In this episode, Matthew talks to Circe Newbold who is an A-level Sociology teacher and examiner for a major exam board about the topic of Positivism and Interpretivism. The discussion looks at the ways the two disciplines view society and the different methods they adopt when conducting their research.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Ali Bowes from Nottingham Trent University. Ali is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport and winner of the 2021 Vice Chancellors Teaching Award, she leads the first year module Sport, Culture and Society, whilst also contributing to the second year Sociology of Sport, the Body and Health module, and the third year Contemporary Issues in Sport module. Dr. Bowes supervises research dissertations in the sociology of sport focusing on women's sport, related to media coverage, social media, gender and sexuality, professionalisation and commercialisation.

You can get 30% off her book; The professionalisation of women's sport using the code EMERALD30 when ordering via @Emerald_Books
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In this episode, we hear part 3 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

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Donna Peacock from the University of Sunderland. Donna discusses her research on cybercrime and policing as well as her role of Scheme Manager for Northumbria Local Appropriate Adult Scheme (NLAAS) which works to support vulnerable offenders in police custody. You can follow Donna on Twitter @DonnaPeacock7

In this episode, we hear part 2 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

In this episode, Matthew talks to Deanna Dadusc, Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti and Stephen Burrell about the issue of violence against women and girls following the recent high profile murder cases of women in the UK. The discussion focuses on what the murder of Sarah Everard tells us about society already and considers the systemic and structural changes that need to happen in order to tackle this ongoing issue.

You can follow the contributors to this show on twitter too -
@Deanka7
@RoxyCavalcanti
@the_daily_panda

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Christopher R Matthews from Nottingham Trent University - a social scientist and epistemologist who specialises in the use of immersive research to understand ideas, people and society. Christopher talks about his book 'Doing Immersive research Vol.1: Using social science to understand the human world'. You can find out more at immersiveresearch.co.uk and follow Christopher on Twitter too @DrCRMatthews

In this episode, Sunny Gunessee discusses the issue of gender and crime, ore specifically he talks about whether theories on women and crime are still relevant and significant to the current growth of female crime being seen in many Western societies.

In this episode, Matthew talks to Dr Owusu Kwarteng about the issue of exams and the stress, pressure and mental health issues that accompany the practice. The discussion focuses on why exams are becoming increasingly anxiety inducing and what could possibly be introduced to replace them.

In this episode, Jarrett Robert Rose discusses his work on culture, consciousness, health and in particular, mental health. You can follow Jarrett on his Twitter page here - https://twitter.com/jarrettrose4