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Shopping for a Foxtrap, Part II Listen now | What is more dangerous for democracy: Lethal propaganda and lies? Or diluting the First Amendment?

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The Cancellation of Dorian Abbot Listen now | What’s the future of academic freedom when campus climate overwhelms climate change?

Oct 21

A*#holes and B%tches Listen now | The persistence of gender in English, from honorifics to insults.

Oct 19

A Spanish publishing hoax has yielded many red faces among that nation's literati — and, for its perpetrators, black ink. It's a business model Bob wis…

Oct 18

Shopping for a Foxtrap Listen now | Is Fox News Channel as advertised, or a continuing criminal enterprise?

Oct 15

Rethinking the Canon: What Makes a Classic?Listen now | On the enduring value of Plato, St. Augustine, and Gandhi.

Oct 14

BONUS: 23,000 Year Old Footprints Help Solve a Vexing Linguistic Riddle Listen now (5 min) | Languages throughout the American subcontinents are finally starting to make sense.

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Oct 13

A small Canadian city captures the zeitgeist of a continent, and it’s the dumbest zeitgeist ever.

Oct 12

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