Conspiracy Logic vs. Practicality

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Tyler Austin Harper’s recent Atlantic piece on the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, an $8 billion behemoth whose grantmaking now plays an outsized role in the humanities. Plus, more Epstein (sorry).

Jeffrey Epstein Is a Horrifying Person, But That Doesn’t Mean He’s a Pedophile - The Stranger

The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine - The Atlantic

What Is the Mellon Foundation Doing to Higher Education? - The Atlantic

I am the wrong kind of Black professor - The Boston Globe

No Freedom Without the Second Amendment - The Atlantic

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