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About Patrick Sheehan
Patrick Sheehan is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Texas, Austin.
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Sociology
December 7, 2020
Voices from the Valley
Tech Workers Talk About What They Do--and How They Do It
Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel
Hosted by Patrick Sheehan
In Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do and How They Do It (FSG Originals, 2020), the celebrated writers and Logic cofounders Moira Weigel and Ben …
American Studies
March 11, 2020
Divested
Inequality in the Age of Finance
Ken-Hou Lin and Megan Tobias Neely
Hosted by Patrick Sheehan
Ken-Hou Lin and Megan Tobias Neely's new book Divested: Inequality in the Age of Finance (Oxford University Press, 2020) explores the rise of finance in American life over the last …
Politics
February 10, 2020
The Crisis of Expertise
Gil Eyal
Hosted by Patrick Sheehan
In recent political debates there has been a significant change in the valence of the word “experts” from a superlative to a near pejorative, typically accompanied by a recitation of …
World Affairs
May 28, 2019
Keywords
The New Language of Capitalism
John Pat Leary
Hosted by Patrick Sheehan
John Pat Leary's Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism (Haymarket Books, 2019) chronicles the rise of a new vocabulary in the twenty-first century. From Silicon Valley to the White House …
American Studies
April 10, 2019
Making History/Making Blintzes
How Two Red Diaper Babies Found Each Other and Discovered America
Mickey and Dick Flacks
Hosted by Patrick Sheehan
Mickey and Dick Flacks' new book Making History/Making Blintzes: How Two Red Diaper Babies Found Each Other and Discovered America (Rutgers University Press, 2018) is a chronicle of the political …
American Studies
February 15, 2018
Freedom From Work
Embracing Financial Self-Help in the United States and Argentina
Daniel Fridman
Hosted by Patrick Sheehan
In Freedom From Work: Embracing Financial Self-Help in the United States and Argentina (Stanford University Press, 2017), Daniel Fridman explores what it means to be an economic subject in what …