The Syllabus Podcast
1) Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL
“The SJP doesn't have tunnels under our universities like Hamas has tunnels under Gaza,” ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt tells The Syllabus. “But they were clearly organizing and preparing in a way t...Show More
2) Afshan Jafar and Simon Feldman
“The modes by which we transmit these beliefs and values are not just like we walk into the room, and we announce, ‘You only get an A if you write a paper that conforms with my preferred worldview,’” ...Show More
3) Bill Deresiewicz
“The system of elite education, which I can define at greater lengths is making kids miserable, and it's producing an elite class that's wrecking the country,” says best-selling author and essayist Bi...Show More
4) Bob Schaeffer
“Our position is you don't need test scores and that individual schools should develop admissions policies that reflect the type of kids they want to recruit and the mission that they have,” says Fair...Show More
5) Robert George
“The most important project, the most important mission, is to form our young men and women to be determined truth seekers and courageous truth speakers,” says Princeton’s McCormick Professorship of J...Show More
6) Alex Morey
“You’re going to have to be defending people, sometimes publicly, for saying stuff that you find abhorrent and that you hate. But that’s the gig.” says Alex Morey, director of campus rights advocacy a...Show More
7) Neil Buchanan, Economist & Legal Scholar
“I'll say whatever I want to say, under reasonable standards, and if they want to fire me for saying that there’s systemic racism in the U. S. housing market, then fine,” says economist, legal scholar...Show More
8) Michael Roth, Wesleyan University
“You may be right that if we bend over and tell Chris Ruffo to hit us in the ass, that he won't really hit us that hard next time, because we're being so nice and bend over for him,” says Wesleyan pre...Show More
9) Danielle Holley, Mount Holyoke College
“Whether it's parents or alums or current students or faculty, everyone wants us to figure out how do you stop people from saying things that they don't agree with,” says the president of Mount Holyok...Show More
10) Jacques Berlinerblau, Georgetown University
“So what upsets me about all the protesting, right? Leave aside my political views. It's making it really hard for people to learn,” says Georgetown professor Jacques Berlinerblau in this week’s episo...Show More