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EPISODE · Sep 30, 2010 · 1H 11M

Cowboys and Comedy

from Sociology Improv · host Jon Smajda

This week, we have two special guests: Gwen Sharp from Sociological Images and Don Waisanen from ThickCulture. First, we talk about a couple of Gwen’s recent posts on Soc Images regarding whiteness, cowboys, and the Republican’s “Pledge” and the mythology of being a country boy/girl. (Oh, and vajazzling.) Second, we talk about Stephen Colbert’s Congressional […]

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[1]This week, we have two special guests: Gwen Sharp [2] from Sociological Images [3] and Don Waisanen [4] from ThickCulture [5]. First, we talk about a couple of Gwen's recent posts on Soc Images regarding whiteness, cowboys, and the Republican's "Pledge" [6] and the mythology of being a country boy/girl [7]. (Oh, and vajazzling [8].) Second, we talk about Stephen Colbert's Congressional testimony. Don thinks it missed the mark [9], we compare Colbert and Stewart, and discuss the complexity of satire and irony in politics. Download Improv #14 [10] [1] https://thesocietypages.org/improv/files/2010/09/album-art-ep14.png [2] http://nsc.nevada.edu/988.asp [3] https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/ [4] http:// [5] https://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/ [6] https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/09/25/which-americans-are-republicans-pledging-to/ [7] https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/09/10/race-gender-and-likes-on-okcupid/ [8] https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2010/03/10/vajazzling-revealed/ [9] https://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/2010/09/26/why-colbert’s-congressional-testimony-missed-the-mark/ [10] http://mediamill.cla.umn.edu/mediamill/download.php.mp3?orig=63517.mp3

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