Marc Blecher

Oberlin College

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Professor of Politics and East Asian Studies at Oberlin College

Marc Blecher on KCRW

Middle East politics at UCLA, trigger warnings, rising sea levels, and our new parenting segment "We Need to Talk About the Children."

Trigger Warnings on Campus

Middle East politics at UCLA, trigger warnings, rising sea levels, and our new parenting segment "We Need to Talk About the Children."

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