Fall 2025 Shorts
This page will have links to every single Short during the Fall 2025 semester.
If you’re a student, do not use this page for your Class Reflection Video Assignments - if you link these videos, you will not get credit.
Head over to the Full Lecture page if you are looking to complete your Assignment.
Oh, by the way,
you can watch the shorts on TikTok!
Class 1: My 43rd Year | Info on the Course | First Case Study "Find Someone Who..."
Korean Downplaying Achievements
Why We Do Case Studies: Conversation w/ a CODA
My Grandma Told Me To Take This Class
Why Watch This Class: The Student’s Perspective
Do You Consider Yourself American?
Class 2: MAGA | Asking College Students about MAGA and Donald Trump
What Does MAGA Mean To You?
Students’ Views: Social Class of MAGA Supporters
What makes Trump a good president for you?
Class 3: Fahrenheit 119 | What Can We NOT Talk About? | American University Class Culture
What Should I Not Say In Class?
Illegal Immigration, How Are They Problematic?
Why Are Universities More Liberal?
Right vs. Wrong: Who Defines It?
Topics Not to Talk About
Class 4: Death of DEI? | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in Trump's America
Thoughts on Trump’s DEI Positions
When is Diversity Not Positive?
How is DEI a Problem?
The Ladder of Upward Mobility
Class 5: A Welfare State | Who Deserves Assistance? | Socialism for the Rich?
How Do People Receive Welfare?
Who Gets Welfare | Demographics of Welfare
Is Welfare Only for Poor People?
If You Can Work, Welfare Isn’t For You
Class 6: What Happens Next? | Discussion on Political Violence & Terrorism
Remembering 9/11 | 24 Years Later
Responding to Charlie Kirk's Assassination | College Professor
What Are You Afraid Will Happen After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination?
Stop Celebrating Death | What We Should Learn?
Did Charlie Kirk Help or Hurt American Society?
Class 7: 750,0000 | Misconceptions on Crimes | A Global Discussion
How Common is Kidnapping in America? | Taken By Strangers
Were Gen Z and Gen Alpha too Coddled?
Personal Experiences Impacts Your Worldview
“We Had It Harder in Our Day….!”
Class 8: My Choice? My Life? | Free Will vs. Determinism | Guest: Will Smart
Will's Story: One Moment That Changed Everything
Behind Every Choice, There’s Factors and Forces Guiding Us
Is Success Really Just About Choice?
Class 9: Checking In | Q&A with Dr. Sam Richards | Professor AMA
Where Are We Headed As A Society? | AI & Technology
America’s Future: More Control. Less Freedom.
Politics Used To Be Cordial… What Happened?
Class 10: We're All Snowflakes Now | Free Speech Discussion
What Are You NOT Allowed to Say?
America Isn't the ONLY Country with Freedom of Speech
Consequences of Freedom of Speech | Cancel Culture
Are We Going to Normalize The N-Word?
Class 11: Only Two Percent! | How Do People Become Extremists? | Political Violence
The World Is Watching America Fall Apart
Has Political Hate Gone Too Far?
One Bullet, A Lifetime Of Regret: Story from “The Troubles”
When Extremism Takes Everything, What’s Left Is Survival
Class 12: Discrimination 2025 | Discrimination in America | Narrative and Reality
What If I Was A Black Professor? How Would That Change Things?
Why Is Race Connected to Net Wealth?
$20 Trillion Is Discrimination | Equal Pay for Black Americans
Which Race Faces The Most Discrimination?
Class 13: Campus Conservatives | College Student Perspective
Being A Conservative On A Liberal Campus
Are You JUDGED For Being a CONSERVATIVE At College?
We Need EVERY Voice On Campus
Has Trump Lived Up To His Promises? | College Students Respond
Class 14: The Migrants | Illegal Immigration | Assimilation to a New Culture
Understanding Illegal Immigrants | Undocumented Immigrants
Illegals Only Take, They Never Give Back!
American Culture From an Outsider’s Perspective
Class 15: The Problem with Bad Bunny | Latin Influence in America | Super Bowl Halftime Show
Why Are People Mad About Bad Bunny? | Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show
The Most Followed Artist On Spotify Isn’t Even American
The NFL’s Going Global With Bad Bunny
Class 16: We Need More Kids | Global Crisis | Lowering Birth Rate Issue
We NEED To Talk About the BIRTH RATE CRISIS
Do You Want Kids? | Asking Gen Z and Alpha University Students
Do Women (Really) Have a Choice To Have Children?
Pressure to Having Kids | Change In the Female Body
The Pressure to be Super-Mom 24/7/365
Class 17: Only Way to Learn | Growing from Mistakes | Former Lifer | Guest: Irvin Moore
Earning a Degree at 80 After Being Incarcerated for 52
Adjusting to Life After Incarceration | Irvin’s Book Collection & Cell
Do You Truly Feel Free? | Have You Experienced Discrimination?
Class 18: A Turkish Experience & Mental Health | Previous Highlight Clips
No Shorts
Class 19: A Live Experiment in Empathy with Basim Razzo | The Uncounted | Iraqi Citizen
“Sam’s Viral Ted Talk”
“An Iraqi’s Response to Sam’s Ted Talk”
“Basim Joins SOC 119 from Mosul, Iraq”
“Establishing a Friendship with an Iraqi”
“Americans Killed My Family”
“Photos After the Bombing”
“Introducing Basim Razzo to SOC119”
“Life Before ISIS Took Over Mosul”
“Basim’s Wife, Mayada”
“Basim’s Daughter, Tuqa”
“Basim’s Son, Yahya”
“When the Missiles Struck”
“What Did the Americans Say?”
“America Admitted to Bombing An Innocent Iraqi Family”
“The Value of a Life in Iraq & Syria”
“Why Don’t You Hate America?”
“Get Out of Your Comfort Zone”
“Iraqi Civilian Interaction with American Soldiers”
Class 20: One Policeman's Story | Mental Health in Policing | An Open Discussion
Why Do Police Seem So Violent?
What The Public Doesn’t see | Police Interactions
The Day That Changed My Life
Future Law Enforcement Officers Speak Up
Class 21: Checking (Out) Your Privilege | White Privilege Conversation
Be Aware of the Landmines
What’s Your First Thought?
Would You Want to be on That Side?
Where are the white people who have privilege?
Do white people really benefit?
A name makes a difference
"Being a minority can be a privilege"
Examples of White Privilege
Where are the white people who don’t have privilege?
Historical Legacy of Oppression
Poverty Amongst Races in USA
Minorities Privilege in the Job Market
Fumbling Your Privilege
What are you willing to give up?
Compare Apples to Apples
Adding Intersectionality
Class 22: Native Ways of Knowledge | Native American Thought Experiments
Who’s Illegal? | The Grand Old Land Rush | Native American History
The Hidden History of Native Boarding Schools | US Native Boarding Schools
Class 24: College Students CONFRONT Warren Smith LIVE with Dr. Laurie Mulvey
Coming Soon….
Class 24: Can People of Color Be Racist? | Shifting Our Attention | Racism Test
Coming Soon…