In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Guilia Zampini. Giulia is a researcher and a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Greenwich. Since joining Greenwich, Giulia has continued to develop her work on the relationship between evidence and morality in the domains of drug and prostitution policy. Giulia’s commitment to social justice has inspired her to take leadership of projects with people who are marginalised or excluded from education and policy debates. These include her teaching work inspired by the Inside Out Prison Exchange Programme, and the participatory action research project People and Dancefloors.

You can follow Guilia on Twitter - @GFZampini

View her website - http://peopleanddancefloors.com/

And watch her film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnpjkPec9SM

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Catherine Owen about the crossover between the disciplines of Geography and Sociology. As a teacher of both subjects, Catherine explains how a strong understanding of social inequalities and the behaviour of people provides a solid base to learning geography. Catherine also explains how Sociology connects to not only human geography but physical and environmental too.

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Daniel Chambliss about his ethnographic research. Dan looks at how extraordinary performance becomes normal for the people who do it, social factors in high performance and the phenomenology of excellence. Dan explains the key components that go into a person getting to the top of their field.

You can follow Dan on Twitter @DanFChambliss

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Christine Feldman-Barrett from Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. In part one the discussion focusses on Christine's interest in youth subcultures and her book "We are the Mods'. In part two the conversation moves on to her latest publication - "A women's history of The Beatles'.

You can follow Christine on twitter @FeldmanBarrett

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Just a brief update for the listeners on some changes to the show

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Professor of Education and Social Justice at The University of Birmingham - Professor Kalwant Bhopal. Kalwant's research looks at issues of race, racism, gender, class, inequalities, social Justice and equity. The discussion focusses on Kalwant's book - White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society and considers what whiteness actually means and also how education statistics in relation to race do not always tell the full story.

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In this episode, we hear part 6 of the audio book 'Can Music make you sick? with Dr George Musgrave.

If you have not yet listened to part 1 then you can do so here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/12291241/drgmusgrave

Part 2 is here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/12291241/sickmusic2

Part 3 is here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/12291241/sickmusic3

Part 4 is here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/12291241/sick4

Part 5 is here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/12291241/sick5

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Les Back from Goldsmiths University. Les discusses his book 'The changing face of football - racism, identity and multi-culture in the English game' and his experiences of writing about race and racism as a white academic.

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In this episode, we hear part 5 of the audio book 'Can Music make you sick? with Dr George Musgrave.

If you have not yet listened to part 1 then you can do so here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/12291241/drgmusgrave

Part 2 is here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/12291241/sickmusic2

Part 3 is here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/12291241/sickmusic3

Part 4 is here - https://www.spreaker.com/user/12291241/sick4

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In this episode, Matthew talks to Jim Hunter and Louise Owusu-Kwarteng about where we are at with the subject of Sociology. The discussion looks and the current limitations and frustrations of both learning and teaching the subject and leads into talk of where do we go from here for the future of Sociology.

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