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American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of US higher ed
Episodes
100 episodes
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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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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Liberal anticommunists and the prelude to McCarthyism with Andrew Feffer
ft. John Dewey.Make a request for future episodes here!We're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode,
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School Yearbook: A Cringey Tradition and Its Digital Afterlife with Kate Eichhorn
Remember your old school yearbook photos? Where are they now?Make a request for future episodes here!We'r...
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Conservatives and Classical education with Catherine Tebaldi
Trad wives make great teachers.Make a request for future episodes here!We're prepping for an upcoming mai...
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Inventing political science with Emily Hauptmann
On (corporate) foundation investments in knowledge production.Make a request for future episodes here!We'...
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STRAIGHT at Penn State and anti-gay backlash in the 1990s with Richard S. Price
The straight college strikes back!References and suggested readings:Richard S. Price. October 6, 2025. The straight college strikes back: 1990s backlash against inclusiv...
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Palm readings, magic, and modern medicine with Alison Bashford
References and suggested readings:Alison Bashford. 2025. Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic. University of Chicago Press. Nao...
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Higher ed’s rush to adopt AI with Justin Raden
grift, edtech, enshittificationReferences and suggested readings:Justin Raden. October 23, 2025. Higher Ed’s Rush to Adopt AI is ...
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Campus sexual harassment from Nixon to #MeToo with Celene Reynolds
References and suggested readings:Celene Reynolds. 2025. Unlawful Advances: How Feminists Transformed Title IX. Princeton University Press. “<...
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Creating the AAUP with Henry Reichman
Brought to us, in part, by the race scientistsReferences mentioned this episode:Henry Reichman. 2025.
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How to get a job at Harvard in 1860 with prabhdeep kehal
“The reasons that I have for wishing to go to Harvard are several. I feel that Harvard can give me a better background and a better liberal education than any other university. I have always wanted to go there, as I have felt that it is not jus...
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