Poverty in America – talk with Matthew Desmond and Lauren Collins
Louis Theroux documentaries on I player – including:
Miami Mega Jail
Law and disorder in Lagos
The city addicted to Crystal meth
Law and disorder in Philadelphia.
Netflix documentaries:
13th (2016): Analyses the U.S. prison system and its relationship to the nation’s history of racial slavery and inequality.
Hello, Privilege – It’s Me, Chelsea (2019): Examines the impact of white privilege in American culture.
The Great Hack (2019): Examines the data mining scandal involving Cambridge Analytica and its impact on personal privacy and democratic processes.
Saving Capitalism (2017): Follows former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich as he explains the impact of the economy on everyday Americans.
Netflix limited series on Pharma scandal – Painkiller (2023).
Sociological podcasts from the Sociological review
Have you heard George’s Podcast?
Radio 4 Thinking allowed on BBC Sounds
Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts by Chris McGreal
Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class by Owen Jones
No Label by Naomi Klein
Sociology Review articles
The Guardian Newspaper online – but be specific to Sociological stories
