Out Of The Blank #1361 - Matthew C. Ehrlich

Matthew C. Ehrlich is Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ehrlich's research focuses on social and cultural history. Matt is the author of "Dangerous Ideas on Campus: Sex, Conspiracy, and Academic Freedom in the Age of JFK" where in the 1960s, University of Illinois professor Leo Koch wrote a public letter condoning premarital sex. He was fired. Four years later, a professor named Revilo Oliver made white supremacist remarks and claimed there was a massive communist conspiracy. He kept his job.

Matt's Links:
https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Ideas-Campus-Conspiracy-Academic/dp/0252086244
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=44gtq3dh9780252044199
https://media.illinois.edu/journalism/ehrlich-matthew

My Links:
https://linktr.ee/outoftheblank_podcast