In this episode of Radio Free Campus, co-hosts Steve McGuire and Justin Garrison discuss Israel-Palestine controversies, the coddling of students’ minds, and AI resistance at various 2026 graduation ceremonies. Steve and Justin also announce Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier as this episode’s “Hero of the People” and Penn State Dickinson Law School as RFC’s “Apparatchik of the Month.”
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