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In this episode we are joined by Jacien Carr, a military historian from The Ohio State University. The discussion traverses Jacien's unique upbringing in a diplomatic family, his experiences in the Marines, and the academic journey that led him to study military history and secret societies.

The conversation delves into the significance of mentorship, the complexities of cultural institutions, and the intersection of magic and pow...

The Society of Reluctant Anthropologists reunite with an original SORA member, Nadeem Karkabi, who is now a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Haifa. Our conversation explores themes of self-liberation, the Palestinian musical scene, and the changing dynamics of Haifa over time. Nadeem shares his personal experiences as a Israeli-Palestinian scholar living in a system of oppression and recurring violenc...

The three SORAteers are back together for a two-part episode looking back on Season 1 of SORA-pod and getting ready for Season 2!

Part 2 of episode turns to the upcoming season’s focus on emancipation and knowledge. Building on the first season’s themes, and responding to the ongoing genocide in Palestine and elsewhere, the three hosts put forward their hopes and plans for Season 2. Thinking through the interconnectedness of globa...

The three SORAteers are back together for a two-part episode looking back on Season 1 of SORA-pod and getting ready for Season 2! Reflecting on feedback and guests’ observations from the first season, part 1 of this episode considers how themes of power and knowledge, activism and scholarship, and community and imagination emerged interconnectedly across the episodes. The three hosts consider how this is reflected in everyday and a...

Jessica Turner and Cassie Rosita Patterson, Executive Director and Special Projects Consultant for the American Folklore Society (AFS), join us to explore how AFS fosters community through play, color, and active support of members within, outside, and in between academic institutions. They highlight the careful and joyful work of collaboration and accountability within an organization and show how organizations can reinvent themse...

The Society of Reluctant Anthropologists talks to Gregory Halbe about collective decision making, navigating group dynamics, and the wild side of academic conferences!

Gregory Halbe’s academic career has been largely shaped by fortuitous accidents and moments of sudden inspiration. Only lately, in what David Brooks calls the Second Mountain phase of his life, has Gregory found and started to seize a guiding sense of purpose. It s...

The SORAsians have a fun and deeply insightful conversation with Aimee Joyce, Senior Lecturer at the University of St. Andrews.

We talk curses, ethics, traces, the academy (duh), and so much more.

For a transcript of the episode, check out sorapod.com

Links:

Tracts Network: ⁠https://tractsnetwork.online/⁠

Aimee’s Website: https://aimee-joyce.com/

Terminology:

Praxis: Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or ...

We're joined by Daniel Sokol, a former university lecturer, medical ethicist, magician, and lead advisor for Alpha Academic Appeals. We discuss the issues students face, the creation of Alpha Academic Appeals, the lengthy and frustrating appeals process, and the improvements needed in university appeals processes.

For a transcript, please visit www.sorapod.com

Find Daniel on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DanielSokol9

Barbie, Boat Brawls, and The Color of Resilience! The tripod is back to talk about the aesthetics of resistance. You can also follow Sahil's B-plot blanket gymnastics at our website

This is an expansion of a conversation that was originally had for the American Anthropological Association, the abstract for which is below:

For many marginalized and minority students, the Ph.D. can be a site of violence, mirroring and leveraging ...

Maureen and Sahil talk to Leyla Jagiella about, well, a grand theory of everything (which they totally figured out)!

Leyla Jagiella is a cultural anthropologist and scholar of religion who has worked on orthodoxy and heterodoxy in Islam and gender and sexuality in Muslim societies. As a Muslim trans woman, she has been a community activist for more than two decades and has held workshops on trans Muslim intersectionality and empow...