Ep. 242: Is cancel culture dead?

The co-authors of “The Canceling of the American Mind” discuss
its new paperback release and where cancel culture stands a year
and a half after the book’s original publication.


- Greg Lukianoff — 




President and CEO of FIRE




Co-author of "The Canceling of the American Mind"




- Rikki Schlott — 




New York Post columnist 




Co-author of "The Canceling of the American Mind"




Timestamps: 


00:00 Intro


04:35 Origin of book


07:56 Definition of cancel culture


17:55 Mike Adams, canceled professor


23:51 Alexi McCammond, former Teen Vogue editor-in-chief


31:57 Echo chambers on social media


35:09 Trump administration ‘canceling’ law firms and higher ed
institutions


44:02 Rikki’s libertarian political identity 


51:02 Is cancel culture dead?


54:26 Outro


Read the transcript.


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Show notes:




“Canceling of the American Mind” (paperback, 2025) by Greg
Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott




“We have never been woke: The cultural contradictions of a
new elite” (2024) by Musa al-Gharbi