Nov 20, 2020
This week we discuss the threat of a famine of “biblical proportions” owing to COVID-19. And, I recently spoke with Professor Alyssa Goldman of Boston College about her recent paper titled “The Early-Life Origins of Later-Life Networks.” The paper is to be published in Social Problems, and...
Nov 15, 2020
This week we discuss the claim that pre-election polls failed during the 2020 election. And, I recently spoke with Professor Kevin Estep of Creighton University about his recent paper titled “Opting Out: Individualism and Vaccine Refusal in Pockets of Socioeconomic Homogeneity.” The paper is to be published in...
Nov 7, 2020
This week we discuss California Proposition 22, the Uber- & Lyft-sponsored proposition to allow them to classify drivers as contractors instead of employees. And, I recently spoke with Professors Andrew Kim and ChangHwan Kim of the University of Kansas, about their recent paper titled “COVID-19 and the Decline in...
Oct 29, 2020
This week we discuss the presidential election. And I recently spoke with Ms. Tabitha Wilbur, doctoral candidate in sociology at Indiana University, about her recent paper titled “Stressed but not Depressed: A Longitudinal Analysis of First-Generation College Students, Stress, and Depressive Symptoms.” The paper is...
Oct 23, 2020
This week we discuss some southern California hospitals’ refusal to accept transfers of COVID-19 patients from overcrowded hospitals because the patients lacked insurance. And, I recently spoke with Professor Dustin Stoltz of Lehigh University about his recent paper titled “The Changing Valuation of Dogs.” The...