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The Mughal Empire: Audrey Truschke

Episode  |  September 26th, 2019  |  1 hr 12 mins

academia, censorship, india, the mughal empire, twitter

Audrey Truschke has created a name for herself on Twitter but it's probably not for anything you'd guess. She's an academic and author whose specialty is Muslim & Hindu conflict, The Mughal Empire and Sanksrit. We get down and dirty to learn about the role of academics in censorship, why people are so upset about her research and who was a better cheater at games as a kid, Audrey or Jess?