{"id":18106,"date":"2022-03-22T17:13:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=18106"},"modified":"2022-03-22T17:13:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T20:13:53","slug":"thank-you-dr-frances-widdowson-for-having-interviewed-bambi-rima-azar-on-your-rational-space-disputations-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2022\/03\/22\/thank-you-dr-frances-widdowson-for-having-interviewed-bambi-rima-azar-on-your-rational-space-disputations-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you, Dr. Frances  Widdowson for having interviewed Bambi (Rima Azar) on your &#8220;Rational Space Disputations&#8221; platform!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WiddowsonAzarBambi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18112\" width=\"458\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WiddowsonAzarBambi-1.jpg 692w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WiddowsonAzarBambi-1-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 85vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is perhaps in our collectively insane times of extreme political correctness that we appreciate even more every refreshing (learning) opportunity of an academic chat among scholars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bearing the above in mind, Bambi felt honoured, happy, and even touched when the accomplished Dr. Frances Widdowson, Associate Professor of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies, invited her to her excellent show cleverly entitled &#8220;<em>Rational Space Disputations<\/em>&#8220;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before sharing the interview below, Bambi searched the net and came across a website with public information about Dr. Widdowson&#8217;s own surreal story of  censorship:  <a href=\"https:\/\/wokeacademy.info\/episodes\/\">https:\/\/wokeacademy.info\/episodes\/.<\/a>  What a deeply sad and shocking story out of our Canadian universities about intolerance of different opinions in academia and, by extension, in today&#8217; society&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyhow, thank you again, Frances (or Dr. Widdowson), for having Bambi. What an enriching (and fun) discussion with a unique formula: First hour, you interview your guest. Second hour, your guest interviews you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude this post, Bambi\/Rima will forever be grateful for your kindness Frances and for the support of the <em>Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship<\/em> (SAFS) back in February 22, 2021 (a big thank you to Dr. Mark Mercer, SAFS President and to all the Board members, including yourself). Last but surely not least, and from the bottom of her heart, Bambi wishes you all the best in your own arbitration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Rational Space Disputations 6 (with Rima Azar)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2xXSCEintA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is perhaps in our collectively insane times of extreme political correctness that we appreciate even more every refreshing (learning) opportunity of an academic chat among scholars. Bearing the above in mind, Bambi felt honoured, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18106"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18131,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18106\/revisions\/18131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}