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Carter speaks with Dr. Michael Rectenwald about his new book, "Thought Criminal," which is the Unsafe Space Book Club selection for February 2021. Book Club on his book is tomorrow, Sunday 2/21. Dr. Rectenwald was a Professor of Liberal Studies and Global Liberal Studies at NYU from 2008 to 2019. He also taught at Duke University, North Carolina Central University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Case Western Reserve University. His scholarly and academic essays have appeared in *The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Academic Questions, Endeavour, The British Journal for the History of Science, College Composition and Communication, International Philosophical Quarterly, the De Gruyter anthologies Organized Secularism in the United States and Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age, and the Cambridge University Press anthology George Eliot in Context*, among others. He holds a Ph.D. in Literary and Cultural Studies from Carnegie Mellon University, a Master's in English Literature from Case Western Reserve University, and a B.A. in English Literature from the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Rectenwald is a pundit and champion of free speech and opposes all forms of authoritarianism and totalitarianism, including socialism-communism, “social justice,” fascism, and political correctness. As the notorious "@TheAntiPCProf" on Twitter, he has appeared on numerous major network political talk shows, on syndicated radio shows, and on numerous YouTube shows and podcasts. In addition to "Thought Criminal," he's the author of multiple other books, including Springtime for Snowflakes, Google Archipelago, and Beyond Woke. https://youtu.be/UBDotwN2SBc
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Carter speaks with Dr. Michael Rectenwald about his new book, "Thought Criminal," which is the Unsafe Space Book Club selection for February 2021. Dr. Rectenwald was a Professor of Liberal Studies and Global Liberal Studies at NYU from 2008 to 2019. He also taught at Duke University, North Carolin...

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