
About this episode
Episode 2 of our new series featuring FBT co-founder Michael David Cobb Bowen and author Winkfield Twyman Jr. Mike and Wink compare an episode of The West Wing with former Harvard University President Claudine Gay and her inability to speak with moral clarity about genocide of Jews in real time before Congress.
Other fun stuff:
- The West Wing clip
- Wink’s “Claudine Gay Made a Career of Attacking Black Scholars. Don't Defend Her for Being Black” in Newsweek
- “The Policy Excuse” by Mike
- “The Next President of Harvard Must Be A...” by Wink
- “Please Resign Harvard University President Claudine Gay” by Wink
- “Book Publication Rate of Harvard Presidents” by Wink
- “Toby Ziegler and a Moral Moment” by Wink
- “Holiday Greetings for Harvard University President Claudine Gay” by Wink
- Bowen + Twyman, Ep. 1
- Mike’s FBT podcast episode: “Your Friendly Neighborhood Stoic”
- Wink’s FBT podcast episode: “A New Correspondence on Race”
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