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The Hearing That Changed Everything - with Elise Stefanik

August 17, 2026 · 39 min

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What will it take to confront antisemitism at America’s elite universities?

Dan is joined by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, whose 2023 questioning of three Ivy League university presidents became a defining moment in the debate over antisemitism on college campuses. Drawing from her new book, Poisoned Ivies, Stefanik argues that the crisis reflects decades of systemic ideological bias, failed leadership and money from Arab countries buying academic influence. They discuss what it will take to confront antisemitism at America’s elite universities, and whether government intervention risks creating new problems of its own.

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In this episode:

- The congressional hearing that changed everything

- Why did it take October 7 for Washington to act?

- Her proof that Students for Justice in Palestine organization is tied to Hamas

- Could government intervention make universities worse?

- The universities that handled post October 7 protests right and how they did it

- Should Jewish students give up on attending Ivy League schools?

- Could federal funding cuts hurt American competitiveness?

- How can elite universities overcome campus antisemitism? ___

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