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Ashley Dawson: Extinction: A Radical History

May 26, 2016

Good morning everyone! On today’s show Ashley Dawson (@a_j_dawson) a professor of English at CUNY, New York City, joins us to discuss his new book Extinction: A Radical History. We are live at noon.

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