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This Week in Sociological Perspective, audio
Economists talk money. Politicians talk government. On This Week in Sociological Perspective we talk money, politics, and everything else that makes the world go ‘round, offering insight on society, public affairs, and news of the week. Guest authors join your host, UC-Berkeley Professor Samuel Roundfield Lucas, to transcend the headlines through fascinating research in sociology.
 

Dec 6, 2020

This week we discuss the report that 96% of people aged 27-45 are very concerned or extremely concerned about climate change. And, I recently spoke with Professor Charles Seguin of Pennsylvania State University his recent paper titled “The stability of androgynous names: Dynamics of gendered naming practices in the United States 1880-2016.” The paper is to be published in Poetics, and is co-authored by Chris Julien and Yongjun Zhang.

Segment 1 -- Charles Seguin on “The stability of androgynous names: Dynamics of gendered naming practices in the United States 1880-2016"

Segment 2 -- Does anyone want kids anymore? The scourge of headline findings based on questionable social science methods.