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American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of US higher ed
Episodes
111 episodes
Why white nationalists love Plato with Curtis Dozier
Plus! Voltaire, antisemitism, the West as a concept, and the Great Replacement theoryReferences and suggested readings:Curtis Dozier. 2026. The White Pedestal: How Whi...
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Jesse Jackson and “Western Culture” at Stanford with John K. Wilson
"Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Western Culture's got to go!"References and suggested readings:John K. Wilson. February 19, 2026.
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L. Brent Bozell, trad Cath intellectual with Joshua Tait
References and suggested readings:Joshua Tait. January 12, 2026. “Stitching Banners to an E...
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Why is there an American university in Beirut? with Betty S. Anderson
Imperialism! Protestantism! Liberal Pragmatism!References and suggested readings:Betty S. Anderson. 2011. The American University of Beirut: Arab Nationalism and Liber...
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Academics in the Epstein files with Andy Hines
References and suggested readings: Alan Blinder. February 16, 2026. Epstein’s Ties With Academics Show the Seedy Side of Colleg...
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Do we still have race conscious admissions after SFA v. Harvard? with Julie J. Park
Sort of.References and suggested readings:Julie J. Park. 2026. Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era. Harvard Educatio...
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Progressive origins of eugenics with Mark Torres
A homegrown science.References and suggested readings:Mark A. Torres. 2025. Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance. The Histo...
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TurningPointUSA after Charlie Kirk with Hope Pisoni
References and suggested readings:Hope Pisoni. February 18, 2026.
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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 Carolina ...
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Black college women after emancipation with Linda Perkins
References and suggested readings:Linda M. Perkins. 2024. To Advance the Race: Black Women's Higher Education from the Antebellum Era to the 1960s. Universi...
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Your Data Will Be Used Against You with Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
How colleges collect our data.References and suggested readings:Andrew Guthrie Ferguson. 2026. Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveill...
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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 Education Culture ...
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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. ...
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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 the pod, Andy Hines, who moderated our conversation at the Aydelotte Foundation at Swarthmore C...
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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, S...
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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
Request a future episode topic hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything
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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
Make a request for future episodes hereWe're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode,
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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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