Mar 28, 202626 minS0
<p>How did civic activists in Kenya manage to stop the construction of the Lamu coal-fired power plant? How does this relate to the protection of local cultural heritage? And does this mean that East African countries...
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The podcast series Crossroads invites social scientists, whose research addresses important topics and issues of our globalizing world. It is created in a collaboration with Alarm and the research programme Global Conflicts and Local Interactions, which is funded by the AV21 Strategy of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
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Booking probability
23%
Guest openness
Selective
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What is Crossroads about?
The podcast series Crossroads invites social scientists, whose research addresses important topics and issues of our globalizing world. It is created in a collaboration with Alarm and the research programme Global Conflicts and Local Interactions, which is funded by the AV21 Strategy of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Who hosts Crossroads?
Crossroads is hosted by Alarm. The show has published 12 episodes to date.
What has Crossroads covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Margaret Wagana - Indigenous communities have taken the fight for climate action in East Africa into their own hands" (28 March 2026, 26 minutes), "Margaret Wagana - Indigenous communities have taken the fight for climate action in East Africa into their own hands" (28 March 2026, 26 minutes), and "Mukul Sharma - Promoting yoga or vegetarianism ignores the culture and perspective of the lowest castes" (13 December 2024, 51 minutes).
How often does Crossroads publish?
Crossroads publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 47 minutes across 12 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Crossroads?
Booking probability for Crossroads is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Crossroads requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Crossroads's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch Crossroads?
The strongest fits for Crossroads are Scientific Research & Development and Universities & Colleges. Crossroads has a science audience.
About the host
Alarm hosts Crossroads, a science podcast with 12 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Mar 28, 202626 min
How did civic activists in Kenya manage to stop the construction of the Lamu coal-fired power plant? How does this relate to the protection of local cultural heritage? And does this mean that East African countries are...
- Dec 13, 202451 minS0
<p>The guest of the podcast Crossroads was political scientist Mukul Sharma. We talked about what the experiences of India's lowest castes can bring to the climate justice debate. </p><p>How do touch, taste and smell...
- Jul 26, 202351 minS0
<p>In the latest episode of the podcast series Crossroads, we invited Sylvia Tamale who is a Professor of Law at Makerere University, where she was the first female Dean of the School of Law. She founded and served as a...
- May 29, 202350 minS0
<p>Why can we find hardly any members of the lowest castes neither in Indian music academies nor in the juries of singing talent shows? Why do Dalit musicians write lyrics not only about their caste heroes but even...
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- Jan 6, 202326 minS0
<p>In the latest episode of the podcast Crossroads we invite dr Kristine Krause. Dr Krause is an anthropologist working at the intersections of political and medical anthropology, interested in subjectivities and...
Episode #7
Brigitte Aulenbacher - Live-in care markets provide decent care under poor working conditions
Dec 22, 202257 minS0<p>In the latest episode of the podcast Crossroads we invite professor Brigitte Aulenbacher. She is a Professor of Sociological Theory and Social Analysis, the Head of the Department of the Theory of Society and Social...
Episode #6
Oksana Dutchak - Peace does not only concern security, but also economic and social rights
Oct 22, 202250 minS0<p>The podcast Crossroads invites Oksana Dutchak who is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Social and Labour Research (Kyiv) and a co-editor of Commons: Journal of Social Criticism. She is an activist of Essential...
- Oct 4, 202254 minS0
<p>Mariya Ivancheva is a British-Bulgarian anthropologist and sociologist, currently based at the University of Strathclyde. Her longterm research interest is the precarity in academic work. She is currently the...
- Oct 4, 202255 minS0
<p>Christophe Jaffrelot is the guest of the new episode of the Crossroads podcast. Christophe Jaffrelot is a Professor of Indian Politics and Sociology at King’s College London and Research Director at the Centre...
- Oct 4, 202238 minS0
<p>In the podcast Crossroads, we welcome Dr. Alessandra Mezzadri. She is Associate Professor of Development Studies at SOAS University of London. In her research and teaching, she focuses mainly on inequalities and...
- Oct 4, 20221h 3mS0
<p>Sabelo Ndlovu-Gathseni is a professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with a focus on Africa at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Originally trained as a Historian in Zimbabwe he held various...
- Oct 4, 20221h 9mS0
<p>Our first guest in the podcast series Crossroads is Martin Lemberg-Pedersen who is an associate professor at the Centre for Advanced Migration Studies (AMIS) at the University of Copenhagen and a research fellow in...
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Oksana Dutchak
Centre for Social and Labour Research
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Christophe Jaffrelot
King’s College London
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