EPISODE · Aug 6, 2025 · 18 MIN
‘The progressive era is over’ | Eric Kaufmann
from The spiked podcast · host The spiked podcast
The re-election of Donald Trump has heralded more than just a ‘vibe shift’. Here, Eric Kaufmann – director of the Centre for Heterodox Social Science at the University of Buckingham – argues that 60 years of woke orthodoxy are in the administration’s crosshairs. Policies institutionalised for decades, from affirmative action to PC speech codes, are finally being unpicked. The post-progressive era has arrived. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked:https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The re-election of Donald Trump has heralded more than just a ‘vibe shift’. Here, Eric Kaufmann – director of the Centre for Heterodox Social Science at the University of Buckingham – argues that 60 years of woke orthodoxy are in the administration’s crosshairs. Policies institutionalised for decades, from affirmative action to PC speech codes, are finally being unpicked. The post-progressive era has arrived. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked:https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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