References and suggested readings:

• Emma Taylor. 2026. An Elite Education: How Privilege Is Produced in a Private School. Princeton University Press.
• Sam Friedman and Daniel Laurison. 2020. The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to Be Privileged. Policy Press.
• Michael Foucault. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison.
• Pierre Bourdieu and Loïc J D Wacquant. 1992. An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology. University of Chicago Press.
• Karen Gravett. 2024. Relational Pedagogies: Connections and Mattering in Higher Education. Bloomsbury Academic.
• Lauren White, Will Mason, Vicky Grant, Alison Romaine, Grace Cleary, and Shona Tulloch. April 2026. Towards a Pedagogy of Joy. British Journal of Sociology of Education.
• Emma Taylor’s LinkedIn

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On good cheese and how the career services office destroyed the American economy

References and suggested readings:

• Dylan Gottlieb. 2026. Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York. Harvard University Press.
• Sam Tanenhaus. 2025. Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America. Penguin Random House.
• God and Man at Yale episode with Sam Tanenhaus
• Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism podcast
• Check out Dylan’s website and follow him on Bluesky and Twitter

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Ready to feel old?

References and suggested readings:

• Austin McCoy. 2026. Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made. Simon and Schuster.
• De La Soul. 1989. Me, Myself, and I.
• Flo Rida ft. T-Pain. 2009. Low (Apple Bottom Jeans).
• Hip-Hop Evolution. Netflix.
• OutKast. 2000. B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad).
• Keith Jopling. 2026. Body of Work: How the Album Outplayed the Algorithm and Survived Playlist Culture. Repeater.
• Liz Pelly Mood Machine. 2025. Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist. Atria/One Signal Publishers.
• Austin McCoy’s website

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