Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLindsey Burke: "If I Could Wave a Magic Wand"
ACTA's chief of staff, Armand Alacbay, interviews Dr. Lindsey Burke, Ph.D., the director of the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundatio…
4 years, 1 month ago
Greg Jackson: "History That Doesn't Suck"
Higher Ed Now producer Doug Sprei teamed up with Jack Golden, an ACTA summer intern and rising senior at Hillsdale College, to explore one of the nat…
4 years, 1 month ago
Erec Smith: Anti-Racism and Free Black Thought
ACTA's Steven McGuire sits down in a far reaching conversation with Erec Smith, co-founder and co-editor of Free Black Thought, a small group of citi…
4 years, 2 months ago
Roosevelt Montas: How the Great Books Speak to Everyone
ACTA's Michael Poliakoff delves into life-changing aspects of liberal arts education and study of the great books in conversation with Roosevelt Mont…
4 years, 2 months ago
Colin Diver: Breaking Ranks With the College Ranking System
Author and educator Colin Diver joins ACTA's president, Michael Poliakoff, to deconstruct the conventional model of college rankings (exemplified by …
4 years, 2 months ago
Jacob Mchangama: "A global free speech recession"
Jacob Mchangama is human rights lawyer in Denmark. He is the founder and executive director of Justitia, a think tank which aims to promote the rule …
4 years, 3 months ago
John Chisholm: Exploring Holistic Diversity
ACTA's VP of Academic Affairs, Jonathan Pidluzny, interviews entrepreneur and business leader John Dana Chisholm about the concept of holistic divers…
4 years, 3 months ago
Deondra Rose: Galvanizing Political Education and Discourse for Democracy
Just an hour before they teamed up to launch a Braver Angels student debate on campus, ACTA's Doug Sprei interviewed Deondra Rose, Associate Professo…
4 years, 4 months ago
Mark Bauerlein: "The Dumbest Generation Grows Up"
Author and Emory University professor emeritus Mark Bauerlein sat down with ACTA's Michael Poliakoff to talk about his new book, "The Dumbest Generat…
4 years, 4 months ago
Dorian Abbot: Merit, Fairness, and Equality
Higher Ed Now delves into issues of merit, fairness and equality, academic freedom, and more with Dorian Abbot, associate professor in the department…
4 years, 5 months ago