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It was my great pleasure to join friends of the pod, Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub (who you'll remember from our Cancel Culture Panic episode), for a deep dive into the history of the trustees. Be sure to check out and subscribe to their excellent podcast, In Bed with the Right.

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References mentioned this episode:

• William F. Buckley, God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom' (1951)
• Richard White, Who Killed Jane Stanford? A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University (2022)
• Matt Seybold, The Gilded Network (Podcast, 2025)
• Nathan Heller, "Will Harvard Bend or Break" (The New Yorker, 2025)

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