American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of higher education
American Campus Podcast
Squids, subs, and the academic-military-industrial complex with Naomi Oreskes
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
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References and suggested readings:
- Naomi Oreskes. 2025. Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean. University of Chicago Press.
- Naomi Oreskes. 2021. Why Trust Science? Princeton University Press.
- Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. 2011. Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change. Bloomsbury.
- Naomi Oreskes. 2025. The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market. Bloomsbury.
- Percival Everett. 2024. James. Doubleday.
- Andrew Ross Sorkin. 2025. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation. Viking.
- Naomi Oreskes faculty page, LinkedIn, and Bluesky
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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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