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Society Matters

36 episodes - Latest episode: 4 months ago
Society matters is a podcast from Aston University. Presented by Sam Cook, the podcast series explores some of the fascinating work of academics within the University on current issues facing society.

Wonks and War Rooms

71 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Where political communication theory meets on the ground strategy. Host, Professor Elizabeth Dubois, picks a political communication theory, explains it to a practitioner, and then they have a chat...

POC Podcast - Progressive Opinions of Color

62 episodes - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Welcome to Progressive Opinions of Color (POC), a podcast that creates space for people of color in conversations about economics, politics, and culture. Your host is Nancy Wu. Nancy is an Asian Am...

The International Security Podcast

19 episodes - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratings
Leading scholars provide insight on urgent policy debates. Jeff Friedman of Dartmouth College interviews contributors to the premiere peer-reviewed journal of security studies. They offer sophistic...

Background Briefing with Ian Masters

1,575 episodes - Latest episode: about 17 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 551 ratings
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news,...

Downloads – Strange Frequencies Radio

86 episodes - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 88 ratings
Strange Frequencies Radio Archive

Social Media and Politics

182 episodes - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Social Media and Politics is a podcast bringing you innovative, first-hand insights into how social media is changing the political game. Subscribe for interviews and analysis with politicians, aca...

What Gets My Goat

10 episodes - Latest episode: almost 7 years ago - ★★★★ - 1 rating
Sometimes on point, most of the time pointless. A fast, spirited, and ad-libbed take-down of whatever Gets My Goat in the world of politics, culture, religion, and barnyard animals.

Understanding media: the celebrity in the text - for iBooks

1 episode - Latest episode: almost 13 years ago
Kylie Minogue, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman are all prominent celebrities, but how has the media created their status and how does what we read in the press influence our opinion? This unit will t...

Sociology Improv

30 episodes - Latest episode: about 12 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
A podcast with sociologically-informed discussion of the news of the day.

Speculative Grammarian Podcast

298 episodes - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Speculative Grammarian—the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics—is now available as an arbitrarily irregular audio podcast. Our podcast inclu...

US News | Science Discoveries

88 episodes - Latest episode: over 14 years ago - ★★ - 3 ratings
Get the latest science news about the environment, genetics, animals, technology, archaeology and space.

EconTalk Archives, 2006

31 episodes - Latest episode: over 17 years ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratings
EconTalk is an award-winning weekly talk show about economics in daily life. Featured guests include renowned economics professors, Nobel Prize winners, and exciting speakers on all kinds of topica...