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063: How the Media Downplays the Far-Right Threat (w/ Parker Molloy)
An important theme of this show is the role of rhetoric in politics. It's not just the arguments we make that matter, but when we choose to make them…
1 year, 2 months ago
062: The Ethics of Democratic Participation (w/ Andy Craig)
We're staring down the barrel of a presidential election, one that highlights deep questions about democracy and political participation. If our goal…
1 year, 3 months ago
061: The Democrats’ New Rhetoric of Freedom (w/ Joshua Eakle)
When Biden dropped out of the presidential race and Harris took over, we witnessed not just a change in candidate, but a change in rhetoric. Harris's…
1 year, 3 months ago
060: Liberalism versus Progressivism (w/ Samantha Hancox-Li)
This, as it says on the tin, is a show about liberalism. But teasing out what that term means can be challenging. Not just because it's philosophical…
1 year, 4 months ago
059: Pluralism and Liberalism (w/ Jacob T. Levy)
A liberal society is necessarily an open and diverse one. When people are free to move and free to choose, a country's population and culture will re…
1 year, 4 months ago
058: Liberalism as Emancipation (w/ Janet Bufton)
I'm joined today by Janet Bufton, Program Coordinator & Co-Founder at the Institute for Liberal Studies. I'm a little embarassed it's taken me this l…
1 year, 5 months ago
057: Remembering David Boaz: A Conversation with His Closest Colleagues
On June 7th, David Boaz died. He was the Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute, author of *The Libertarian Mind*, and the most important fig…
1 year, 5 months ago
056: We Need More Emotion in Politics (w/ Jason Canon)
Politics gets pretty emotional, and we typically view that as bad. The political scene would be better, we suppose, if more people could set aside th…
1 year, 6 months ago
055: The Ideology of Christian Nationalism (w/ Paul Matzko)
Among the various ideologies opposing liberalism that have seen new or renewed prominence in the last decade is Christian nationalism. It motivates q…
1 year, 7 months ago
054: Radicalism and Rhetoric (w/ Cory Massimino)
Today's conversation is a good one, but I struggle to come up with a straightforward summary for this intro. I brought back on my good friend, and fr…
1 year, 7 months ago