American Campus Podcast
a social and political history of higher education
American Campus Podcast
Lynne Cheney and the National Endowment for the Humanities with Mark Hlavacik
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Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
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One of our favorite culture warriors, Dr. Cheney.
References and suggested readings:
- Mark Hlavacik. 2025. Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars. University of Chicago Press.
- Mark Hlavacik. 2016. Assigning Blame: The Rhetoric of Education Reform. Harvard University Press.
- Emma Whitford. January 7, 2026. Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review. Inside Higher Ed.
- Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato. New York Times.
- Lynne V. Cheney. October 20, 1994. The End of History. The Wall Street Journal.
- Lynne V. Cheney. January 24, 1995. Kill My Old Agency, Please.
- Andrew Hartman. 2019. A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars, second edition. University of Chicago Press.
- Lynne Cheney, Pat Buchanan, Eric Foner, and Michael Kinsely. March 20, 1995. Crossfire, Part I and Part II
- Mark Hlavacik’s faculty page
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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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