Best Jenna Douglass Podcasts (2024)

Guest Misael Ramos. Originally aired October 3, 2024 on KOOP Community Radio 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas.By Stacie Freasier, Robert Tyrone Lilly, Jim Crosby

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Music in Nonviolent Resistance and Social Justice w/ Guest Rev. Erin Walter 59:32

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Brother Robert Tyrone Lilly, Stacie Freasier, and Brother Jim Crosby, waxed about music as a tool of nonviolent resistance and social justice with Rev. Erin Walter of Parker Woodland. We paid homage to Sweet Honey in the Rock, #bernicejohnsonreagon’s legacy, and shared community updates including info about the upcoming Austin Peace & Justice Fest …

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The Beloved Community - August 2024 59:35

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This month’s show is centered around #belovedcommunity — what it is, how we cultivate it, and what’s holding us back. What does Beloved Community mean to you?By Stacie Freasier, Robert Tyrone Lilly, Jim Crosby

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Show Kick-off / Frederick Douglass' Profound, Prolific Words 1:01:01

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By Stacie Freasier, Robert Tyrone Lilly, Jim Crosby

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S5E8: Jennifer Frey | Reviving Liberal Learning in a Pursuit of Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning of Life 34:32

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In this episode, Henry Thompson and Dr. Jennifer Frey, Dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa, discuss the challenges and opportunities facing liberal education. She addresses the prevailing utilitarian mindset in universities, where education is often reduced to job training rather than a pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty. Dr. …

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S5E7: Lucas Morel | Reimagining Patriotism: MLK, Frederick Douglass, and the Beloved Community 36:52

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Featuring Lucas Morel, professor of politics at Washington and Lee University. Morel delves into the complex relationship between patriotism and the experiences of Black Americans, as exemplified by the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass. Despite facing profound injustices and obstacles, both leaders ultimately embraced Ameri…

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S5E6: Hans Zeiger | Higher Education and Donor Impact 21:52

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In this episode, we speak with Hans Zeiger, the President of the Jack Miller Center, the nationwide network of scholars and teachers. We delve into the intricate interplay of ideas, economics, and donor influence within the realm of higher education; Zeiger provides a unique perspective on challenges facing universities, from the economic pressures…

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S5E5: Robert P. George | Navigating Free Speech Challenges in the Age of Ideological Conformism 47:38

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Robert P. George serves as the sixth McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. Henry and George discuss respecting free speech rights on campus (and beyond) for all perspectives, distinguishing genuine free speech from incitement to violence. George ad…

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S5E4: Zachary Shore | America’s Ethical Crossroads: Deciphering Vengeance and Virtue in History and Policy 31:34

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Professor of History at the Naval Postgraduate School and Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley Zach Shore examines the United States' critical ethical decisions during and after the World War II. Key issues include the internment of Japanese Americans, nuclear attacks on civilians, and punitive poli…

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S5E3: James R. Stoner | Unraveling the Tapestry of American Democracy 34:09

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In this episode Henry speaks with Dr. James R. Stoner, Professor and Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute in the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University. Henry and Stoner dive into the intricate threads of constitutional history with a focus on the symbiotic relationship between British and American constitutional tradition…

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S5E2: John Rose | Free Speech and Viewpoint Diversity in Higher Ed 37:41

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Henry Thompson interviews John Rose, the Associate Director of the Civil Discourse Project at The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. Henry and Rose discuss a course Rose teaches called How to Think in an Age of Political Polarization. Rose talks about intellectual virtues to model, why the most politically intolerant people are humorles…

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S5E1: Matthew Continetti | Restoring Constitutional Conservatism in America 44:11

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Welcome to Season 5 of Keeping it Civil. We’re thrilled to have you back and promise memorable, informative, thought-provoking conversations. In this episode our host Henry Thompson sits down with a Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute Matthew Continetti. Besides discussing his most recent book, The Right: The Hundred-Year War for America…

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S4E12: R. Shep Melnick | Higher Education in Crisis 27:55

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Shep Melnick is the Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Professor of American Politics at Boston College and Co-chair of the Harvard Program on Constitutional Government. Henry and Shep Melnick speak about the current crisis in America's higher education, Melnick's research on Title IX, the regulation of gender equality in higher education and Melnick's latest …

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SSES Celebrates Kindness! 20:20

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During the month of February, our school - Sycamore Springs Elementary School, celebrates Kindness! We have a kindness challenge! The Student Lighthouse Podcast Team wanted to interview Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Casey, our School Counselors to ask them more about Kindness Month and the Kindness Challenge. Lets find out where we find kindness at SSE and h…

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S4E11: Jenna Storey | Modern Restlessness and Quest for Virtue 27:23

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Jenna Storey is a senior Fellow in the Social, Cultural and Constitutional Studies Department at the American Enterprise Institute. Henry and Jenna Storey speak about the crisis of modern liberal arts education, the restlessness of young college students and her plans for improving and reforming higher ed.…

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S4E10: Franciska Coleman | Social Regulation Of Free Speech In America 40:19

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Franciska Coleman is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. In this episode we speak about assumptions encoded in words people choose to use and why many nations around the world signed a "covenant" that addresses hate speech yet the United States never did. Coleman also discusses, among other things, the social regulatio…

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S4E9: Heather Mac Donald | Why Did Universities Abandon Their True Mission? 40:15

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Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a New York Times bestselling author. In this episode Henry and Mac Donald discuss identity politics and why universities are not teaching students, among other things, how to think about ideas "in the abstract" in pursuit of evaluating neutral principles of free speech …

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S4E8: Winston Marshall | Former Mumford and Sons Banjo Player’s Career & Political Stance 39:35

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Winston Marshall has had a long and successful career as a musician, most notably as a founding member of the popular folk rock band Mumford and Sons. He later made headlines by leaving the band due to his controversial political views. As Marshall embarked on a solo career, we take a look at the events that led to his departure and explore the mot…

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S4E7: Bion Bartning | Pro-Human Approach to Addressing Racism 35:00

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Bion Bartning is an entrepreneur and investor. He is also the founder of FAIR, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism. Bartning talks to Henry about what prompted him to start the Foundation and FAIR’s alternative diversity training and other mechanisms put in place as a response to racism and other ideologies.…

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S4E6: Batya Ungar-Sargon | Elitism in Journalism Poses Growing Danger to American Democracy 45:22

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Join us as Henry speaks with Batya Ungar-Sargon about her new book Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy. Ungar-Sargon talks about how the media is silencing the middle class of America and why the interests of the lower income population are not represented in D.C. We discuss hopefulness that comes from the "goodness of the American pe…

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SSES Student Lighthouse Action Teams 20:22

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At SSES we have a very large Student Lighthouse Team. Within this team of student leaders, there are 8 different action teams. Today you will discover how our student leaders joined an action team and what their action does to demonstrate leadership and ownership at Sycamore Springs Elementary School. The podcast team also brainstormed some new ide…

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S4E5: Jason Nichols | Hip-Hop & Political Activism 30:51

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In this episode Dr. Nichols, a hip-hop artist, public intellectual and academic, speaks with Henry about hip-hop as a form of public discussion and political activism, about the corrosive effect of social media on civil discourse and the legacy and influence of Bea Gaddy on Nichols' political views.By School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership

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What is a Habit Hunt? 16:07

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Every year at SSES we have a Habit Hunt! Let's find out what a Habit Hunt is? Students are given a wonderful opportunity to share with their family the Seven Habits and how they can use these habits at home. Students from all grade levels lead the Habit Hunt. Hope you enjoy learning all about SSES Habit Hunt. There is a special interview with 1st g…

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S4E4: Jane Kamensky | Place of the American Revolution and American History in Public Discourse 39:49

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Jane Kamensky talks about American identity in colonial time and at the time of the Revolution and whether we're equipping ourselves and our students with an understanding of the revolutionary era. Henry also discusses with Kamensky the binary of competing narratives of U.S. history and why we need to challenge it…

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S4E3: Eric Kaufmann | Demographic Transitions, White Majority & Political Contention in Coming Decades 48:16

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Henry speaks to Eric Kaufmann about political demography, nationalism and a mixed-race population as a future majority in America. Kaufmann discusses the dangers of suppressing opposition to immigration and why repressive tolerance is a bad idea.By School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership

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Let's Meet Our New SSES Principals 24:44

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This year we have a new principal and assistant principal. We want them to learn all about being a Leader In Me school. What does a principal need to know about being a Leader in Me school? Let's meet our new Principals. Our student podcast team is going to share their interviews. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show…

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S4E2: Megan McArdle | Civil Discourse Online and Offline, Changing Nature of Threats to Free Speech and Self-Censorship 37:29

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This episode covers an attack on Salman Rushdie as a “visceral and physical expression” of attempts to suppress free speech. Threats to free speech come not only from the right but the left also, McArdle argues; she calls it a distressing pullback from the values that are necessary to a liberal society.…

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S4E1: Kmele Foster | Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Freedom of Speech in Higher Education 40:44

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Kmele Foster is a media entrepreneur and a co-founder of Freethink. Henry spoke to him about the trajectory of human innovation and what the mainstream media gets wrong about progress. They also discussed freedom of speech in higher education and Kmele Foster's critique of Black Lives Matter movement.…

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S3E12: John Tomasi | Heterodox Academy 58:11

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This week, Josh speaks with John Tomasi of the Heterodox Academy. They discuss John’s background studying philosophy at the University of Arizona, his conception of the university as an environment for free-thinking and the teaching of leadership, the goals of the Heterodox Academy, the philosophy articulated in his book, “Free Market Fairness,” an…

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S3:E11: Michael Lind | Managerial Elite 43:04

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In this conversation with the writer and public policy analyst Michael Lind, Josh and Henry discuss his book, “The New Class War: Saving Democracy From the Managerial Elite,” how elites consolidated power in the late twentieth-century, the weakness of modern political parties, the need for “countervailing power,” his argument against sending more s…

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S3:E10: Heather Wilson | Leadership and Public Service with University President and Former Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson 42:51

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Heather Wilson, the current President of the University of Texas-El Paso, and former Secretary of the Air Force, has had a distinguished life in public service. In this conversation, Josh and Henry discuss her childhood desire to be a pilot, military service, experience in Congress, and the lessons she’s learned from working in higher education.…

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S3:E9: Glenn Loury | Economics, Race, and Racial Discrimination 33:00

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In this conversation with Brown University economist Glenn Loury, Josh and Henry discuss his intellectual journey, the strengths of neoclassical economics, his opposition to affirmative action in higher education, and how he thinks about persistent racial disparities.By School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership

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S3:E8: Steven Smith | Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes 30:26

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Steven Smith is a political philosopher at Yale. His most recent book, “Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes,” makes the case that patriotism should be restored as a guiding civic value. In discussing his book, Josh and Henry cover his notion of “enlightened patriotism,” the necessity of teaching patriotism in schools, and the challenge of b…

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S3:E7: Khalil Muhammad | Understanding the Past and Present of Race and Crime in America 40:31

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The relationship between race and crime is a central part of the American story. In this week’s episode, Josh and Henry talk with Khalil Muhammad, the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School. They discuss the contemporary uses of history in public discourse, his award-winning book, “The Condemnation…

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S3:E6: Andrew Sullivan | A Conversation With the Writer and Public Intellectual Andrew Sullivan 41:49

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Andrew Sullivan has been a fixture in American intellectual life for over thirty years. Josh and Henry covered several topics with him, including the role of the essayist, his journey from traditional print journalism to Substack, his thoughts on the foundations of a liberal society, the potential consequences of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v…

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S3:E5: Lara Bazelon | Law Professor, Writer, and Advocate on the Criminal Justice System and Her New Book on Motherhood 30:02

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Josh and Henry have a wide-ranging conversation with Lara Bazelon, the Director of the Criminal & Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinics at the University of San Francisco School of Law. We discuss her thoughts on systemic racism, her work representing indigent clients, “progressive prosecutors,” and her new book on motherhood, “Ambitious Like…

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S3:E3: H.R. McMaster | Civic Education as the foundation for Strategic Confidence in American Foreign Policy 45:26

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H.R. McMaster is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General who served for over thirty years, including as National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018. Henry and Josh begin their conversation with him by discussing his background, his recent book, “Battlegrounds,” and his argument against what he calls “strategic narcissism” on the part of U.S…

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SSES Lighthouse Habit 8 Find Your Voice 11:01

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Did you know that there is a Habit 8? It is called Find Your Voice. Our SSES student lighthouse team will share with you what Habit 8 means to them. How they will Find Their Voice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sseslighthouse/message

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S3:E2: Jonathan Rauch | Discussing the Constitution of Knowledge 54:42

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America’s free and self-governed society was founded on a written constitution, but as Jonathan Rauch argues – following James Madison – the United States relies on an “unwritten constitution,” a body of norms, customs, and traditions, the habits of a self-governing people. For Rauch, a liberal democratic society depends also on the common dedicati…

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S3:E1: Paul Carrese and Carol McNamara | Relaunching the Conversation 33:28

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We speak about the relaunch and the importance of the free and open exchange of ideas inherent in the blend of liberal arts and civic leadership education that students can find if they study at ASU with the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership. This exchange of ideas serves as the foundation for the Keeping it Civil podcast.…

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Season 3 Keeping It Civil Trailer 0:52

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In each episode, hosts Henry Thomson and Josh Sellers interview public intellectuals, scholars and authors with diverging views on pressing issues in America today. Topics range from questions around intellectual orthodoxy to racism, to individual liberty and free speech. This podcast is a partnership between the School of Civic and Economic Though…

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SSE Lighthouse - Student Leadership 15:06

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As a Lighthouse School, SSE has many student leadership opportunities for students to get involved in our school and hold leadership jobs. You will hear from several students about their leadership role and how that has made a difference in their lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sseslighthouse/message…

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SSE Student WIGS 14:59

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At Sycamore Elementary School the students create goals or as we call them WIGS - Wildly Important Goals. The Student Lighthouse team talks about setting goals and why that is important. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sseslighthouse/message

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SSE Lighthouse - Thankfulness 4:38

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The student lighthouse podcast team wanted to share what we are thankful for. SSE is an amazing school and we are thankful for our school, teachers and friends. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sseslighthouse/message

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SSES Student Lighthouse Episode 1 10:29

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Sycamore Springs Elementary School is a Lighthouse School. We use the seven habits to demonstrate leadership in our daily life. Today the SSES Student Lighthouse team is going to share what it means to be a Lighthouse School and a special interview with our first SSE Principal, Kristen Ray. We hope you learn about our school and the importance of s…

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SSES Lighthouse 1 11:20

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Student Lighthouse informs the local community about SSE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sseslighthouse/message

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S2:E8: Walter Russell Mead | Is the liberal order crumbling or functioning as we should expect? 52:51

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Walter Russell Mead and Duncan Moench greatly disagree on whether the First World War was a murky battle between two equally imperfect and imperialist forces. They follow up this discussion with a prescient conversation that anticipates the attempted revolt in January, the enormous need for telecommuting to ease the country's housing crisis — and t…

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S2:E7: Robert Putnam | Can Americans ever see each other as family again? 1:06:27

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Why did American culture build strong community ties in the second quarter of the 20th century only to have it all unravel in the mid-1960s — did immigration restriction play a role? Dr. Moench and acclaimed Harvard sociologist debate the thesis of his latest book The Upswing. This interview was recorded in June, 2020.…

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S2:E6: Yascha Mounk | What good might come from populism’s rise? A tense conversation 1:14:44

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Two scholars of political thought with highly contrasting perspectives (and totally different backgrounds) explore what promise the rise of populism may - or may not - hold. Dr. Moench and Prof. Mounk do their best to disagree amicably on the meaning of populism and the political future. (Please note: this interview was recorded on February 28, 202…

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