In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Gemma Ahearne - an educator in Criminology at the University of Liverpool. Gemma values lived experience and different ways of producing knowledge. Gemma is an active researcher and teacher who has almost 20 year experience of the sex industry. You can contact Gemma on her blog, via her staff profile here -

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/sociology-social-policy-and-criminology/staff/gemma-ahearne/ via

Or on twitter here - @princessjack

In this episode, Matthew talks to Chloe Wakeham who is a second year PhD student at Swansea University looking at online mental health communities and identities. Chloe uses a mixed methods study (Netnography and Ethnographic content analysis) in her research of mental health discourses and language on the platforms of Twitter and Tumblr.

In this episode, Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds from the Social Science Bites podcast interview Professor Ann Oakley about her classic research on childbirth. Ann explains all about her research, her methodology and her findings in her books; Motherhood (1979) and From Here to Maternity (1981).

You can here more podcasts from social science bites here - www.socialsciencespace.com and at https://www.socialsciencespace.com/about-socialsciencebites/, you can also follow them on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/socialscibites

In this the first student takeover episode, Adrianna Nawrocka from Hammersmith Academy explains her ideas on 'Production and consumption can lead to destruction: The problem with consumer culture in the 21st century'.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Catherine Hakim who is the author of Honey Money: The Power of Erotic Capital, Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom and Supply and Desire: Sexuality and the Sex Industry in the 21st Century. Catherine talks particularly about her research and outcomes for the Honey money publication and why some have found the findings a difficult theory to accept.

Just a brief episode to ask for your work! Fancy recording a short sound file explaining a theory, a concept or your favourite sociologist?

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Rachel Allison all the way from Mississippi about her research on women's sport. Rachel is the author of 'Kicking Center: Gender and the Selling of Women's Professional Soccer' and she takes a particular focus on the structures and formation of women's soccer leagues and the impact this can have on attendances and public interest in the sport.

In this episode, Matthew talks to anti-Feminist Judith Charpentier. Judith explains why she feels that Feminism is not achieving its goals of gender equality and why it is often hypocritical in its judgments on men. Judith also questions many of the claims made by the Feminist movement and considers if many western countries truly are still patriarchal.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Jenny Van Hooff from Manchester Metropolitan University. Jenny's work looks at issues of Intimacy, couples, sexual practices, commitment and in this podcast the discussion flows from how relationships have changed, the fascination with monogamy, reasons for infidelity and how traditional gender roles persist in many relationships.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Ali and Reece about studying A-level Sociology. Ali is currently a year 12 completing the end of year one of a two year course and Reece is now a third year degree student having completed his A-levels previous to this. Ali and Reece give their advise on how to navigate the A-level course, some tips on revision and how to deal with sensitive discussions.