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
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
Browse the American Campus bookshelf at https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast
Get updates about the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast
Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu
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