About this episode

The episode discusses the opening of LACMA's new wing, the crisis in higher education, and includes film reviews and a segment on tofu.

Plus, Yale confirms higher education is in crisis and says the blame lies mainly with…elite universities like Yale, our weekly film reviews, and Evan Kleiman on how tofu can be creamy.

People in this episode

Host: Madeleine Brand

Guest: Evan Kleiman

Topics covered

• LACMA
• higher education crisis
• film reviews
• tofu

Keywords

• LACMA
• Yale
• higher education
• film reviews
• tofu

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LACMA, Yale

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