American Campus Podcast

a social and political history of higher education

Podcasting since 2024 • 127 episodes

American Campus Podcast

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Professional class liberals with Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer

References and suggested readings:Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer, eds. 2025. Mastery and Drift: Professional-Class Liberals since the 1960s. University of Chi...

May 10, 2026 • 40:34

The grade inflation panic with Kevin Gannon

Is grade inflation real, who cares, and why?References and suggested readings:Lisa M. Di Bartolomeo and Kevin M. Gannon, eds. 2026. The Campus Crisis Toolkit: Strategi...

May 06, 2026 • 28:06

Allan Bloom’s Closing of the American Mind with Mark Hlavacik

Explaining the show's new art and how Mick Jagger "failed democracy and impoverished the souls" of students before 1987.References and suggested readings:God ...

May 03, 2026 • 50:27

Hands Off Higher Ed: May Day 2026 with Anne Balay

Find May Day events near you in the resources below:Higher Education Labor United websiteHELU May Day events mapMay Day S...

April 29, 2026 • 13:16

Culture wars come for French universities (Part 2)

This is Part I of a conversation with Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, Eléana Sanchez, and Jonathan Hauser. Listen to Part I here.References and suggested readings:<...

April 26, 2026 • 43:14

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