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American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of US higher ed
Episodes
96 episodes
You Are Not a Kinesthetic Learner with Thomas Fallace
On the learning styles mythRegister for “Degrees, Debt, and the University: Andy Hines, Chris Newfield, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak in conversa...
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Media, academia, and objectivity with Ayala Panievsky
And authoritarian attacks on all of the above.Request a future episode topic hereWe're prepping for an up...
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Antiwar activism and police infiltration at the University of Texas, 1967-1973 with Martin Murray
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US Military Academy at West Point with John F. Morris
On all our favorite topics: imperialism, homosociality, liberalism, hazing! Make a request for future episodes ...
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The peak and decline of US higher ed with Bryan Alexander
On the academy’s decline since 2011.References and suggested readings:Bryan Alexander. 2026. Peak Higher Ed: How to Survive the Looming Academic Crisis.
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End of 2025 Questionnaire and Upcoming AMA
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Claremonsters and MAGA intellectuals with Laura K. Field
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Christianity, manhood, and college football with Hunter M. Hampton
1920s style!Make a request for future episodes hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode,
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The best representatives of youth dissent? High school activists! with Aaron Fountain
High school organizers have much to teach us about young peoples' political priorities.Make a request for future epi...
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Liberal anticommunists and the prelude to McCarthyism with Andrew Feffer
ft. John Dewey.Make a request for future episodes here!We're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode,
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School Yearbook: A Cringey Tradition and Its Digital Afterlife with Kate Eichhorn
Remember your old school yearbook photos? Where are they now?Make a request for future episodes here!We'r...
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Conservatives and Classical education with Catherine Tebaldi
Trad wives make great teachers.Make a request for future episodes here!We're prepping for an upcoming mai...
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Inventing political science with Emily Hauptmann
On (corporate) foundation investments in knowledge production.Make a request for future episodes here!We'...
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STRAIGHT at Penn State and anti-gay backlash in the 1990s with Richard S. Price
The straight college strikes back!References and suggested readings:Richard S. Price. October 6, 2025. The straight college strikes back: 1990s backlash against inclusiv...
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Palm readings, magic, and modern medicine with Alison Bashford
References and suggested readings:Alison Bashford. 2025. Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic. University of Chicago Press. Nao...
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Higher ed’s rush to adopt AI with Justin Raden
grift, edtech, enshittificationReferences and suggested readings:Justin Raden. October 23, 2025. Higher Ed’s Rush to Adopt AI is ...
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Campus sexual harassment from Nixon to #MeToo with Celene Reynolds
References and suggested readings:Celene Reynolds. 2025. Unlawful Advances: How Feminists Transformed Title IX. Princeton University Press. “<...
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Creating the AAUP with Henry Reichman
Brought to us, in part, by the race scientistsReferences mentioned this episode:Henry Reichman. 2025.
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How to get a job at Harvard in 1860 with prabhdeep kehal
“The reasons that I have for wishing to go to Harvard are several. I feel that Harvard can give me a better background and a better liberal education than any other university. I have always wanted to go there, as I have felt that it is not jus...
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Squids, subs, and the academic-military-industrial complex with Naomi Oreskes
Oh my!References and suggested readings:Naomi Oreskes. 2025. Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean
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University Keywords with Andy Hines
References and suggested readings:Andy Hines, ed. 2025. University Keywords. Johns Hopkins University Press. Alyssa Battistoni. 2025.
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Goldwater, King, and the college with Nicholas R. Buccola
As a student, she was a proud "Goldwater girl, right down to my cowgirl outfit and straw cowboy hat emblazoned with the slogan 'AuH20." -Hillary Clinton, Living History, 2003.References and suggested readings:Nichola...
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Gunnar Myrdal and the white world order with Maribel Morey
The money behind truth.References and suggested readings:Maribel Morey. 2021. White Philanthropy: Carnegie Corporation's An American Dilemma and the Making of a White ...
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