In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr. Letisha Brown - an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech. She is an affiliate of the Africana Studies. Letisha's research primarily adopts a black feminist approach to examine representations of black females in sport and black girlhoods, her work also examines the lived experiences of food and eating among college-educated adults.

In this episode, Matthew talks through four studies that use a qualitative method. One study uses content analysis and interviews, another relies on a case study, one uses participant observation and one uses unstructured interviews. If you are looking for more studies to refer to in your essays then this should be of use to you.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Claire Markham - a Lecturer in Sociology & Criminology. Claire talks about her work on rural pubs and rural communities, what the local pub can mean to a village, how pubs have to adapt to a changing market and the impacts of pub closures to the rural communities.

In this episode, Matthew talks through four studies that use a quantitative method. One study uses a postal questionnaire, another relies on police statistics, one uses the American census and one uses a survey given to school children. If you are looking for more studies to refer to in your essays then this should be of use to you.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Laura Bentley about her research on working class women in higher education. Laura is a Research Fellow in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at The University of Birmingham. Laura's work seeks to examine and demonstrate how inequalities are established and reproduced through policies and practices in education, employment and wider societal structures, and works to eradicate these.

In this episode, we continue understanding research methods and look at PETs - The practical, ethical and theoretical issues that sociologists must consider before and during their research. This also covers some key studies that help to understand the issues of PETs.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Julia Martinez-Arino all about religion. Julia discusses her work on the process of apostasy from the Catholic church and how this impacts ideas around culture. Julia also then explains the provisions that prisons and hospitals often have to make in regard to religious diversity and the requirements of individuals.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Ben Hewitson from the allsociology:take 1 podcast about research methods. Ben explains the difference between primary and secondary research, qualitative and quantitative data and those all important terms - Validity, Reliability and Representativeness.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor of Sociology and African-American studies at Columbia University - Sudhir Venkatesh. Sudhir explains his famous book 'Gang leader for a day' in terms of how he came to study the Black Kings gang on the Robert Taylor homes estates, his ethnographic methodology and his overall conclusions and findings from the ground-breaking research.

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr. Ashley Morgan about international men's day. Ashley talks about the purpose of the movement, the key issues behind it and why it is an important issue for everyone in society.