Town and Gown: Academic Freedom in Crisis

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, History, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.0 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this episode, I discuss the Trump administration's war on higher education and place it within the context of the history of academic freedom and previous assaults on it. Get 3 months of premium wireless service for $15 bucks a month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MintMobile.com/Blindness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the show merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, perfect for gifts! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.historicalblindness.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Direct all advertising inquiries to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episode's publication. Tracks include "Cicle DR Valga," "Bauxite," "The Gran Dias," "Minister Creek," "Leatherbound," "Cicle Gerano," JoDon," "Kettl etopper," and "Delicates." Additional music, including "Remedy for Melancholy," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Other music: "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.5	Among the many things that make America great are its institutions of higher education. The U.S. is home to more universities consistently ranked among the best in the world
0:50.8	than any other country. Among them are the best ranked research
0:55.0	universities in the world with the most funding opportunities and the best
0:59.7	facilities. For these reasons America has long been the destination for the
1:05.0	world's best and brightest with talented students from all over the world
1:10.1	seeking an American college degree and world-class
1:13.6	scientists coming to American shores from every quarter of the globe to pursue cutting-edge science.
1:20.8	Yet our current president, who claims to want to make America greater, is seeking to undermine and destroy this the crown jewel
1:30.3	of American achievement. His anti-DEI campaign has irrevocably harmed American science and
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