Sam invites students to the front of the room to ask them about Cancel Culture. How are young people thinking about it? Do they self-censor more now because of it? Sam also shared a time when there were attempts to cancel him! Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Jan 27, 2025•57 min•Season 2025Ep. 6
Sam invites six students to the front of the room to talk about mixed raced relationships. Three of the students have parents who are mixed raced, and the other three students are currently in mixed raced relationships. After Sam asks them a few questions, they get the space to ask each other questions. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc11...
Jan 19, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 2025Ep. 5
Sam starts this podcast with introducing himself and giving students a little background of who he is and how he came to teaching SOC 119. Sam then invites 6 student volunteers to the front of the room for an activity called, "Who's American? Who's International?" An activity set-up to show the students that it's okay to notice differences and to ask questions. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: ...
Jan 17, 2025•35 min•Season 2025Ep. 3
Before the Spring 2025 semester starts, Sam is joined at his home office by Jeff - the post production producer of SOC 119. They talk about important books, brainstorming for this semester, and Sam asks the chat for some help with picking topics to consider. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Jan 14, 2025•51 min•Season 2025Ep. 2
Sam joins the live stream chat to talk about the New Year. Sam explores what he thinks about social media, political violence, and he answers some hard hitting questions like, "Why are you old and don't know anything?" Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Season 2025Ep. 1
For the final class of the Fall 2024 semester, Sam opens up to the students through a Q&A. Sam answers a variety of questions relating to current events, the future of SOC 119, and more. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Dec 31, 2024•27 min•Season 2024Ep. 30
Four students, Alina, Logan, Marcus, and Dean answer a question relating to the "truth". Sam asks questions to make the students reconsider what is and isn't true about their truths. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Dec 30, 2024•46 min•Season 2024Ep. 29
Sam starts class with inviting Colin up to talk about religious beliefs, the LGBT community and hatred. Afterwards, Sam invites three student volunteers, Brett, Ajani, and Lily, to talk about Gen Z and how "triggered" they really are about most issues in society today. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Dec 28, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2024Ep. 28
Sam invites three sets of volunteers to talk about different aspects of life around the queer community. Callie talks about her experience growing up with four moms. Allison and Akhirah express their thoughts on the growing population of LGBT individuals. Finally, Sam brings up two "dudes", Max and Asher to talk about how straight men view homosexuality in 2024. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: ...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr•Season 2024Ep. 27
This lecture took place on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 and has quickly become one of the most popular SOC 119 Lectures ever. Sam invites two student volunteers, one mixed (black and Ashkenazi) and one Indian (West Bengal), to assist him in asking questions to three white American students about white privilege. This is not an all encompassing conversation, just 68 minutes of a conversation beginning. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live ...
Dec 26, 2024•54 min•Season 2024Ep. 26
During a lecture in the Fall 2017 semester, SOC 119 students were moved by Basim's story of tragedy and overcoming hate with empathy. They asked if SOC 119 could bring him to the United States to share his message. On Tuesday, April 10, 2018, that became a reality. This is Sam's favorite lecture he's ever done. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Dec 25, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 2024Ep. 25
The first half of the class Sam talks to Maureen and Chris, two black students and asks them about the American cultural phenomenon of parts of black culture become modern slang, music tastes, and fashion. The second half Sam invites Professor Yoon as well as Ji Sung and David, three Koreans to talk about how Korea has been creating cool over the past several decades. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: ...
Dec 24, 2024•55 min•Season 2024Ep. 24
Sam along with two students volunteers listen as three groups of two students explain what is and isn't "cool" in their communities. The communities include Indonesia, Rural America and Ukraine, and Mixed Raced Culture. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Dec 23, 2024•56 min•Season 2024Ep. 23
Sam invites five international students -- Yusuf from Kuwait, Dela from Iran, Dima from Saudi Arabia, Ziad from Egypt, and Zuling from China -- and invites them into a conversation about freedom, government trust and censorship. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Dec 21, 2024•59 min•Season 2024Ep. 22
Sam invites students to ask him questions about the 2024 Presidential Election the day of the Election. This was live streamed a few hours before polls closed and therefore no one knew who won at the time of the recording. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Dec 20, 2024•53 min•Season 2024Ep. 21
Sam invites three students from different parts of the world that all practice Islam. They have a conversation about Islam, radicalism, and misconceptions. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live What live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Dec 19, 2024•58 min•Season 2024Ep. 20
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
Nov 01, 2024•57 min
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...
Oct 31, 2024•57 min
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
Oct 22, 2024•56 min
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...
Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 8 min
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...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 3 min
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
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 3 min
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
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min
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!
Oct 02, 2024•21 min
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
Sep 28, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 2024Ep. 10
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
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2024Ep. 9
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
Sep 26, 2024•59 min•Season 2024Ep. 8
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: https://www.youtube.com/soc119...
Sep 25, 2024•57 min•Season 2024Ep. 7
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
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 2024Ep. 6
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
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2024Ep. 5
