American Campus Podcast

Teaching ‘80s and ‘90s pop culture to Gen Z with Austin McCoy

Ready to feel old? References and suggested readings: * Austin McCoy. 2026. Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781668047941]. Simon and Schuster. * De La Soul. 1989. Me, Myself, and I [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR9AlcgL6_0].  * Flo Rida ft. T-Pain. 2009. Low (Apple Bottom Jeans) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2waT9TxPU0].  * Hip-Hop Evolution [https://www.netflix.com/title/80141782]. Netflix. * OutKast. 2000. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVehcuJXe6I]. * Keith Jopling. 2026. Body of Work: How the Album Outplayed the Algorithm and Survived Playlist Culture [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781917516334]. Repeater. * Liz Pelly Mood Machine. 2025. Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781668083512]. Atria/One Signal Publishers. * Austin McCoy’s website [https://austincmccoy.com/] 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] Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu [shephell@iu.edu]. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiJJXH2NGr1kkXg2C0q7AqJ3eYIFA_t6jmzLfLLLoV_WBhBQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=118363955640147575369] on the show.

The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy with AJA Woods

References and suggested readings: * AJA Woods. 2026. The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781804296967]. Verso Books.  * Paul Hanebrink. 2020. A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780674244764]. Belknap. * The Frankfurt School Comes to US [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/episodes/17352368] episode with Jonathan Fine * Matt Bernstein. May 15, 2026. The Tucker Carlson Problem (with Naomi Klein) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8v8RKltch8]. A Bit Fruity. * Anton Jäger. 2026. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781836742074]. Verso. * Julian Barnes. 2026. Departure(s) [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780593804506]. Knopf. * Follow AJ on Twitter @adubwoods [https://x.com/adubwoods], Bluesky @ajawoods.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/ajawoods.bsky.social] * Anticapitalist Resistance Brighton on Instagram @acrbrighton [https://www.instagram.com/ACRBrighton/] 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] Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu [shephell@iu.edu]. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiJJXH2NGr1kkXg2C0q7AqJ3eYIFA_t6jmzLfLLLoV_WBhBQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=118363955640147575369] on the show.

Institutional Review Boards with Marco Antonio Ramos

And why the IRB exempts humanities research. References and suggested readings: * Marco Ramos’s faculty page [https://hshm.yale.edu/people/marco-ramos] * Community Histories Lab Yale University Lab [https://medicine.yale.edu/histmed/community-histories-lab/] * Laura Stark. 2012. Behind Closed Doors: IRBs and the Makings of Ethical Research [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780226770871]. University of Chicago Press. * Annika Norlin. 2025. The Colony (translated by Alice E Olsson) [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9798889660828]. Europa Editions. * Courtney E. Thompson and Kylie M. Smith, eds. 2025. Do Less Harm: Ethical Questions for Health Historians [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781421452265]. Johns Hopkins University Press.  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] Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu [shephell@iu.edu]. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiJJXH2NGr1kkXg2C0q7AqJ3eYIFA_t6jmzLfLLLoV_WBhBQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=118363955640147575369] on the show.

Writing for the public with David M. Perry

No gatekeeping. References and suggested readings: * David M. Perry. 2026. The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781421454658]. Johns Hopkins University Press.  * Follow David on Bluesky @lollardfish.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social]  * Read David at The Minnesota Star Tribune [https://www.startribune.com/author/david-perry/601481342] * davidmperry.com [http://davidmperry.com] * Mark Twain. Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9798880900220]. * Center for Mark Twain Studies [https://www.elmira.edu/welcome-to-elmira/center-for-mark-twain-studies] 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] Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu [shephell@iu.edu]. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiJJXH2NGr1kkXg2C0q7AqJ3eYIFA_t6jmzLfLLLoV_WBhBQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=118363955640147575369] on the show.

Professional class liberals with Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer

References and suggested readings: * Brent Cebul and Lily Geismer, eds. 2025. Mastery and Drift: Professional-Class Liberals since the 1960s [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780226838137]. University of Chicago Press.  * Brent Cebul. 2026. Illusions of Progress: Business, Poverty, and Liberalism in the American Century [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781512829716]. University of Pennsylvania Press. * Brent Cebul, Lily Geismer, and Mason B. Williams, eds. 2019. Shaped by The State: Toward a New Political History of the Twentieth Century [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780226596327]. University of Chicago Press. * Lily Geismer. 2022. Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9781541757004]. PublicAffairs. * Lily Geismer. 2017. Don’t Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780691176239]. Princeton University Press. * Dylan Gottlieb. 2026. Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780674248977]. Harvard University Press. * Molly Crabapple. 2026. Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780593229453]. One World. * Follow Lily on Twitter [https://bookshop.org/a/116260/9780593229453] and Brent on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7shdzbef32kswqg5ugwokegr] * Lily and Brent’s new book series, America Unsettled: Political History for What Comes Next [https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/series/AUPH.html] at the University of Chicago Press 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] Get in touch! Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu [shephell@iu.edu]. You can also anonymously request an episode or give feedback [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiJJXH2NGr1kkXg2C0q7AqJ3eYIFA_t6jmzLfLLLoV_WBhBQ/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=118363955640147575369] on the show.