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Marc Sims Host Just A Few Questions Marc Sims was born, raised, and resides in the city of Chicago Illinois. https://open.spotify.com/show/3OvsD9A8ESUfKS20UMTHyV marcsimschicago@gmail.com

Friday, September 30, 2022

William Deresiewicz

 



I truly appreciated William Deresiewicz giving me 10 minutes of his valuable time. 

When I send an email to people I want on my podcast I ask them for at least 10 of their time. I currently have a podcast with very few listeners, so I'm asking a lot from my guest.

I hope listeners will be intrigued and enlightened by my unassuming podcast.


Marc Sims

Chicago


 

Solitude Race and Class: William Deresiewicz

Just A few questions Podcast

Marc Sims speaks with William Deresiewicz about solitude, race, and class.

William Deresiewicz is an essayist and cultural critic and the author of The End of Solitude.

https://anchor.fm/marc-sims/episodes/Solitude-Race-and-Class-William-Deresiewicz-e1nmnsb

 

 

Why is there so much student debt?

Bill Deresiewicz

https://youtu.be/m7fmjsHw590?t=508

 

William Deresiewicz on The Colbert Report

https://www.cc.com/video/z4umi5/the-colbert-report-william-deresiewicz

 


Sunday, August 14, 2022

Chicago Is A Dangerous City




 

Chicago Is A Dangerous City: Peter Cunningham

Just A Few Questions Podcast

Marc Sims talks with Peter Cunningham about ending Chicago's dangerous city narrative.

Peter Cunningham is a Chicago-based writer specializing in politics, government,  education, and life.

Former Obama administration Assistant Secretary of Education.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chicago-is-a-dangerous-city-peter-cunningham/id1515521382?i=1000575887278

 

Marc Sims

Chicago 

 

I agree with Dr. Carl Bell; Black people (African Americans) are very relational, as opposed to being transactional. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdt6ByGLhY0

 

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson defines the four classes of black America




NPR: Eugene Robinson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist, in a new book about the increasing disconnect between America's African-American communities.

 

WBEZ: Class segregation among blacks is higher among both whites and Latinos. So when you measure, as you mentioned, the evenness of the classes within the predominantly black, Latino or white neighborhoods, you find that there is greater pull-away between poor blacks and upper income blacks than there is between poor whites and upper income whites and poor Latinos and upper income Latinos.

Mary Pattillo, the Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies at Northwestern University.

https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/where-are-chicagos-poor-white-neighborhoods/37e96521-d730-43b8-b645-633aab318314

 

A Chicago Booster: Professor Mary Pattillo

Just A Few Questions Podcast

Marc Sims talks with Northwestern University Professor Mary Pattillo about remaining Black on the block.

https://anchor.fm/marc-sims/episodes/A-Chicago-Booster-Mary-Pattillo-e144qn9

  


Why would they want to come back here?  Why would they want to come live here and bring their family here?  Why would they want to raise children here?

Hon. Kurt Summers, Former Treasurer, City of Chicago

https://youtu.be/28QUnndoc5E?t=960

 

 



Wednesday, July 6, 2022

We Can Reduce Crime & Violence

 

 
 

 
 
 
 
We Can Reduce Crime & Violence: Andrew V. Papachristos

Just A Few Questions Podcast

Marc Sims talks with Professor Andrew V. Papachristos about reducing crime and violence.





Thanks

 

Marc Sims

Host

 

Just A Few Questions

https://anchor.fm/marc-sims





Those who have a high school degree or who make less than $30,000 a year have a majority of those people who do not trust each other or anybody else.

Saagar Enjeti

https://youtu.be/iArRXahQE7k?t=148



Any time you make a suggestion for improvement, you are implying criticism.  (Move time bar around 42:25)

Deborah Tannen: It's not who's right, who's wrong? It's that suggestions for improvement really are implied criticism, and are also a sign of caring.

 

https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/why-conversations-go-wrong



Dr Amos Wilson:Breaking down Black on black violence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKXYpGNOGUo