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References and suggested readings:

• Phillip B. Levine, Hidden Tuition: An Insider's Guide to College Pricing and Financial Aid (University of Chicago Press, 2026)
• ON COST DISEASE: Dennis M. Hogan, Artificial Negligence: Why are college administrators so eager to adopt AI? Hedgehog Review, Summer 2026
• Dean Spears and Michael Geruso, After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People (Simon & Schuster, 2025)
• Phillip Levine on LinkedIn, MyIntuition.org, Brookings Institution

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The Title IX process is working as intended.

References mentioned this episode:

• Kendall Danielle Francis explains her assault and her Title IX experience
• Nicole Bedera, On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators  and Betray Survivors of Sexual Assault (University of California Press, 2024).
• Classroom resources to accompany On the Wrong Side
• Nicole Bedera’s website

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References and suggested readings:

• Austin J. Clements, ‘The Franco Way’: The American Right and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-9, Journal of Contemporary History 57(2), 341-364
• Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolutions in France
• Corey Robin, The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump, 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, 2017)
• Katy Hull, The Machine Has a Soul: American Sympathy with Italian Fascism (Princeton University Press, 2025)
• John Patrick Diggins, Mussolini and Fascism: The View from America (Princeton University Press, 2015)
• Russell Kirk, The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot
• David Austin Walsh, Liberals Are to Blame for the Rise of J. D. Vance, Boston Review, July 22, 2024
• George H. Nash, The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 (ISI Books, 2006).
• Perry Anderson, Disputing Disaster: A Sextet on the Great War (Verso, 2026)
• Austin’s faculty page, Instagram @clementsaustinj, and email [email protected] 

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References and suggested readings:

• Billy Fleming, Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2026).
• Marshall Terrill, “ASU ranks No. 1 nationally, No. 2 globally for sustainability,” ASU News, September 8, 2026.
• Davarian L. Baldwin, In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities (Bold Type, 2021).
• Kevin Kovaleski, “ASU reaches milestone enrollment,” ASU News, August 10, 2026.
• Holly Jean Buck, Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough (Verso, 2021).
• Thea Riofrancos, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism (W. W. Norton, 2025).
• Joshua Hong, “Universities are buying and selling property for data centers, prompting concerns about an AI brain drain,” Yahoo! Finance, August 12, 2026.
• “AI can make our lives better,” Senator John Kennedy on NBC News
• The Expanse series
• Alyssa Battistoni, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature (Princeton University Press, 2025).
• Follow Billy Fleming on Twitter and Bluesky

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References and suggested readings:

• Rod Flower. 2026. Drugs: The Story of Pharmacology. Yale University Press.
• On the CIA and LSD: MKUltra wiki
• Aldous Huxley. The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell.
• “Celebrities Who’ve Shared Their Ayahuasca Experiences: From Chelsea Handler to Aaron Rodgers.” US Magazine.
• Freud’s monograph on cocaine: Sigmund Freud. 1894. Über Coca.
• Rod Flower’s faculty page

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References and suggested readings:

• Film website: https://www.firsttheycameformycollege.com/ 
• Rodrigo Diaz, “3 years later, the 'old' New College looks much better,” Sarasota Herald Tribune, January 20, 2026
• Joshua Janniere, “At the front line of the culture war,” American Reformer, May 1, 2023
• Adam R Nelson, Dartmouth College V. Woodward: Colleges, Corporations, and the Common Good (University Press of Kansas, 2025)
• Eli Saslow, Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist (Vintage, 2019)
• R. Derek Black, The Klansman’s Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism (Harry N. Abrams, 2024)
• Old School Catalyst

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References and suggested readings:

• Amit Singh. 2026. Cancelled Futures: Class, Race, and Place in Post-Industrial Britain. Princeton University Press. 
• Paul Willis. Learning to Labor: How Working-Class Kids Get Working-Class Jobs.
• Arlie Russell Hochschild. 2018. Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right. New Press.
• Lauren A. Rivera. 2016. Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs. Princeton University Press.
• Sivamohan Valluvan and Amit Singh. 2026. Pubs for the People: The Fight for the Pint and the Nation. Manchester University Press.
• Loïc Wacquant. 2026. Rethinking the Penal State. Polity Press.
• Amit Singh’s faculty page and Bluesky and LinkedIn

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References and suggested readings:

• Randy Boyagoda. 2026. Lords of Serendipity. Mariner Books.
• George Elliot. 1871. Middlemarch.
• Ralph Ellison. 1952. Invisible Man.
• Kiran Desai. 2025. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny. Hogarth.
• www.randyboyagoda.com 
• Randy Boyagoda’s faculty page

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On the material history of the university

References and suggested readings:

• William Whyte. 2026. The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood. Harvard University Press. 
• William Whyte’s faculty page, Twitter, and LinkedIn

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References and suggested readings:

• Marshall Steinbaum and David Austin Walsh. 2026. How America’s Public Universities Stopped Being Public. Hedgehog Review.
• Robert A. Nesbit. 1996. The Degradation of the Academic Dogma. Routledge.
• Zachary Bleemer and Aashish Mehta. December 2024. College Major Restrictions and Student Stratification. National Bureau of Economic Research.
• Maya Rosen. October 11, 2026. Degrees of Separation. Jewish Currents. 
• Anna Perez. 2023. Understanding Zionism: History and Perspectives. Fortress Press.
• F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night.
• Theodore Dreiser. Jennie Gerhardt.
• Molly Crabapple. 2026. Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund. One World.
• Mark Weitzman, Robert J Williams, James Wald, eds. 2025. The Routledge History of Antisemitism. Routledge.
• Marshall Steinbaum on Twitter @econ_Marshall and his website, marshallsteinbaum.org
• David Austin Walsh’s email [email protected]

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