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SOC 119 — 229 episodes
What's the Problem? | 26SU Class #2
Welcome to SOC 119 | The Goal of the Class | First Case Studies | 26SU Class #1
New to the Class? Start Here! | 26SU Introduction Video
Married Professors DEBATE TRUTH about News & Society | 26SU Office Hours #6
The Slow Death of America with Author Shawn Ray | 26SU Office Hours #5
Do We Actually NEED Voter ID Laws?! | 26SU Office Hours #4
College Professor Gives Relationship Advice | 26SU Office Hours #3
Why Sociology is Broken: A Candid Critique | Guest: Dr. Dan O'Connell | 26SU Office Hours #2
Deportations Are HURTING the American Economy?! | Professor Using AI?! | 26SU Office Hours #1
How to Get Students to Think Critically | Sam Richards' Advice to Teachers | 26SP Office Hours #18
Students Ask Sam Some Final Questions | Is the World Going to End? | 26SP Class #29 Full Lecture
Critiquing Our Nation | Morality on the International Stage | 26SP Class #28 Full Lecture
We're MISSING THE POINT About the War with Iran | 26SP Office Hours #17
When Two Worlds Collide | The Sociology of Culture Clash | 26SP Class #27 Full Lecture
Life After Death | Sociology of Death & Dying | 26SP Class #26 Full Lecture
Sociological Moral Code | LGBT Community | Thinking Outside the Box | 26SP Office Hours #16
Rolling Back LGBTQ Power | Queer Inclusion in American Society | 26SP Class #25 Full Lecture
Where Are You From? | "You’d Never Guess" | Mixed Race Discussion | 26SP Class #24 Full Lecture
Iran is Benefiting From This War | Are They Using Human Shields?! | 26SP Office Hours #15
Attention Warfare | What's Fighting for Your Focus Right Now? | 26SP Class #23 Full Lecture
Growing Up "in the System" | Broken Families | Racial Impacts | 26SP Class #22 Full Lecture
Questions about Islam & The Military Industrial Complex | 26SP Office Hours #14
The Rich & The Poor | The Gap That Defines Us | 26SP Class #21 Full Lecture
Muslims Answer Student Questions | Classroom Discussion | 26SP Class #20 Full Lecture
Sam's "Trip" in Mexico | Conversation about Future of Drug Use in America | 26SP Office Hours #13
Student Asking Sociology Professor ANYTHING | 26SP Class #19 Full Lecture
"We're So F***ED!!!" | Students Thoughts: AI & Future of Education | 26SP Class #18 Full Lecture
Professor Ask Me Anything: War in Iran | 26SP Office Hours #12
Is War Necessary? | Finding "Truth" About Conflict | 26SP Class #15 Full Lecture
Exploring Bogota, Colombia | Iranian War, Income & Dogs (Lots of Dogs) | 26SP Office Hours #11
A Live Experiment in Empathy with Basim Razzo | Re-Broadcast | 26SP Class #16 Full Lecture
Answering Questions about Life in Colombia | Guests: Laurie & Yuli | 26SP Office Hours #10
Only 2%! | How Do People Become Extremists? | Political Violence | 26SP Class #15 Full Lecture
The Good For Us All | Communitarian Way of Living | 26SP Class #14 Full Lecture
The State of the Union Is... | 26SP Office Hours #9
Iranian Students Reveal the Truth About Living in Iran | 26SP Class #13 Full Lecture
Students Tackle Immigration Policy | US Immigration Part 3 | 26SP Class #12 Full Lecture
Immigration Debate | H1B Visas, New Parties & Hot Takes | 26SP Office Hours #8
Birth Rates, Immigration & Economic Collapse | US Immigration Part 2 | 26SP Class #11 Full Lecture
Immigration Questions Nobody's Answering | US Immigration Part 1 | 26SP Class #10 Full Lecture
Spanish Influence in American History | You Don't Know What You Don't Know | 26SP Office Hours #7
Why the NFL Picked Bad Bunny | Reflecting on Superbowl Halftime Show | 26SP Class #9 Full Lecture
Gen Z's Faith in Democracy is Collapsing? | What They Fear Most | 26SP Class #8 Full Lecture
Reflecting on Being White in America (and the World) | Risking Cancel Culture | 26SP Office Hours #6
How Accurate Are Our Stereotypes About Whiteness? | Our Bodies Part 3 | 26SP Class #7 Full Lecture
Living in Unprecedented Times | Discord Call-In Episode | 26SP Office Hours #5
Students Solve Racism | Guest: Dr. Laurie Mulvey | 26SP Class #06 Full Lecture
Loneliness & Vulnerability in the Classroom | Sam Opens Up | 26SP Office Hours #4
Generalization vs. Reality | Indian Students Set the Record Straight | 26SP Class #05 Full Lecture
The REAL Truth About Biblical Texts | Expert Analysis with Dr. Dan McClellan | 26SP Office Hours #3
Fifty Shades of Human | Our Bodies, Our Selves | 26SP Class #04 Full Lecture
Student JOINS Office Hours | What Makes A Student Stand Out? | 26SP Office Hours #2
Students Discuss Critical Thinking | 26SP Class #03 Full Lecture
Students Reveal What They Really Think About Cheating | 26SP Class #02 Full Lecture
How to EASILY Solve Venezuela Conflict! | Sam Selects an AI Voice | 26SP Office Hours #01
First Lecture Breaks Down Hunting Ethics | What Happens in SOC 119? | 26SP Class #01 Full Lecture
Should Trump Show Decorum? | Teaching a Class in Prison | 25FA Office Hours #22
Dialogue FAILS Without This Upgrade | Thinking Together Series - Part 3 | Dr. Laurie Mulvey
Message to Gen Z: Stop the Division, Come Together | 25FA Class #30 Full Lecture
Teaching in a Prison | Building Lasting Peace | Does Trump Have Empathy? | 25FA Office Hours #20
What's Left To Discuss?: Fears, Scapegoating, Socialism | 25FA Class #29 Full Lecture
What Dialogue Facilitators Get WRONG | Thinking Together Series - Part 2 | Dr. Laurie Mulvey
Students Discuss Israel & Palestine | Finding Empathy | 25FA Class #28 Full Lecture
"Us vs Them" IS NOT What You Think | Thinking Together Series - Part 1 | Dr. Laurie Mulvey
We're All Characters | Conversation with Santa & a Princess | 25FA Class #27 Full Lecture
Are ICE Agents HEARTLESS? | Mamdani in the White House | Arguing with God | 25FA Office Hours #17
Asking Questions That Actually Gets Us Somewhere | Facilitation Skills | 25FA Class #26 Full Lecture
Cult vs. Religion | Trump vs. Obama | Ten Red Flags Of Being in A Cult | 25FA Office Hours #16
Professor Argues That Empathy Is "Cool" | Empathy & Sympathy | 25FA Class #25 Full Lecture
Can People of Color Be Racist? | Shifting Our Attention | Racism Test | 25FA Class #24
Are Influencers Good Or Bad for Society? | Destiny, Asmongold, HasanAbi | 25FA Office Hours #15
College Students CONFRONT Warren Smith LIVE with Dr. Laurie Mulvey | 25FA Class #23
What is Life Like In South Korea? | SOC 119 Case Study at Konkuk University | 25FA Office Hours #14
Indigenous Ways of Thinking | Fall 2017 "CLASSIC" Lecture | 25FA Class #22
How Does the World See YOU? | Modeling in Korea | Guest: Tae Yeonho | 25FA Office Hours #13
Checking (Out) Your Privilege | Spring 2023 "CLASSIC" Lecture | 25FA Class #21
Being a Tourist in Korea | Comparing Cultures | 투썸플레이스 명동 | Guest: Soomin Kim | 25FA Office Hours #12
G-Dawg's Reflects on His Time in SOC 119 | Alumnus Conversation | 25FA Office Hours #11
Our Future with AI | Sebasi Talk | Live from Seoul, South Korea | 25FA Office Hours #10
One Policeman's Story | Spring 2025 "CLASSIC" Lecture | 25FA Class #20
A Live Experiment in Empathy with Basim Razzo | Spring 2018 "CLASSIC" Lecture | 25FA Class #19
A Turkish Experience & Mental Health | 25FA Class #18
Only Way to Learn | Growing from Mistakes | Former Lifer | Guest: Irvin Moore | 25FA Class #17
American Professor Answers Questions from South Korean High School Students | 25FA Office Hours #9
Where Are the Kids? | Global Crisis | Lowering Birth Rate Issue | 25FA Class #16
Illegal Immigration Discussion | Bad Bunny | Responding to Questions | 25FA Office Hours #8
The Problem with Bad Bunny | Latin Influence in America | 25FA Class #15 Full Lecture
The Migrants | Illegal Immigration | Assimilation to a New Culture | 25FA Class #14
More Thoughts about Campus Conservatives | Answering Chat Questions | 25FA Office Hours #7
Campus Conservatives | College Student Perspective | 25FA Class #13
Discrimination 2025 | Discrimination in America | Narrative and Reality | 25FA Class #12
What Happens After Conflict? | Neo-Nazi March in America? | Polling Bias | 25FA Office Hours #6
Only Two Percent! | How Do People Become Extremists? | Political Violence | 25FA Class #11
We're All Snowflakes Now | Free Speech Discussion | 25FA Class #10
A Typical Professor | Cancel Culture | Guest Dr. Katherine Grasso | 25FA Office Hours #5
Checking In | Q&A with Dr. Sam Richards | Professor AMA | 25FA Class #9
My Choice? My Life? | Free Will vs. Determinism | Guest: Will Smart | 25FA Class #8
Implicate Biases | Respecting Your Elders | Questions from the Stream | 25FA Office Hours #4
750,0000 | Misconceptions on Crimes | A Global Discussion | 25FA Class #7
What Happens Next? | Discussion on Political Violence & Terrorism | 25FA Class #6
Is Healthcare a Human Right? | Charlie Kirk Breaking News | Class 5 Comments | 25FA Office Hours #3
Are Conservatives Able To Speak In Your Class? | Reviewing Weeks 1 & 2 | 25FA Office Hours #2
Death of DEI? | Previous Semester Lecture | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in Trump's America | 25FA Class #4
Fahrenheit 119 | What Can We NOT Talk About? | American University Class Culture | 25FA Class #3
Are Universities Ideologically Captured? with Dr. Peter Boghossian | 25FA Office Hours #1
MAGA | Asking College Students about MAGA and Donald Trump | 25FA Class #2
Sam's 43rd Year of Teaching | First Case Study: "Find Someone Who..." | 25FA Class #1
Tour of Bogotá, Colombia | Talking to Venezuelan Refugees | Life in Colombia | 25SU Office Hours #14
Live from the Classroom | A Really Difficult Summer | What is a "Teacher"? | 25SU Office Hours #13
Can You Trust Wikipedia? | Talking to a Wikipedia Editor | News Coverage | 25SU Office Hours #12
Protecting the Children | LGBT Identity | 25SU Class #22
Being a Man in the World | Masculinity | Toxic Masculinity | 25SU Class #21
The Logic of Affirmative Action | 25SU Class #20
Going Through Headlines | Finding the "Truth" | Sam's Thought Process | 25SU Office Hours #11
Indigenous Ways of Thinking | Native American Thought Experiments | 25SU Class #19
Muslims 101 | Exploring Religious Beliefs of Over 1 Billion People | 25SU Class #18
Asian Cool | Asian Cultural Conversation | 25SU Class #17
Hispanic Considerations | Hispanic & Latin American Conversation | 25SU Class #16
Sam's Experience with a Contra in the 1980s | Big Beautiful Bill | RIP Ozzy | 25SU Office Hours #10
Soldiers and Cops | Public Narratives | A Deep Conversation | 25SU Class #15
When Things Fall Apart | Leaving Afghanistan | Taliban Takeover | 25SU Class #14
A Live Experiment in Empathy | Story of Basim Razzo | Iraqi Victim of War | 25SU Class #13
Unfocusing | Israel and Palestine Conflict | Q&A | 25SU Class #12
Make America Grate Again | The Epstein Files & Tax Cuts | 25SU Office Hours #9
Goes Both Ways | BLM & J6 Protests | 25SU Class #11
Our Bounded Choices | Conversation with a Former Lifer | 25SU Class #10
We're In This Together | Modern Day Slavery | 25SU Class #9
Floods in Texas | Trust in Government | Sam the Drummer | 25SU Office Hours #8
Because They're Oppressed | Determining Discrimination | 25SU Class #8
Checking (Out) Your Privilege | White Privilege Conversation | 25SU Class #7
Those Black Devils | Alternative American Racial History | 25SU Class #6
Let's Talk About Skin | Race and Discrimination in America | 25SU Class #5
Analysis of Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | Tax Cuts & Government Spending | 25SU Office Hours #7
Choice and Chance | Understanding Basics of Sociology | 25SU Class #4
Who's Getting Offended? | Woke Ideology & Narrative | 25SU Class #3
What's the Problem? | 25SU Class #2
Welcome to SOC 119 | The Goal of the Class | First Case Studies | 25SU Class #1
Jeff & Sam's Intro to the Summer Course | Episodes Coming Out Monday - Friday | 25SU Class #0
Trump's Response to Iran | Risk of Nuclear War | Future of AI | 25SU Office Hours #6
Harms from Political Unrest | Sam's Project in Iran | Distrust in Science | 25SU Office Hours #5
Stories (and Pictures) from Korea | Guest: Moderator @OpinionatedMatt | 25SU Office Hours #4
How Does the Stream Happen? | Get to Know Niesh | 25SU Office Hours #3
Who REALLY Runs the Class? | Get to Know Yuli | 25SU Office Hours #2
Stories NEVER TOLD in Class | Sam Story Hour | 25SU Office Hours #1
Finals Week Stream | 25SP Office Hours #24
The End (of the Semester) | Open Dialogue Q&A | 25SP Class #30
Skepticism and Crisis | 25SP Office Hours #23
When Will You Know? | Gen Z Information Gathering | 25SP Class #29
Situationships | Modern Dating | 25SP Class #28
LIVE CALL-IN THROUGH DISCORD | 25SP Office Hours #22
Winning the 20th Century | Immigration Discussion | 25SP Class #27
Deportations in America | Responding to Chat and Comments | Office Hours #21
Revoked! | Student Visa Termination Discussion | 25SP Class #26
Conversation about Conflict and War | Russia and Ukraine | Office Hours #20
Who Are Our Enemies? | Russia and Ukrainian War | 25SP Class #25
Our God | Conversation About Religion | 25SP Class #24
AMA with Office Joe Ivankay | 25SP Office Hours #19
Experiences Matter | Personal Experiences with Discrimination | 25SP Class #23
One Policeman's Story | Mental Health in Policing | An Open Discussion | 25SP Class #22
Canceled for Cultural Appropriation | 25SP Office Hours #18
Harmony | Korean, Japanese and Chinese Cultures | 25SP Class #21
Watch Your Language | Freedom & Censorship | 25SP Class #20
Conversation about the Military with ROTC Students | 25SP Office Hours #17
Achievement Through Merit | U.S. Military Culture | 25SP Class #19
Sam's Return from Korea | 25SP Office Hours #16
A Negative Effect | Disenchantment with Higher Education | 25SP Class #18
An Opportunity for Questions | AMA with Basim Razzo | 25SP Class #17
Building the Future With Our Opponents | Live Interview with Dr. Laurie Mulvey | Office Hours #15
The Sweet Spot Interview | Finding Your Own Path, Knowing Yourself, Taking Risks | Office Hours #14
What is "The Sweet Spot"? | Live Interview in Seoul, Korea | Starfield Library | Office Hours #13
A Live Experiment in Empathy with Basim Razzo | 25SP Class #16
Punishment, Redemption, Transformation | Criminal Justice Reform | 25SP Class #15
Impact of Facilitation with @worldinconversation Student Facilitators | 25SP Office Hours #12
Shaped by the Past | Flipping American History | 25SP Class #14
Western Values and Late Bloomers | 25SP Office Hours #11
Who Do I Want to Be? | Culture and Ethnicity Conversation | 25SP Class #13
Truth Finding with Dr. Dan O'Connell | 25SP Office Hours #10
Everyone is Welcome | Belonging in this World | 25SP Class #12
The Truth with @ProfessorDaveExplains | 25SP Office Hours #9
We Won! | The End of USAID | 25SP Class #11
I Would Speak Up! | Sexism Conversation | 25SP Class #10
Being Pushed Into Narratives | 25SP Office Hours #8
What Are We Thinking? | Professor AMA | 25SP Class #9
Thinking Together with Dr. Laurie Mulvey | 25SP Office Hours #7
Mourning Together | Individual and the Collective | 25SP Class #8
How Will We Survive? | Trump, DEI, and Current Events | 25SP Office Hours #6
What About Discrimination? | DEI's Original Purpose | 25SP Class #7
The Rebirth of DEI | What's the Purpose? | 25SP Class #6
More Discussions about DEI and Discrimination | 25SP Office Hours #5
Death of DEI? | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in Trump's America | 25SP Class #5
Podcast Update - April 2025
Is SOC 119 an Echo Chamber? | 25SP Office Hours #3
The Art of the Switch | Conversation about Language | 25SP Class #4
Who's Responsible for Social Problems? | 25SP Office Hours #4
You’re Canceled | Cancel Culture Conversation | 25SP Class #3
Mixing it Up | Mixed Race Relationships | 25SP Class #2
Another Beginning | Who's American? Who's International? | 25SP Class #1
Semester Brainstorming | 25SP Office Hours #2
A New Year | 25SP Office Hours #1
Fall 2024 Semester Wrapped | 24FA Class #30
My "Truth" | 24FA Class #29
The Lost Generation | 24FA Class #28
Rainbow Life | 24FA Class #27
Checking (Out) Your Privilege | 24FA Class #26
A Live Experiment in Empathy with Basim Razzo | 24FA Class #25
Defining Cool | 24FA Class #24
Understanding Cool | 24FA Class #23
Under the Watchful Eye | 24FA Class #22
Some Thoughts on the 2024 US Election | 24FA Class #21
Losing Our Country | 24FA Class #20
The Most Important Issue | 24FA Class #19
Connected to My Nation | 24FA Class #18
How Much is Enough? | 24FA Class #16
Victims and Offenders | 24FA Class #15
November 5th | 24FA Class #14
Are We Doing The Best We Can? | 24FA Class #13
An Everyday Moral Crisis | 24FA Class #12
The Quest: A Conversation with Venezuelans in Bogotá | 24FA Class #11
Puertorriqueños | 24FA Class #10
Subjectifying | 24FA Class #9
The Africans | 24FA Class #8
Genetics and Social Inequality | 24FA Class #7
I Just Want Fairness! | 24FA Class #6
Some Truth (and Lies) About Inequality | 24FA Class #5
What's up with DEI? | 24FA Class #4
Black Pride | 24FA Class #3
The Whites | 24FA Class #2
Entering the 5th Dimension | 24FA Class #1
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