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Every house is haunted. In each episode of Family Ghosts, we investigate the true story behind a mysterious figure whose legend has followed a family for generations. Grandmothers who were secretly jewel smugglers, uncles who led double lives, siblings who vanished without a trace, and other ghostly characters who cast shadows over our lives in ways that might not be immediately obvious. We are all formed in part by our familial collections of secrets, intrigues, and myths. By engaging with ...
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Jonathan Zimmeramn is a Professor of History of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of the books "Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn" and "Whose America?: Culture Wars in the Public Schools."
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(00:00) intro
(00:27) Polarized, pessimistic America
(02:10) From Birchers to viral clicks
(05:05) Decline of religion as fuel
(08:12) “Love thy enemy” vs “I hate my opponents”
(10:45) Cross-tribe media: why I watch Fox
(13:18) Dopamine diets and tribal brains
(16:02) Roots beyond social: 90s, higher ed divides
(18:40) Education sorts and isolates by degree
(21:15) Overlaps and humbling lessons from Fox (Ukraine, MIC)
(24:05) Charlie Kirk: free-speech ideals and contradictions
(27:22) Assassination & the internet underworld
(30:10) Boys, meaning, and failing institutions
(33:05) Digital cults, religion, and liberal education
(36:10) Learned Hand’s “spirit of liberty”
(38:22) Printing-press analogy, AI, and Postman’s question
(41:05) Phones out K-16 and secondhand distraction
(43:38) Anxiety on campus and adult responsibility
(45:30) Free-speech hypocrisy & the “American Hour” proposal
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