Welcome to the third class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This is the original live stream, which was streamed on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 on Penn State's University Park Campus. It was class three of the Fall 2022 semester. Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET. https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Welcome to the second class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This class has moments from two different lectures. The older lecture was live streamed on Thursday, August 31, 2023 and the newer lecture was live streamed on Thursday, January 11, 2024. Both lectures were live streamed on Penn State’s University Park Campus. Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET. https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Welcome to the first class of the Summer 2025 semester of SOC 119. This class has moments from two different lectures that were live streamed five years apart. Both lectures were class one for their respective semesters. The older lecture was live streamed on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 and the newer lecture was live streamed on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Both lectures were streamed on Penn State’s University Park Campus. Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET. https://www.youtube.com/soc119/li...
The summer course officially begins next week! Monday-Thursday for the next six weeks, classic SOC 119 classes will be making their way onto the podcast. Jeff starts out with specific information for the podcast community, and then Sam addresses the class, regardless of how you tune into class. Join Office Hours every Wednesday at 3pm ET. https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sam is slowly becoming a full time streamer bro. Jeff had a dentist appointment availability open up and took it -- he missed another episode (or most of it). Sam and Alijah talk about Trump's handling of the Iranian conflict with the U.S. and Israel, talked about the threats and response to Nuclear war, and finished up the stream answering questions from the chat about conflict as well as an exploration through Sam's self-deprecating humor. Learn more about the class: ...
Sam and Alijah are on their own - Jeff is on vacation this week and did not produce the stream. Sam and Alijah look at the current political climate and what's happening around the world. From the war in Israel and Iran, to talking about religious beliefs and taking questions from the chat, No matter what the topic was, the conversation flows like butter. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live...
Sam is back from Korea and joins Alijah (almost) right off the plane! Sam shares pictures and videos -- available on the live stream video -- and then invites YouTube Chat Moderator, OpinionatedMatt onto the stream to talk about his last three months in South Korea. The two of them share their experiences, including their time in the sauna. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Wat...
Sam is still in Korea, so it's up to Alijah to hold the conversation space down! Office Hours will continue!!! This episode, Alijah interviews Darniesha (Niesh), who is the producer of the SOC 119 Live Stream. How did she get here? What does she do? What's in the future of SOC 119? Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: ...
Sam is in Korea with Laurie and about a dozen Penn State students enjoying their time exploring another culture. While he's gone, the conversation on the stream continues. This episode, Alijah interviews Yuli (pronounced Julie), the class administrator and the main liaison between students and Sam. What does Yuli do? What does an average day look like? What got her into this field of work? Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live...
The summer is officially here, but that doesn't stop the Office Hours Streams. Sam and Alijah talk about a successful end of the semester, which leads to a conversation about aging. Sam then shares four stories he's never shared in the classroom -- mostly about his medical experiences in Mexico and South America. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: ...
The Spring semester has come and gone, but Office Hours are continuing. Sam talks about the Trump administration, corruption with the Biden administration, and responds to chat. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Sam and G-Dawg reflected on the past semester. This is G-Dawg's final class of SOC 119 as he is moving to South Korea with his degree. Sam opens the discussion and allows students to ask him anything. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
On Thursday, April 29, 2025, State College was hit with a major thunderstorm after SOC 119 ended. Sam and Alijah talk about that experience. The conversation continues into conversations about when society is in a crisis. They talk about skepticism during COVID-19 and other topics related to other end of the world scenarios. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: ...
Sam invites four students and he asked them how they felt about specific controversial issues; in addition Sam asking them how they learned about these issues. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Sam invites five students to talk to them about how they handle modern day dating. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
This Office Hours, Sam and Alijah invited the community to jump into Discord and have a conversation about whatever. It was a success and Sam will do this again! Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Sam invites three volunteers to the front of the classroom to continue their conversation about Immigration and how the United States became the top economic power in the 1900s. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Sam and Jeff do a special Friday Office Hours to continue the conversation about deportations happening in America. Sam answers the questions asked during the class's live stream and what were asked in the comment section. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Sam invites four students up to talk to them about the Penn State International students that had their student visas revoked and are risking deportation. The discussion grows to the classroom where other students make their voices heard. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Sam continues the conversation from yesterday's class (Class 25) about conflict and war, focusing specifically on the Russian and Ukrainian War. There is a short production note because Penn State WiFi will fail throughout the stream which may result in a bad recording. However, we are giving you what we have! Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: ...
Sam invites two groups of students to talk about who their enemies are. The first volunteer is from Colombia and talks about Colombia and Venezuela's relationship. Sam then invites a Ukrainian, a Pro-Ukrainian Russian, and a Pro-Russian Russian to talk about the current conflict between the two countries. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: htt...
Sam invited six student volunteers to the front of the classroom. Two are Jewish, two are Muslim, and two are Christian. Sam and the students explore their religious beliefs, comparing the similarities and differences. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Retired LA Police Officer Joe Ivankay joins Sam and Alijah to talk about his experiences in more detail. The conversation starts with Joe answering questions from the live stream chat, but that quickly ends as Sam and Alijah are filled with questions. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Sam invites three groups of volunteers to the front of the classroom to talk about their experiences with discrimination. The first guest is Irvin Moore, a student who was in prison for over 50 years. The second set of volunteers are future law enforcement officers. The third group is a racial minority in America, Chinese Americans. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: ...
Sam invites Retired LAPD Officer Joe Ivankay to talk about the day that changed his life and his struggles with mental distress following that event. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sam and Alijah spend this Office Hours answering questions and comments from the live stream chat that happened during the two previous classes. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Sam invites a Chinese, Japanese, and Korean student volunteer up to the front of the classroom to talk about cultural harmony in East Asia. How do they do it? What does it mean? Do they really have harmony? Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
The Trump administration has put together a list of words that are being scrubbed from the U.S. Government's vocabulary. Sam invites two groups of students and asks them to put up "Stop Signs" every time the words are spoken in the classroom. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Sam and Alijah welcome two ROTC students to continue the conversation from the previous class. The topic revolves heavily around DEI and merit, but does go into other things like misconceptions the general public has about the military. After the ROTC students leave, Sam, Alijah, and Jeff continue the conversation and also hit on some breaking news. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: ...
Sam welcomes three students who were in the military or are part of Penn State's ROTC program, as well as an instructor for the Military, Lt. Col. Mark Kormos (who's son is currently taking the class). The conversation revolves around DEI, nepotism, and merit within the United States Armed Forces. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com...
