Introduction To Sociology: Covid-19 Edition: Recent Episodes
Matthew King
Navigating Introduction to Sociology during these crazy times. Ask questions, and be freaking curious.
Thank you all for spending all these hours with us through the podcast. This final episode is about what it means to be healthy and sick, how health is not the same for everyone, we look a little at global health inequality. We also talk about death and dying, and a couple of couple of controversial topics (Vaccines and Medical Marijuana). Then we move to a brief conversation about sex and sexuality. Be freaking curious.
We give you a lot of information about two huge topics: Education and Religion. Quarantine is starting to get to us, so please be kind about us trying to find words and phrases. We also let our hair down a bit with quality this week, we apologize. The joke didn't come out right but it is: "what is the most condescending bear?" A pan-DUH! Stick around until the very end and you'll hear a short story about Horizon's dog and the mailman. You also may hear her bark a few times throughout (we blame the mailman).
We're moving on from the stratification section of the semester and into the institutions portion. We do talk about domestic violence so take care of yourself. Be freaking curious.
Welcome back! We appreciate all your questions and comments about the podcast. This time we do a surface dive on the sensitive subject of race. Please remember to take care of yourselves and be freaking curious
Today we dive deep into the social construction of gender, we also talk about many of the problems that affect women and gender-nonconforming people disproportionately. We have a discussion on Rape and Domestic Violence so please be warned. Lastly we talk about macro-level problems in the global community. Be freaking curious.
We delve pretty deep into economic stratification. We cover: what stratification is, class, poverty, social mobility, and tastes