This week's podcast features Musa Al-Gharbi, a professor of sociology at Stony Brook University. They discuss blaming 'kids these days' for societal issues, the problem with adult blaming, illiberal attitudes on campuses, the risk to free expression, democracy, teachers, peer review, and more. They also touch on trust in science, misrepresentation of information by experts, and the misunderstanding of antisemitism in America.

Musa Al-Gharbi, Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow in Sociology, discusses ideological differences, bridging the divide in America, challenges in academia, unnatural scholarship, epistemological bubbles, impact of ideological imbalance on scholarship, tension in knowledge industries, and an upcoming book release in 2024.