Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNadine Strossen: Free Speech in the Crosshairs
Nadine Strossen is one of the nation's leading champions of free expression, a renowned author and educator, and a long-time close friend of ACTA. Fr…
4 years, 5 months ago
Paul Carrese: Shaping Students into Citizens and Leaders
ACTA's Doug Sprei interviews Paul Carrese, Founding Director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. …
4 years, 6 months ago
Gordon Wood: 1776: Out of Many, One
For six decades, Dr. Gordon S. Wood's scholarship has advanced the understanding of the formative years of our nation. His work on the American Revo…
4 years, 7 months ago
Ed Yingling - Pioneering the Alumni Free Speech Alliance
ACTA's president Michael Poliakoff has a bracing conversation with Ed Yingling, a co-founder of the Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA)—a new consorti…
4 years, 10 months ago
Robert McCrum: Shakespeare Ever Present
ACTA's president Michael Poliakoff joins author and editor Robert McCrum to explore his latest book, Shakespearean, an inspiring portrait of one of t…
4 years, 11 months ago
George Harne: Liberal Education and "The Symphony of Knowing"
ACTA's Jonathan Pidluzny and Nathaniel Urban interview George Harne, Executive Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thoma…
5 years ago
Jonathan Rauch: Unpacking "The Constitution of Knowledge"
The acclaimed author, journalist, and activist Jonathan Rauch sat down with ACTA's Doug Sprei to explore the social and political vectors that led hi…
5 years, 1 month ago
Abraham Unger: A Conservatory Model for Liberal Arts
Professor Abraham Unger has a unique vision for liberal arts education. Long before before spending a decade as Director of Urban Programs at Wagner …
5 years, 2 months ago
John Altman: Keys to a Consequential Governing Board
ACTA's Armand Alacbay sits down with John W. Altman -- distinguished entrepreneur, business leader, educator, and veteran trustee at several colleges…
5 years, 3 months ago
Pano Kanelos: "Liberal Education Is Conversation"
Pano Kanelos, the noted educator, Shakesperean scholar, and champion of campus discourse, goes one on one with with ACTA's Michael Poliakoff to refl…
5 years, 4 months ago