American Campus Podcast

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
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a social and political history of US higher ed

  1. 1D AGO

    Christianity, manhood, and college football with Hunter M. Hampton

    1920s style! Make a request for future episodes here We're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything here References and suggested readings: Hunter M. Hampton. 2025. The Gridiron Gospel: Faith and College Football in Twentieth-Century America. University of Illinois Press. John Eisenberg. 2017. Ten-Gallon War: The NFL's Cowboys, the AFL's Texans, and the Feud for Dallas's Pro Football Future. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. huntermhampton.com Instagram @hunter_m_hamptonSupport the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf at https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast Get updates about the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu

    37 min

  2. 4D AGO

    The best representatives of youth dissent? High school activists! with Aaron Fountain

    High school organizers have much to teach us about young peoples' political priorities. Make a request for future episodes here! We're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything here! References and suggested readings: Aaron G. Fountain Jr. 2025. High School Students Unite! Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America. University of North Carolina Press. Heather Ann Thompson. 2017. Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy. Vintage.Elizabeth Hinton. 2022. America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s. Liveright.R. F. Kuang. 2023. Yellowface: A Novel. William Morrow.Deborah Taffa. 2024. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir. Harper Perennial.Follow Aaron Fountain on Bluesky, Instagram, and his website Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf at https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast Get updates about the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu

    30 min

  3. DEC 17

    Liberal anticommunists and the prelude to McCarthyism with Andrew Feffer

    ft. John Dewey. Make a request for future episodes here! We're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything here! References and suggested readings: Andrew Feffer. 2019. Bad Faith: Teachers, Liberalism, and the Origins of McCarthyism. Fordham University Press. Daniel Immerwahr. 2018. How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.Édouard Louis. 2024. Monique s'évade. Seuil.Édouard Louis. 2023. Who Killed My Father? Translated by Lorin Stein. New Directions. Andrew Feffer on academia.eduCheck out upcoming AAUP eventsHigher Education Labor United (HELU) Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf at https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast Get updates about the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu

    49 min

  4. DEC 14

    School Yearbook: A Cringey Tradition and Its Digital Afterlife with Kate Eichhorn

    Remember your old school yearbook photos? Where are they now? Make a request for future episodes here! We're prepping for a future mailbag episode, ask us anything here! References and suggested readings: Kate Eichhorn. 2025. School Yearbook: The Untold Story of a Cringey Tradition and Its Digital Afterlife. University of Chicago Press. Michael A. Messner. 2025. The High School: Sports, Spirit, and Citizens, 1903-2024. Rutgers University Press. Kate Eichhorn’s faculty page Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf at https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast Get updates about the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu

    27 min

  5. DEC 10

    Conservatives and Classical education with Catherine Tebaldi

    Trad wives make great teachers. Make a request for future episodes here! We're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything here! References and suggested readings: Catherine Tebaldi. 2025. Alt-Education: Gender, Knowledge and Far-right Metapolitics. Routledge. Janet MacIntosh. 2024. Kill Talk: Language and Military Necropolitics. Oxford University Press.Chelsea Ebin. 2024. Radical Mind: The Origins of Right-Wing Catholic and Protestant Coalition Building. University Press of Kansas.Carl Neville. 2020. Eminent Domain. Repeater.Alexandra Kollontai. 2011. Red Love. Createspace Independent Publishing.Follow Cat Tebaldi on Bluesky @cat-tebaldi Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf at https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast Get updates about the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu

    27 min

  6. DEC 7

    Inventing political science with Emily Hauptmann

    On (corporate) foundation investments in knowledge production. Make a request for future episodes here! We're prepping for an upcoming mailbag episode, ask us anything here! References and suggested readings: Emily Hauptmann. 2022. Foundations and American Political Science: The Transformation of a Discipline, 1945-1970. University Press of Kansas. ACP episode on eugenics and the origins of statisticsACP episodes on funding and knowledge production: the academic-military-industrial complex and Gunnar Myrdal’s American DilemmaTimothy V. Kaufman-Osborn. 2023. The Autocratic Academy: Reenvisioning Rule Within America's Universities. Duke University Press.Samantha Rose Hill, ed. 2024. What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt. Liveright.Emily Hauptmann’s faculty page and ResearchGate pageSupport the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf at https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast Get updates about the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu

    22 min

  7. DEC 4

    STRAIGHT at Penn State and anti-gay backlash in the 1990s with Richard S. Price

    The straight college strikes back! References and suggested readings: Richard S. Price. October 6, 2025. The straight college strikes back: 1990s backlash against inclusive campuses. Politics, Groups, and Identities.Megan Brenan. May 29, 2025. “Record Party Divide 10 Years After Same-Sex Marriage Ruling.” Gallup.David A. Reichard. 2024. Here Are My People: LGBT College Student Organizing in California. University of Georgia Press.Lawrence Glickman. May 21, 2020. “How White Backlash Controls American Progress.” The Atlantic.Hannah Kaner’s Fallen Gods Trilogy: Faithbreaker (2025); Sunbringer (2024); Godkiller (2023)Ellen Schrecker. 2025. The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s. University of Chicago Press.adventuresincensorship.com Support the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf at https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast Get updates about the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu

    40 min
  8. Palm readings, magic, and modern medicine with Alison Bashford

    NOV 30

    Palm readings, magic, and modern medicine with Alison Bashford

    References and suggested readings: Alison Bashford. 2025. Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic. University of Chicago Press. Naomi Oreskes. 2003. Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History Of The Modern Theory Of The Earth. CRC Books.Alison Bashford faculty pageSupport the show Browse the American Campus bookshelf at https://bookshop.org/lists/american-campus-podcast Get updates about the show at patreon.com/americancampuspodcast Get in touch. Want to request a topic or pitch an episode? Email Lauren at shephell@iu.edu

    30 min
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a social and political history of US higher ed

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  • Creator
    Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    89
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 American Campus Podcast
  • Show Website
    American Campus Podcast

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