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American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of US higher ed
Episodes
75 episodes
Gunnar Myrdal and the making of a white world order with Maribel Morey
The money behind truth.References and suggested readings:Maribel Morey. 2021. White Philanthropy: Carnegie Corporation's An American Dilemma and the Making of a White ...
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Lab Dog with Brad Bolman
References and suggested readings:Brad Bolman. 2025. Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles. University of Chicago Press. Benjamin...
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35:47
How dark money shapes the vernaculars of the culture war with Isaac Kamola
A lesson on dark money influence in campus culture warsReferences and suggested readings:Isaac Kamola. Spring 2025. Under...
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34:08
Scopes and the creationists with John K. Wilson
From a student of Saul Bellow and Barack Obama.References and suggested readings:John K Wilson. August 2025. “100 Y...
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32:47
Beware of FIRE (and institutional neutrality) with Mary Anne Franks
On the rightwing origins of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.References and suggested readings:Mary Anne Franks. 2024. Fearless Speech: Break...
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31:24
Looting, murder, and the evolution of American archaeology with Rachel Morgan
ft. Geronimo, both Roosevelt presidents, Franz Boas, and the phrenologistsReferences and suggested readings:Rachel Morgan. 2024. Sins of the Shovel: Looting, Mu...
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22:14
The university’s creditors with Sofya Aptekar
On hedge funds, private equity, and the financialization of public colleges.References and suggested readings:The Coalition Against Campus Debt. 2024. Lend and Rule: F...
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How universities created NPR and PBS with Josh Shepperd
How public universities gave rise to public mediaReferences and suggested readings:Josh Shepperd. 2023. Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting...
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28:59
The campus bookstore racket with Katya Schwenk
Does your campus use B&N Education or Follett?References and suggested readings:Katya Schwenk. September 10, 2025. “How Wall Street Broke th...
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18:28
The 1980s anti-apartheid movement with David Busch
On blood money and “the moral costs of an elite education.”References and suggested readings:David S. Busch. 2025. Disciplining Democracy: How the Modern American Univ...
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44:56
Can the university be decolonized? with Sandy Grande
Can US colleges be decolonized?References and suggested readings:Sandy Grande. 2018. “Refusing the University.” Free PDF.Sand...
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28:00
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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40:34
The future of university presses with Clara Totten
And how to approach an acquisitions editorReferences:Association of University Presses and #AskUpSteven L. Herman. 2024.
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29:00
Tuskegee and the Afterlives of the Plantation with Jarvis McInnis
Tuskegee, Alabama, the center of modernity in the Black Global SouthReferences and suggested readings:Jarvis McInnis. 2025. Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotti...
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50:19
Frank Meyer: campus communist to rightwing revolutionary with Daniel Flynn
From college radical to rightwing organizer, the 3-D life and education of The Man Who Invented Conservatism.References and suggested readings:Daniel J. Flynn. 2025. T...
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38:14
Global attacks on academic freedom with Eve Darian-Smith
References mentioned this episode:Eve Darian-Smith. 2025. Policing Higher Education: The Antidemocratic Attack on Scholars and Why It Matters. Johns Hopkins University Press. O...
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27:25
TurningPointUSA and the Professor Watchlist with Matthew Boedy
Are you on the Professor Watchlist?References mentioned this episode:Matthew Boedy. 2025.
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27:09
DEI win in Mississippi (and what you can do in your state) with James M. Thomas
A DEI victory Mississippi! Plus, JT Thomas explains what's wrong with Diversity, Inc.References and suggested readings:James M. Thomas. 2020. Diversity Regimes:...
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28:24
DEI from the 90s to now with Nimisha Barton
From tolerance to land acknowledgements.References mentioned this episode:Nimisha Barton. 2024. A Just Future: Getting from Diver...
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49:49
NYT discovers community colleges, UChicago discovers crypto losses with Marshall Steinbaum
The Chicago boys would have loved digital assets. References and suggested readings:Alan Blinder and Steven Rich. August 25, 2025.
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20:05
A gender, queer, and trans history of the British university with Sam Rutherford
College, a nice time for nice ladies.References mentioned this episode:Samuel Rutherford. 2025. Teaching Gender...
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51:52
Before ChatGPT, there were MOOCs with Anne Trumbore
A human history of ed techReferences mentioned this episode:Anne Trumbore. 2025.
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31:31
Developmental editing for scholarly writers with Laura Portwood-Stacer
On making our academic writing a little more reader friendly.References mentioned this episode:Laura Portwood-Stacer. 2025.
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