An Anthropologist, a Political Scientist, and 3 Sociologists Walk Into a Bar

Sociology Improv

Jon, Arturo, and Chris are joined by Jose Marichal (of ThickCulture) and Alexandre Enkerli. A wide-ranging discussion ensues, and we tackle questions such as:

• Why haven’t we had any women on this podcast?
• Is there anything wrong with Berkeley taking DNA samples from incoming undergraduates?
• And when Eric Schmidt makes the distinction between privacy and anonymity, is he making any sense?

We also manage to start a discussion about pornography on the internet and end up talking about the failure of consensus in the Senate. Try to guess how we get from point A to point B on that one.

Various links referenced in the episode:

• Paula Priesse on Facebook (“Conservative comedy spoofing a well-meaning, young, progressive, and utterly hapless American woman”)
• Is Facebook bigger than porn?
• Facebook Privacy Settings: Who Cares?
• WEIRD biased Psychology studies
• Where People Position the Parties
• Class and location-based web services

Improv Number Ten!