The Claremont McKenna College professor of politics, talks about Feinstein’s accomplishments, character, final days and possible successor

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You can hear every episode of “TrumpWatch with Jesse Lent” on WBAI at SoundCloud.com/TrumpWatchWBAI or wherever you get your podcasts. Episode (Orginal Date Aired Date 7/4/18): It was 1965 when Hunter S. Thompson published his breakthrough article “The Motorcycle Gangs: Losers and Outsiders" for the magazine The Nation. But did the work, which Thompson expanded into a book the following year entitled “Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs,” uncover more than just the inner workings of this mysterious, potentially dangerous outfit? Susan McWilliams, professor of politics at Pomona College in Claremont, California, published her own Nation article, entitled “This Political Theorist Predicted the Rise of Trumpism. His Name Was Hunter S. Thompson.” just five weeks into the Trump presidency. The granddaughter of Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation magazine from 1955 to 1975, Prof. McWilliams believes that in his reporting on the Angels Thompson discovered the political origins of Donald Trump’s rise to power. In this episode of “TrumpWatch” on WBAI, Prof. McWilliams explains to host Jesse Lent why the “gonzo” journalist’s work on the motorcycle club continues to be such an effective window into the psyche of the President’s core base of supporters, even in light of Trump’s recent attacks on Harley-Davidson, the preferred vehicle of the Hell’s Angels.

"A good education should be offensive," says Claremont McKenna Prof. Jon Shields. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/NqjoWI Read More: https://goo.gl/bSkupx "Diversity really is the religion of the university," says Jon Shields, co-author of the new book, Passing on the Right: Conservative Professors in the Progressive University. "I hope that we can start asking them to better practice what they preach." A 2006 Politics of the American Professoriate survey found that even self-proclaimed Marxists outnumber conservatives in the social sciences by a five to one ratio. Overall, about five percent of faculty self-identified as conservatives. Shields, an associate professor of government at Claremont McKenna University, is the co-author of the first book-length study of conservatives in academia. One finding was that free-market thinkers tend to feel less pressure to conceal their political beliefs than social conservatives. "It’s also the case that libertarians tend to gravitate toward economics," Shields told Reason TV. "It’s a much more tolerant place than the rest of the social sciences." But this wasn’t always the case. Shields credits Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek for making free market ideas more accepted on college campuses. Shields says that conservative rhetoric about the academy—Marco Rubio called colleges "liberal indoctrination camps" on the campaign trail—is overblown and counterproductive. "[T]he university is a much more tolerant place than movement conservatives and certainly Republican candidates often think that it is," he said. One explanation: tenure. Many professors, though closeted early in their careers, open up once they have full job security. "Writing this book and doing the research for it made us much more sympathetic to tenure," Shields says. "We saw what a difference it made in the lives of these conservatives." Approximately 10 minutes. Produced by Alexis Garcia. Camera by Paul Detrick and Alex Manning. Music by Podington Bear. Scroll down for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube Channel to get automatic notifications when new material goes live.

Professor George Thomas talked about his book, "The Founders and the Idea of a National University: Constituting the American Mind." This interview, conducted at Claremont McKenna College, is part of Book TV’s College Series

"The greatest gift to the libertarian electorate was the Obama administration," says John J. Pitney, Jr., a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a Reason contributing editor. "At a time when you have massive expansion of government power and massive government spending, people start to see the downsides of that philosophy and the libertarian philosophy starts to become more appealing." Pitney also tells Reason.tv why Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) energized so many voters during the 2008 election and whether America would ever elect a libertarian president. Approximately 6.45 minutes. Interview by Sam Corcos. Shot and edited by Hawk Jensen. Music by General Fuzz available at Magnutune Records. Go to http://reason.tv for HD, iPod, and audio versions of this and all our videos, and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live.