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Send us Fan Mail WATCH this episode on Patreon! References and suggested readings: Noam Scheiber, Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026)Dylan Gottlieb, Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York (Harvard University Press, 2026)Alex Press, “On the Origins of the Professional-Managerial Class: An Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich,” Dissent, October 22, 2019Karent Hao, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI (Penguin, 2026)Tom Segev, One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate (Picador, 2001)Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Metropolitan Books, 2021)Rashid Khalidi, Palestine: A Primer (Godwin Books, 2026)Noam Scheiber’s website, New York Times page , Twitter, BlueskySupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail References and suggested readings: Iván Chaar López and Erin McElroy, “Who Benefits from Distorting American Studies?” Public Books, June 17, 2026Iván Chaar López, The Cybernetic Border: Drones, Technology, and Intrusion (Duke University Press, 2024)Erin McElroy, Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times (Duke University Press, 2024)Theodor Adorno, Authoritarian PersonalityJulian Posada, Platform Extractivism: Data Work and the People Powering Artificial Intelligence (University of California Press, 2026)Michel Serres, Conversations on Science, Culture, and Time: Michel Serres with Bruno Latour (University of Michigan Press, 1995)John Dewey, Democracy and Education OPEN ACCESS PDFMax Horkheimer and Theodor W Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments OPEN ACCESS PDFDan Scott, Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment (Duke University Press, 2004)Alberto Toscano, Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis (Verso, 2023)Erin McElroy’s websiteIván Chaar López’s websiteSupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail WATCH this episode on our Patreon (free)! References and suggested readings: Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, By the Power Vested in Me: How Experts Shape Same-Sex Marriage Debates (Columbia University Press, 2025). “French student loses hand to grenade in unprecedented protests,” CNN, October 6, 2026Tom McCarthy, “Paris moves to sue Fox News for false reporting on Muslim 'no-go zones',” The Guardian, February 12, 2015“How racist police infiltration of high schools created the "Bismillah, it's darkness" meme,” LeHuffPost explainerMediapart, French online newspaperCole Stangler, US journalist in franceOctavia E. Butler, The Parables collectionMichael Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer’s website and BlueskySupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail References and suggested readings: Omar Zahzah, Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital Settler Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle (The Censored Press, 2025)Omar Zahzah, “A Question of Violence: Palestine in American Academia After October 7,” The Palestine Chronicle, April 3, 2026Eman Ghanayem and Theresa Rocha Beardall, “The University Is a Colony,” Diacritics 52, no. 1 (2024): 8-23Omar Zahzah, “Michigan 8 case is part of a broader pattern of repression,” The Electronic Intifada, August 49, 2026Omar Zahzah, “Two UCSD Professors Face Suspension in the War on Campus Protest,” Institute for Palestine Studies blog, September 3, 2026Purge palentir: Find Palentir near youMESA AFI report on attacks on academic workers since October 7thLearn more about the Civility Industrial ComplexDominique J. Baker, “What’s Wrong With Civilty?” Inside Higher Ed, October 13, 2026Christopher Newfield, Unmaking the University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class (Harvard University Press, 2011)Sidney Hook, Academic Freedom and Academic Anarchy (Cowles Book Company, 1970)Omar Zahzah’s website and faculty pageSupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail Apologies for the mic difficulties on Lauren's end! References and suggested readings: Merle Eisenberg’s faculty pageInfectious Historians podcastDean O. Smith, How University Budgets Work (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019)Dean O. Smith, University Finances: Accounting and Budgeting Principles for Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019)Chris Newfield, The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018)Office Hours with EABDavid Arnold, Pandemic India: From Cholera to Covid-19 (Oxford University Press, 2022)Michael G. Vann and Liz Clarke, The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam (Oxford University Press, 2018)Support the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail 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 2026Dean Spears and Michael Geruso, After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People (Simon & Schuster, 2025)Phillip Levine on LinkedIn, MyIntuition.org, Brookings InstitutionSupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail The Title IX process is working as intended. References mentioned this episode: Kendall Danielle Francis explains her assault and her Title IX experienceNicole 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 SideNicole Bedera’s websiteSupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail 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), 341-364Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolutions in FranceCorey 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 EliotDavid Austin Walsh, Liberals Are to Blame for the Rise of J. D. Vance, Boston Review, July 22, 2024George 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] Support the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail 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 NewsThe Expanse seriesAlyssa Battistoni, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature (Princeton University Press, 2025).Follow Billy Fleming on Twitter and BlueskySupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail References and suggested readings: Rod Flower. 2026. Drugs: The Story of Pharmacology. Yale University Press.On the CIA and LSD: MKUltra wikiAldous 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 pageSupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail 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, 2026Joshua Janniere, “At the front line of the culture war,” American Reformer, May 1, 2023Adam 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 CatalystSupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail 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 LinkedInSupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail 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 pageSupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail 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 LinkedInSupport the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf

Send us Fan Mail 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.orgDavid Austin Walsh’s email [email protected] the show HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACP! Leave us feedback here! Browse the American Campus bookshelf