Banished
Amna Khalid & Jeff Snyder
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"Virtually No Institution of Higher Learning is Safe"
"Virtually No Institution of Higher Learning is Safe"
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Thought-provoking conversations about censorship, campus politics, and culture wars. Hosted by Carleton College professors Amna Khalid and Jeff Snyder.
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- "Virtually No Institution of Higher Learning is Safe" · 42 dk In January this year, PEN America released its most recent annual report, Expanding the Web of Control: America's Censored Campuses 2025. It provides a meticulous analysis of…
- Are Diverse Democracies an Endangered Species? · 40 dkWe were delighted to have the chance to speak with political scientist Yascha Mounk earlier this month at the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire. We had a wide-ranging…
- Are Too Many Professors Excellent Sheep? · 30 dkWe have been dying to discuss an article called “Why Aren’t Professors Braver?” since it was first published in The Chronicle of Higher Education back in September. It’s by the…
- That Book Is Dangerous! · 21 dkWe were delighted to have the chance to speak with Adam Szetela about his new book, That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking…
- Authoritarians in the Academy · 28 dkWe were thrilled to have the opportunity to speak with Sarah McLaughlin about her new book, Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and…
- Supercharged since October 7 · 23 dkKen Stern (Director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate) joins Amna and Jeff to discuss these urgent questions: Are campuses hotbeds of antisemitism? How do we define…
- Who Speaks the Language of Social Justice? · 18 dkOur friend and colleague Stony Brook sociologist Musa al-Gharbi has a new book out. And it’s a tour-de-force. We Have Never Been Woke is essential reading for anyone who wants to…
- "You Can't Be an Egalitarian Social Climber" · 19 dkOur friend and colleague Stony Brook sociologist Musa al-Gharbi has a new book out. And it’s a tour-de-force. We Have Never Been Woke is essential reading for anyone who wants to…
- Trouble Ahead · 20 dkWe were thrilled to have the opportunity to talk to PEN America’s Jeremy Young about what a second Trump administration holds in store for higher education. It was an…
- What's at Stake at Columbia University (and beyond)? · 6 dkWe saw this clip of Columbia University History Professor Christopher Brown and wanted to share it far and wide. Dr. Brown delivered these remarks on Monday, April 20 at a…
- Diversity Is Great, DEI, Inc. Isn't. · 31 dkWe recently appeared on "How Do We Fix It?", a wonderful podcast in search of constructive and practical ideas to address the many problems that plague our age. We had a…
- "Entitled to Judge" · 19 dkCelebrated as the bedrock of democracy, freedom of expression is often seen as an American or western value. Yet the concept has a rich and global history. In the spring of 2023…
- The Sunshine State Descends into Darkness (Again) · 14 dkWorse than McCarthyism? In this episode of Banished, we explore the all-out assault on academic freedom in higher education in Florida. Turns out there’s a long history of campus…
- Will Florida's "Stop WOKE Act" Hold Up in Court? · 21 dkBanished returns with a special episode on the status of a lawsuit challenging Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act.” To understand how this law threatens open inquiry and academic freedom…
- Whose Tacos? · 33 dkTucker Carlson claimed that tacos are American. Rick Bayless was attacked for appropriating Mexican cuisine. Jamie Oliver hired a team of cultural appropriation specialists to…
- 'Shakespeare, Thou Hast Been Cancelled' · 29 dkAmna Khalid talks with Laura Bates, Professor of English at Indiana State University and founder of Shakespeare in Shackles — a prison program for those in solitary confinement —…
- "Oh Danny, Is This the End?" · 25 dkOne of the most popular musicals of all time, Grease seems to have fallen from grace. Most recently, two schools in Australia were planning to stage a joint production of the…
- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: St. Olaf College Punishes Professor for Inviting Peter Singer to Campus · 30 dkEarlier this year, St. Olaf College’s Institute for Freedom and Community invited controversial bioethicist Peter Singer for a virtual conversation titled “The Point of View of…
- In the Eye of the Storm · 51 dkIn fall 2021, the philosophy department at Rhodes College invited the bioethicist Peter Singer to speak to the school. A controversial and important figure, the New Yorker has…
- COVID-19: Lab Leak Or Natural Leap? · 30 dkIn February 2020, The Lancet, a leading British medical journal, published a statement by more than two dozen scientists condemning the hypothesis that COVID-19 had leaked from a…
