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Alexander Riley joins us today.

He is a sociologist at Bucknell University, author of many things, books and articles,

including four first things, on issues of the sacred in society, totalitarianism,

the major figures of the history of sociology,

Emil Durkheim and others, and also the current political correctness.

He joins us today on that latter point to discuss a phenomenon that most all of our listeners have followed with

dismay, and that is the spread of woke ideas and behaviors on college campuses, places

where we should have enclaves of free thought and free speech.

So let's see what has happened from your perspective.

Welcome, Professor Riley.

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