Some listeners have met Daniel Platts before.  He plays bass for the Toronto metal band Discontinuity.  But he’s also an academic and an anarchist, pursuing a masters’ in social and political thought at York University, where he’s recently applied to write his PhD.We caught up again to talk about political currents in the academy, life as a Master’s student, and the role of the public intellectual.Stick around for this week's special edition of the Progress Report—the Pandemic Report.Follow Daniel on Instagram @introductiontothemeaningoflife and on Twitter @hegelianouthaus.  Follow Discontinuity on IG @dis.continuity and like their Facebook Page.  Top Tracks from their EPs Disc_01 and Projections are linked and available to stream.Follow OJT and Logan MacLean on Instagram @ojt_podcast and logan.maclean.75 and on Twitter @ojtpodcast and @loganmaclean94. The Facebook page is OJT: On The Job Training.