Topic: University Of Massachusetts

3 chapters across the catalog

Taboose
Episode 672 2:28:51 - 2:38:57

672: Taboose

Gender Interaction Analysis, No Agenda Academic Study

A student at the University of Massachusetts submitted a paper analyzing the gender roles and power dynamics between the two male hosts of No Agenda. The hosts deconstruct the analysis, arguing that their interactions are a form of "performance art" and "improv" rather than traditional social behavior.

Gung Ho!! Fat Choy!
Episode 174 18:02 - 19:51

174: Gung Ho!! Fat Choy!

Amy Bishop University of Alabama Shooting, Past Criminal History

Professor Amy Bishop is identified as the suspect in a shooting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville after being denied tenure. The discussion highlights reports that Bishop previously shot and killed her brother in Massachusetts in 1986, an incident originally ruled accidental. The hosts examine how such a history allowed her to remain in academia and later acquire a firearm.

Short Changed
Episode 70 47:02 - 52:08

70: Short Changed

Medical Marijuana Raids and Eric Holder

Despite campaign promises to end federal interference in states with legal medical marijuana, DEA agents conducted raids on California dispensaries. The hosts discuss Attorney General Eric Holder's role and a letter from Congress urging him to allow the University of Massachusetts to grow marijuana for research. They argue that the administration is failing to deliver on promised drug policy reforms.