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SAVING ACADEMIA Part II: Empowerment over Wokeness with Professor Erec Smith May 14, 2021

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Erec Smith is an accomplished professor of Rhetoric and Composition at York College or Pennsylvania and has written several books on the subject including a critique of Critical Race Theory where he instead promotes empowerment theory—which promotes individual, communal, and strategic efficacy rather than the "primacy of identity". Will and Erec discuss his upbringing and background as well as specific trends he is seeing and why they are so dangerous.

SAVING ACADEMIA: Empowerment over Wokeness with Professor Erec Smith May 10, 2021

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Artists Telling Stories with Illustrator & Writer Vesper Stamper Apr 23, 2021

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Vesper Stamper is a New York City artist that uses the medium of young adult books to tell stories that connect to deep truths. In this episode, Vesper and Will discuss the importance of art, why so many artists are blinded to our current problems in America, and how artistic people will be the ones to guide us back from the brink.

Free Market Solutions to the Education System with Entrepreneur Myles Hunter Mar 15, 2021

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Myles Hunter is the co-founder and CEO of TutorMe, an online tutoring and educational service. In this episode, Myles and Will discuss ways to incentivize progress and discuss the hurdles and possible solutions to the flaws in the education system using free market principles.

DEFENDING GOOD EDUCATION with Katharine Birbalsingh Feb 15, 2021

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Katharine Birbalsingh is one of the most vocal educators in the public sphere that pushes back against potentially dangerous ideas being main-lined into schools across the West. In the episode Will and Katharine discuss charter schools, why education is dominated by "the left", teachers unions, and more

Ethnic Studies, Critical Race Theory, and Antiracist Education with Professor Christine Sleeter Feb 04, 2021

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Christine Sleeter has been a teacher and Ethnic Studies curriculum leader for nearly 50 years! She is a major contributor to the controversial California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum and in this episode, she and Will discuss the important nuance of such a controversial topic. Topics covered include Critical Race Theory, Oppressor vs Oppressed narrative, dangers of bad research methods, and much more.

FENTANYL: THE WORLD'S MOST DEADLY DRUG with Journalist and writer Ben Westhoff Jan 27, 2021

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Fentanyl is a synthetic drug that has killed Americans in a way no other drug ever has. Ben Westhoff is an investigative journalist and author of Fentanyl Inc. In this episode, Will and Ben discuss the dangers of the drug, the lack of media interest, the connection to China, and then propose solutions.

Becoming a Heterodox Thinker with Brittany Talissa King Jan 16, 2021

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Brittany King is a writer, activist, and former organizer for Black Lives Matter that has recently gone through the very enlightening & uncomfortable journey of developing a more heterodox approach to thinking and approaching the world. In this conversation, Will & Brittany try to identify the "spark" that can start this process as well as topics like color blindness, BLM, and more.

Why People Join Hate Groups Like The KKK with Michal Mercer Jan 07, 2021

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In this episode of Cylinder Radio, Will sits down with Michal Mercer, a woman who spent time with skinhead gang before converting to Judaism later in her life. We discuss the ways kind people turn evil, the need to belong leading to gang membership, and many other things in this very important episode given the current state of our country.

The Nuance of Critical Race Theory with Professor Rod Graham Dec 19, 2020

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Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been discussed on many episodes of Cylinder Radio. Unfortunately, it has been nearly all on the side of opposition. In this episode, Dr. Rod Graham, Sociology & Criminal Justice professor at Old Dominion University (https://roderickgraham.com/) and Will break down the positive elements of CRT and discuss whether the GOOD outweighs the BAD.

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