Best Faint Praise Podcasts (2024)

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S4 E12 | Faint Praise: Race, Charitable Grading, and Unhelpful Feedback 1:10:12

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This week we talk about research on the potential effects of race on the type of feedback and grades that students receive. In a recent study, poorly written college essays believed to be submitted by Black students were more leniently scored. White raters gave Black writers more overt praise and encouragement, but offered less helpful feedback and…

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18 The Hebrew Letter PE Steps Directed by God's Wonderful Word

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Pastor David Guzik continues our study through Psalm 119.By David Guzik

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12 The Hebrew Letter KAF Fainting from Affliction, Revived by God's Word

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Pastor David Guzik continues our midweek study through Psalm 119.By info@calvarychapelsb.com

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S4 E11 | An Ounce of Prevention: Overestimated Harm Motivates Science Censorship 1:16:27

16d ago1:16:27

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In this week's episode Mike and Elizabeth talk about trends in the censorship of scientific results. Recent research suggests one explanation for censorship behavior is misguided hyper-concern for others reactions. Scientific findings were rated as potentially harmful, and less beneficial, if they were controversial or confusing. We discuss the imp…

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Legacies of Black Pioneers: The Problem with Black Excellence with Ada Akpala 1:00:45

22d ago1:00:45

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In this series of the Dissidents Podcast, Legacies of Black Pioneers, we speak with Ada Akpala of the Equiano Project on her problem with the term “black excellence”. Co-hosts, Winkfield Twyman, Jr. & Jennifer Richmond speak often of black resilience and triumph in their book, Letters in Black and White. After reading Ada's piece, My Problem with t…

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S4 E10 | Jew-Jitsu with Dmitri Shufutinsky 1:18:52

1M ago1:18:52

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In this week's podcast, Mike Burke meets with Jewish intellectual Dmitri Shufutinsky to discuss his upcoming book, "Jew-Jitsu". The conversation ranges across a number of topics, including how to identify and push back against a worryingly widespread and apparently growing antisemitism and historic illiteracy. Resources:Neo-Confederacy & Palestinia…

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The Legacies of Black Pioneers: Daniel Brown 1:01:55

1M ago1:01:55

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Welcome to our the new monthly series of the Dissidents Podcast on the legacies of black pioneers, brought to you by the Black Institute of Liberal Values (a joint project of ⁠Free Black Thought⁠ and the Institute for Liberal Values). In this episode, Winkfield Twyman, Jr & Jennifer Richmond, speak with Mark Brown on his common cousin with Wink, Da…

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S4 E9 | Self-Righteous Foolishness? A Look at Moral Protests 1:30:10

1M ago1:30:10

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In this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth discuss an article that outlines some of the reasons we might choose to quietly or more openly protest wrongdoing within our organizations. It often seems futile to stay in a partially corrupt institution, even in an attempt to influence reform, but is it really preferable to resign in protest when the mov…

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S4 E8 | She's Got the Look: Perspectives on Sexism and Career Motivation 1:04:05

2M ago1:04:05

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In this week's episode Mike and Elizabeth discuss a recent journal article about reminders of bias. The authors found that women who read about sexism tended to report lower achievement expectations and career motivation. Our perspectives and interpretations diverge somewhat from that of the authors. We evaluate the study design, findings, and impl…

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The Legacies of Black Pioneers: Lemuel Haynes 1:18:25

2M ago1:18:25

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Welcome to our the first episode of our monthly series of the Dissidents Podcast on the legacies of black pioneers, brought to you by the Black Institute of Liberal Values (a joint project of Free Black Thought and the Institute for Liberal Values). In this inaugural episode, Winkfield Twyman, Jr & Jennifer Richmond, speak with Bill Paine and Tom M…

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S4 E7 | Irreconcilable Differences: The Unethical Nature of Illiberalism 1:03:15

2M ago1:03:15

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This week, Mike and Elizabeth ask whether illiberalism is unethical (spoiler alert: we think so) A couple of brave psychologists recently suggested the same when they advocated for adding the protection and defense of free speech to the American Psychological Association's ethics codes. We find their premise regarding illiberalism sound, even if th…

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S4 E6 | Keeping Up Appearances: Ethics and Neutrality in the Everyday Life of a Librarian 1:11:24

3M ago1:11:24

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In this week's episode Mike and Elizabeth talk about personal and institutional neutrality with academic librarian Pam Hayes-Bohanan. While many of us think about free speech and academic freedom in the abstract, they are concrete and routine considerations for libraries and librarians. Institutions release statements and professional organizations…

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S4 E5 | Feelings are Facts: Adding Emotional Appeal to Reason-Based Argument 1:17:49

3M ago1:17:49

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In this week's episode we challenge liberal communicators to make better use of emotional language and imagery to boost their logical arguments. Mike refers to philosophical and historical references to the conflict between reason and sentimentality. Elizabeth describes what research in psychology has to say about the the important contributions of…

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S4 E4 | Competitive Suffering: Collective Victimhood and Antisemitic Attitudes 1:28:31

3M ago1:28:31

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This week's focus is on research suggesting a link between anti-semitism and a culture of competitive victimhood. Elizabeth and Mike briefly describe research designed to test the hypothesis that the Holocaust serves as a standard for comparing victim status. We consider how the research might help us understand outgroup bias, including anti-semeti…

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S4 E3 | Diversity Drill: Analysis of a Workplace Training Program 3:08:52

3M ago3:08:52

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n this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth discuss diversity training, specifically an "Anti-Racist Fight Club" pamphlet, forwarded to us anonymously. We go through the materials, click on embedded links, and fact check where appropriate. This is a long episode, but it could have easily been longer still. For example, we focused on aspects presented…

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S4 E2 | The Tide is High: Little Evidence of Ebbing DEI Impacts 1:24:02

3M ago1:24:02

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Recent editorial headlines and social media posts suggest the resignation of Harvard's president, combined with shifting public sentiment, are signals that DEI initiatives are losing their grip on education and government. In this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth discuss why a few small cracks in the DEI facade are unlikely to turn the tide. We a…

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S4 E1 | Attention Inequality: When and Where we Ideologically Focus 1:24:04

4M ago1:24:04

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This week, Mike and Elizabeth talk about research linking ideology to our habits of attention and memory, including our interpretation of cues related to social status and behaviors. The episode was recorded before Harvard’s president resigned, but our discussion is relevant to the ongoing controversy about her path to leadership and short lived te…

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A Moral Moment: Winkfield Twyman Jr. on Harvard President Claudine Gay 2:13:32

4M ago2:13:32

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Winkfield Twyman Jr., former law school professor, writer, and Harvard Law School graduate, joins Elizabeth Spievak for a discussion about Claudine Gay. Wink questions the moral courage of Harvard's president and has called for her resignation. Gay's recent congressional testimony is discussed as an example of what is a larger problem on college ca…

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Ep. 033: Slippery Slopes: Helen Pluckrose & Rio Veradonir talk Liberal Norms and Moral Panic 2:11:44

5M ago2:11:44

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This week we talk culture, ideological politics, philosophy, and law with the celebrated author of Cynical Theories (Helen Pluckrose) and the Assistant Director at the Bi Foundation and editor-in-chief of Queer Majority (Rio Veradonir). Helen and Rio speak with Mike and Elizabeth about challenges to liberalism, past, present, and future. They also …

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History of Liberalism | James Petts 1:03:45

5M ago1:03:45

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In this Liberal Conversation series of the Dissident’s Podcast, Mike and James discuss the history of liberalism, how power is abused by those factions traditionally associated with the left and the right and how those labels are themselves arbitrary rather than principled. Institute for Liberal Values…

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Potemkin Villages: The Origin of Antisemitic Soviet Propaganda & it's Influence on American Education & Media | Izabella Tabarovsky 52:43

5M ago52:43

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Welcome to the Radical Roots of Ethnic Studies, a series of the Dissidents Podcast， with your co-hosts, Jennifer Richmond and Brandy Shufutinsky. In this series we explore the radical roots of liberated ethnic studies, how extreme ideology is infiltrating our schools with the aim to indoctrinate instead of educate, and our search for solutions to e…

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"Queers for Palestine" and the Death of Irony | Armin Navabi & David Bernstein 1:27:07

5M ago1:27:07

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In this week's podcast Armin Navabi, David Bernstein & Mike Burke discuss homophobia in relation to Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, "pink washing", the future of the two state solution (or lack thereof) and the role that religion plays in how different cultures conceive of power and weakness. Podcast Notes: Armin Navabi, “Queers for Palestine” and …

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Ep. 032: Dirty Little Secrets: University Funding, Academic Freedom, and Antisemitism 1:17:02

6M ago1:17:02

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In this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth talk about a report that links receipt of undisclosed foreign donations with the erosion of tolerance on U.S. campuses. Larger donations from Middle Eastern and authoritarian countries appeared especially troublesome. Correlational results indicate that a lack of university transparency about their funding…

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Critical Resentment Theory & the Colonization of the Mind 49:15

6M ago49:15

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Welcome to the Radical Roots of Ethnic Studies, a series of the Dissidents Podcast， with your co-hosts, Jennifer Richmond and Brandy Shufutinsky. In this series we explore the radical roots of liberated ethnic studies, how extreme ideology is infiltrating our schools with the aim to indoctrinate instead of educate, and our search for solutions to e…

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Ep. 031: Balancing Act: The Dynamics of Friendly and Unfriendly Connections 1:58:42

6M ago1:58:42

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In this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth go back to basics with a discussion about balance. We begin and end with contemporary challenges to balance in our personal and professional lives, particularly those posed by DEI initiatives. Sandwiched between is a deep dive on balance in international relations, with a focus on the Middle East. Mike emp…

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Ep. 030: Digital Dopamine: The Value of Personal and Organizational Statements 1:44:37

6M ago1:44:37

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In this week's episode ILV fellows Mike, Elizabeth, and James discuss position statements and ILV's commitment to liberal conversations. First, Mike talks with Elizabeth who argues that organizational statements are of little practical use and may jeopardize the non-partisan and non-sectarian missions of consortiums like ILV. In the second part of …

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New Beginnings and Old Fears: Channy Laux on Escaping Cambodian Genocide 1:03:17

6M ago1:03:17

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Channy Chhi Laux joins us to discuss her perspectives on communism, free speech, individual rights and responsibilities, and contemporary challenges to liberal values. Channy was just 13 when the Khmer Rouge seized Cambodia in 1975. She endured 4 years of starvation, forced labor, and disease before arriving in Lincoln, Nebraska as a Cambodian refu…

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Ep. 029: Antisemitism Before and After the 7th | David Bernstein & Brandy Shufutinsky 1:46:18

6M ago1:46:18

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On October the 5th Brandy Shufutinsky, David Bernstein and Mike Burke met to discuss the growing problem of antisemitism on both the political left and right. Little could any of them know what was about to happen just a couple of days later on October the 7th, which was the worst attack on the Jewish people, since the Holocaust. In an addendum to …

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Connecting Liberated Ethnic Studies and Hamas 28:05

6M ago28:05

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Welcome to the Radical Roots of Ethnic Studies, a series of the Dissidents Podcast, with your co-hosts, Jennifer Richmond and Brandy Shufutinsky. In this series we explore the radical roots of liberated ethnic studies, how extreme ideology is infiltrating our schools with the aim to indoctrinate instead of educate, and our search for solutions to e…

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Ep. 028: Bones of Contention: Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss on Sex, Bones, and Ethical Hypocrisy 1:06:16

6M ago1:06:16

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In this week's podcast Elizabeth Weiss, Professor of Anthropology and fellow at the Center for Academic Pluralism, joins us to talk about bones! We discuss research ethics, respect for artifacts, the preservation of research materials, and academic freedom in anthropology and beyond. Current and future access to documents, laboratory spaces, databa…

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The Sound of Silence: A Liberal Conversation about Free Speech with Cherise Trump 1:28:21

7M ago1:28:21

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Executive Director of Speech First, Cherise Trump, and Elizabeth Spievak discuss the state of free speech on college campuses. Cherise gives us an overview of her work at Speech First to promote open discourse as an essential component of a comprehensive education. We talk about the importance of being exposed to different and challenging ideas to …

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Ep. 027: Gimme Shelter: Questions about Vicarious Trauma from News Consumption 1:03:53

7M ago1:03:53

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In this week's podcast, Mike and Elizabeth discuss an article about the responsibility of journalists in reporting, specifically reports about the war in Ukraine. The authors suggest that consumers of the news may be traumatized by seeing 24/7 coverage, perhaps even more traumatized and demoralized than those who are living in a war zone. The descr…

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Ep. 026: Money for Nothing and your Angst for Free: Leadership, Control and Stress 1:12:57

7M ago1:12:57

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In this week's podcast, Mike and Elizabeth discuss research on leadership and stress. In what may at first seem like counterintuitive findings, military and government leaders had lower levels of the stress related hormone cortisol than non-leaders. A sense of control was a significant mediator of anxiety and stress. We talk about contemporary labo…

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Socialism Then & There, Here & Now | David Smolansky 58:00

7M ago58:00

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Welcome to a new series of the Dissidents Podcast with your co-hosts, Jennifer Richmond and Brandy Shufutinsky. In this series we explore the radical roots of liberated ethnic studies, how extreme ideology is infiltrating our schools with the aim to indoctrinate instead of educate, and our search for solutions to empower parents, teachers and stude…

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Ep. 025: The Struggle Within: Campus Culture, Free Inquiry, and the New Princeton Principles | Lee Jussim 1:07:16

7M ago1:07:16

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In this week's podcast Elizabeth and Mike talk with Lee Jussim about the new "Princeton Principles for a Campus Culture of Free Inquiry." Lee, distinguished professor of psychology at Rutgers, joined an interdisciplinary group of professors from many institutions in creating a set of principles that offer contemporary guidelines for the revitalizat…

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Diversity for the Curious: A Liberal Conversation with Brandy Shufutinsky 41:10

7M ago41:10

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Welcome to a special “Liberal Conversations Series” of the Dissidents Podcast. In this series we invite guests who have resources, ideas, and viewpoints that will challenge us to reflect on liberal values, what they are, how they are applied, their impact on us as individuals, and why they matter for the larger communities in which we live. In this…

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Ep. 024: In the Group Groove: Building Connections by Experiencing Similar Emotions 1:15:18

7M ago1:15:18

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In this week's episode Mike and Elizabeth discuss the group based emotions we experience as a result of our membership in, or identification with, a group. The article we chose focuses on the motivations for those emotions: first, it feels good to feel like we belong, and second, experiencing group emotions enhances our sense of connectedness. We d…

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Bigotry of Low Expectations | Kofi Montzka 41:13

8M ago41:13

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Welcome to a new series of the Dissidents Podcast with your co-hosts, Jennifer Richmond and Brandy Shufutinsky. In this series we explore the radical roots of liberated ethnic studies, how extreme ideology is infiltrating our schools with the aim to indoctrinate instead of educate, and our search for solutions to empower parents, teachers and stude…

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Ep. 023: The Kids are Alright: One Conspiracy Theory Debunked 1:28:01

8M ago1:28:01

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In this week's episode Mike and Elizabeth discuss the ease with which we engage in outgroup accusations and denunciations, use language that divides us, and even accept accusations of conspiracy without skepticism. After being alerted to one potential conspiracy to indoctrinate children, we did a deep dive into UNESCO (the United Nations Educationa…

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Knowing Me to Know Thee: A Liberal Conversation with Zander Keig 1:13:24

8M ago1:13:24

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Welcome to a special “Liberal Conversations Series” of the Dissidents Podcast. In this series we invite guests who have resources, ideas, and viewpoints that will challenge us to reflect on liberal values, what they are, how they are applied, their impact on us as individuals, and why they matter for the larger communities in which we live. This we…

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Ep. 022: Moral Hypocrisy and Ethical Blind Spots 1:19:02

8M ago1:19:02

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In this week's episode Mike and Elizabeth discuss the motivation to appear moral without incurring the losses that may accompany actually behaving morally (like being thought of as a cheater or liar). In one paper, researchers showed that in order to appear fair in the eyes of others, participants engaged in social deception to disguise their selfi…

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Ep. 021: Expanding our (dis)comfort zones for learning 1:30:52

8M ago1:30:52

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In this week's episode Mike and Elizabeth talk about getting comfortable with discomfort. We discuss a series of studies in which people who were prompted to seek discomfort as a sign of growth and learning demonstrated increased willingness to engage in challenging activities. Some spent more time on improvisational exercises, others read more abo…

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Justice by Learning History | Amy Lesserman 55:04

8M ago55:04

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Welcome to a new series of the Dissidents Podcast with your co-hosts, Jennifer Richmond and Brandy Shufutinsky. In this series we explore the radical roots of liberated ethnic studies, how extreme ideology is infiltrating our schools with the aim to indoctrinate instead of educate, and our search for solutions to empower parents, teachers and stude…

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America's Dangerous Repeat of the Chinese Cultural Revolution | Mike Zhao 38:27

8M ago38:27

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Welcome to a new series of the Dissidents Podcast with your co-hosts, Jennifer Richmond and Brandy Shufutinsky. In this series we explore the radical roots of liberated ethnic studies, how extreme ideology is infiltrating our schools with the aim to indoctrinate instead of educate, and our search for solutions to empower parents, teachers and stude…

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Ep. 020: Utopian daze and reality checks 1:28:01

9M ago1:28:01

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In this episode Mike and Elizabeth discuss the idealistic hopes of utopianism and the difficulties of implementing them in real life. Mike covers philosophy, and Elizabeth includes references to some famous psychologists who suggested that their field would be at the center of successful utopian community life. We connect utopianism to current poli…

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Ep. 019: Scarlet Letter 1:23:07

9M ago1:23:07

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During this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth discuss a unique study in which, over the course of a week, 5 co authors agreed to be ostracized by the other 4, each for 1 day. The authors documented their experiences of being targets and perpetrators. Despite foreknowledge and consent, the co authors reported feeling rejected, confused and guilty. …

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The Radical Roots of Ethnic Studies (A Series of The Dissidents Podcast) no. 1 40:00

9M ago40:00

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Welcome to a new series of the Dissidents Podcast with your co-hosts, Jennifer Richmond and Brandy Shufutinsky. In this series we explore the radical roots of liberated ethnic studies, how extreme ideology is infiltrating our schools with the aim to indoctrinate instead of educate, and our search for solutions to empower parents, teachers and stude…

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Ep. 018: The tangled web of post-cancellation shaming 53:27

9M ago53:27

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In this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth discuss a recent article on cancel culture. The title of the article, "Blame, then shame," reflects the author's findings that assessment of personal character followed cancellation decisions and demands for apology. Few participants were interested in debating diverse perspectives. We talk about what the …

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Ep. 017: Talking Taboo: Data & Racism | Wilfred Reilly 58:39

9M ago58:39

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In this week's episode, Mike and Elizabeth talk with Wilfred Reilly, Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University and author of Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War and Taboo: 10 Facts You Can't Talk About. We discuss COVID learning loss, affirmative action, race, culture, what modern quantitative method…

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Ep. 016: Old Americans & Sidestepping History | W.F. Twyman, Jr. & Jennifer Richmond 1:26:20

10M ago1:26:20

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In this week's ⁠Dissidents Podcast⁠ Mike Burke and Elizabeth Spievak have their second conversation with Winkfield Twyman, Jr. & Jennifer Richmond about their new book Letters in Black and White. In this episode they explore their debate over Wink’s suggestion of creating a common American identity premised on “Old Americans” and Jen’s criticism th…

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