Uncommon Sense

Our world, through the eyes of sociologists. Brought to you by The Sociological Review Foundation.

The podcast that casts a sociological lens on our lives, our world, our crises. Each month, we sit down with an expert guest and grab hold of a commonplace notion – Anxiety! Privilege! Burnout! Fat! – and flip it around to see it differently, more critically, more sociologically. A jargon-free space, led by hosts Rosie Hancock and Alexis Hieu Truong, to question tropes and assumptions – and to imagine better ways of living together. Because sociology is for everybody – and you certainly don’t have to be a sociologist to think like one!

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Uncommon Sense

Introducing Uncommon Sense

March 24, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 0

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This is Uncommon Sense, the podcast that sees our world afresh, through the eyes of sociologists. Brought to you by The Sociological Review, it’s a space for questioning taken-for-granted ideas about society – for imagining better ways of living together and confronting our shared crises. Hosted by Rosie Hancock in Sydney and Alexis Hieu Truong in Ottawa, featuring a different guest each month, Uncommon Sense insists that sociology is for everyone.

Hosts: Alexis Hieu Truong, Rosie Hancock
Featured Guests: Bev Skeggs, Michaela Benson

Executive Producer: Alice Bloch
Sound Engineer: David Crackles
Music: Joe Gardner
Artwork: Erin Aniker

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Alexis Hieu Truong: 0:01

Hi, I'm Alexis Hieu Truong.

Rosie Hancock: 0:04

And I'm Rosie Hancock.

Alexis Hieu Truong: 0:05

And we're here to tell you about Uncommon Sense, the podcast that sees our world afresh, through the eyes of sociologists.

Rosie Hancock: 0:12

Each month, with our guest, we take something we'll think we know pretty well– say "borders", "bodies" or"care" – and look at it sideways, casting the everyday in a new light.

Bev Skeggs: 0:22

Care isn't just an industry, it's also about how we treat other people and other things. So how do we treat the planet? Do we just, you know, let the planet burn? Do we treat people as if they just are labour to be extracted?

Alexis Hieu Truong: 0:36

We're about understanding our shared crises, and imagining better futures too.

Michaela Benson: 0:41

If we focus too much on individuals and their actions, I think we can miss the broader absence of those structures, which might support people to do something otherwise.

Rosie Hancock: 0:52

It's candid, jargon free, and for you! Because sociology is not just a public good; it can be good for us too. I mean, I know it works for me.

Bev Skeggs: 1:01

Billions of pounds globally is made from people trying to find out why they've got so many problems. When, in fact, if they read a sociological textbook, it'll probably explain it.

Alexis Hieu Truong: 1:11

So tap Subscribe, or follow in whatever app you use, or share us, well, with everyone!

Bev Skeggs: 1:16

You've got to believe that the world can be a better place. You've got to.

Rosie Hancock: 1:22

That's Uncommon Sense, from The Sociological Review. See you soon.

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