Podcast Episodes

Do we still have race conscious admissions after SFA v. Harvard? with Julie J. Park

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Julie J. Park. 2026. Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era. Harvard Educatio…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Progressive origins of eugenics with Mark Torres

A homegrown science.

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Mark A. Torres. 2025. Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance. The Histo…

4 months, 4 weeks ago

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TurningPointUSA after Charlie Kirk with Hope Pisoni

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Hope Pisoni. February 18, 2026. Campus Conservatives See Resurgence in the Aftermath of Charlie Kirk. Uncloseted Me…

5 months ago

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On reconstructing Cherokee education with Julie L. Reed

References and suggested readings:

Julie L. Reed. 2026. Land, Language, and Women: A Cherokee and American Educational History. University of North Ca…

5 months 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 Era to the 1960s. U…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Your Data Will Be Used Against You with Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

How colleges collect our data.

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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson. 2026. Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Ag…

5 months, 1 week ago

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

One of our favorite culture warriors, Dr. Cheney. 

References and suggested readings:

Mark Hlavacik. 2025. Willing Warriors: A New History of the Educa…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Universities and the climate crisis with Bryan Alexander

References and suggested readings:

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

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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On the myth of institutional neutrality with Brian Soucek

Register for “Degrees, Debt, and the University: Andy Hines, Chris Newfield, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak in conversation,” Adeylotte Foundation,…

6 months ago

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