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January 28, 2019
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Episode 46: Deb Mashek & Musa al-Gharbi, HxA’s Past and Future

Deb Mashek and Musa al-Gharbi are the executive director and communications director of Heterodox Academy. They reflect on the organization’s activities in 2018 and present several new initiatives scheduled for 2019, including HxA Disciplines, member networking, and nationally representative data collection. 0:00 Rapid fire summary of 2018 8:30 Ideological diversity is connected to ethnic and religious diversity 12:22 Focusing on certain disciplines and public awareness 16:00 Revamping our Guide to Colleges 17:50 Nationally representative data on freedom of expression 21:10 Musa stepping away from communications position 22:35 Three key ideas Links More on HxA’s history and current initiatives available here. More on the problem(s) HxA is trying to address here. Videos of the 2018 HxA Conference available here. Open Mind Platform Transcript Here is a transcript of this episode. Rating the Show If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes:
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