Ted & Courtney Balaker – The Psychic Costs of Campus Progressivism
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0:00 How woke campus culture degrades mental health
5:47 The rise of “microaggressions”
'8:21 The harms caused by discourses of harm
13:47 The digital lives of children
19:08 Why Courtney and Ted produced Coddling themselves
24:56 A Nigerian immigrant’s encounter with campus progressivism
32:36 Is Trump’s anti-DEI posture aiding free speech on campus?
37:58 Ted and Courtney’s decision to homeschool their child
41:48 How comedy brings us together
48:26 Ted and Courtney take on the Rob Henderson story
Recorded August 8, 2025
Links and Readings
The Coddling of the American Mind doc
The Coddling of the American Mind book
Dead Poet’s Society
The Canceling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff conversation
Can We Take a Joke
Coddling movie Substack
Noam episodes
Rob Henderson, Troubled
Rob Henderson episode
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