Live from Watt Hall with Milan & Mike

The Weissing of Higher Ed 08.06.2026 29:38 ↓

Milan and Mike interrogate programs and organizations purportedly devoted to intellectual diversity. 

Mediocre Men 19.05.2026 25:06 ↓

Milan and Mike connect the Trump administration's inquiry into the Yale School of Medicine to its promotion of mediocre men. 

Administrators Gone Wild 06.05.2026 33:13 ↓

Bizarre events at Cornell, Columbia, and Michigan cause Milan and Mike to wonder about the cloistered worlds of university presidents. 

Flight of the Academics 14.04.2026 27:39 ↓

Milan and Mike ponder whether recent academic departures are a harbinger for red states. 

Revoking Tenure 06.04.2026 28:55 ↓

Milan and Mike discuss recent dismissals of tenured faculty for political speech and differentiate shoddy scholarship from research misconduct. 

AI for Scholarship? 11.03.2026 32:22 ↓

Milan and Mike take a hard line against AI-assisted scholarship while recognizing its growing impact on publishing and the academic enterprise. 

Surveilling the Classroom 16.02.2026 26:58 ↓

Milan and Mike confront the implications of classroom surveillance in North Carolina and Texas. 

Against Collegiality? 29.01.2026 26:04 ↓

Milan and Mike debate collegiality and its limits in the current moment. 

Administrative Absurdity 14.01.2026 25:53 ↓

Milan and Mike assess the shambolic UVA presidential search and Plato's standing in Aggieland. 

Hope for Higher Ed 18.12.2025 31:34 ↓

In a dark year for higher education, Milan and Mike end on an optimistic note by drawing on students' idealism and faculty solidarity. 

Who Wants to Be a University President? 08.12.2025 29:31 ↓

Milan and Mike analyze the changing role of university presidents and events at Northwestern and Texas Tech.  

The NY Times Versus Higher Ed 13.11.2025 31:41 ↓

Milan and Mike take on the NY Times' slanted and increasingly anti-intellectual coverage of higher education, with a particular focus on David Brooks and Jeremy W. Peters.

Higher Ed Fights Back 27.10.2025 25:49 ↓

Milan and Mike cheer universities' rejections of the higher education compact and compare UVA's settlement to Columbia's. 

Soul for Sale? 07.10.2025 31:38 ↓

Milan and Mike analyze the Trump administration's proposed compact with nine universities and the influence of private equity moguls. 

Free Speech on Campus? 18.09.2025 30:44 ↓

Milan and Mike lament recent political attacks on professors' speech and the influence of Twitter / X. 

Hiring in Higher Ed 14.08.2025 37:24 ↓

Milan and Mike assess the state of academic hiring and defend it from claims of liberal bias. 

Columbia Caves: Who's Next? 29.07.2025 33:23 ↓

Milan and Mike survey the carnage from Columbia's capitulation and speculate on the next domino to fall. 

Higher Ed and the Big Bad Beautiful Bill 08.07.2025 32:40 ↓

The new federal budget - dubbed the one big beautiful bill - is now law. Milan and Mike analyze its implications for higher education and scientific research. 

AI Dilemmas in the Classroom 30.06.2025 35:54 ↓

Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere. What role should it have in the classroom? Milan and Mike assess. 

Down in Texas 23.06.2025 29:52 ↓

Curious about academic life in Texas? Milan and Mike break down the pros and cons and debate Austin versus DFW.   

Columbia at the Crossroads 16.06.2025 29:57 ↓

Milan and Mike introduce the podcast and discuss the troubles of their alma mater, Columbia University.