The Academic Life
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Stuck: How Money, Media and Violence Prevent Change in Congress

Stuck: How Money, Media and Violence Prevent Change in Congress

Fifty years of changemaking and reform haven't fixed Congress—what does that reveal about American democracy? In Stuck: How Money, Media and Violence Prevent Change in Congress, Maya Kornberg chronicl...

10 Maalis 54min

The Vet at the End of the Earth: Adventures with Animals in the South Atlantic

The Vet at the End of the Earth: Adventures with Animals in the South Atlantic

The role of a resident vet in the remote islands of the Falklands, St. Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha encompasses many wonderful complexities: caring for the world’s oldest living land animal...

5 Maalis 59min

A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education

A Light in the Tower: A New Reckoning with Mental Health in Higher Education

A Light in the Tower argues that excellent education and radical support for mental health struggles can coexist, and provides detailed advice for how to do so. Dr. Katie Rose Guest Pryal debunks clai...

26 Helmi 1h 3min

The American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy

The American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy

In an age of growing wealth disparities, politicians on both sides of the aisle are sounding the alarm about the fading American Dream. Yet despite all evidence to the contrary, many still view the Un...

19 Helmi 48min

The Power of the State: Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, and Minneapolis

The Power of the State: Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, and Minneapolis

When young people began disappearing in Argentina, their mothers searched for answers. Despite laws prohibiting protests and political gatherings, the women still met to walk the Plaza de Mayo, a cent...

12 Helmi 52min

Educated Out: How Rural Students Navigate Elite Colleges—And What It Costs Them

Educated Out: How Rural Students Navigate Elite Colleges—And What It Costs Them

Rural students are unlikely to pursue degrees from private, selective schools. Why? And what happens to the handful of rural students who do attend elite colleges, colleges that may feel worlds away f...

5 Helmi 45min

Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine

Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine

Despite reform efforts that have grown in scope and intensity over the last two decades, the machine of American mass incarceration continues to flourish. In Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: R...

29 Tammi 44min

Abortion and Reproductive Justice: An Essential Guide for Resistance

Abortion and Reproductive Justice: An Essential Guide for Resistance

Overturning Roe unleashed a wave of urgent threats to abortion and bodily autonomy, fueled by overt white supremacy, racial and anti-immigrant hatred, and support for traditional gender roles and sexu...

22 Tammi 1h 1min

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