The thirty-third episode of Semantic Reactions, the official podcast of the Institute of General Semantics, is now available for your listening pleasure. Our May 2025 podcast features five of our IGS Trustees on the state of higher education in the United States today. The conversation is led by IGS President Lance Strate who teaches at Fordham University, and includes IGS Vice-President Corey Anton of Grand Valley State University, IGS Treasurer Thom Gencarelli of Manhattan University, and IGS Trustees Peggy Cassidy of Adelphi University and Susan Drucker of Hofstra University. Their freewheeling roundtable touches on a variety of topics, including the difficulties that students are facing, the challenges brought on by technological advances including AI, issues regarding administrators and financial problems, and the dangers of a hostile political environment.

You can access Episode 33 via our host site, and it is also available through most major podcast platforms, also on YouTube, and below: