Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Problem With "Academic Inflation"
Season 32
According to English teacher Tim Donahue, academic inflation is as real as economic inflation. In the 1960s, around 15% of grades given at colleges …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Mayflower Compact and What "City on a Hill" Meant
Season 32
According to modern retellings, the American story is one long tale of violence and oppression, with founders who should be universally condemned as …
2 years, 5 months ago
Women Forced to Fight Men in Jiu-Jitsu
Season 32
Back in September, jiu-jitsu athlete Taelor Moore fought an opponent who was not only more than 60 pounds heavier than her, but was a male. She was…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Insanity of Denying Free Will
Season 32
In his book Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton observed that even insane explanations for the world can have a perverse consistency. A madman who thinks he'…
2 years, 5 months ago
Former Muslim and Atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali Claims to be Christian and the Growth of Homeschooling
Season 32
Human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim, announces she's now a former atheist and exploring Christianity. Also, the growth of homescho…
2 years, 5 months ago
What ADF Really Does
Season 32
Last month, National Public Radio joined the growing fearmongering and dogpiling aimed at the Alliance Defending Freedom. The Fresh Air interview wa…
2 years, 5 months ago
What Is Medicine For?
Season 32
In their 2021 book The Way of Medicine: Ethics and the Healing Profession, Duke University professor of medical humanities Farr Curlin and philosoph…
2 years, 5 months ago
Case Dismissed, Finnish Parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen Exonerated
Season 32
The lawsuit against a member of the Finnish Parliament accused of violating a law prohibiting "War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity," has been dis…
2 years, 5 months ago
Woman Sues American Academy of Pediatrics for Fraud and Malpractice
Season 32
Last month, 20-year-old Isabelle Ayala filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, accusing the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) of civil conspiracy, fra…
2 years, 5 months ago
Canada to Legalize Killing Drug Addicts
Season 32
In roughly five months, it will be legal in Canada for doctors to kill patients struggling with mental illness or drug addiction who choose the cou…
2 years, 5 months ago