Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEmily Rounds: A Primer on Accreditation Reform
ACTA Senior Research Fellow Kyle Beltramini welcomes back Emily Rounds, Senior Higher Education Policy Advisor at Third Way, to dissect the possibili…
12 hours ago
Ryan Bangert: The Arc of Religious Liberty in American History
ACTA President Michael Poliakoff welcomes Ryan Bangert, Senior Vice President at the Alliance Defending Freedom and Visiting Instructor in Law at the…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Stephen Trachtenberg: A University President's Guide to Rebuilding the American Story
ACTA President Michael Poliakoff welcomes Dr. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president emeritus of George Washington University and member of ACTA's Nati…
1 month ago
H.R. McMaster & John Hillen: Teaching Military History Reveals America's Complexity and Character
On this episode of Higher Ed Now Civics Edition, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff moderates a bracing and illuminating conversation with Lt. General …
1 month, 1 week ago
Vincent Phillip Muñoz: Faith and Free Speech
On this episode of Higher Ed Now Civics Edition, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff speaks with Vincent Phillip Muñoz, the Tocqueville Professor of Pol…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Michael Auslin: The Making of a National Treasure
On this episode of Higher Ed Now Civics Edition, ACTA President Michael Poliakoff speaks with Michael Auslin, the Payson J. Treat Distinguished Resea…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Aimee Guidera: Higher Education and the Nation's Founding Aspirations
In April 2026, Dr. Bryan Paul, Curricular Fellow for ACTA's College Debates and Discourse Alliance, joined Aimee Guidera, former Secretary of Educati…
2 months, 1 week ago
Mike Balow: Resisting MSU's Crackdown on Dissent
ACTA's Nick Down interviews Michigan State University (MSU) Board of Trustees member Mike Balow. The aftermath of an emergency meeting to revise MSU…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Max Schanzenbach: An Insider's Guide to Divestment
ACTA's chief of staff and SVP, Armand Alacbay, interviews Max Schanzenbach, the Seigle Family Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of L…
3 months ago
Mark T. Mitchell: How Patrick Henry College Sets the National Standard
ACTA's Academic Affairs Fellow Veronica Bryant is joined by Dr. Mark T. Mitchell, Dean of Academic Affairs at Patrick Henry College as well as the au…
3 months, 1 week ago