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SOC 119
by L7 Productions
Sociology 119 (SOC 119) is the largest Race and Ethnic Relations class in the United States. Join Dr. Sam Richards and over 700 students in the largest lecture hall at Penn State University in conversations with students and international guests about the world we live, the cultures we're surrounded by, and the ability to question the "invisible strings" of society.
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What's the Problem? | 26SU Class #2
Welcome to the second lecture of the Summer 2026 semester. This again is a combination of two semesters of classes. Sam asks students about topics or issues that are important to them.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Welcome to SOC 119 | The Goal of the Class | First Case Studies | 26SU Class #1
Welcome to the first class of the SOC 119 Summer 2026 semester. This lecture has two semesters combined together. Sam goes over the goal of SOC 119, then two case studies.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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New to the Class? Start Here! | 26SU Introduction Video
Sam welcome the summer course with an intro video going over the basics.Class #1's podcast will upload tonight at 6pm.Classes will be uploaded Tuesday-Friday this week, Monday-Thursday most weeks.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Married Professors DEBATE TRUTH about News & Society | 26SU Office Hours #6
Sam and Laurie drive through Ohio and talk about their perspective on the news, and what to focus on. After responding to some comments, Sam and Laurie enter Michigan and talk about their... interesting... billboards.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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The Slow Death of America with Author Shawn Ray | 26SU Office Hours #5
Sam interviews author Shawn Ray about the Slow Death of America and his other books.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Do We Actually NEED Voter ID Laws?! | 26SU Office Hours #4
Sam talks to chat about a variety of topics including Voter ID Laws and taxation.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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College Professor Gives Relationship Advice | 26SU Office Hours #3
Sam sits down and talks a lot about his relationship with Laurie and people ask for some advice.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Why Sociology is Broken: A Candid Critique | Guest: Dr. Dan O'Connell | 26SU Office Hours #2
Sam invites an old friend to join the stream!Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Deportations Are HURTING the American Economy?! | Professor Using AI?! | 26SU Office Hours #1
Sam is back all by himself (with Jeff running the stream). He shares a few articles he found interesting: Mostly about economics and sociology.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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How to Get Students to Think Critically | Sam Richards' Advice to Teachers | 26SP Office Hours #18
Sam and Alijah talk until Jeff's computer crashes (twice). Sam then takes over and streams from his home office.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Students Ask Sam Some Final Questions | Is the World Going to End? | 26SP Class #29 Full Lecture
For the final class of the semester, Sam allowed students to come up to the front to ask him questions.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Critiquing Our Nation | Morality on the International Stage | 26SP Class #28 Full Lecture
Sam got an email from an Indian High School student that asked him an interesting question. So Sam asked her to join class and ask four college students her question.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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We're MISSING THE POINT About the War with Iran | 26SP Office Hours #17
Sam and Alijah break down a number of topics including the Iranian War, taxation on the rich, and who we should be mad at.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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When Two Worlds Collide | The Sociology of Culture Clash | 26SP Class #27 Full Lecture
Sam invites students to the front of class who live in multi-cultural families.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Life After Death | Sociology of Death & Dying | 26SP Class #26 Full Lecture
Sam invites five students up to talk about death.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Sociological Moral Code | LGBT Community | Thinking Outside the Box | 26SP Office Hours #16
Sam does office hours solo.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Rolling Back LGBTQ Power | Queer Inclusion in American Society | 26SP Class #25 Full Lecture
Sam invites three students to the front, and a fourth comes up halfway through. One student in gay, one is non-binary, and two are straight with at least one gay parent.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Where Are You From? | "You’d Never Guess" | Mixed Race Discussion | 26SP Class #24 Full Lecture
Sam invites four students who are mixed race and asked people to find out where they are from.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Iran is Benefiting From This War | Are They Using Human Shields?! | 26SP Office Hours #15
Sam and Alijah talk a lot about the war in Iran.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Attention Warfare | What's Fighting for Your Focus Right Now? | 26SP Class #23 Full Lecture
This lecture starts with deer tacos and ends with a conversation about religions.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Growing Up "in the System" | Broken Families | Racial Impacts | 26SP Class #22 Full Lecture
Sam has a very special guest and two student volunteers to talk about growing up in the system.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Questions about Islam & The Military Industrial Complex | 26SP Office Hours #14
Sam and Alijah answer a ton of questions about Islam and the current conflict in Iran.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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The Rich & The Poor | The Gap That Defines Us | 26SP Class #21 Full Lecture
Three alum and three current students have a conversation and money.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Muslims Answer Student Questions | Classroom Discussion | 26SP Class #20 Full Lecture
Sam invites a Christian and Jewish student to ask four Muslims about their faith.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Sam's "Trip" in Mexico | Conversation about Future of Drug Use in America | 26SP Office Hours #13
Sam and Alijah chat... Mostly about drugs and perceptions about reality. Towards the beginning, Sam has some technical issues with Discord and Jeff steps in.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Student Asking Sociology Professor ANYTHING | 26SP Class #19 Full Lecture
Sam allows students to ask him questions about anything before they took their second exam.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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"We're So F***ED!!!" | Students Thoughts: AI & Future of Education | 26SP Class #18 Full Lecture
Sam invites students to the front of the classroom to ask them about AI and what their fears are with the future.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Professor Ask Me Anything: War in Iran | 26SP Office Hours #12
Sam and Alijah reflect on the previous class about the Iranian war.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Is War Necessary? | Finding "Truth" About Conflict | 26SP Class #15 Full Lecture
Sam invites four students to the front of the class to talk to them about war. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Exploring Bogota, Colombia | Iranian War, Income & Dogs (Lots of Dogs) | 26SP Office Hours #11
Sam and Laurie are still in Colombia, so Sam decided to stream from a park near their apartment. He talks about current events and goes on a walk around the city. Yuli is in the call as well answering some questions with Sam that come in from the chat.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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A Live Experiment in Empathy with Basim Razzo | Re-Broadcast | 26SP Class #16 Full Lecture
This is a re-broadcast of a live stream originally recorded in 2018. This is Basim's first time in the United States since the 1980s, and since the deaths of his wife and daughter. The two friends speak of life in Iraq, the accident, and how Basim doesn't allow us to fall into anger.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Answering Questions about Life in Colombia | Guests: Laurie & Yuli | 26SP Office Hours #10
Sam and Laurie go down to Colombia and have a conversation with SOC 119 Class Manager: Yuli Prieto! They chat about life in Colombia, things Yuli has gotten from the class, and of course they answered a ton of questions from the live chat.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Only 2%! | How Do People Become Extremists? | Political Violence | 26SP Class #15 Full Lecture
This is a re-broadcast of a live stream originally recorded in 2025. Sam invites four guests who all have lived in a conflict zone to discuss conflict. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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The Good For Us All | Communitarian Way of Living | 26SP Class #14 Full Lecture
Sam has two special guests join SOC 119 to talk about their way of life.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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The State of the Union Is... | 26SP Office Hours #9
Sam and Alijah chat about the previous classes and the State of the Union speech (sort of). Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Iranian Students Reveal the Truth About Living in Iran | 26SP Class #13 Full Lecture
Sam invites three Iranian students to talk about life in Iran.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Students Tackle Immigration Policy | US Immigration Part 3 | 26SP Class #12 Full Lecture
Sam finishes up the classes about US Immigration with bringing in the last few points, and then asking the two volunteers, Logan and Minh, how they would fix the issue.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Immigration Debate | H1B Visas, New Parties & Hot Takes | 26SP Office Hours #8
Sam and Alijah answer questions the chat had about immigration in the United States!Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Birth Rates, Immigration & Economic Collapse | US Immigration Part 2 | 26SP Class #11 Full Lecture
Sam invites three students (all female) to continue to complexify the conversation about Immigration. The two volunteers from last class, both males, continue to listen. There will be a part three to the conversation.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Immigration Questions Nobody's Answering | US Immigration Part 1 | 26SP Class #10 Full Lecture
Sam breaks down Immigration into multiple 8 different categories. Today, himself along with two students (and some students in the class) on just two of them: Morality & Justice and Law & Social Stability.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Spanish Influence in American History | You Don't Know What You Don't Know | 26SP Office Hours #7
Sam and Alijah start Office Hours talking about the Superbowl Halftime Show and Spanish's influence in American society and history. Elizabeth, a multi-racial mom, jumps into Office Hours to share her perspective. Then Patrick, a long time viewer and live chatter jumps on to share his perspectives!Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Why the NFL Picked Bad Bunny | Reflecting on Superbowl Halftime Show | 26SP Class #9 Full Lecture
This is a short class because students took an exam during the second half of the class. Sam talks about the Bad Bunny performance at the Superbowl this year.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Gen Z's Faith in Democracy is Collapsing? | What They Fear Most | 26SP Class #8 Full Lecture
Sam invites four Gen Z students to ask them about their hopes and fears for the future. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Reflecting on Being White in America (and the World) | Risking Cancel Culture | 26SP Office Hours #6
Sam and Alijah reflect on Class 7, where the class explored white people and white culture. Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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How Accurate Are Our Stereotypes About Whiteness? | Our Bodies Part 3 | 26SP Class #7 Full Lecture
Sam invites students to the front of the classroom to talk about their experience about being white in the world.Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Living in Unprecedented Times | Discord Call-In Episode | 26SP Office Hours #5
Sam starts this special episode of Office Hours with a 30 minute discussion about corruption and the Trump administration. The rest of the episode are live call-ins from four viewers of SOC 119 - all viewing from different parts of the world!Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Students Solve Racism | Guest: Dr. Laurie Mulvey | 26SP Class #06 Full Lecture
Sam and Laurie ask students to come up to talk about racism and discrimination.Get 40% off the Vantage plan for Ground.News by using our link: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=soc119Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Loneliness & Vulnerability in the Classroom | Sam Opens Up | 26SP Office Hours #4
Sam and Alijah talk about some things before Pedro joins the stream.Get 40% off the Vantage plan for Ground.News by using our link: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=soc119Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Generalization vs. Reality | Indian Students Set the Record Straight | 26SP Class #05 Full Lecture
Sam invites a number of Indian students to the front and asked them, along with another student, about being Indian.Get 40% off the Vantage plan for Ground.News by using our link: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=soc119Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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The REAL Truth About Biblical Texts | Expert Analysis with Dr. Dan McClellan | 26SP Office Hours #3
Dr. Dan McClellan joins Sam for Office Hours #3! The two of them meet each other for the first time and get into conversations about truth, religion, and society.Get 40% off the Vantage plan for Ground.News by using our link: https://ground.news/checkout/all?fpr=soc119Learn more about the class: https://www.soc119.org/liveWatch live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/soc119/live
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Sociology 119 (SOC 119) is the largest Race and Ethnic Relations class in the United States. Join Dr. Sam Richards and over 700 students in the largest lecture hall at Penn State University in conversations with students and international guests about the world we live, the cultures we're surrounded by, and the ability to question the "invisible strings" of society.
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