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310: The Eternally Radical Idea with Greg Lukianoff

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

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The Comparative Effects of McCarthyism on Professors

McCarthyism was a national security crisis in the 1950s, but it's not comparable to what is happening today. There are secret hearings and biased related incident programs where you can call in offensive things anonymously. A lot of those professors have lost their jobs due to campaigns to get them fired on social media. The fact that you can even find this many witches to burn under the current circumstance is remarkable.

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