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Ep 155Episode 155: Samuel Bagg - The Dispersion of Power

A conversation with Samuel Bagg about his recent book "The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy" (Oxford UP).

Jul 29, 20241h 20m

Ep 154Episode 154: Aaron Alexander Zubia - The Political Thought of David Hume

A conversation with Aaron Alexander Zubia about his recent book, "The Political Thought of David Hume: the Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination" (Notre Dame Press).

Jul 17, 20241h 12m

Ep 153Episode 153: Jeff Spinner-Halev - Respect and Loathing in American Democracy

A conversation with Jeff Spinner-Halev about his recent book, "Respect and Loathing in American Democracy: Polarization, Moralization, and the Undermining of Equality" (U of Chicago Press, co-authored with Elizabeth Theiss-Morse)

Jul 12, 20241h 3m

Ep 152Episode 152: Robert Pippin - The Culmination

A conversation with Robert Pippin about his recent book "The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy" (U Chicago Press).

Jun 20, 20241h 4m

Ep 151Episode 151: Gianna Englert - Democracy Tamed

A conversation with Gianna Englert about her recent book, "Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Suffrage" (Oxford UP).

Jun 14, 20241h 9m

Ep 150Episode 150: Frank Lovett - The Well-Ordered Republic

A conversation with Frank Lovett about his new book "The Well-Ordered Republic" (Oxford UP).

Jun 10, 20241h 19m

Ep 149Episode 149: Richard Bourke - Hegel's World Revolutions

A conversation with Richard Bourke about his recent book "Hegel's World Revolutions" (Princeton University Press).

May 24, 20241h 8m

Ep 148Episode 148: Richard Tuck - Active and Passive Citizens

A conversation with Richard Tuck about his recent book "Active and Passive Citizens: A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy" (Princeton UP).

May 16, 20241h 1m

Ep 147Episode 147: Laura Valentini - Morality and Socially Constructed Norms

A conversation with Laura Valentini about her recent book, "Morality and Socially Constructed Norms" (Oxford UP).

May 10, 20241h 20m

Ep 146Episode 146: Alan S. Kahan - Freedom from Fear

A conversation with Alan S. Kahan about his recent book, "Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism" (Princeton UP).

Apr 17, 20241h 16m

Ep 145Episode 145: Jason Blakely - Lost in Ideology

A conversation with Jason Blakely about his recent book "Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life" (Agenda Publishing).

Apr 2, 20241h 18m

Ep 144Episode 144: Ines Valdez - Democracy and Empire

A conversation with Ines Valdez about her recent book Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (Cambridge UP).

Mar 23, 20241h 6m

Ep 143Episode 143: Justin Dyer - The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics

A conversation with Justin Dyer about his recent book, "The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding," from Cambridge University Press.

Mar 6, 20241h 4m

Ep 142Episode 142: Lisa Herzog - Citizen Knowledge

A conversation with Lisa Herzog about her recent book "Citizen Knowledge: Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy" (Oxford UP).

Feb 21, 20241h 14m

Ep 141Episode 141: Kristi Sweet - Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment

A conversation with Kristi Sweet on her recent book "Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment: the Territory of the Third Critique" (Cambridge UP).

Jan 29, 20241h 3m

Ep 140Episode 140: Kevin Elliott - Democracy for Busy People

A conversation with Kevin J. Elliott about his recent book, "Democracy for Busy People" (U of Chicago Press).

Jan 10, 20241h 21m

Ep 139Episode 139: Christopher Yeomans - The Politics of German Idealism

A conversation with Christopher Yeomans about his recent book, "The Politics of German Idealism" (Oxford UP)

Dec 20, 20231h 15m

Ep 138Episode 138: Melvin Rogers - The Darkened Light of Faith

A conversation with Melvin Rogers about his recent book "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African-American Political Thought" (Princeton UP).

Nov 29, 20231h 16m

Ep 137Episode 137: Constantine Vassiliou - Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment

A conversation with Constantine Vassiliou about his recent book "Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Smith, Hume, and Ferguson" (Edinburgh University Press).

Nov 17, 20231h 13m

Ep 136Episode 136: Stefan Eich - The Currency of Politics

A conversation with Stefan Eich about his recent book The Currency of Politics: the Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes (Princeton UP).

Nov 7, 20231h 17m

Ep 135Episode 135: Kevin Vallier - All the Kingdoms of the World

A conversation with Kevin Vallier, All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism (Oxford UP).

Oct 25, 20231h 12m

Ep 134Episode 134: John Scott - Rousseau's God

A conversation with John Scott about his recent book, "Rousseau's God: Theology, Religion, and the Natural Goodness of Man" (U of Chicago Press).

Oct 4, 20231h 14m

Ep 133Episode 133: Yascha Mounk - The Identity Trap

A conversation with Yascha Mounk about his new book, "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time" (Penguin Random House).

Sep 24, 20231h 19m

Ep 132Episode 132: Haig Patapan - A Dangerous Passion

A conversation with Haig Patapan about his recent book, A Dangerous Passion: Leadership and the Question of Honor (SUNY Press).

Sep 13, 20231h 4m

Ep 131Episode 131: Philip Pettit - The State

A conversation with Philip Pettit about his new book "The State" (Princeton UP).

Aug 29, 20231h 10m

Ep 130Episode 130: Melissa Lane - Of Rule and Office

A conversation with Melissa Lane about her new book "Of Rule and Office: Plato's Ideas of the Political" (Princeton UP).

Aug 22, 20231h 6m

Ep 129Episode 129: Donovan Miyasaki - Nietzsche's Immoralism and Politics after Morality

A conversation with Donovan Miyasaki about his recent two-volume project, Nietzsche's Immoralism: Politics as First Philosophy (Palgrave) and Politics after Morality: Toward a Nietzschean Left (Palgrave).

Aug 16, 20231h 30m

Ep 128Episode 128: David James - Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy

A conversation with David James about his recent book "Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy" (Cambridge UP).

Aug 1, 20231h 24m

Ep 127Episode 127: Ewa Atanassow - Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours

A conversation with Ewa Atanassow about her recent book, "Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours: Sovereignty, Nationalism, Globalization" (Princeton UP).

Jul 20, 20231h 18m

Ep 126Episode 126: Thomas Pangle - The Life of Wisdom in Rousseau's Reveries

A conversation with Thomas Pangle about his recent book "The Life of Wisdom in Rousseau's Reveries of the Solitary Walker" (Cornell UP).

Jun 27, 20231h 4m

Ep 125Episode 125: Laurence Cooper - Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom

A conversation with Laurence Cooper about his recent book, "Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom: Rousseau's Philosophic Life" (U of Chicago Press).

Jun 26, 20231h 17m

Ep 124Episode 124: Jeanne Morefield - Unsettling the World

A conversation with Jeanne Morefield about her recent book, "Unsettling the World: Edward Said and Political Theory" (Rowman & Littlefield).

Jun 9, 20231h 18m

Ep 123Episode 123: Mathias Thaler - No Other Planet

A conversation with Mathias Thaler about his recent book "No Other Planet: Utopian Visions for a Climate-Changed World" (Cambridge UP).

May 16, 20231h 20m

Ep 122Episode 122: Eric MacGilvray - Liberal Freedom

A conversation with Eric MacGilvray about his recent book "Liberal Freedom: Pluralism, Polarization, and Politics" (Cambridge UP).

Apr 26, 20231h 14m

Ep 121Episode 121: Richard Velkley - Sarastro's Cave

A conversation with Richard Velkley about his recent book, Sarastro's Cave: Letters from the Recent Past (Mercer UP).

Apr 5, 20231h 14m

Ep 120Episode 120: Frederick Neuhouser - Diagnosing Social Pathology

A conversation with Frederick Neuhouser about his recent book "Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim" (Cambridge University Press).

Mar 31, 20231h 19m

Ep 119Episode 119: Rebecca Kingston - Plutarch's Prism

A conversation with Rebecca Kingston about her recent book "Plutarch's Prism: Classical Reception and Public Humanism in France and England, 1500-1800" (Cambridge UP).

Mar 10, 20231h 17m

Ep 118Episode 118: Michael Walzer - A Struggle for a Decent Politics

A conversation with Michael Walzer about his recent book, "A Struggle for a Decent Politics: On 'Liberal' as an Adjective" (Yale University Press).

Mar 7, 20231h 4m

Ep 117Episode 117: Nicholas Tampio - Teaching Political Theory

A conversation with Nicholas Tampio about his recent book Teaching Political Theory: A Pluralistic Approach (Edward Elgar).

Feb 10, 20231h 20m

Ep 116Episode 116: Charles Zug - Demagogues in American Politics

A conversation with Charles Zug about his recent book "Demagogues in American Politics" (Oxford UP).

Jan 24, 20231h 19m

Ep 115Episode 115: Susan Shell - The Politics of Beauty

A conversation with Susan Shell about her recent book "The Politics of Beauty: A Study of Kant's Critique of Taste" (Cambridge UP).

Jan 10, 20231h 5m

Ep 114Episode 114: Michael Zuckert - A Nation So Conceived

A conversation with Michael Zuckert about his recent book, "A Nation So Conceived: Abraham Lincoln and the Paradox of Democratic Sovereignty" (Kansas UP).

Jan 3, 20231 min

Ep 113Episode 113: Christopher Beem - The Seven Democratic Virtues

A conversation with Christopher Beem about his recent book, The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy (Penn State University Press).

Dec 20, 20221h 12m

Ep 112Episode 112: Jeffrey Church - Kant, Liberalism, and the Meaning of Life

A conversation with Jeffrey Church about his recent book, "Kant, Liberalism, and the Meaning of Life" (Oxford UP).

Dec 2, 20221h 8m

Ep 111Episode 111: Ben Jones - Apocalypse without God

A conversation with Ben Jones about his recent book, "Apocalypse without God: Apocalyptic Thought, Ideal Politics, and the Limits of Utopian Hope" (Cambridge UP).

Nov 30, 20221h 20m

Ep 110Episode 110: Emma Saunders-Hastings, "Private Virtues, Public Vices"

A conversation with Emma Saunders-Hastings about her recent book, "Private Virtues, Public Vices: Philanthropy and Democratic Equality" (U of Chicago Press).

Nov 10, 20221h 9m

Ep 109Episode 109: Lee Ward - Recovering Classical Liberal Political Economy

A conversation with Lee Ward about his recent book, "Recovering Classical Liberal Political Economy: Natural Rights and the Harmony of Interests" (Edinburgh UP).

Oct 6, 20221h 25m

Ep 108Episode 108: Mary Keys - Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine's City of God

A conversation with Mary Keys about her recent book "Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine's City of God" (Cambridge UP)

Sep 14, 20221h 26m

Ep 107Episode 107: Guido Parietti - On the Concept of Power

A conversation with Guido Parietti about his recent book "On the Concept of Power: Possibility, Necessity, Politics" (Oxford University Press).

Aug 18, 20221h 17m

Ep 106Episode 106: Rob Goodman - Words on Fire

A conversation with Rob Goodman about his recent book Words on Fire: On Eloquence and Its Conditions (Cambridge University Press).

Jul 29, 20221h 20m