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Even as Trump brags about his uncle teaching at MIT, the Institute has been caught in the crosshairs of a historic defunding and censorship effort. Lizzie sat down with MIT head Sally Kornbluth to talk about how to survive in the Trump Age — and whether the sciences can ever recover. This was recorded live at WBUR’s CitySpace studios.
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Even as Trump brags about his uncle teaching at MIT, the Institute has been caught in the crosshairs of a historic defunding and censorship effort. Lizzie sat down with MIT head Sally Kornbluth to talk about how to survive in the Trump Age — and whether the sciences can ever recover. This was recorded live at WBUR’s CitySpace studios.
