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The Political Theory Review

The Political Theory Review

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Jeffrey Church

118 episodesEN-US

Show overview

The Political Theory Review has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 118 episodes. That works out to roughly 140 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.

Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 4m and 1h 17m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Society & Culture show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 26 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Jeffrey Church.

Episodes
118
Running
2022–2026 · 4y
Median length
1h 10m
Cadence
Fortnightly

From the publisher

Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy.This podcast is not affiliated with the University of Wisconsin, and no opinions expressed on this podcast are that of the University of Wisconsin. Image: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), After a model by Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), in the public domain courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of ArtHost contact: Jeffrey Church, [email protected]

Latest Episodes

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Episode 219: Felipe Taufer - Marx's Anti-Practical Philosophy

Oct 5, 20261h 0m

Episode 218: Peter Verovsek - Juergen Habermas

Sep 23, 20261h 1m

Episode 217: Jeffrey Howard - Setting Fire to Reason

Sep 9, 20261h 10m

Episode 216: Kristina Lepold - Ambivalent Recognition

Sep 2, 202658 min

Episode 215: Jonathan Quong - Political Philosophy

Aug 21, 20261h 1m

Episode 214: Burke Hendrix - Contexts of Justice

Aug 7, 20261h 12m

Episode 213: Paul Stern - Dante's Political Philosophy

Jul 30, 202654 min

Episode 212: Mårten Björk and Tormod Johansen - The End of Law

Jul 15, 20261h 5m

Episode 211: Paul DeHart - The Social Contract in the Ruins

Jul 6, 20261h 12m

Episode 210: Jan-Werner Mueller - Street, Palace, Square

Jun 26, 20261h 2m

Episode 209: Mark Hoipkemier - The Price of the Common Good

Jun 16, 2026

Episode 208: Steven Lukes - The Diversity of Morals

Jun 8, 20261h 3m

Episode 207: Christian Miller - The Honesty Crisis

Jun 5, 202659 min

Episode 206: Ian Shapiro - After the Fall

May 19, 20261h 17m

Episode 205: Stephen Darwall - Modern Moral Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century

May 12, 202659 min

Episode 204: Natalia Alexander - Growing People: the Enduring Legacy of John Dewey

May 7, 202657 min

Episode 203: Allison Merrick - Nietzsche on the Methods and Aims of Philosophy

Apr 24, 202657 min

Episode 202: Tejas Parasher - Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought

Apr 23, 20261h 9m

Ep 201Episode 201: Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook - Justice Across Generations

A conversation with Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook about their recent book, "Justice Across Generations: Equality, Opportunity, and the Social Contract" (Palgrave Macmillan).

Mar 19, 20261h 12m

Ep 200Episode 200: Colin Bird, Jeffrey Church, and Nicholas Tampio - How to Teach Political Theory

A 200th episode special-- Colin Bird, Jeffrey Church, and Nicholas Tampio discuss how to teach the introduction to Political Theory course, with reference to their textbooks:Colin Bird, An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Cambridge UP)Jeffrey Church, Introduction to Political Theory (Sage/CQ Press)Nicholas Tampio, Teaching Political Theory (Edward Elgar Press)

Mar 5, 20261h 12m
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