Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchVanessa A. Bee, "Home Bound: An Uprooted Daughter's Reflections on Belonging" (Astra, 2022)
Episode 73
Vanessa A. Bee is a consumer protection lawyer with a freelancing habit. Primarily interested in inequality, corporate power, the American Left, and …
3 years, 2 months ago
Comedies of 'Fair Use': Lewis Hyde on Owning Art and Ideas
Episode 53
In April 2006, The Institute held a two day symposium about copyright and intellectual property, titled Comedies of Fair Use. In this session, Lewis …
3 years, 2 months ago
Martha C. Nussbaum, "Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility" (Simon & Schuster, 2022)
Episode 45
A revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum.
Animals are in trou…
3 years, 2 months ago
Ethical AI
Episode 106
In this episode of High Theory, Alex Hanna talks with Nathan Kim about Ethical AI. Their conversation is part of our High Theory in STEM series, whic…
3 years, 2 months ago
Tommie Shelby, "The Idea of Prison Abolition" (Princeton UP, 2022)
Episode 303
By any reasonable metric, prisons as they exist in the United States and in many other countries are normatively unacceptable. What is the proper mor…
3 years, 2 months ago
Roger D. Blackwell and Roger A. Bailey, "Objective Prosperity: How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Outcomes for You, Your Business, and Your Nation (Rothstein Publishing, 2022)
Episode 123
Today I talked to Roger Blackwell about his new book Objective Prosperity: How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Outcomes for You, Your Business, and …
3 years, 2 months ago
Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi, "Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present" (Oxford UP, 2022)
Episode 115
What does it mean to be a meritocracy? Ask an ordinary person, and they would likely say it means promoting the best and brightest in today’s society…
3 years, 2 months ago
Jefferson Cowie, "Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power" (Basic Books, 2022)
Episode 168
"History recalls Wallace’s inaugural address as a set piece in the larger drama of defending Southern segregation, which it was. But the speech was a…
3 years, 2 months ago
"Medical Assistance in Dying" (MAID) in Canada
Episode 48
Is medical assistance in dying, or MAID letting the government off the hook from providing what they should be providing? Should we respect people's …
3 years, 2 months ago
Sayan Dey, "Green Academia: Towards Eco-Friendly Education Systems" (Routledge, 2022)
Episode 266
This book studies the importance of adopting Sayan Dey's book Green Academia: Towards Eco-Friendly Education Systems (Routledge, 2022) as a systemic …
3 years, 2 months ago