Half Hour of Heterodoxy
Latest Episodes
80. Eric Kaufmann, Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities
Eric Kaufmann (@kpkaufm) is my guest today. He’s a professor of politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and he was one of the first people to join Heterodox Academy. We’ll be talking about his book Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration,
79. Jill DeTemple, A Structure for Difficult Classroom DIalogue
A technique called reflective structured dialogue enables dialogue on contentious moral and religious issues
78. Lawrence Glickman, Free Enterprise: An American History
The political evolution of the concept of free enterprise
77. James Poniewozik, Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America
Audience of One examines the history of television from the Reagan era to today, and illustrates how Donald Trump assiduously used television to create his persona
76. Deb Mashek, Heterodox Academy in 2020
Deb Mashek, my guest on this episode, is the executive director of Heterodox Academy. We talk about what Heterodox Academy does and Deb gives a preview of some 2020 events.
75. Carol Quillen, Leading a Liberal Arts College
Carol Quillen is my guest on this episode. She’s the president of Davidson College, my alma mater, and she is also a historian by training. She received her PhD in history from Princeton University. In 2018,
74, Phoebe Maltz Bovy, How Useful is Privilege Checking?
Bovy is the author of 'The Perils of "Privilege": Why Injustice Can’t be Solved by Accusing Others of Advantage'
73. Ilana Redstone, Heterodox Sociology
Ilana teaches a special topics course called Bigots and Snowflakes: Living in a World Where Everyone Else is Wrong
72. Tony McAleer, The Cure for Hate: A Former White Supremacist's Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion
Tony McAleer is my guest on this episode. He’s the author of the new book “The Cure for Hate: A Former White Supremacist’s Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion. He is the co-founder of Life After Hate,
71. Robert Talisse, Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in its Place
An argument that making politics less intense and less pervasive will improve society