Ep. 67 – How False Beliefs Spread
January 10, 2019
A look at where false beliefs and fake news come from, how they spread, and what you can do to protect yourself against them. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher |… READ MORE
Tag: politics
Ep. 46 – A Foreign Policy for the Left
February 8, 2018
What does a leftist foreign policy look like? Is it on the right track now or is it time for a change? We have Michael Walzer on to discuss. YaleUniversity… READ MORE
Ep. 44 – Why Liberalism Failed
January 25, 2018
Patrick Deneen, author of Why Liberalism Failed, discusses how the success of liberalism has led to its downfall. YaleUniversity · Why Liberalism Has Failed Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher | Soundcloud
The All-American History of Fake News
June 23, 2017
Richard D. Brown— After Time asked “Is Truth Dead?” the digital giants Google and Facebook stepped up efforts to help readers distinguish genuine news information from unsubstantiated assertions and fabrications. This is… READ MORE
Early American Honor Culture and the United States Congress
June 20, 2017
Joanne B. Freeman— On Saturday, July 18, 1795, an angry crowd stood gathered before Federal Hall in New York City, eager to protest the Jay Treaty, which eased ongoing tensions… READ MORE
Dorothy Day for the Twenty-First Century
May 11, 2017
Joseph Kip Kosek— Dorothy Day (1897–1980) was deeply shaped by the economic and political upheavals of the 1930s and 1940s. Early in her career, she worked as a journalist in… READ MORE
The Networks of U.S. Governance
March 30, 2017
Anne-Marie Slaughter— Since I write a great deal about networks, interviewers often ask me about Donald Trump’s network, pointing out that he “certainly seems to understand how to use a… READ MORE
“Earning to Give” Leads to Happiness
August 9, 2016
Peter Singer— In 2013 an article in the Washington Post featured Jason Trigg, an MIT computer science graduate working in finance and giving half of his salary to the Against… READ MORE
How Seasoned Earthenware Cooking Pots are Holding Back Women’s Education: Iranian Satire
August 2, 2016
Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda; Translated by Janet Afary; John R. Perry— I’ve often wondered how it is that, with all the emphasis by prophets and sages and the great men of the… READ MORE
How the Kennedys Succeeded in America’s Class Blindspot
July 26, 2016
Godfrey Hodgson— Kennedy was the first president not just of the age of national media but of the age of national corporate business and national popular culture, whose centers were… READ MORE
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