Spirits, specters, and parapsychology professors with Jesse Bering

Spirits, specters, and parapsychology professors with Jesse Bering

Speaking to the dead, academically. References and suggested readings: * Jesse Bering. 2026. The Incredible Afterlives of Dr. Stevenson: One Scientist's Epic Quest for Evidence of Reincarnation, Apparitions, Poltergeists, and Other Matters of the Soul [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780226824222]. University of Chicago Press. * Jesse Bering’s website [https://www.jessebering.com/about] * Bering in Mind [https://beringinmind.substack.com/] Substack Text the show here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/fan_mail/new] Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/americancampuspodcast] Browse the American Campus bookshelf [https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast]

The right’s attempt to capture Western Civ and Jewish Studies with Emmaia Gelman

A nice companion episode to last week's on The West with Curtis Dozier [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/episodes/19337320]. References and suggested readings: * Emmaia Gelman. 2026. The Anti-Defamation League and the Racial State [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780520410442]. University of California Press.  * Alice Speri. April 24, 2026. US universities are seeing an influx of ‘antisemitism centers’. Some Jewish scholars are worried [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/antisemitism-university-spikes-worry-jewish-scholars]. The Guardian. * Lauren Lassabe Shepherd. May 7, 2025. Old Project, New Vehicle: Conservative Civics and Leadership Institutes in Historical Context [https://www.illiberalism.org/old-project-new-vehicle-conservative-civics-and-leadership-institutes-in-historical-context/]. Frontiers of American Reaction. * Sabri Jiryis. 2025. Foundations of Zionism, translated by Fida Jiryis [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781738468744]. Ebb Books. * Rana Barakat. 2026. Ongoing Return: Mapping Memory and Storytelling in Palestine [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781469680309]. University of North Carolina Press. * Emmaia Gelman’s website [https://emmaiagelman.com/] * Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism website [https://criticalzionismstudies.org/] * Peer-Reviewed Journal: JCSZ [http://bit.ly/jcsz] * Instagram: @institutecsz [https://www.instagram.com/institutecsz] * Podcast: Unpacking Zionism [http://bit.ly/UnpackingZionism] * Follow Emmaia Gelman on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mishmoshkeleh/] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/mishmoshk.bsky.social] Text the show here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/fan_mail/new] Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/americancampuspodcast] Browse the American Campus bookshelf [https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast]

The West with Curtis Dozier

Athens, Jerusalem, and sometimes Rome. References and suggested readings: * Curtis Dozier. 2026. The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780300272734]. Yale University Press.  * Why white nationalists love Plato [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/episodes/18841189] with Curtis Dozier * Anders Stephanson. 2025. American Imperatives: The Cold War and Other Measures [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781784780562]. Verso. * Naoíse Mac Sweeney. 2023. The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780593472170]. Dutton. * Stephen Graham Jones. 2021. The Only Good Indians [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781982136468]. S&S/Saga Press. * Dozier’s website, Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics [https://pharos.vassarspaces.net/], Pharos on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/PharosClassics/] * Curtis Dozier on BlueSky [http://@curtisdozier.bsky.social] Text the show here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/fan_mail/new] Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/americancampuspodcast] Browse the American Campus bookshelf [https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast]

What are universities for? with Marc Spooner

A small question! References and suggested readings: * Marc Spooner and James McNinch, eds. 2026. Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781779401243]. University of Regina Press.  * Marc Spooner and James McNich, eds. 2018. Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780889775367]. University of Regina Press. * Ellen Schrecker. 1986. No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities [https://archive.org/details/noivorytowermcca00schr]. * AAUP’s 1915 Declaration [https://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/A6520A9D-0A9A-47B3-B550-C006B5B224E7/0/1915Declaration.pdf] and 1940 Statement [https://www.aaup.org/sites/default/files/1940%20Statement.pdf] * Michael Atzmon, John Cheney-Lippold, Gary D. Krenz, and Melanie S. Tanielian, eds. 2026. In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781964098104]. Disobedience Press. * Brian Soucek. 2026. The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780226846156]. University of Chicago Press.  * The Opinionated University [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/episodes/18521732] episode with Brian Soucek  * Creating the AAUP [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/episodes/17911377] episode with Hank Reichman  * Marc Spooner’s faculty page [https://www.uregina.ca/education/directory/faculty/spooner-marc.html] Text the show here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/fan_mail/new] Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/americancampuspodcast] Browse the American Campus bookshelf [https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast]

Quentin Deranque, the French Charlie Kirk with Jonathan Hauser

References and suggested readings: * The Wild Robot [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29623480/] * Hoppers [https://www.pixar.com/hoppers] * Jonathan Hauser’s website [https://cas.univ-tlse2.fr/accueil-cas/membres/annuairedoct/jonathan-hauser] and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-hauser-0a7380105/] Text the show here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/fan_mail/new] Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/americancampuspodcast] Browse the American Campus bookshelf [https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast]