Dear John,

AAUP Presents is back with another set of new episodes—I hope you’ll give the show a listen.

We've released four new episodes this year so far. One released this week looks at legislative threats to academic freedom and features Rana Jaleel of UC-Davis and Risa Lieberwitz, AAUP’s general counsel. It's a great discussion.

Other AAUP Presents episodes released this year:

• Episode four looked at student debt and its impact on faculty and higher education. Listen here. In episode five of our inaugural season,
• In episode five, I sat down with Paul Ortiz, professor of history at the University of Florida and president of the United Faculty of Florida-UF to talk about ongoing attacks on academic freedom in Florida and how the faculty has fought back. Here’s the episode.
• We stayed in Florida for the sixth episode. The AAUP’s Kelly Benjamin talked to Michele Rayner, a member of the Florida House of Representatives, about attacks on academic freedom, the motivation for anti-critical-race-theory bills, and the state of the broader political situation in Florida. Play that episode here.

The episodes are on the AAUP website at aaup.org/aaup-presents, where you’ll find links to listen to them on major platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Subscribe to get notifications as new episodes are released.

Happy listening.

Mariah Quinn
Digital Organizer, AAUP

P.S. You can go beyond listening to stories about what the AAUP is doing to protect academic freedom. Join or renew your membership today.

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