Sam invites students to talk about one of the most important issues facing American voters going into the 2024 Presidential Election - Immigration. Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Class 17 was an exam and the students watched an interview Sam and Laurie did in Korea this summer. This class, Sam invites students to come up and talk about what connects them to their nation. A ton of students come to the front to share their perspectives. Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

While Sam is in Korea, Laurie and Irv take over the classroom. This is a continuation of the previous semester. If you didn't listen, we highly recommend you do in order to know who Irvin Moore is. Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam is joined by Irvin Moore, an old friend of Sam and Laurie who was in prison in Pennsylvania for most of his life. He's out and tells his story to anyone who hears so others don't make the same mistakes that he did. This lecture is originally from the Fall 2023 semester. Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam and Laurie are joined by Frank from the Turkish English News Channel TRT to talk to students about the 2024 Presidential Election. Student volunteers as well as students in the class participate in a conversation about voting patterns, demographics, and the things we don't normally see in the media. Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam and a few student volunteers have a conversation about the climate. Are students thinking about? What is the most important issues that connect (and don't connect) to climate change? Do they have hope for a better world? Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam invites Indian and Indian American students to the front of the class to talk about poverty, wealth, and the Caste System in India. Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

The students have their first exam of the semester, so that means the class is going to be short. Sam is in Colombia and jumps into a Zoom call with Yuli (also in Colombia) and two Venezuelan refugees now living in the neighboring country of Colombia. Sam and Yuli ask David and Lucha questions about their trip, why they left their home, and what they want to do in the future. This podcast is in Spanish and English - translations from student volunteers!

Sam invites six Puerto Rican students to come to the front of the classroom to talk about their family, their lives, and their culture. What do Americans not understand about our fellow American citizens? Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam and Laurie invited two students, Matthew and Gavin, to come to the front and talk about their lives. Students (and the YouTube Live Stream Chat) ask questions throughout the class, whenever a good question came to mind. Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam invites African students to come down to the front of the classroom to talk about their experience in the United States. Do Africans and African-Americans have similar culture? What are some differences between these groups of people? Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

While Class #6 was happening, the live stream chat had a few people say that social inequality is largely influenced by our genetics. Humans of different racial groups act in different ways because of their genetics. Sam invites student volunteers to come down and discuss what they've heard, and Sam tries to provide some things to keep in mind when having these discussions. Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube:...

Laurie inspired Sam to have this class based on a conversation she was having the day before when she said, "I just want fairness!" What does that look like with a society focused on DEI[B]? Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam continues the conversation based on the information from the previous class (Class #4). Where does Equity come into play? Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam is joined by four student volunteers and they talk about DEI: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (and Belonging). What are the good things, what are the bad things, will we ever go back to not focusing on diversity? Learn more about the class: ⁠⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam, being inspired from a question Tyler asked during Class #2 (The Whites), decided to ask a group of students about the importance of "Black Pride". Sam also introduces his wife, Dr. Laurie Mulvey to the class, and gets some interesting questions from her throughout the class. Learn more about the class: ⁠https://www.soc119.org/live⁠ What live on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live

Sam invites five student volunteers to the front of the room, an African American female, an Asian American male, an Indian (international student) female, a white male, and a white female. The students talk about what they think of when they hear "white people x". They talk about white privilege, white Americans, non-American white people, and white culture. Finally, Sam and the students are asked questions from the class as well as the live stream chat. Learn more about the class:...

The first class is all about Sam laying the foundation for the rest of the semester. He does this on the first day by opening up about his life and time as a Professor. He also goes over some of the basic information about the course. Sam transitions to introducing some of the staff of SOC 119 and for the first time ever, Sam talks about the live stream in detail with the students. Finally, the first case study happens with three male student volunteers. One from Kuwait, another from Korea,...

This is the third class of the Spring 2024 semester. The University closed it doors and didn't allow class to happen in person because of snow in the area. So, Sam sits down in his home office and answers some questions about the first two classes, and some other questions commenters put into the chat. In addition, Sam had a conversation with Basim Razzo to ask him about the bombing that happened in Erbil, Iraq just the day before this podcast episode was recorded. ---- Contact us, all...

This is the second class of the Spring 2024 semester. Sam opens the class with a story of his first ever class in 1984 -- and connecting it to the volunteers and expectations. Sam invites four students, all of them American, to explain "What is the problem with society, today, in 2024?" Thank you to all the volunteers that made this class possible. You guys did great! ---- Contact us, all info is on our ⁠website.⁠ Check out the ⁠class slideshow⁠. Intro and Outro Songs are licensed...

This is the first class of the Spring 2024 semester. Sam starts with explaining a little about himself, how he got to teaching SOC 119 and how the course works. The third segment, Sam introduces the class (and podcast) to Yuli, Darniesha, and Nidhi. For the final segments, Sam brings up seven student volunteers to talk about about stereotypes, misconceptions, and word pronunciation and understanding. Thank you to all the volunteers that made this class possible. You guys did...

This episode, Sam is joined by four people who identify more on the "Conservative" side of the political spectrum to talk about Conservative thinking in the modern day. ---- Contact us, all info is on our website: ⁠http://soc119.org/ Intro and Outro Songs are licensed through http://MotionArray.com/ Bumper songs are from dupre's first album, "HYSTM": https://artist.link/dupre Additional Tunes from Roland Albertson: https://rolandalbertson.com/ Copyright 2024 SOC 119 Stream Team Edited...

This episode, Sam is joined by Greg Skipworth, a high school teacher from Tennessee. They talk about diversity of thought and ideologies, the fears of Nuclear War, life as a student and a teacher. ---- Contact us, all info is on our website: ⁠http://soc119.org/ Intro and Outro Songs are licensed through http://MotionArray.com/ Bumper songs are from dupre's first album, "HYSTM": https://artist.link/dupre Copyright 2024 SOC 119 Stream Team Edited and Produced by Hamill Media, LLC....

This episode uses some adult language, think similar to PG-13/TV-14. During the beginning part of Winter Break 2023, Sam live streamed with viewers that emailed him with interest in having their voices heard. After a short intro, Sam has a conversation with Lucas, a PhD student from Harvard to talk about the Israel/Palestine conflict on his campus. After Lucas jumps off, Beau, a college student from Tennessee joins the call to talk to Sam about questioning difficult topics, for instance:...