<description>&lt;p&gt;This week we discuss emerging controversy in how reporters cover wildfires. And, I recently spoke with Geoffrey Wodtke, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, about his recent paper titled "Toxic Neighborhoods: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Early Childhood Development." The paper is to be published in &lt;em&gt;Demography&lt;/em&gt;, and is co-authored by Sagi Ramaj, and Jared Schachner.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Segment 1 -- Geoffrey Wodtke on "Toxic Neighborhoods: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Early Childhood Development"&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Segment 2 – Wildfire in personal and public perspective&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This Week in Sociological Perspective

Samuel Roundfield Lucas

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu01 Audio

AUG 30, 202236 MIN
This Week in Sociological Perspective

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu01 Audio

AUG 30, 202236 MIN

Description

This week we discuss emerging controversy in how reporters cover wildfires. And, I recently spoke with Geoffrey Wodtke, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, about his recent paper titled "Toxic Neighborhoods: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Early Childhood Development." The paper is to be published in Demography, and is co-authored by Sagi Ramaj, and Jared Schachner.

Segment 1 -- Geoffrey Wodtke on "Toxic Neighborhoods: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Early Childhood Development"

Segment 2 – Wildfire in personal and public perspective