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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Does Targeting Columbia University Target Intellectual Freedom?
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In this episode of The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, Sam Weaver and Ben Bayer discuss the Trump administration's decision to cut federal funding to Columbia University in response to its handling of pro-Hamas protests. They argue that government involvement in universities makes such coercion possible and threatens intellectual freedom.
Among the topics covered:
How to think about the pro-Hamas protests at Columbia;
The nature of Trump’s actions against Columbia;
How federal funding threatens intellectual freedom;
How Trump’s actions violate intellectual freedom;
Why Trump’s measures are uniquely destructive;
How the concept of “a...