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May 2022
1h 27m

Forget theory! w/ Gabriel Rockhill

SINA RAHMANI (@URORIENTALIST)
About this episode

Gabriel Rockhill  (@GabrielRockhill) is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University.  Check out his episode on Anti-Empire Radio with Justin Podur, titled "Are your favorite academic theorists really CIA spooks?" 

 

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