
About this episode
Advocates against pandemic school closures have been ringing the alarm for some time. They were all but ignored two years ago. But the tide is now starting to turn, with mainstream media outlets reporting on the impacts of these closures on children.
Tara's guest today has been speaking out about these policies since 2020. And he recently published a powerful paper arguing that extended school closures were, in fact, a moral catastrophe — and one that we must ensure never happens again.
Shamik Dasgupta is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
You can find Tara Henley on Twitter at @TaraRHenley, and on Substack at tarahenley.substack.com
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