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Mapping the American Right: A Conversation with the American Enterprise Institute’s Robert Doar
47 mins; June 02, 2023
Educating for Solitude: A Conversation with William Deresiewicz
49 mins; June 01, 2023
Defining Man and Woman: A Conversation with Abigail Favale
49 mins; May 31, 2023
Alex Prichard, "Anarchism: a Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2022)
55 mins; May 31, 2023
Hilary Frances Aked, "Friends of Israel: The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity" (Verso, 2023)
82 hours 22 mins; May 30, 2023
Arthur Snell, "How Britain Broke the World: War, Greed and Blunders from Kosovo to Afghanistan (1997-2021)" (Canbury Press, 2022)
60 hours 37 mins; May 29, 2023
Learning for Liberation: The Life and Legacy of Paulo Freire
65 hours 30 mins; May 29, 2023
Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow, "Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice" (Atria Books, 2023)
34 mins; May 28, 2023
Evelyn Alsultany, "Broken: The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion" (NYU Press, 2022)
61 hours 9 mins; May 26, 2023
Scott Timcke, "The Political Economy of Fortune and Misfortune: Prospects for Prosperity in Our Times" (Bristol UP, 2023)
36 mins; May 25, 2023
The Hundred Year War for the American Right: A Conversation with Matthew Continetti
44 mins; May 25, 2023
Alyson K. Spurgas and Zoe Meleo Erwin, "Decolonize Self-Care" (OR Books, 2022)
48 mins; May 24, 2023
Larry Kudlow on Economic Freedom from Kennedy to Reagan to Trump
28 mins; May 24, 2023
After the Pill: A Conversation with Mary Eberstadt
48 mins; May 23, 2023
Money or Meaning? A Discussion on Choice and Restlessness with Ben and Jenna Storey
57 mins; May 23, 2023
Reclaiming a Lost Vision of Feminism: A Conversation with Erika Bachiochi
54 mins; May 23, 2023
Matthew Remski et al., "Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat" (PublicAffairs, 2023)
79 hours 7 mins; May 21, 2023
Julia Serano, "Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back" (Seal Press, 2022)
59 mins; May 20, 2023
Where Did Conservatism Go? A Conversation with Yoram Hazony
63 hours 48 mins; May 20, 2023
American Conservatism, Natural Law, and the Good Life: A Conversation with Robert P. George
66 hours 29 mins; May 19, 2023
Mark Paul, "The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America's Lost Promise of Economic Rights" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
53 mins; May 18, 2023
Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein, "The Incommunicados" (Center for Study of Responsive Law, 2023)
26 mins; May 18, 2023
Claire Provost and Matt Kennard, "Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
44 mins; May 17, 2023
COVID-19 and the Biosecurity Surveillance Regime: A Conversation with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
56 mins; May 16, 2023
Victoria Bateman, "Naked Feminism: Breaking the Cult of Female Modesty" (Polity Press, 2023)
66 hours 40 mins; May 16, 2023
Kody W. Cooper and Justin Buckley Dyer, "The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
80 hours 33 mins; May 16, 2023
Recovering the American Idea with Robert P. George, Ryan Anderson, Alexandra DeSanctis, and Antonin Scalia
75 hours 57 mins; May 12, 2023
Saturation: Race, Art, and the Circulation of Value
25 mins; May 12, 2023
Jacqueline Mondros and Joan Minieri, "Organizing for Power and Empowerment: The Fight for Democracy" (Columbia UP, 2023)
35 mins; May 11, 2023
The Primal Screams of Identity Politics: A Conversation with Mary Eberstadt
50 mins; May 11, 2023
The Politicization of Science: A Conversation with Dorian Abbot, Anna Krylov, David Romps, and Bernhardt Trout
62 hours 10 mins; May 10, 2023
Gregory Harms, "No Politics, No Religion?: How America's Code of Conduct Conceals Our Unity" (Political Animal Press, 2022)
63 hours 13 mins; May 09, 2023
Ewelina U. Ochab and David Alton, "State Responses to Crimes of Genocide: What Went Wrong and How to Change It" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
49 mins; May 08, 2023
Masterpiece Cakeshop and the Cost of My Faith: A Conversation with Jack Phillips and Jake Warner
29 mins; May 08, 2023
Sita Balani, "Deadly and Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race" (Verso, 2023)
48 mins; May 07, 2023
Eva Haifa Giraud, "What Comes After Entanglement?: Activism, Anthropocentrism, and an Ethics of Exclusion" (Duke UP, 2019)
38 mins; May 06, 2023
The Capitulation of MIT: A Conversation with Dorian Abbot
43 mins; May 06, 2023
Carceral Capitalism
24 mins; May 05, 2023
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" (PublicAffairs, 2023)
46 mins; May 05, 2023
Andrew Small, "No Limits: The Inside Story of China's War with the West" (Melville House, 2022)
27 mins; May 04, 2023
Cedric Johnson, "After Black Lives Matter: Policing and Anti-Capitalist Struggle" (Verso, 2023)
66 hours 0 mins; May 04, 2023
Philip Ewell, "On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone" (U Michigan Press, 2023)
59 mins; May 03, 2023
Free Speech 69: Campus Misinformation with Bradford Vivian
73 hours 45 mins; May 02, 2023
Susan Hartman, "City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town" (Beacon Press, 2022)
43 mins; May 02, 2023
The Unbroken Thread: A Conversation with Sohrab Ahmari
36 mins; May 02, 2023
Jo Littler, "Left Feminisms: Conversations on the Personal and Political" (Lawrence Wishart, 2023)
34 mins; May 01, 2023
Defending Academic Freedom: A Conversation with Keith Whittington
54 mins; May 01, 2023
Craig Leonard, "Uncommon Sense: Aesthetics after Marcuse" (MIT Press, 2022)
54 mins; April 29, 2023
Andrew Walker, "Social Conservatism for the Common Good: A Protestant Engagement with Robert P. George" (Crossway, 2023)
49 mins; April 28, 2023
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights: A Conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
62 hours 14 mins; April 28, 2023
Brett Christophers, "Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World" (Verso, 2023)
74 hours 56 mins; April 25, 2023
Why do we Still Need Statesmanship?
40 mins; April 24, 2023
Cynical Theories: A Conversation with James Lindsay
69 hours 43 mins; April 24, 2023
Boomers: A Conversation with Helen Andrews
54 mins; April 22, 2023
Unalienable Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy: A Conversation with Secretary Pompeo and Ambassador Glendon
19 mins; April 21, 2023
The Future of the Republican Party: A Conversation with Congressman Mike Gallagher '06
43 mins; April 19, 2023
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lincoln: A Conversation with John Cribb
46 mins; April 17, 2023
Modern Crises, Ancient Wisdom
53 mins; April 16, 2023
A Warning to the West: A Conversation with Sergiu Klainerman
62 hours 11 mins; April 15, 2023
The Recovery of Family Life: A Conversation with Scott Yenor
51 mins; April 14, 2023
Simon(e) van Saarloos, "Against Ageism: A Queer Manifesto" (Emily Carr UP, 2023)
80 hours 24 mins; April 13, 2023
Hearts of Men: How Should Progressives React to Masculinity Influencers like Andrew Tate?
90 hours 23 mins; April 12, 2023
Brian Kateman, "Meat Me Halfway" (Prometheus Books, 2022)
85 hours 51 mins; April 12, 2023
Todd McGowan, "Enjoyment Right & Left" (Sublation Media, 2022)
66 hours 13 mins; April 11, 2023
Live Not by Lies: A Conversation with Rod Dreher
58 mins; April 10, 2023
America at the Point of No Return? A Conversation with Michael Anton
50 mins; April 08, 2023
Helen Small, "The Function of Cynicism at the Present Time" (Oxford UP, 2020)
58 mins; April 07, 2023
Abortion and the Pro-Life Movement: A Conversation with Alexandra DeSanctis
33 mins; April 05, 2023
Lincoln and the American Founding: A Conversation with Lucas Morel
47 mins; April 05, 2023
Scott Branson, "Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life" (Pluto Press, 2022)
67 hours 39 mins; April 05, 2023
Rhea Myers, "Proof of Work: Blockchain Provocations 2011-2021" (MIT Press, 2023)
79 hours 16 mins; April 03, 2023
Land of Hope: A Conversation with Bill McClay
51 mins; March 31, 2023
The Good Enough Life
70 hours 10 mins; March 30, 2023
Leigh Goodmark, "Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism" (U California Press, 2023)
59 mins; March 22, 2023
Daniel L. Hatcher, "Injustice, Inc.: How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor" (U California Press, 2023)
63 hours 52 mins; March 21, 2023
Michael Walzer, "The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On 'Liberal' As an Adjective" (Yale UP, 2023)
52 mins; March 18, 2023
James W. Heisig, "In Praise of Civility" (Resource Publications, 2021)
46 mins; March 17, 2023
Bradford Vivian, "Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education" (Oxford UP, 2022)
57 mins; March 15, 2023
Toby Green and Thomas Fazi, "The Covid Consensus: The Global Assault on Democracy and the Poor—A Critique from the Left" (Hurst, 2023)
76 hours 23 mins; March 12, 2023
Jessa Lingel, "The Gentrification of the Internet: How to Reclaim Our Digital Freedom" (U California Press, 2023)
31 mins; March 12, 2023
Raina Lipsitz, "The Rise of a New Left: How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future of American Politics" (Verso, 2022)
38 mins; March 05, 2023
Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, "Decolonizing American Spanish: Eurocentrism and the Limits of Foreignness in the Imperial Ecosystem" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2022)
40 mins; March 04, 2023
Elle Hardy, "Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World" (Hurst, 2022)
47 mins; February 28, 2023
David H. Price, "The American Surveillance State: How the US Spies on Dissent" (Pluto Press, 2022)
54 mins; February 23, 2023
Nicholas Mirzoeff, "White Sight: Visual Politics and Practices of Whiteness" (MIT Press, 2023)
61 hours 46 mins; February 19, 2023
Victor Roy, "Capitalizing a Cure: How Finance Controls the Price and Value of Medicines" (U California Press, 2023)
54 mins; February 17, 2023
Philip Nel, "Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books" (Oxford UP, 2017)
49 mins; February 16, 2023
Matthew S. Henry, "Hydronarratives: Water, Environmental Justice, and a Just Transition" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)
55 mins; February 15, 2023
Chris Kaczor and Matthew Petrusek, "Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity" (Word on Fire Institute, 2021)
50 mins; February 14, 2023
Marvin N. Olasky and Leah Savas, "The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652-2022" (Crossway, 2023)
59 mins; February 11, 2023
Hannah Noel, "Deflective Whiteness: Coopting Black and Latinx Identity Politics" (Ohio State UP, 2022)
54 mins; February 10, 2023
Dianne M. Stewart, "Black Women, Black Love: America's War on African-American Marriage" (Seal Press, 2020)
65 hours 3 mins; February 08, 2023
Ben Burgis, "Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters" (Zero Books, 2022)
68 hours 40 mins; February 07, 2023
Erin in the Morning: A Interview with Erin Reed, LGBTQ+ Activist and Substacker
50 mins; February 06, 2023
Lesley Higgins and Marie-Christine Leps, "Heterotopic World Fiction: Thinking Beyond Biopolitics with Woolf, Foucault, Ondaatje" (Academic Studies Press, 2022)
40 mins; February 06, 2023
Reclaiming a Lost Vision of Feminism: A Conversation with Erika Bachiochi
55 mins; February 04, 2023
Where Did Conservatism Go? A Conversation with Yoram Hazony
64 hours 0 mins; February 03, 2023
Truth, Fiction, and Student Loan Forgiveness: A Conversation with Beth Akers
41 mins; February 02, 2023
Discordia Revisited: The Concordia Netanyahu Riot of 2002
77 hours 45 mins; February 01, 2023
Derrick Darby, "A Realistic Blacktopia: Why We Must Unite to Fight" (Oxford UP, 2022)
78 hours 1 min; February 01, 2023
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