References and suggested readings:

• The Wild Robot
• Hoppers
• Jonathan Hauser’s website and LinkedIn

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On all things AKA

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• Deborah E. Whaley. 2010. Disciplining Women: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Cultural Politics of Black Sororities. SUNY Press.
• Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority documentary
• Stephanie Y. Evans. 2021. Black Women’s Yoga History: Memoirs of Inner Peace. SUNY Press.
• Deborah Whaley’s website, faculty page, and on Instagram at @dewhaley and @afrovegan.in.the.world

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References and suggested readings:

• Emma Taylor. 2026. An Elite Education: How Privilege Is Produced in a Private School. Princeton University Press.
• Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison. 2020. The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged. Policy Press.
• Michael Foucault. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison.
• Pierre Bourdieu and Loïc J D Wacquant. 1992. An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology. University of Chicago Press.
• Karen Gravett. 2024. Relational Pedagogies: Connections and Mattering in Higher Education. Bloomsbury Academic.
• Lauren White, Will Mason, Vicky Grant, Alison Romaine, Grace Cleary, and Shona Tulloch. April 2026. Towards a Pedagogy of Joy. British Journal of Sociology of Education.
• Emma Taylor’s LinkedIn

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On good cheese and how the career services office destroyed the American economy

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• Dylan Gottlieb. 2026. Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York. Harvard University Press.
• Sam Tanenhaus. 2025. Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America. Penguin Random House.
• God and Man at Yale episode with Sam Tanenhaus
• Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism podcast
• Check out Dylan’s website and follow him on Bluesky and Twitter

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Ready to feel old?

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• Austin McCoy. 2026. Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made. Simon and Schuster.
• De La Soul. 1989. Me, Myself, and I.
• Flo Rida ft. T-Pain. 2009. Low (Apple Bottom Jeans).
• Hip-Hop Evolution. Netflix.
• OutKast. 2000. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad).
• Keith Jopling. 2026. Body of Work: How the Album Outplayed the Algorithm and Survived Playlist Culture. Repeater.
• Liz Pelly Mood Machine. 2025. Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist. Atria/One Signal Publishers.
• Austin McCoy’s website

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• AJA Woods. 2026. The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West. Verso Books.
• Paul Hanebrink. 2020. A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism. Belknap.
• The Frankfurt School Comes to US episode with Jonathan Fine
• Matt Bernstein. May 15, 2026. The Tucker Carlson Problem (with Naomi Klein). A Bit Fruity.
• Anton Jäger. 2026. Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences. Verso.
• Julian Barnes. 2026. Departure(s). Knopf.
• Follow AJ on Twitter @adubwoods, Bluesky @ajawoods.bsky.social
• Anticapitalist Resistance Brighton on Instagram @acrbrighton

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And why the IRB exempts humanities research.

References and suggested readings:

• Marco Ramos’s faculty page
• Community Histories Lab Yale University Lab
• Laura Stark. 2012. Behind Closed Doors: IRBs and the Makings of Ethical Research. University of Chicago Press.
• Annika Norlin. 2025. The Colony (translated by Alice E Olsson). Europa Editions.
• Courtney E. Thompson and Kylie M. Smith, eds. 2025. Do Less Harm: Ethical Questions for Health Historians. Johns Hopkins University Press.

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No gatekeeping.

References and suggested readings:

• David M. Perry. 2026. The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Follow David on Bluesky @lollardfish.bsky.social
• Read David at The Minnesota Star Tribune
• davidmperry.com
• Mark Twain. Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court.
• Center for Mark Twain Studies

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