{"podcast":{"title":"Emancipations Podcast","slug":"emancipations-podcast-479035","podcast_index_feed_id":479035,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/emancipations/feed.xml","website_url":"https://emancipations.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19188975/Screenshot_2025-11-17_at_34807_PM6jvby.png","author":"Daniel Tutt","episode_count":120,"summary":"Emancipations explores the intersection of Marxism, politics and philosophy. Hosted by Daniel Tutt (@DanielTutt).","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035"},"episode":{"title":"Anti-Intellectualism in America (feat. C. Derick Varn)","slug":"anti-intellectualism-in-america-feat-c-derick-varn","published_at":"2026-02-27T13:30:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035/anti-intellectualism-in-america-feat-c-derick-varn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035","url":"https://emancipations.podbean.com/e/anti-intellectualism-in-america-feat-c-derick-varn/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/aeumgzj6uysnupjn/Varn_Vlog_Daniel_Tutt_and_Varn_Discuss_the_Problems_of_Intellectuals_Part_1_PcVvqyiV2qw_1_bgyqt.mp3","summary":"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","meta_description":"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, \"T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8878,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/emancipations-podcast-479035/episodes/anti-intellectualism-in-america-feat-c-derick-varn/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emancipations-podcast-479035/anti-intellectualism-in-america-feat-c-derick-varn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}