Collegeland is a podcast sharing the untold stories from campuses around the United States, co-hosted by professors Nan Enstad and Lisa Levenstein. Tonight, the Access Hour will be featuring episode 8: Beyond the Land-Grab University. Land-grant universities are the legacy of the Morrill Act of 1862, which gave states throughout the Midwest and West upwards […]
Collegeland Podcast: Beyond the Land-Grab University
Collegeland is a podcast sharing the untold stories from campuses around the United States, co-hosted by professors Nan Enstad and Lisa Levenstein. Tonight, the Access Hour will be featuring episode 8: Beyond the Land-Grab University. Land-grant universities are the legacy of the Morrill Act of 1862, which gave states throughout the Midwest and West upwards […]
White Market Drugs
The contemporary opioid epidemic is just the latest in a long history of Big Pharma–fueled crises in the U.S., argues David Herzberg in his new book, White Market Drugs. But people seeking to solve the crisis often turn to solutions that history has shown don’t work, resulting in a failed war on drugs, a growing […]
A Hidden History of 1990s Feminism
In the summer of 1998, Time magazine asked, “Is Feminism Dead?” In reality, it was very much alive. On the margins of mainstream media coverage, lesbians, women of color, and international coalitions were paving the way for 21st-century feminism, including the 2017 Women’s March and the #MeToo movement. On today’s show, guest host Nan Enstad explores […]
The Global Struggle for a Living Wage with Annelise Orleck
Back in 2009, the United States ushered in the new decade with a federal minimum wage of $7.25. Ten years later in 2020, it hasn’t risen at all—even as the costs of housing, education, and healthcare have skyrocketed. To explore the issue of stagnant and poverty wages, guest host Nan Enstad is joined by historian […]
The Myth of Free Enterprise in American History
What is “free enterprise” and how has it shaped American politics? That’s the topic of today’s episode with Lawrence Glickman, author of Free Enterprise: An American History. He spends the hour unpacking the history, narrative, and myth of free enterprise—and how it has shaped our common sense and political attitudes since the New Deal—with guest […]
