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Patrick Sheehan is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Texas, Austin.

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Sociology May 3, 2021

The Promise of Access

Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope

Daniel Greene

Hosted by Patrick Sheehan
Why do we keep trying to solve poverty with technology? What makes us feel that we need to learn to code--or else? In The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and …
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 …
Sociology 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 …
Sociology 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 …
Sociology 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 …
Sociology 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 …
Sociology 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 …