# Anti-Intellectualism in America (feat. C. Derick Varn)

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Podcast: [Emancipations Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035)
Published: 2026-02-27T13:30:48+00:00
Episode link: https://emancipations.podbean.com/e/anti-intellectualism-in-america-feat-c-derick-varn/
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## Resource

We discuss the roots of anti-intellectualism in American life for the first episode in a four-part series co-created and presented with C. Derick Varn, "The Problem of Intellectuals." Learn more about C. Derick Varn by checking out his show "VarnVlog" https://www.patreon.com/c/varnvlog/posts These are the primary readings we discuss: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter The American Intellectual Elite by Charles Kadushin The New Radicalism in America: The Intellectual as Social Type by Christopher Lasch The Future of Intellectuals and the Rise of the New Class by Alvin Gouldner "The Missing Generation: Academics and the Communist Party from the Depression to the Cold War" by Ellen Schrecker

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