[1]On October 27, Jeremy Freese [2] taped a laptop to his face and Skyped into the Soc Improv for a discussion of the NRC rankings. After Jeremy left, we solved the culture of poverty. Or something like that.

Unfortunately, due to a freak editing accident, this episode is just now being posted. Sorry, Jeremy. (And sorry, Christopher Newport.)

Links discussed in this episode:

Jeremy on the NRC rankings: one [3] and two [4].

Christopher Newport and the NRCs [5]

NY Times on the Culture of Poverty [6]

Teresa Gowan on Culture Shocks [7]

Ta-Nehisi Coates, A Culture of Poverty [8]

Culture of Poverty at Neuroanthropology [9]

The Mullet Strategy [10]

Better late than never: Improv #18! [11]

[1] https://thesocietypages.org/improv/files/2010/11/album-art-ep18.png

[2] http://www.jeremyfreese.com

[3] http://scatter.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/nrc-rankings/

[4] http://scatter.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/nrc-redux-redux/

[5] http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/10/12/cnu

[6] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/us/18poverty.html

[7] http://www.cultureshocks.com/shows/2010/08/31/teresa-gowan/

[8] http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2010/10/a-culture-of-poverty/64854/

[9] http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2010/10/26/the-culture-of-poverty-debate-continued/

[10] http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/04/06/the_mullet_stategy/

[11] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/socimprov18.mp3