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Pannill, Miriam, and Shayoni discuss Rustom Bharucha's recent book, The Second Wave, about cultural responses to the pandemic, speech and protest on campus regarding the war in Israel and Gaza, and the essay “Decomposition Instead of Collapse - Dear Theatre, Be Like Soil.”

Here are links to some of things we discuss on this episode:

• Rustom Bharucha’s book, The Second Wave: Reflections on the Pandemic Through Photography, Performance, and Public Culture

• Shayoni Mitra’s editorial in The Columbia Spectator, “Protest with Care.”

• An article about Refaat Alareer, and his poem, “If I Must Die, Let it Be A Tale.”

• The essay by Annalisa Dias, “Decomposition Instead of Collapse - Dear Theatre, Be Like Soil” and responses by estrellita beatriz and Jacob Padrón.

• A report on the raid on The Freedom Theatre in Jenin, West Bank.

• Paul Beinart’s article in Jewish Currents on the antisemitism controversy at Harvard.