Episode 854 • • 2:46:43 - 2:50:28
854: Premedicated
Clarkson University Honorary Degrees for Black Lives Matter Founders
Alumni of Clarkson University express outrage after the school awarded honorary degrees to the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement for "inventing a hashtag." The hosts discuss the devaluation of honorary degrees and the backlash from the university's donor base. Dvorak mentions his own title as a "Kentucky Colonel" as a point of comparison for honorary titles.