# Academy of Dunces: A Decade of Campus Censorship

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Published: 2026-04-20T10:45:00+00:00
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## Resource

Today we're talking about the breakdown of discourse — the culture wars. It's not just in universities, it affects our interactions with everything from the government to schools, workplaces, and more. After over ten years of it, it seems more pointless and degrading than ever.   Ric Bienstock is a director of the new two-part CBC documentary series, Speechless . It explores a variety of student protest movements from Evergreen College in 2017 to today's protests against what's happening in Gaza. Her film poses some key questions. How did we get here? What is bringing the worst out of all of us? And can we learn how to speak to each other again?  Host: Stephen Marche Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher) Additional music by Audio Network Fact checking by Kallan Lyons More information: Speechless Part 1 — CBC Speechless Part 2 — CBC Summary of Evergreen College Protest —  Duke Law , Wikipedia The politics of culture wars in contemporary Canada — Macdonald-Laurier Institute Carole Hooven: Why I Left Harvard — Minding the Campus Teaching standardized English isn't racism—it's education — Fair For All Tufts University student targeted by Trump administration completes PhD — The Guardian Sponsors:   Squarespace : Check out https://squarespace.com/canadaland for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch use code canadaland to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Fizz : Visit https://fizz.ca and activate a first plan using the referral code CAN25 to get 40$ off and 10GB of free data. Douglas :  Douglas is giving our listeners a FREE Sleep Bundle with each mattress purchase. Get the sheets, pillows, mattres…

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