Heterodox Out Loud

By Heterodox Academy

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Heterodox Out Loud, hosted by HxA president, John Tomasi, is an ongoing podcast featuring conversations with people across the academy and beyond. Listen to insightful, thought-provoking episodes from the HxA community by adding our podcast to your lineup.

Episode Date
An Update from Heterodox Out Loud
Jul 21, 2026
The Skill That Built America Has Vanished From Universities with Danielle Allen | Ep 47
Jun 30, 2026
Cass Sunstein on What's Actually Wrong With the University | Ep 46
Jun 09, 2026
The Field That Studies Groupthink Is Captured by It | Ep 45
Apr 21, 2026
Universities Have a Trust Problem. This President Is Trying to Fix It | Ep 44
Mar 31, 2026
Can a Public University Stay Politically Neutral? with Ed Seidel | Ep 43
Feb 24, 2026
The University in the Age of AI: Rebuilding Trust, Truth, and Teaching with Kavita Bala | Ep 42
Jan 27, 2026
Can Universities Change Without Government Intervention? With Mary Kate Cary | Ep 41
Dec 16, 2025
Embracing Disagreement and Diversity at the University of Denver with Jeremy Haefner | Ep 40
Nov 18, 2025
Rebuilding Trust in Higher Ed with Chancellor Andrew Martin | Ep 39
Oct 07, 2025
Faith, Fear, and the Future of Democracy with Jonathan Rauch | Ep 38
Jun 17, 2025
How Can We Fix Our Universities Without Burning Them Down? With Michael Roth | Ep 37
Jun 03, 2025
Can This AI Tool Save Campus Dialogue? With Simon Cullen | Ep 36
May 20, 2025
Is Sociology Broken? Jukka Savolainen on Ideology and Reform | Ep 35
May 06, 2025
How Universities Lost the Public—and How to Win Them Back with Jenna & Ben Storey | Ep 34
Apr 22, 2025
Trump vs. Academia: Inside the Battle Over Campus Speech with Joe Cohn | Ep 33
Apr 08, 2025
Confronting Anti-Semitism in Higher Education with Cary Nelson | Ep 32
Mar 18, 2025
How Trump’s Policy Shift is Reshaping Scientific Research with Ivan Oransky | Ep 31
Mar 04, 2025
Navigating Polarization in Mental Health Care with Andrew Hartz | Ep 30
Feb 18, 2025
The Power of Radical Curiosity: Can Conversation Reduce Hate with Shira Hoffer | Ep 29
Feb 04, 2025
How Critical Legal Studies Transformed Law Schools with Rebecca Roiphe | Ep 28
Jan 21, 2025
The Battle for Impartial Science with Anna Krylov | Ep 27
Jan 07, 2025
Heterodoxy in High Schools: Lessons from Deerfield Academy with John Austin | Ep 26
Dec 10, 2024
The Golden Era of Jewish-Muslim Dialogue: What Can We Learn Today? with Elisha Russ-Fishbane | Ep 25
Nov 26, 2024
From Wokeness to Pluralism: A New Vision for Universities with Eboo Patel | Ep 24
Nov 12, 2024
The Classroom Legislative Battle with Keith Whittington | Ep 23
Oct 22, 2024
We Have Never Been Woke with Musa al-Gharbi | Ep 22
Oct 08, 2024
Against Free Speech with Anthony Leaker | Ep 21
Sep 19, 2024
The Role of Universities in the Age of Campus Activism with Amna Khalid | Ep 20
Sep 05, 2024
Trans Rights and Gender Identity with Kathleen Stock | Ep. 19
Jun 27, 2024
Sex, Anthropology, and Cancellation with Elizabeth Weiss | Ep. 18
Jun 13, 2024
I Changed My Mind on Campus Free Speech with Jilian Lederman | Ep. 17
May 30, 2024
Campus Protests and the Divestment Movement with Tyler Austin Harper | Ep. 16
May 16, 2024
The Anxious Generation Goes to College with Jonathan Haidt | Ep. 15
May 09, 2024
Rethinking DEI in Higher Education with Azim Shariff | Ep. 14
Apr 24, 2024
Unveiling the Ivy League Billion-Dollar Taxpayer Tab with Adam Andrzejewski | Ep. 13
Apr 10, 2024
What Happens When Students Take Over the Class with Mark Carnes | Ep. 12
Mar 27, 2024
The Diploma Divide: How Education Shapes Our Political Landscape with Diana Mutz | Ep. 11
Mar 13, 2024
How to Restore Trust in Science? With Dr. Sandro Galea | Ep. 10
Feb 28, 2024
Should Universities Adopt Institutional Neutrality? With Jamie Kalven | EP. 09
Feb 14, 2024
What’s Wrong with Our Universities? With Steven Pinker | Ep. 08
Jan 31, 2024
My Academic Freedom Journey from Post-Soviet Russia to Canada with Alexandra Lysova | Ep. 07
Jan 17, 2024
Ideological Imbalances with Musa Al-Gharbi | Ep. 06
Jan 03, 2024
How Cancel Culture Works with Greg Lukianoff | Ep. 05
Dec 13, 2023
Why Biological Sex is Real with Carole Hooven | Ep. 04
Nov 29, 2023
Building a University with Pano Kanelos | Ep. 03
Nov 15, 2023
Free Speech on College Campuses with Eric Kaufmann | Ep. 02
Nov 02, 2023
The Trap of Identity Politics in Higher Education with Yascha Mounk | Ep. 01
Oct 18, 2023
Welcome to an All New Season of Heterodox Out Loud!
Oct 18, 2023
Final Episode: Welcome to Heterodox Academy, Jonathan Haidt
Jul 30, 2022
Ep. 43: Stop Disparaging Working Class Students, Jonathan Zimmerman
Jul 21, 2022
Ep. 42: How to Have Conversations That Work, John McWhorter and Glenn Loury
Jul 07, 2022
Ep. 41: Is Woke Media Destroying Democracy? with Batya Ungar-Sargon
Jun 30, 2022
Ep. 40: Free Speech: A History From Socrates to Social Media, Jacob Mchangama
Jun 16, 2022
Ep. 39: A Defense of Faith Statements, Shirley Mullen
Jun 02, 2022
Ep. 38: An HxA Conference Preview: The Trust Crisis In Higher Education, Erec Smith and Kyle Vitale
May 21, 2022
Ep. 37: The Life and Philosophy of HxA President, John Tomasi
May 05, 2022
Ep. 36: The Case for Courageous Truth-Seeking, Robert George
Apr 21, 2022
Ep. 35: Diversity Is Not Enough: Why Collective Intelligence Requires Both Diversity and Disagreement, Ravi Kudesia
Apr 07, 2022
Ep. 34: Part 1: Political Diversity Will Improve Social Psychological Science, Lee Jussim and Jonathan Haidt (Blog Audio-Only)
Mar 25, 2022
Ep. 34: Part 2: Political Diversity Will Improve Social Psychological Science, Lee Jussim (Interview-Only)
Mar 24, 2022
Episode 33: Suppressing Curiosity: How GPAs, Forced Memorization, and Mandatory Exams May Undermine Open Inquiry, Dylan Selterman
Mar 10, 2022
Episode 32: Political Disparities in the Academy: It's More Than Self-Selection, John Wright
Feb 24, 2022
Episode 31: DEI Statements: Compassion Filter or Ideological Test? with Alex Small
Feb 10, 2022
Episode 30: Intersectionality Is a Political Football—Here’s Why it Doesn’t Have to Be, Chris Martin
Jan 27, 2022
Episode 29: Curiosity U, John Tomasi
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 28: University Professors After the U.S. Capitol Riot: Good Intentions and Disastrous Ends, Martha McCaughey and Scott Welsh
Jan 04, 2022
Episode 27: A Heterodox Holiday Special with Jonathan Haidt, Erec Smith, David Diener, & Angel Parham
Dec 23, 2021
Episode 26: Asymmetries in the Culture War, Christian Alejandro Gonzalez
Dec 02, 2021
Episode 25: How Critics of Intersectionality (Often) Miss The Point, Ian Storey
Nov 18, 2021
Episode 24: Restoring Civil Discourse in Higher Education, Pano Kanelos
Nov 09, 2021
Episode 23: What the ‘Free Speech’ Debate is Still Missing, Ilana Redstone
Oct 14, 2021
Episode 22: Why Bad Things Happen: Covid and Health Inequality, Michael Jindra
Sep 30, 2021
Episode 21: On The Constitution of Knowledge, Jonathan Rauch
Sep 16, 2021
Episode 20: Mill Still Matters Today: Free Speech in the 21st Century, Richard Reeves
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 19: Why K-12 Needs Viewpoint Diversity Now, Will Reusch
Aug 19, 2021
Episode 18: Constructing Campus Craziness, Donald Moynihan
Aug 05, 2021
Episode 17: Critical Theory vs. Common Humanity? The Case for a Liberal Approach to Social Studies Education, Samantha Hedges & Sam Merrick
Jul 22, 2021
Episode 16: Religion: A Viewpoint Diversity Blindspot, Seth Kaplan
Jul 15, 2021
Episode 15: True Diversity Requires Generosity of Spirit, Jonathan Haidt
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 14:White Fragility Is Not The Answer. Honest Diversity Is, Irshad Manji
Jun 17, 2021
Episode 13: ‘Diversity Training’ Doesn’t Work. This Might, Musa al-Gharbi
Jun 02, 2021
Episode 12: Could Feminism (Again) Provide an Argument for More Conservatives?, Alice Dreger
May 20, 2021
Episode 11: Three Strategies for Navigating Moral Disagreements, Musa al-Gharbi
May 13, 2021
Episode 10: Politics, Evolution, and Gender: A Heterodox Firestorm and Lessons Learned, Glenn Geher
Apr 29, 2021
Episode 9: A Rhetoric of Common Values, Erec Smith
Apr 22, 2021
Episode 8: "Splitting" and Identity Politics, Andrew Hartz
Apr 15, 2021
Episode 7: Why Ibram Kendi’s Antiracism is So Flawed, Jeffrey Aaron Snyder
Apr 08, 2021
Episode 6: On the Authority of Experience in Black Thought, Randall Kennedy
Mar 25, 2021
Episode 5: Why We Should Care About Ideological Diversity in The Academy, Musa al-Gharbi
Mar 11, 2021
Episode 4: What are the Limits of Viewpoint Diversity? Nick Phillips
Mar 04, 2021
Episode 3: Monopolized By None: The Crisis of Academic Freedom Has No Party, Madeleine Kearns (part 1) & Ian Storey (part 2)
Feb 18, 2021
Episode 2: The Truth is Not Enough, Oliver Traldi
Feb 04, 2021
Episode 1: Why Universities Must Choose One Telos: Truth or Social Justice, Jonathan Haidt
Jan 26, 2021