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Wars Are Won By Teachers and Trump is Attacking Them Like a Foreign Adversary
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Air Date: 1/25/2026
Today we examine education as the battleground for democracy itself. We'll hear how authoritarians erase history to maintain power, why liberal arts colleges don't exist in authoritarian societies, how the administration is punishing universities for their political views, and what the detention of student protesters reveals about the cost of dissent in Trump's America.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: Fighting Fascism with Education - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 9-26-25
KP 5: How Trumps Agenda Hurts College Students - Right Now With Perry Bacon - Air Date 11-19-25
KP 6: Trump Set to Garnish Wages for Student Loan Defaults - Democracy Now! - Air Date 12-30-25
(00:46:40) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the American and Chinese Cassandras of authoritarianism
DEEPER DIVES
(00:54:44) SECTION A: EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY
A2: Fighting Fascism with Education Part 2 - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 9-26-25
A3: Because Democracy Depends On It - Ralph Nader Radio Hour - Air Date 11-29-25
A4: The Great US Brain Drain - Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Air Date 1-9-25
(01:31:21) SECTION B: EDUCATION AND MONEY