Tom Merrill and Sarah Marsh discuss Jonathan Kramnick's essay <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-humanities-after-covid-19" rel="nofollow">"The Humanities After Covid-19"</a> and Andrew Kay's essay <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/academes-extinction-event-failure-whiskey-and-professional-collapse-at-the-mla/" rel="nofollow">"Academe's Extinction Moment: Failure, Whiskey, and Professional Collapse at the MLA."</a> . Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life can be found <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Life-Frederick-Douglass/dp/0486284999/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?crid=AZEMMBWFQMXR&cv_ct_cx=narrative+of+the+life+of+frederick+douglass&dchild=1&keywords=narrative+of+the+life+of+frederick+douglass&pd_rd_i=0486284999&pd_rd_r=201f8a41-a4fe-4318-8dad-2c6eea58c749&pd_rd_w=NsQzT&pd_rd_wg=CDB3i&pf_rd_p=13bf9bc7-d68d-44c3-9d2e-647020f56802&pf_rd_r=H1XWK6YYRNTBFT24TS0S&psc=1&qid=1597799579&sprefix=Frederick+Douglass%2Caps%2C177&sr=1-1-791c2399-d602-4248-afbb-8a79de2d236f" rel="nofollow">here</a>. 

Comments, criticism, and questions are welcome and may be addressed to <a href="mailto:politicsandthehumanities@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">politicsandthehumanities@gmail.com</a>.

Tom Merrill and Sarah Marsh discuss Jonathan Kramnick's essay "The Humanities After Covid-19" and Andrew Kay's essay "Academe's Extinction Moment: Failure, Whiskey, and Professional Collapse at the MLA." . Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life can be found here. Comments, criticism, and questions are welcome and may be addressed to politicsandthehumanities@gmail.com.

Tom Merrill and Sarah Marsh discuss Jonathan Kramnick's essay <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-humanities-after-covid-19" rel="noopener noreferrer">"The Humanities After Covid-19"</a> and Andrew Kay's essay <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/academes-extinction-event-failure-whiskey-and-professional-collapse-at-the-mla/" rel="noopener noreferrer">"Academe's Extinction Moment: Failure, Whiskey, and Professional Collapse at the MLA."</a> . Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life can be found <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Life-Frederick-Douglass/dp/0486284999/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?crid=AZEMMBWFQMXR&amp;cv_ct_cx=narrative+of+the+life+of+frederick+douglass&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=narrative+of+the+life+of+frederick+douglass&amp;pd_rd_i=0486284999&amp;pd_rd_r=201f8a41-a4fe-4318-8dad-2c6eea58c749&amp;pd_rd_w=NsQzT&amp;pd_rd_wg=CDB3i&amp;pf_rd_p=13bf9bc7-d68d-44c3-9d2e-647020f56802&amp;pf_rd_r=H1XWK6YYRNTBFT24TS0S&amp;psc=1&amp;qid=1597799579&amp;sprefix=Frederick+Douglass%2Caps%2C177&amp;sr=1-1-791c2399-d602-4248-afbb-8a79de2d236f" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. 

Comments, criticism, and questions are welcome and may be addressed to <a href="mailto:politicsandthehumanities@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">politicsandthehumanities@gmail.com</a>.

Episode 1: Can the Humanities Survive?

American University faculty members Sarah Marsh and Tom Merrill discuss books, ideas, politics, and liberal education with guests.

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