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American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of US higher ed
American Campus Podcast
The campus bookstore racket with Katya Schwenk
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
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Does your campus use B&N Education or Follett?
References and suggested readings:
- Katya Schwenk. September 10, 2025. “How Wall Street Broke the College Bookstore.” LeverNews.com.
- Vincent Bevins. 2020. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World. PublicAffairs.
- levernews.com
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Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback on the show.
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