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Dec 2023
1h 47m

The Identity Trap

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
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"There are two kinds of political scientists: The types who deal with noisy data and post on Twitter with a bunch of caveats. And then there are the types who write books about identity politics." Where to find us: TwitterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources: Sam Huneke's "Yascha Mounk’s Woke Straw Man"Jacob T. Levy's ... Show More
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