Arlie Hochschild is one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th and 21st centuries.


Show notes

Selected links
Follow Arlie: Website
Strangers In Their Own Land, by Arlie Hochschild
Power, Politics, and People, by C. Wright Mills
'Ayn Rand and Modern Politics', article by David Sloan Wilson
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, by Anne Case & Angus Deaton




Topics discussed
Arlie's childhood spread across the world. 5:08
How did C. Wright Mills influence Arlie? 8:34
Was sociology an easy career decision for Arlie? 11:20
When did Arlie decide she needed to write Strangers In Their Own Land? 12:54
Why is the Tea Party strongest in the southern states? 16:47
Why does the Tea Party love the atheist Ayn Rand? 25:14
What are 'deep stories'? 34:55
Taking the right's needs seriously. 42:07
Trump's power as an orator. 55:04
If the liberal elite failed to understand the white working class, how did a real estate magnate from Manhattan grock them so quickly? 1:03:10
Trump won 10.1 million more votes in 2020 than in 2016. What does that say about America today? 1:04:57
How can we learn to be more empathetic? 1:06:45

Arlie Hochschild is one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th and 21st centuries. <h1>Show notes</h1>Selected links<ul>
<li>Follow Arlie: <a href="https://sociology.berkeley.edu/professor-emeritus/arlie-r-hochschild">Website</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Strangers-Their-Own-Land-Mourning/dp/1620973499/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=">Strangers In Their Own Land</a>, by Arlie Hochschild</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Power-Politics-People-Collected-Essays/dp/0195007522">Power, Politics, and People</a>, by C. Wright Mills</li>
<li>'Ayn Rand and Modern Politics', <a href="https://thisviewoflife.com/ayn-rand-and-modern-politics/">article</a> by David Sloan Wilson</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Deaths-Despair-Future-Capitalism-Anne/dp/069119078X">Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism</a>, by Anne Case &amp; Angus Deaton</li>
</ul> Topics discussed<ul>
<li>Arlie's childhood spread across the world. 5:08</li>
<li>How did C. Wright Mills influence Arlie? 8:34</li>
<li>Was sociology an easy career decision for Arlie? 11:20</li>
<li>When did Arlie decide she needed to write Strangers In Their Own Land? 12:54</li>
<li>Why is the Tea Party strongest in the southern states? 16:47</li>
<li>Why does the Tea Party love the atheist Ayn Rand? 25:14</li>
<li>What are 'deep stories'? 34:55</li>
<li>Taking the right's needs seriously. 42:07</li>
<li>Trump's power as an orator. 55:04</li>
<li>If the liberal elite failed to understand the white working class, how did a real estate magnate from Manhattan grock them so quickly? 1:03:10</li>
<li>Trump won 10.1 million more votes in 2020 than in 2016. What does that say about America today? 1:04:57</li>
<li>How can we learn to be more empathetic? 1:06:45</li>
</ul>

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Joe Walker hosts refreshingly in-depth conversations with founders, scientists, scholars, economists, and public intellectuals.

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