Sam does a special Friday Office Hours Live Stream where he talks to the community about his trip to Korea. For the photos and videos, go to the video on YouTube! Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
May 03, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 2025Ep. 35
Sam is back from Korea and comes back swinging with a topic about brainwashing. Sam invites four student volunteers up to the front to talk to them about their experiences with higher education. Are they brainwashed? Do students know anything? Do they think for themselves? We get some perspective on those questions. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: http...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 2025Ep. 34
Sam and Laurie are in transit to the United States, so it was a perfect opportunity to have the second exam of the semester. For about 27 minutes, Darniesha, the producer of the SOC 119 Live Stream, talks to "Unlce" Basim in front of the classroom - asking him questions as well as welcoming students to ask questions. Before Spring Break, the students walked his lectures as well as Sam's Ted x PSU Talk that brought the two men together. Learn more about the class: ...
May 02, 2025•28 min•Season 2025Ep. 33
This is the final episode from Sam and Laurie's three week trip to South Korea. In this episode, Sam interviews Laurie about her experiences talking to groups about conflict, collaboration, and facilitation. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 2025Ep. 32
Sam and Laurie are still in Korea and they do a small group discussion about Sam's book, allowing Konkuk University students to ask more personal questions about Sam's book, "The Sweet Spot." Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
May 01, 2025•58 min•Season 2025Ep. 31
This podcast episode was streamed from the Starfield Library from Seoul, South Korea. Sam, Laurie and SOC 119 Moderator OpinionatedMatt are in person today! Sam and Laurie talk on stage at the library about Sam's new book "The Sweet Spot." Before you ask, no, the book is not in English, at all. The speech about the book starts at 22 minutes. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: ...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 2025Ep. 30
This lecture was originally recorded in April of 2018. After Sam did a Ted X PSU talk in 2010, an Iraqi reached out to him. That email created a friendship. Tragedy happened. What happens after the death of your family? This class explores that question. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 2025Ep. 29
Sam is in Korea, and so his boss, DJ Seballos fills in and talks to Irvin Moore about his life in prison. What lead him to jail? What is he doing now that he's out? Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 2025Ep. 28
Sam is joined by Pedro, a staff member at World in Conversation at Penn State as well as two student facilitators to talk about their experience at the Center as well as the importance of facilitation in the modern world. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 26, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 2025Ep. 27
The first portion of this class Sam invites a student artist to talk about her art exhibit on campus. That volunteer is joined by three other volunteers for a thought experiment. The thought experiment is about flipped American racial history. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 2025Ep. 26
Sam and Alijah respond to the previous two classes as well discussing Sam's Book and his upcoming trip to Korea. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 2025Ep. 25
Sam opens the class talking about his new book, The Sweet Spot, a book only available in Korea. Then Sam invites two groups of students up to talk abut their connection to their culture and ethnicity. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 2025Ep. 24
Sam is joined by his wife, the great Doctor of Dialogue and a long friend, Dr. Dan O'Connell from the University of Delaware. The three of them talk about finding truth in the modern world. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 2025Ep. 23
Sam invites a student volunteer to the front of the room to talk about the previous class, and then to talk about black wealth in America. Following that, Sam invites four student volunteers to the front to ask them about inclusion and a feeling of belonging on Penn State's campus. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 2025Ep. 22
Sam begins this stream talking to Professor Dave, a Science Communicator on YouTube. The two of them talk about how to find truth. They also talk about flat earthers and other conspiracy theories. The second half of the episode is Alijah, Sam, and Jeff talking about skeptics, taking all sides, and personal antidotes about the Shingles Virus. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: ...
Apr 19, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Season 2025Ep. 21
Sam brings four student volunteers up to talk to them about USAID and the Trump Administration's decision to end the program. How much money is being spent? Is it too much? Is it not enough? Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 2025Ep. 20
Sam invites two male and three female volunteers to the front of the classroom to talk about sexism in the modern world. Is it happened? What does it look like? Why don't people push back, or do they? Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 2025Ep. 19
Sam and Alijah start Office Hours talking about being pushed into narratives. Some breaking news happens in the war between Russia and Ukraine. The last half of the episode Sam replies to questions from the previous classes. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 16, 2025•2 hr•Season 2025Ep. 18
This is a shortened class because the students had their first Exam that day. Sam opens the conversation up to the students allowing them to ask Sam anything. Some questions involved: Death, Immigration, Kendrick Lamar's Halftime Show, Why Does Sam Live in PA, and more. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 15, 2025•31 min•Season 2025Ep. 17
Sam hosts a live stream by himself for the first time. So he decided to do an in-person interview with his wife, the great Doctor of Dialogue, Dr. Laurie Mulvey. The two talk about life in Trump's America and how to move in a positive direction as a nation by thinking together. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Season 2025Ep. 16
This episode starts with an interview Sam did with Kim Soomin, a producer at a Korean English TV Channel, ArirangTV. Sam asks Soomin about the recent tragedy that happened in South Korea - a massive plane crash. How did Korea respond? How is it similar to different than America's responses to tragedy? Sam then invites five student volunteers, three are international and two are American and the conversation continues. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119....
Apr 12, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 2025Ep. 15
Sam and Alijah talk about the last few classes about DEI. However, the conversation will turn towards the Collective, Tribalism, Empathy, and the War on Cops (to name a few things). Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Season 2025Ep. 14
Sam invites two student volunteers to talk about discrimination, how do we measure it, what does it mean, and how do we overcome it? Then Sam invites up three different student volunteers to talk about Affirmative Action and University admission. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 2025Ep. 13
Sam invites four student volunteers to the front of the room to talk about the "rebirth" of DEI. What was the purpose? Why did the American government impose it on the country? Sam also starts the conversation about nepotism and merit. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 2025Ep. 12
Sam and Alijah continue the conversation about DEI in Trump's America. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Season 2025Ep. 11
Sam invited four students volunteers to talk about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. They explore questions like, "What is the problem with Diversity and Equity?" This class is one of a few that revolves around DEI. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 2025Ep. 10
I want to personally apologize for the episodes not uploading regularly. I just didn't have time to edit. So, to make it up to you... We are uploading all the rest of the class unedited, uncensored, and fully included. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Apr 04, 2025•2 min•Season 2025Ep. 9
Sam and Alijah meet after the first class of the semester and Alijah came prepared with some questions that leads into a conversation about understanding people, having compassion, and learning new things. Finally the two respond to comments and questions from the live chat. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 2025Ep. 4
Sam invites students up to the front to talk to them about code-switching. Do they do it, if so, when? What is the purpose of code-switching? How do you know when you're code-switching or you've changed a bit as a person? Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 2025Ep. 8
Sam and Alijah go through all the questions that have been asked on the channel for classes 2 & 3. And of course they answered questions that were asked in chat. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/live Watch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Season 2025Ep. 7