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American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of US higher ed
Episodes
110 episodes
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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21:48
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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43:53
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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24:20
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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40:42
TurningPointUSA after Charlie Kirk with Hope Pisoni
References and suggested readings:Hope Pisoni. February 18, 2026.
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19:41
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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27:34
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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39:36
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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36:43
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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26:39
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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