Sociologists Talking Real Sh*t

I sit down with activist intellectual Dr. Jose Zapata Calderon. We discuss the roots of migration and Biden’s proposed Immigration policies, community engaged scholarship, multiracial coalitions, and in the end some sound solutions for inequality.  

Join Historian, Professor Christopher Strickland and I as we discuss the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, Du Bois feud with Marcus Garvey, Black Power, Black Sisters leading the way, and so much more.   

Dr. Jane Ward and I talk about her interesting and provocative book The Tragedy of Heterosexuality .  Dr. Ward discusses heterosexuality's central role in misogyny, patriarchy, and and why heterosexuals are the ones you should feel sorry for.  In the end Dr. Ward does not want to end the practice of heterosexuality but rather suggests what she refers to as "deep heterosexuality" in...

What do you get when a tenured Community College professor sits down with one of sociology’s most influential and unapologetic academics…honest talk about real sh*t.  Join Dr. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (author of Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America ) and I for a very candid and important conversation. We talk about the real danger to racial eq...

I sit down with Dr. Christina Jackson, coauthor (with Enobong Hannah Branch) of "Black in America." Among the topics we discuss are Black Women's leadership in social movements, gentrification, the Black middle class, and revitalizing the ghetto.  

Dr. Jake Alimahomed-Wilson, Dr. Sabrina Alimahomed-Wilson, and Dr. Rebecca Romo join me to discuss the January 6th insurrection.  We discuss the events, whiteness, masculinity, and the agitator in chief Donald Trump.  Great conversation and fresh insights, join us. 

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...

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 th...

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:...

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...