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Ep. 2033 - CRAZY SCANDAL: Youngest Black Professor LIES Himself Into The Job

The Michael Knowles Show

August 7, 2026

One of the world's top universities falls for the biggest academic scam in history, Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed seeks to reassure Jewish voters, and the WNBA may recruit its first transgender star. Ep.
Speakers: Michael Knowles, Abdul El-Sayed, Angel Reese, Arun, Caitlin Clark

Topics: News Commentary, News

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The youngest black professor ever hired by one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world turns out to have made up his entire resume, which the HR department at Cambridge probably should have figured out after Jason Arday claimed to have learned to write at 18, then to have raised millions of dollars for charity by running 600 miles in just six days, 30 marathons in 35 days, the last nine marathons with a broken leg, and to have appeared in a documentary that came out 20 years before he was born. We will examine what the worst academic scandal in history means for modern universities. Because I suspect there are a lot more little Ardays lurking out there. Then, Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed seeks to reassure Jewish voters after claiming that Israel is just as evil as Hamas. The way he reassures them, not exactly persuasive, and the WNBA might recruit its first transgender star. I'm Michael Knowles, and this is The Michael Knowles Show.
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I guess he was proposing a debate with Candice over the killing of Charlie and some of the conspiracy theories about it. So I was volunteered for this by Andrew. And then Candice accepted me as the moderator.

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