# The Courageous Literary Student Who Left Marxist Academia w/Liza Libes

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Podcast: [The Andrew Klavan Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-andrew-klavan-show-743073)
Published: 2026-05-27T21:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Liza Libes joins me for a compelling conversation about her Substack, Pens and Poison, and reveals the eye-opening experience she had as a student inside the belly of the Ivy League beast. Subscribe to Liza's Youtube channel "Pens and Poison" here: https://youtube.com/@pensandpoison https://pensandpoison.bio https://www.pensandpoison.org https://substack.com/@pensandpoison - - - Today's Sponsor: Helix Sleep - Go to https://helixsleep.com/KLAVAN for your exclusive offer. - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 📗 Read my short story "Jesus, the Movie" at the New English Review: https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/jesus-the-movie 📕 My latest novel "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark 📙 My Edgar nominated non-fiction book "The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/KingdomofCain 📘 My memoir "The Great Good Thing" is available here: https://a.co/d/0icnKMrX 📔 "The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words of Jesus" is available here: https://a.co/d/0bo2G3Tr 📚 Save the Klavan by shopping my merch here: https://dwplus.shop/AndrewKlavanMerch - - - Socials: YouTube — https://youtube.com/@andrewklavan Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/aklavan Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/theandrewklavan X — https://twitter.com/andrewklavan - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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