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:

00:00Intro

04:35Origin of book

07:56Definition of cancel culture

17:55Mike Adams, canceled professor

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

31:57Echo chambers on social media

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

44:02Rikki's libertarian political identity

51:02Is cancel culture dead?

54:26Outro

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