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I'm Jonathan Kay.

And yes, it's not your imagination.

My voice is different.

At first, I thought maybe this would be something that I wouldn't mention because the difference was subtle,

but then I listened to the edit on this week's episode and I was like, okay, that is obvious and I've got to say something.

So the thing is, I got O Omicron a few weeks ago. My whole family got it.

It tore through our house and we're all fine, but in my case it left me with a little souvenir,

which is this raspy voice.

But the show must go on, right?

My guest today is American documentary filmmaker Rob Mons.

You might remember him from 2019 when we had him on the podcast to talk about his hilarious,

but also unsettling profiles of free speech crises on elite American campuses.

And he's back with a new short film about Harvard University's attempted cancellation

of one of its most famous black academics, economist and education expert Roland Friar. In fact, may have read Rob Monce's recent article about his project

which appeared on the Colette website under the title Why did Harvard University go after

one of its best black professors, in which he explains how

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