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Podcast: Talk of the Bay from KSQD
Episode: Beware of Billionaires Bearing Gifts
Description: Are universities hedge funds? Is knowledge political? What do you think? Join host, Meilin Obinata, for a discussion with Max Sárosi, an organizer of of the Jews Against White Supremacy (JAWS) chapter at UCSC. Sárosi has studied how billionaire philanthropy impacts the University of California, including UC Santa Cruz. What secrets lurk in the gifts of real estate billionaires? Along the way, we learn about how Max’s identity evolved as he searched for what it means to be Jewish while studying in the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies program at UCSC and what led him to foun...