Video: Everyday Sociology Talk

August 29, 2008

Everyday Sociology Talk: Global Inequality and Stuff

Karen Sternheimer and Sally Raskoff discuss where our everyday stuff comes from and what it teaches us about globalization and inequality.

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July 07, 2008

Everyday Sociology Talk: Sociology and the Environment

Karen Sternheimer and Sally Raskoff discuss sociology's connection with the environment

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May 25, 2008

Everyday Sociology Talk: Race, Religion, and Politics

Karen Sternheimer and Sally Raskoff discuss sociological approaches to understanding the varied reactions to Reverend Jeremiah Wright's comments.

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May 17, 2008

Everyday Sociology Talk: Social Change and the California Supreme Court's Ruling on Gay Marriage

Karen Sternheimer and Sally Raskoff discuss the California Supreme Court's 5/15 decision to overturn the ban on gay marriage, focusing on social movements.

Social change often leads to the creation of social movements that mobilize to counter changes too.

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April 22, 2008

Everyday Sociology Talk: Can Sociology Explain $4 Gasoline?

As  you can see, gas in Los Angeles has risen above the $4  mark. Can sociology help us understand why?Gas_station

Karen Sternheimer and Sally Raskoff discuss a few ideas of how sociology explains rising gas prices. What are your ideas? (Yes, the steering wheel symbolizes consumers being choked by high gas prices...or it just got in the shot accidentally).

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March 25, 2008

Everyday Sociology Talk: Why Do Some Polilitical Wives "Stand By Their Man"?

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and others in politics have recently been part of very public sex scandals. What are the sociological implications of these stories? And what can we learn about relationships, gender, sexuality, and power from these political scandals?

Here are some of our ideas...tell us about yours!

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February 23, 2008

Everyday Sociology Talk

Karen Sternheimer talks with Kristen Barber, editor of Narrating the Storm: Sociological Stories of Hurricane Katrina about what sociology can teach us about disasters like Katrina.

 

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What sociological issues do you think hurricane Katrina brings up? Post your comments and let us know what you think.

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February 17, 2008

Everyday Sociology Talk

Meet another blogger....

Karen Sternheimer and Sally Raskoff talk about some practical applications of sociology

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February 11, 2008

Everyday Sociology Talk

Meet the Bloggers


Karen Sternheimer and Janis Prince Inniss discuss how they became interested in sociology

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