Podcast Episodes

On reconstructing Cherokee education with Julie L. Reed

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Julie L. Reed. 2026. Land, Language, and Women: A Cherokee and American Educational History. Uni…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Black college women after emancipation with Linda Perkins

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Linda M. Perkins. 2024. To Advance the Race: Black Women's Higher Education from the Antebellum …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Your Data Will Be Used Against You with Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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How colleges collect our data.

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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson. 2026. Your Data Will Be Used Against You:…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Lynne Cheney and the National Endowment for the Humanities with Mark Hlavacik

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One of our favorite culture warriors, Dr. Cheney. 

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Mark Hlavacik. 2025. Willing Warriors: A New H…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Universities and the climate crisis with Bryan Alexander

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Bryan Alexander. 2023. Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis. Johns Hopki…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

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"Race, Racism, and the Liberal Arts," Aydelotte Foundation roundtable ft. Lauren, Nayanika Ghosh, and Andy Hines

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Hi, listeners! A little bonus content for you. This is audio from a recent talk I gave with the brilliant Nayanika Ghosh. You'll a…

3 months ago

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On the myth of institutional neutrality with Brian Soucek

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3 months ago

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You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner with Thomas Fallace

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On the learning styles myth

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3 months, 1 week ago

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Media, academia, and objectivity with Ayala Panievsky

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And authoritarian attacks on all of the above.

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3 months, 1 week ago

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Antiwar activism and police infiltration at the University of Texas, 1967-1973 with Martin Murray

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

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