What’s In a Name?

Kayla, Ruairí, and Lucas give an update on the news, and Kayla takes a deeper look at the controversy over things named after historical figures with questionable pasts (seek to 5:28). Joined by guests James Campbell (Edgar E. Robinson Professor of History), Jess Auerbach (2009 Rhodes Scholar), and Harry Elliott (Editor in Chief, The Stanford Review).

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