We’re talking sports again on the podcast!  This time, building community through minor league baseball.  Where major league sports focus on winning a...

BMW, Louis Vuitton, Vineyard Vines – what makes these products so expensive, and why do people pay so much for them? Part of it may be their quality, ...

Sociology is interesting, but how do you make a career out of it?  One way, of course, is to get a PhD and become a professor, but that doesn’t suit e...

Classical theorist Emile Durkheim (my personal favorite!) came up with the concept of collective effervescence to describe the way we feed of each oth...

The long football season (okay, not as long as baseball) is coming to a close with the Super Bowl.  The best players of America’s game square off in a...

Why does following social norms so often feel natural?  And how is it that so many different people stay in line even without authoritarian controls? ...

Are snails slimy critters or a gourmet food item?  The answer depends on where you live, a factor which shapes your perception of reality.  In this ep...

Between GPS-enabled smartphones, ubiquitous surveillance cameras, and the NSA’s monitoring of phone and internet traffic, we are constantly being watc...

How do you make decisions in your life?  Do you write an exhaustive pro/con list and ask friends to weigh in, or do you go with your gut?  In this epi...

Does all that chatter on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook serve a useful purpose?  I certainly hope so, since I’m on all of them (well, exc...