Hi, I'm Alexis Hieu Truong.
And I'm Rosie Hancock.
And we're here to tell you about Uncommon Sense, the podcast that sees our world afresh, through the eyes of sociologists.
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.
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?
We're about understanding our shared crises, and imagining better futures too.
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.
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.
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.
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You've got to believe that the world can be a better place. You've got to.
That's Uncommon Sense, from The Sociological Review. See you soon.