[1]Two topics this week:

First, Arturo jumps off from a recent New Books in Sociology episode [2] to ask whether or not sociology is too set in making repetitive and uncreative arguments.

Second, Chris takes us on a tour through the Billboard Hot 100 [3] and the Top 200 [4], with a stop at the Grammy Album of the Year [5], partially in response to this article on Hysteria and pop music [6].

Note: Jon accidentally posted the link to last episode when initially creating this post. If you got the wrong file, please redownload now. Sorry!

Download The Hot 26 [7]!

[1] https://thesocietypages.org/improv/files/2011/05/album-art-ep26.png

[2] http://newbooksinsociology.com/2011/05/16/peter-baehr-hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-and-the-social-sciences-stanford-up-2010/

[3] http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100

[4] http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/billboard-200

[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year

[6] http://www.avclub.com/articles/def-leppards-hysteria,55421/?mobile=false

[7] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/socimprov26.mp3