American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of higher education
Podcasting since 2024 • 140 episodes
American Campus Podcast
Latest Episodes
Academic gerontocracy with Samuel Moyn
On age, class, and jobs.References and suggested readings:Samuel Moyn. 2026. Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It...
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29:19
Spirits, specters, and parapsychology professors with Jesse Bering
Speaking to the dead, academically.References and suggested readings:Jesse Bering. 2026. The Incredible Afterlives of Dr. Stevenson: One Scientist's Epic Ques...
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27:42
The right’s attempt to capture Western Civ and Jewish Studies with Emmaia Gelman
A nice companion episode to last week's on The West with Curtis Dozier.References and suggested readings:Emmaia Gelman. 2026.
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38:39
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