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4 episodes on this topic, in order of publication.

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    S2 · E5 · Apr 24, 2026

    The Backlash: Why Newly Legitimate Knowledge Gets Targeted

    Marginalized knowledge does not stay marginalized, and it does not stay curricular either. This episode names the three-move cycle — dismissal, absorption, restriction — that dominant knowledge systems run when bodies of knowledge from the margin reach the record, and traces its most recent appearance in the wave of state-level curriculum laws since 2020.

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    S2 · E2 · Mar 9, 2026

    From Knowledge to Legitimacy: How Institutions Decide What Counts

    How do ideas become legitimate knowledge? Drawing on Foucault, Kuhn, Merton, and Bourdieu, this episode examines how universities, journals, and academic institutions decide what counts as credible through power and gatekeeping.

  • 012

    S2 · E1 · Feb 21, 2026

    Knowledge, Power, and the U.S. Demographic Pivot

    The classroom has changed — has education? For the first time in U.S. history, children under 18 are the majority non-white. Season 2 opens with the question: who decides what counts as knowledge?

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    S1 · E3 · Jan 16, 2026

    The Foundation — Whose Knowledge Counts? Culture, Power, and Learning

    A foundational question most schools rarely name: what counts as knowledge, and who gets to decide? Moves beyond the myth that curriculum and assessment are neutral to examine how knowledge is shaped by culture and power.

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