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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces: Diversity and Free Expression in Education
Description: In this episode, Chris Gondek interviews author John Palfrey about how diversity and free expression can coexist on a modern campus.Safe spaces, trigger warnings, microaggressions, the disinvitation of speakers, demands to rename campus landmarksâdebate over these issues began in lecture halls and on college quads but ended up on op-ed pages in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, on cable news, and on social media. Some of these critiques had merit, but others took a series of cheap shots at âcrybulliesâ who needed to be coddled and protected from the real world. Few quest...