Dr. Stephanie Nawyn and I discuss some White women's unwavering support of Trump and the Republican party, why do White when choose their race interests over their gendered interest, Karens, getting White women to the cookout, and the future of White women's politics.
A lighthearted but serious look at "Beer Snobbery." Join sociologists and "beer geeks" Mike Chavez, Yanira Fuentes, and I as we talk about craft beer, Hipsters, gentrification, navigating White spaces, and are we now the benevolent gentrifiers? Happy New Year everyone!
My guests, Dr. Chuck O'Connell and Dr. Raul Perez join me to discuss, socialism, communism, democratic socialism and their differences. We also ask the question was Jesus a communist? Join us and happy holidays.
Dr. Mike Chavez joins me to talk about what does the progressive left do now that we elected Biden, union organizing, education, nazis, and republicans class consciousness. Yeah I was surprised by that last one myself.
Dr. Rogelio Saenz and I talk Latina/o/x and their high rates of COVID infection. We also discuss why Latina/o/x may have voted for Trump and the future of Latina/o/x politics.
I celebrate this historic moment with Professor Samantha Jones, Dr. Glenda Flores, and Dr. Lata Murti. We talk about what this meant to women of color, multiracial identity, the squad, white women at the cookout, and how the future is feminine.
Join Kimberly Huyser and I as we honor those whose land we live on, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Kimberly talks about being Navajo, COVID's effect on Indigenous communities, Uranium Minds on Indigenous land, and cultural appropriation!
This week, Professor Robert Wonser drops by to talk about what is "cancel culture" and how it gets used by the political right and the left. We throw in a conversation about lessons from the vigilante Batman and what zombie stories tell us about pandemics. We finish by discussing the importance of media literacy.
Returning guest, Tiffany Lanoix and I discuss what is intersectionality and how useful it is to understanding oppression, privilege, and social movements. Since this episode was recorded when Trump caught COVID we do discuss "the lefts" crocodile tears around his illness.
I kick it with my partner Dr. Rebecca Romo and two of my colleagues from our History Department, Citlali Sosa-Riddell and Brian Walsh. We joke, laugh, and get deadly serious about the upcoming election. A little levity to try to lighten up these stressful times.
This week I sit down with three of my Armenian colleagues Garineh Avakian, Yeprem Davoodian, and Eddie Tchertchian, to discuss the history of the Armenia, the Armenian genocide, resistance, resilience, and the current conflict in Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Dr. Cid Martinez drops by to discuss his book "The Neighborhood Has Its Own Rules: Latinos and African Americans in South Los Angeles." Join us as we talk about "alternative governance," violence's role in shaping identity, and Black/Brown relations. Forget your preconceived notions on the topic, its a pretty positive episode.
Sociologists Talking Real Shit goes international as we take a trip across the Atlantic to chop it up with Dr. Steve Garner. We discuss Brexit, COVID19, race, and how England and the US were both trippin, ending up with Boris and Trump.
This is as real as shit gets. My sister, Marilynn McKeever, and I share our experiences growing up in a highly dysfunctional family. Issues of race, gender, gang banging, abuse, violence, alcoholism, drugs and more are all on the table. Believe it or not this is the PG 13 version, but it may be difficult to listen to for some. These type of family secrets are far too common and this story needed to be told.
Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and I discuss Ellen Reese and his new book "The Cost of Free Shipping: Amazon in the Global Economy." We talk about Amazon Capitalism, surveillance capitalism, workers rights, the environment, and the possibilities for change. This is a book literally by the people and for the people, with contributions from academics, workers, and activists letting us all know the real "cost of free shipping."
Juan Battle and I discuss the intersections of race and sexuality, LGBTQIA+ and BLM, intersectional approaches to battle oppression and Juan's must read list.
Dr Glenda Flores and I talk about her growing up a working class Latina from Santa Ana, the added difficulties for graduate students of color, and her research on Latina teachers.
Special Labor Day Edition! Dr. Shigueru Julio Tsuha and I talk about the portion of the economy that really matters...your paycheck. While we are about to have our first trillionaire, others are getting evicted from their homes. Does it have to be this way? We discuss how can the worker get paid what they deserve, universal basic income, a thirty hour work week and how we can pay for it. Hint: tax the hell out of the rich.
Heather Dalmage and I talk about Whiteness and more Whiteness. Will most Whites continue to support the Black Lives Movement? What is "bounded empathy" and "strategic ignorance" and how do Whites use them to maintain their privilege. We also talk about the "politics of respectability," Jacob Blake, White Identity and displays of Black death, and the real cost of the juvenile injustice system. Yeah we had a lot to say...hope you get a chance to listen.
No intros, no guests, just Black rage and sorrow. I could not let this moment pass, I wish I could but this shit has to stop and that's for real.
Tiffany Lanoix, Glenda Flores, Sheryl Nomelli, and I talk about our less than enthusiastic support of Joe Biden, the historic moment of having a woman of color on the ticket, waiting on communist Jesus, and the urgency of this election.
I talk about the ups and downs about parenting with my favorite sociologist, my partner and wife, Dr. Rebecca Romo. We discuss the difficulties of raising kids, single parenting vs coparenting, mother guilt, policing of Black and Brown children, being poor parents vs. middle class parents, parenting during Covid, and being a multiracial queer family.
Dr. David Embrick and I talk about sociology and academia's complicity in oppression. We talk race, white sanctuaries, and Palestine. Its gonna be a hot one.
Great conversation with Dr. Rashawn Ray, who is Professor of Sociology and Executive Director of the Lab for Applied Social Science Research (LASSR) at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also one of the co-editors of Contexts Magazine: Sociology for the Public . Formerly, Ray was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. Currently, he is a Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institute. We talk about the Black Lives Matt...
