The Optimistic Curmudgeon
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The Optimistic Curmudgeon is an interview podcast where Josh Herring interviews expert guests whose credentials and experience help listeners understand truth in a confusing world. We discuss issues under seven areas: economics, politics, education, philosophy, business, virtue, and leadership! May the best ideas win.
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Book Launch: The American Book of Fables, by Dr. Matthew Mehan
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May 19, 2026 |
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Eulogy for Charlie Kirk, Assessment Design, and Phonics: Dr. Tracy Gardner (10x9)
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May 11, 2026 |
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Creating Classroom Culture with Mandi Gerth (10x8)
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Stranger Things Series Finale, with Brad Birzer (10x7)
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Annie Crawford and Ashley Lande: Psychedelics and the Incarnation (10/6)
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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The Ciceronian Society - with Josh Bowman (10x5)
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Only a Conservative Military Wins: Chase Spears (10x4)
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Culture: Procreative or Decreative (10x3)
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Death, Sex, and Birth: Nathan Gwinn on Biology Education (10x2)
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Classical Education and Christian Banking: Frank Clement of America's Christian Credit Union (10x1)
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Logic, Classical Education, and Memoria Press - with Martin Cothran (9x10)
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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The Faerie Queene: A Conversation with Junius Johnson (9x9)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Remember Remember the 5th of November (Bonus)
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Read Plato's Republic: A Conversation with Dr. Thaddeus Kozinski (9x7)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Timothy Knotts: Reasoning Together Philosophy (9x6)
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Failures of Modern Feminism - with Larissa Phillips (9x3)
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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In the House of Tom Bombadil - with C.R. Wiley (9x2)
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Greta Gerwig, Narnia, and the Culture War: Joseph Holmes (9x1)
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Wrapping the Re-Enchanting Inklings - Season 8 Finale (8x13)
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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C.S. Lewis' Skepticism & The Silver Chair: A Conversation with Annie Crawford (8x12)
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Till We Have Faces: A Conversation with Fr. Andrew Lazo (8x11)
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May 30, 2025 |
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Medieval Cosmology, Enjoyment, and Feminine Identity: A Conversation with Christiana Hale (8x10)
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May 21, 2025 |
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Arthuriana in C.S. Lewis: A Conversation with Dr. Holly Ordway (8x9)
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May 12, 2025 |
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Owen Barfield, Language, and Meaning, with Dr. Landon Loftin (8x8)
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May 05, 2025 |
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Tolkien & Theology - with Austin Freeman (8x7)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Faith, Fantasy, and the Imagination, with Brent Weeks (8x6)
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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C.S. Lewis and Communication - with Dr. Steve Beebe (8x5)
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Marriage, Contraception, and Modernity: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Ward on C. S. Lewis and THS (8x4)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Lewis, Love, and Lear: A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Waters (8x3)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Life on the Silent Planet - with Rhys Laverty (8x2)
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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The Re-Enchanting Inklings, with Dr. Josh Herring (8x1)
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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The Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation - with James Orr (7x10 - season finale!)
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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God and Science - with Spencer Klavan (7x9)
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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Choosing to Have Children and Defying the Birth Dearth - with Catherine Pakaluk (7x8)
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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America's Nuclear Future - with Emmet Penney (7x7)
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Educational Entrepreneurship - With Bob Luddy (7x6)
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Money and the Deep State - Tyler O'Neil (7x5)
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Transhumanism, P**n, Loneliness, and Big Tech - With Emily Jashinsky (7x4)
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Forming the Moral Imagination - feat. Sean Hadley (7x3)
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Ministry in a Hostile World - Urie Brito of the CREC (7x2)
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Beauty and Aesthetics: Mike Young (7x1)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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SECCE - Kristen Rudd: Stop Leaving your Students in Hell, or Read the Whole Comedia!
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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SECCE - Marc Fusco: Shakespeare is Still the One
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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SECCE - Jim Ranieri: Re-Enchant the World by Reading Tolkien
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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SE Consortium: Jason Jewell - The Canon as an Antidote to Contemporary Rootlessness
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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SE Consortium: Sean Hadley - The Word for Heritage is Canon
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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SE Consortium: Robert Woods - Being a Loving Resistance Fighter During our Culture and Canon Wars
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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SE Consortium: Josh Herring - Books which Nourish the Soul
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Katherine Bradshaw: Learning to Play in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Eric Wearne - Developing New Models of Teacher Training (6x9)
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Winston Brady: The Inferno - Theological Novel and Hidden Puzzles (6x8)
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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John Wilsey: Religious Liberty and Conservatism in the Negative World (6x7)
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May 20, 2024 |
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Joe Rigney - Leadership, Anxiety, and Headship in a Therapeutic Age (6x6)
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May 13, 2024 |
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Andrew Zwerneman: On Teaching History (6x5)
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May 07, 2024 |
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Rob Thornett - Classical Education Renews Culture (6x4)
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Scott Yenor - California’s Woke Educational Agenda (6x3)
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Paul Krause - Gulliver's Travels, Misanthropy, and Satire (6x2)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Ferenc Horcher - Drinking and Fox Hunting with Sir Roger Scruton (6x1)
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Peter Forrest: Can AI Bring Happiness? (5x10 - Season Finale)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Katy Faust and Stacy Manning: Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City (5x9)
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Josh Herring: C.S. Lewis, Gender, and Gratitude (5x8)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Karen Elliott: The Rafiki Foundation and Classical Education in Africa (5x7)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Nathan Orlando: Aristotle’s Enduring Relevance (5x6)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Ben Crenshaw: Christian Nationalism as a Cure for Woke Ideology
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Clifford Humphrey: Mere Classical Education (5x4)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Keith Foskey: Humor in a Post-Christian Age (5x3)
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Daniel PItt on Roger Scruton, Russell Kirk, and Richard Weaver: Giants of Conservatism (5x2)
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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5x1 - DEI and Accreditation: Jenna Robinson of the Martin Center for Academic Excellence
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Top Down Education is Crumbling: Audio Newsletter 3
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory (Audio Newsletter 2)
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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4x12 - Bob Luddy: On The Shame of Our National Debt
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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4x11 - Abigail Favale: Genesis of Gender
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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4x10 - School Choice Panel Discussion
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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What is the Future of Classical Education? (Audio Newsletter 1)
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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4x9 - Spencer Klavan and How to Save the West
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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4x7 - Ivana Greco: Family Policy and the Single Income Home
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May 22, 2023 |
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4x5 - Phillip Johnson: Classical Education and Engineering
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May 08, 2023 |
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(4x6) - Rusty Reno: A Case for Nationalism
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Scott Yenor - “Grooming Future Revolutionaries” - (4x3)
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Christopher Ruocchio and The Abolition of Man (4x2)
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Alex Kaschuta and the Dissident Right (4x1)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Ethan Delves: Reflecting On Season 3 (3x11)
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Cornelis Schilt: On Science, Scientism, and Gender Ideology (3x10)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Katy Faust: On Them Before Us (3x9)
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Susanne Hartl: On Management, Leadership, & Virtue (4x1)
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Mark Bauerlein: On Classical Education (3x7)
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Ryan Ryckman: On Real Estate (3x6)
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Mike Young on Gadamer & Hermeneutics (3x5)
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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George Leef: On The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale (3x4)
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Matt Slaboch: On Progress (3x3)
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Jenna Robinson: On Higher Education & the University (3x2)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Scott Yenor: On feminism, modernity, and family life (3x1)
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Josh Herring: Optimistic Curmudgeon Past and Future! (2x10)
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Nathanael Blake: Parental Rights in Education, Groomers, Rainbow Identities, and the Failures of Radical Feminism
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May 25, 2022 |
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Allen Mendenhall: Richard Weaver, Southern Culture, and The South Today (2x8)
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May 02, 2022 |
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Bob Luddy: Inflation, Economic Reality, Business, Housing Market (2x7)
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Mike Munger: Incentives, Public Choice, Economics, and Virtue (2x6)
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Shane Trotter: Setting the Bar to Fix Public Education (2x5)
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Daniel Garner: Totalitarian Regimes, the West, and Hannah Arendt (2x4)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Carissa Mulder: Race Based Admissions Harms Students and the Academy (2x3)
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Nick Higgins -What is a Law, and do We Have to Obey it?
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Kevin D. Roberts - Hubris in the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan (2x1)
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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Josh Herring: What is The Optimistic Curmudgeon? (Season Finale - 1x12)
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Will Begley: Justice, Mercy, Sex, and Power in Shakespeare‘s Measure for Measure (1x11)
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Ben Voth: Debate Prevents Genocide(1x10)
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Donald J. Devine: The Administrative State is a Bureaucratic Failure (1x9)
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Paul Mueller: Modern Monetary Theory is Unreal Economics (1x8)
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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John Henry Crosby: You are Your Body: A Personalist Conversation (1x7)
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Bob Luddy and Emily Launer: Keys to Success in Business (1x6)
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Jason Jewell: Graduate Education, Russell Kirk, and Conservatism Today (1X5)
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Sam Gregg: Morality, Economics, Realism, and the Gold Standard - 1x3
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Bob Luebke: Discrepancies in the Data for Teachers' Salaries
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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Robert Pondiscio: Anti-Racism Harms Minority Students in Schools of Choice - 1x2
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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Richard Vedder: Colleges Abandon the Basics - 1x1
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Aug 08, 2021 |