and Li Haoran (Miles) from Shenzhen College of International Education in China discuss the use of English names amongst Chinese students.

Cecilia says 'Together with my classmates, we’ve been reflecting on why many of us choose to adopt English names, how this influences our sense of identity, and whether it affects our connection to Chinese culture. In our conversation, we explore questions like:

• Why do we use English names in the first place?
• How do we feel about these names compared to our Chinese ones?
• Does this practice influence our cultural identity or sense of belonging?
• What sociological theories can help explain this phenomenon?

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In this student takeover episode, Olive Smith from Westcliff High School for girls in Essex discusses the impacts of globalisation on Japan. 

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In this student takeover episode, Naomi Hoffman from Colchester Sixth Form College dicusses the impact of Globalisation on the UK and applies some key sociological theory to the debate. 

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Jack Katz from UCLA about his research on crime and crimonology.The central thesis of Seductions of Crime is that situation-specific emotional and sensual sensations play an important role in the commission of crime. It is not a complete theoretical construct, but rather the sensual experiences and emotional states of the perpetrator that are brought to bear in various forms of crime – from occasional shoplifting to cold-blooded robbery.

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Jennifer Fleetwood about her book 'What we talk about when we talk about crime'. The book examines seven infamous crime stories to make sense of this modern confessional impulse, including Howard Marks’s outlandish autobiography Mr Nice, Shamima Begum’s controversial Times interview, Prince Andrew’s disastrous Newsnight appearance and Myra Hindley’s unpublished prison letters.

Jennifer explores the multitude of factors (such as gender, class, race) that shape how stories are told and heard and expplains how difficult it can be for the 'truth' to come out as she invites us to think differently about the abundance of personal stories about crime that circulate in public life.

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Paul Seabright about his book 'The divine economy' and how religions operate as successful businesses in order to make profit and demonstrate power. Paul explains why we must carefully consider the question of secularisation, how religions can gain power in both positive and negative ways and how the story of one young girls tells us a lot about the impact religion can have on an individual.

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Anton Roberts about his research on homelessness and masculinity. Anton is a researcher at the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) at Manchester Metropolitan University, within the disciplines of Sociology and Criminology. His specific research areas of focus are homelessness and exaggerated 'hyper' forms of masculinity.

You can lcontact Anton on email - A.Roberts@mmu.ac.uk

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Lee Elliot Major OBE, Lee is the country’s first Professor of Social Mobility. Appointed by the University of Exeter to be a global leader in the field, his work is dedicated to improving the prospects of disadvantaged young people.

Lee discusses his book Equity in education: Levelling the playing field of learning as well as outlining other famous sociological studies and how they relate to his findings.

You can view Lee's TED talk here - • How can we level the playing field of...

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Les Back and Dr Isaac Hoff about the rise of hooliganism and anti social behaviour at football grounds post covid. Ideas around drug use, masculinity, cultural resistance, subcultures and moral panics are all discussed. Is the problem really as bad as the media make out it is?

In this episode, three students takeover the pod to discuss the issue of sexism and misogyny in the gaming world. Harper Winslet, Jessica Thornton and Leila Miller-Jones from BHASVIC college in Brighton and Hove were inspired by the research of Anita Sarkeesian and wanted to see if their own primary research gained similar results. The research considers early games when objectification was first noticable up to more comptemporary issues such as whether the rise of Andrew Tate has had a signigicant impact on the gaming world.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Tom Shakespeare. Tom is is an English sociologist and bioethicist, he has achondroplasia and uses a wheelchair, his work focuses on all aspects of diability. In discussion, Tom defines what a disability is, how it impacts identity and changing attitudes. Tom also discusses media representation of disabilities and whether they have improved over the last twenty or so years.

You can follow Tom on Twitter @TommyShakes


and check out his website - https://farmerofthoughts.co.uk/

In this episode, Matthew talks to Circe Newbold about Paper 3 for the AQA A-level Sociology exam. Circe Newbold is a lead examiner for Paper 3, here she explains some top tips in terms of what the examiners are looking for and how to structure questions. Circe also explains how to work towards the A* grade.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor Frank Furedi. Frank is a Hungarian-Canadian academic and professor of sociology at the University of Kent and here he talks about his ideas on parents, childhood and fear. Frank discusses ideas from his book 'Paranoid parenting' about how childhood have become over protected from the late 70s onwards. The discussion also considers how children are being impacted by over catiousness and how parenting has continued to be impacted by fear. Frank also explain his ideas on the adultification of children and the infantilisation of adults.

You can find out more about Frank on his webiste - https://www.frankfuredi.com/ and follow him on twitter @Furedibyte

In this episode, Matthew talks to Kate Flatley about Paper 2 for the AQA A-level Sociology exam. Kate is a lead/senior examiner and here she explains some top tips in terms of what the examiners are looking for and how to structure questions.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Circe Newbold about Paper 1 for the AQA A-level Sociology exam. Circe Newbold is a lead examiner for Paper 1, here she explains some top tips in terms of what the examiners are looking for and how to structure questions.

In this episode, Matthew talks to writer and Darwinian scholar, Paula Wright. Through her MSc in Psychology, Culture and Evolution (Evolutionary Psychology) at Brunel London, Paula has questioned Feminism for ignoring biology and that some forms of Feminism actually restrict female choice. The discussion considers whether Sociology as a discipline is too quick to make the assumption that all behaviour is socially constructed by ignoring biological differences. As Paula notes on her website - 'History has demonstrated many times, that whenever our species attempts to take control of biology and bend it out of shape to ideological goals, human tragedy always follows'.

You can read more from Paula here - https://paulawright.substack.com/ and follow her on twitter - @SexyIsntSexist

In this student takeover episode, Aimee Elsworth from Blackfen 6th form discusses the issue of Anti-semitism in education. Aimee quite rightly highlights that this is an issue very much under represented and discussed in the topic of education. If you would like to do a student takeover episode then simply send an MP3 file to thesociologyshowpodcast@gmail.com

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