Podcast appearances and mentions of randall collins

Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite by Peter Schweizer, https://www.amazon.com/Profiles-Corruption-Peter-Schweizer/dp/006289790X Mark Halperin, Sean Spicer, Dan Turrentine: https://x.com/2waytvapp Interaction ritual chains by Randall Collins, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142897, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142879, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139572 What do we mean when we say a person has good energy? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=154428 My thoughts on the January 6 pardons, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=158652 I hate that Donald Trump undermined the results of the 2020 election and hence paved the way for the January 6 riot. There is a case to be made that electoral changes made in the run-up to that election gave Democrats an unfair advantage, but there is no case to be made that votes illegally cast determined the election. I hate that Trump commuted the sentences of people who engaged in more serious crimes than trespassing on January 6. If Trump selectively pardoned and commuted January 6 perpetrators rather than mass pardoning 1500 or so people, that would have been easier to accept and defend. Trump's mass pardons here are massively unpopular. On the other hand, the January 6 riot made no difference in the quality of life of 99.999% of Americans (aside from how they feel about it). I want the people who assaulted law enforcement on January 6 or who damaged the capitol, or who helped to organize the riot, to be punished according to law just as I want the antifa who burned Washington D.C. at Trump's 2017 inauguration to be punished according to law. The lefties weren't punished however while the Trump supporters were punished because Washington D.C. is run by the left. On a scale of 1-10, I view the seriousness of January 6 in the neighborhood of a 2 (while 9-11, by contrast, was 10/10 in my books). Under Governor Scott Walker, Wisconsin rioters tried to disrupt the smooth operation of government in that state for months. I don't believe they were sufficiently punished. BLM riots led to thousands of unnecessary deaths (the Ferguson Effect). Many of the rioters were not sufficiently punished. I wish that Donald Trump had followed the norms of the transition of power in January 2021. The Democrats were more gracious to Trump after the 2024 election than Republicans were to Democrats following the 2020 election. The United States is a nation of laws, but is the United States primarily a nation of laws, or are there other considerations? I don't love America because of the Constitution nor because of its laws nor because of its procedures nor because of its primary documents nor because of its institutions. I don't love America because of its democracy. I love America because it is my home and I feel that my fellow Americans are an extended family. https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://rumble.com/lukeford, https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 http://lukeford.net Email me: lukeisback@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter.com/lukeford, Best videos: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143746 Support the show | https://www.streamlabs.com/lukeford, https://patreon.com/lukeford, https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback Facebook: http://facebook.com/lukecford Book an online Alexander Technique lesson with Luke: https://alexander90210.com Feel free to clip my videos. It's nice when you link back to the original.

In episode 78 our guest, professor Nick Wheeler, discusses several crucial aspects of international relations and diplomacy. He explores the concept of "reassurance summits" and the role they play in diplomacy, where leaders attending diplomatic summits seek reassurance and test whether the other side perceives their defensive actions as stemming from fear and insecurity rather than hostile intent. He challenges the conventional wisdom that leaders should only engage in face-to-face diplomacy when their interests are already aligned. He introduces the idea of "security dilemma sensibility" in international relations, challenging the notion that uncertainty inevitably leads to competition and distrust. He emphasizes the need for leaders to understand the defensive motivations of others and break the cycle of misperceptions to promote cooperation and trust. Nick Wheeler delves into the possibility of developing social bonds and trust in the absence of face-to-face interaction. Drawing from Randall Collins' work, he suggests that weaker social bonds can indeed be formed without physical proximity, particularly through textually mediated interactions. He highlights the importance of shared security dilemma sensibility and shared mood in this context. He shares a cautionary tale from Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" to illustrate the limits of trust in transactional relationships. He argues that trust based solely on individual calculations of benefits and risks can quickly erode when the context changes. Shifting his focus to India-Pakistan relations, Wheeler examines the trust dynamics between leaders like Vajpayee and Sharif, emphasizing the importance of "trust, capacity, vulnerability" in assessing whether leaders can fulfill their promises and commitments. He also highlights the complexity of trust and opportunism in adversarial relationships. The discussion continues with an exploration of the role of interpersonal dyads in changing conflict situations. Wheeler underscores the significance of leaders being able to deliver on their commitments and the challenges of scaling up trust beyond individual relationships. He emphasizes the need to embed trust within decision-making processes and society itself to address future uncertainty. Finally he touches upon his upcoming book with Marcus Holmes, "Personal Chemistry: Social Bonds and International Conflict." The book aims to demystify the concept of personal chemistry in international relations by developing a theory that explains why leaders sometimes establish positive interpersonal relationships and sometimes do not. Through case studies, they aim to shed light on the factors influencing leaders' relationships and trust dynamics in diplomacy and conflict resolution.

Randall Collins writes: * Persons who are full of emotional energy feel like good persons; they feel righteous about what they are doing. Persons with low emotional energy feel bad; though they do not necessarily interpret this feeling as guilt or evil (that would depend on the religious or other cultural cognitions available for labeling their feelings), at a minimum they lack the feeling of being morally good persons that comes from enthusiastic participation in group rituals. * Feelings of moral solidarity generate specific acts of altruism and love; but there is also a negative side. As Durkheim pointed out, group solidarity makes individuals feel a desire to defend and honor the group. This solidarity feeling is typically focused on symbols, sacred objects (like a tribal totemic emblem, a holy scripture, a flag, a wedding ring). One shows respect for the group by participating in rituals venerating these symbolic objects; conversely, failure to respect them is a quick test of nonmembership in the group. Members of the ritual group are under especially strong pressure to continue to respect its sacred symbols. If they do not, the loyal group members feel shock and outrage: their righteousness turns automatically into righteous anger. In this way, ritual violations lead to persecution of heretics, scapegoats, and other outcasts. Such events bring out clearly yet another transformation of emotion by rituals: from specific initiating emotions to their intensification in collective effervescence; from collective effervescence to emotional energy carried in individuals' attachment to symbols; and from symbol-respect to righteous anger. https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142897, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=142879, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=139572 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFVD7Xfhn7sJY8LAIQmH8Q/join https://odysee.com/@LukeFordLive, https://lbry.tv/@LukeFord, https://rumble.com/lukeford https://dlive.tv/lukefordlivestreams Superchat: https://entropystream.live/app/lukefordlive Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/lukeford/ Soundcloud MP3s: https://soundcloud.com/luke-ford-666431593 Code of Conduct: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=125692 https://www.patreon.com/lukeford http://lukeford.net Email me: lukeisback@gmail.com or DM me on Twitter.com/lukeford Support the show | https://www.streamlabs.com/lukeford, https://patreon.com/lukeford, https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback Facebook: http://facebook.com/lukecford Feel free to clip my videos. It's nice when you link back to the original.

We're thrilled to sit down with Jenn Randall-Collins, co-founder and CEO of Proof Alcohol Ice Cream, a visionary company that combines two things everyone loves - ice cream and alcohol. Episode 44 takes us on a journey from a single ice cream machine on Shop Road to filling international shipments and stocking hundreds of grocery stores with a product so unique that it created a whole new market. Jenn teaches us to take off the blinders that keep us from believing in game-changing products, showing us the perseverance and wise leadership it takes to create something brand new, for the first time.

Jennifer Randall-Collins brought lessons learned from work, school and sports to disrupt both the food and alcohol industries—and accomplish some cutting-edge molecular science along the way. Jenn is originally from Kentucky, but a basketball scholarship to the University of South Carolina gave her a second family, a teamwork mentality and a business degree. Back home, Jenn worked in marketing, married and had two children before founding PROOF Alcohol Ice Cream in 2015. PROOF does the impossible—freezing alcohol to combine two of life's greatest indulgences. Since PROOF represents an entirely new category, it required creative regulatory solutions, and research brought her back to South Carolina to launch her product. Certified SC, PROOF won the Product Innovation category at the S.C. Branded Awards, and has seen year-over-year growth above 90 percent. As PROOF grows, Jenn relies on teamwork, seeing her dedicated employees succeed as well.

Den tyske författaren Ernst Jünger (1895–1998) framställs ofta som en krigs- och våldsförhärligare av stora mått. Hur det än är med det så återfinns i hans författarskap helt klart reflexioner kring våldet och människans förhållningssätt till detta. Dessa reflexioner tar oftast sin utgångspunkt i Jüngers egna erfarenheter som infanterist på västfronten under det första världskriget. I föredraget görs även jämförelser med den teori om våld som framförts av sociologen Randall Collins. Föreläsare: Carl-Göran Heidegren (professor i sociologi vid Lunds universitet). Föreläsningen utgjorde den tredje av fyra fristående föreläsningar i Anings serie "Tema: Våld - Lust, agression och din dödsdrift", och ägde rum på Månteatern i Lund

Shirley Jackson's stories and novels rank among the greatest weird works produced in America during the 20th century. However, unlike authors such as Philip K. Dick and H.P. Lovecraft, Jackson didn't cut her teeth in the pulps but among the slick pages of such illustrious publications as The New Yorker. On the other hand, whether because her most famous novel uses the traditional ghost story form or because she was a woman, Jackson only rarely appears in the litanies of weird literature, where she most definitely belongs. In this episode, Phil and JF discuss two of Jackson's short works, "The Lottery" and "The Summer People." The conversation touches on such cheerful topics as human sacrifice, the use of tradition to license evil, and the alienness that can infect even the most familiar things ... when the stars are right. Header image by Hussein Twabi (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Storm_clouds_gathering.jpg), Wikimedia Commons REFERENCES The Weird Studies Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies) Shirley Jackson (http://shirleyjackson.org/) Zoë Heller, “The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/the-haunted-mind-of-shirley-jackson),” review of Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life (https://www.amazon.com/Shirley-Jackson-Rather-Haunted-Life-ebook/dp/B01BX7S014) American writer Mitch Horowitz (https://mitchhorowitz.com/) Rhonda Byrne, The Secret (https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/1582701709) Stuart Wilde, [The Trick to Money is Having Some](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67752.TheTricktoMoneyIsHavingSome) Seymour Ginsburg, [Gurdjieff Unveiled](https://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/books/Gurdjieff/GUNVEILEDFINALWHOLEBOOK1305d.pdf) Randall Collins, Violence: A Microsociological Theory (https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8547.html) James Hillman, A Terrible Love of War (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078ZZYR56/) Homer, The Iliad Phil & JF at Octopus Books (https://www.patreon.com/posts/jf-martel-with-25148548) in Ottawa, 2015 Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (http://seinfeld.co/library/meditations.pdf) “Whatever happens to you has been waiting to happen since the beginning of time. The twining strands of fate wove both of them together: your own existence and the things that happen to you.” David Lynch, Blue Velvet (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090756/)

Short description today, have a cold and just trying to get this episode out. May edit it later. Many thanks to Mendez for coming and discussing Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson with us. Check out his website for his RPG projects, really cool stuff. https://jamesmendezhodes.com Resources mentioned: Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh, Black Preppers by Bim Adwunmi, Interaction Ritual Chains by Randall Collins, & the review of IRC by Xavier Marquez. If links aren't showing up your podcatcher, go to spectology.com for them. --- We'd love to hear from you, either by chatting with us on twitter at @spectologypod, sending us an email at spectologypod@gmail.com, or submitting the episode to r/printSF on reddit. We'll reply, and shout you out in the next podcast when we talk about your comment. And if you like the episode, subscribe at spectology.com or whever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

I veckans avsnitt ägnar sig Lilla drevet åt popvänsterns opium, det vill säga att tänka på saker olika sociologer sagt. Utifrån den ständigt aktuella nyheten om att de som släpps ut ur fängelse återfaller i kriminalitet tänker Liv Strömquist på Randall Collins teorier om brott och straff. Ola Söderholm tänker på svenska vänsterns Rihanna, Roland Paulsen, och känner sig besviken över att för få säger emot honom. K Svensson tänker på vad en sociolog han inte minns namnet på som han träffade på fyllan i Göteborg berättade för honom om 1 maj-firande. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Part One: Walter Licht and Randall Collins of the University of Pennsylvania discuss the historical context and evolution of the corporation.

Part Two: Walter Licht and Randall Collins of the University of Pennsylvania discuss the historical context and evolution of the corporation. Part Two contains the Q&A session following the speaker and discussant.