On today’s Speaking Out of Place we talk with journalist., activist, and public intellectual Jeff Chang. Jeff’s most recent book, We Gon' Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation (Picador), was called by the Washington Post “the smartest book of the year,” and...
In this episode of Speaking Out of Place, we talk with Malcolm Harris, author of a new book entitled, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. Working our way back from the recent meltdown of the Silicon Valley Bank and the massive, toxic train...
Today Professor Jennifer Freyd speaks out against institutional betrayal, specifically about issues of sexual harassment and violence. We talk about what happens when institutions of higher education, which are supposed to be nurturing young people, teaching them to...
On this episode of “Speaking Out of Place” we talk with eminent Middle East historian Joel Beinin on a range of topics that center on the fact that for some scholars, activism and scholarship are not only compatible—they are inextricably linked. Joel will talk about...
Interviews with organizers, strikers, and faculty participating in the University of California strike, and their counterparts at the University and College Union strike in the UK give us critical background information on both, talk with us from the front lines, and...
A dialogue between David Kyuman Kim and David Palumbo-Liu at Stanford, on the possibilities, or the impossibility, of doing radical work on race at universities. Is it best to work within the institution, or outside it--and how can we best keep hope alive? The...
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