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Breathing yoko 🌬️Unit: The Sociology of Air A thing we don’t see, don’t own, don’t vote for… and yet it organizes our lives more than most politicians ever will. ⸻ Air is invisible, shared, unequally experienced, and taken-for-granted—which makes it a perfect sociological object. We only notice air when it fails us: smoke, asthma, smell,…

A People’s History of Canada Howard Zinn Would be 100 years old today ⁠I like this idea of learning from history. There is this guy I don’t know well. His name is Howard Zinn. He’s written a book A People’s History of the United States, about history that I see lots of prominent people trying to shut…

(Music fades slightly — Woody Guthrie still humming underneath) if you ever want to understand land, [you] don’t [need to] start with a textbook. Start with someone who’s been pushed off it. Woody Guthrie wrote I Ain’t Got No Home during the Dust Bowl — a time when land wasn’t just dirt, it was survival.…

Flint Michiga The moon affects water The Sociology of Water Environment Unit — Opening Lens Big framing idea (simple, sticky): “Water looks natural — but access to water never is.” Water flows through pipes, treaties, households, hospitals, and power structures long before it reaches a glass. ⸻ Your Three Sociologists 1. Erving Goffman Why Goffman…

1. Anthony Giddens Why him: Giddens gives you structure + agency — perfect for health. • Our lives are shaped by systems (hospitals, insurance, pharmaceuticals) • But we still make choices (diet, risk, compliance, resistance) • Health lives right in that tension Radio-friendly takeaway: “You didn’t choose the system you got sick in — but…

“Sosillyology of 9/11” (Section One) Summary Note • Built Section One of the 9/11 show. • Flow: Pinky & the Brain skit → Yoko Ono (O’Oh) as music bed → Intro narration → 9/11 chaos audio (4 min) → Neil Young (Let’s Roll) → Breath pause → Comedy relief. • Added suicide prevention numbers for…

Here are some sociological approaches that really work for young teens—informative, amusing, and sneaky-smart. ⸻ 1. Labeling Theory (a teen classic without trying) Key idea: People become what others say they are. Think nicknames, reputations, “the weird kid,” “the smart one,” “the troublemaker.” Teenagers already live inside this theory. This is most closely associated with…

Great question, ScOtt — the sociology of sport is a lively field, and it looks at way more than just “the game.” It asks how sport reflects, reproduces, and sometimes challenges the social world we live in. A few angles that sociologists often take: 1. Structures and Institutions • Sport as a social institution (like…

Absolutely — here’s a 12-section UcOtt Raddio Daddio style breakdown of the sociology of age as it affects Indigenous communities (Canada-centric), with three anchor thinkers woven throughout: • First Nations sociologist/scholar: Dr. Verna St. Denis (member of Beardy’s & Okemasis First Nation; Cree/Métis)   • One of your favourites: Howard Becker (labeling, institutions, “who gets…

This sits at the subject level of Age, and frames the three deeper dives to come: Children, Teenagers, Seniors. This one is about the whole life course, but gives a thoughtful lean toward adulthood—where so much power, pressure, humour, contradiction, and humanity live. ⸻ 🎙️ INTRO TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF AGE (Spoken in your voice,…