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The Fire Pit: Navigating the Existential Storm: Trust, Transformation, and the Future of Knowledge | The Fire Pit
Dec. 3, 2025—Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor and professor of medicine, health, and society, interviewed.
WPLN: Tennessee’s special congressional race could be tight. Here’s who’s running
Dec. 3, 2025—John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, interviewed.
The Tennessean: Martin Luther King Jr. with TikTok: Would the Montgomery Bus Boycott work today?
Dec. 3, 2025—Dennis Dickerson, Reverend James M. Lawson Professor and professor emeritus of history, quoted.
MS NOW: Tennessee’s special House election should be a GOP cakewalk — but voters are really sick of Trump
Dec. 3, 2025—John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, quoted. Newsweek published a similar article quoting Geer.
MS NOW: ‘Memory as an act of resistance:’ Remembering Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher
Dec. 1, 2025—Michael Eric Dyson, Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, interviewed.
FOX 17: Data shows how donors are fueling the 7th Congressional District race
Dec. 1, 2025—John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, interviewed.
NewsNation: What happens if a black hole passes through your body?
Dec. 1, 2025—Robert Scherrer, professor of physics, interviewed.
The Tennessean: Federal science funding that powers TN’s economy is at risk | Opinion
Dec. 1, 2025—Shane Hutson, A.B. Learned Professor and professor of physics, authored this piece.
Quillette: The new speech wars
Dec. 1, 2025—Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, quoted.
BBC: The looming election Trump can’t afford to lose
Dec. 1, 2025—John Geer, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Political Science and senior advisor in the Office of the Chancellor, quoted.