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The Deep Places: A Conversation with Ross Douthat
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Engaging skeptical audiences in a polarized age (1:30) — Two cheers for the Enlightenment, and the Stephen King-Lovecraftian vibes of New England (7:30) — Self-experimentation, and moderate deference to scientific consensus (12:15) — Giving science the right amount of authority (17:00) — When, and when not, to write from personal experience (19:30) — American Gnosticism, Emerson, Descartes, and the overwhelming desire to escape from the body when suffering from chronic illness (23:00) — Taking Marvel seriously (29:15) — The campus Left’s long-overdue challenge to the neoliberal-technocratic elite university (35:00) — Care, the humanities, & the bureaucracy (38:00) — The successes of urbanism in New Haven (42:00)
THE DEEP PLACES: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646761/the-deep-places-by-ross-douthat/
Ross Douthat at the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/column/ross-douthat
The Athenaeum Review podcast: http://athenaeumreview.org/podcasts/
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