Freshman hazing, a time honored tradition of (at least) 1,500 years.References mentioned this episode:Hannah Skoda. 2025. Frying Pans, Limpets, Donk...

From Kant to CRT via Columbia and UC Irvine.References mentioned this episode:The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, 3rd edition. W. W. Norton.Miquel de P...

On the eugenics origins of the IQ test and why we're still using it in 2025.References mentioned this episode:Pepper Stetler. 2024.

Sam Tanenhaus joins me for a deep dive into the college career of friend of the pod, William F. Buckley Jr., and his 1951 shot that fired the campus wars: God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom."Reference...

How does a librarian kill someone with a newspaper? This and other academic spycraft in Elyse Graham's Book and Dagger.References mentioned this episode:Elyse Graham. 2024.