This week we speak with professor, sociologist, and MacArthur Fellowship winner Ruha Benjamin about some of the pressing political and social issues of the day . We discuss whether DEI initiatives are in fact valuable and how the world will look without them, why universities honor people whose voices they’ve previously tried to silence, and how best to navigate a world that was not built for us. Can we collectively imagine a better world order? 

• 00:00 Trevor's school expulsion story
• 03:25 Examining the failures and limitations of DEI initiatives
• 05:00 Black representation in high positions and institutional power
• 10:00 Student protests and academic freedom at Princeton
• 26:00 Debating integration versus segregation in society
• 34:45 Human beings searching for solutions to real problems
• 44:20 Exploring the possibilities and dangers of AI technology
• 59:03 VR technology's role in cultural preservation
• 01:01:23 Communication challenges in conflict resolution
• 01:13:56 Gender dynamics in educational spaces