American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of US higher ed
American Campus Podcast
Media, academia, and objectivity with Ayala Panievsky
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
And authoritarian attacks on all of the above.
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References and suggested readings:
- Ayala Panievsky. 2026. The New Censorship: How the War on the Media is Taking Us Down. Footnote Press.
- Laura Gerbes. 2025. Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry. Princeton University Press.
- Kate Wright, Martin Scott, and Mel Bunce. 2024. Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America. Oxford University Press.
- Lea Ypi. 2022. Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History. W. W. Norton.
- Lea Ypi. 2025. Indignity: A Life Reimagined. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- @panievsky on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
Most writing podcasts just inspire. This one teaches the craft skills that hook readers.
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Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu
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