The Comparison Between McCarthyism and the Current Situation in Academia

Jonah’s finally back from Europe after plotting world domination there for the last few months, and he’s ready to get the Remnant party started. Today’s episode features the overdue return of Greg Lukianoff, president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. He’s written a new book, The Canceling of the American Mind, which digs into the rise of cancel culture in American life and what we can do to reverse it. But how should cancel culture be defined in the first place? Why does Greg see it as a crisis of historic proportions? How can colleges be fixed? And is Jonah the ultimate grifter?

Show Notes:

- Greg’s webpage

- Greg’s new book, The Canceling of the American Mind

- The Coddling of the American Mind

- “Steven Salaita, the Media, and the Struggle for Academic Freedom”

- Carole Hooven’s T: The Story of Testosterone

- Greg is profiled in Politico

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