#NewCollegeofFL is still in the news. Palm Court Pod chats with Kathryn Joyce about her IN THESE TIMES reporting. Changing times! Randy Fine! Pay-to-play! Pinochet!
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0DMnOQkP98t3uA9Tf9GTY0?si=QnbmCfdwSNmDqx64xeDKGA
Youtube:
https://youtu.be/wfyTw7yAGwE?feature=shared
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/palm-court-podcast/id1700372902?i=1000684760841
This is, I cannot emphasize enough, not made up.
It's a ways into this document:
https://www.ncf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Board-of-Trustees-Agenda-and-Materials_06.13.2024.pdf
"“It’s lasted for almost 20 years, and probably will stick forever, as an homage to the nerdy, nonconformist nature of New College,” the Null Set webpage once said. This webpage has since been removed from the official New College website. It is unclear when it was taken down."
https://ncfcatalyst.com/new-college-new-mascot-administration-proposes-sudden-mascot-change/
Rachel Maddow looks at some of the familiar patterns of behavior by authoritarians around the world and how some of those patterns can be seen at the state level from the American right in the coopting of state colleges and the manipulation of local media.
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