Jacob Savage on the Costs of the Great Awokening

February 17
46 mins

Episode Description

Jacob Savage is a writer and ticket scalper.

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jacob Savage discuss whether the “Great Awokening” had lasting material effects beyond culture, how diversity initiatives changed hiring patterns in academia and Hollywood, and why these changes primarily affected one generation of white men rather than older cohorts already established in their careers.

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