Half Hour of Heterodoxy

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79. Jill DeTemple, A Structure for Difficult Classroom DIalogue Feb 04, 2020

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Jill DeTemple is my guest today. She’s an associate professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University. She uses a technique called reflective structured dialogue to enable students to express their perspectives on contentious moral and religious issues.

78. Lawrence Glickman, Free Enterprise: An American History Jan 21, 2020

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Lawrence B. Glickman is my guest on this episode. He’s the Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor in American Studies at Cornell University. We’ll be talking about his latest book, “Free Enterprise: An American History.” It covers what American politicians and the public mean when they talk about free enterprise, how that meaning has changed from the 19th century to the present, and whether the term “free enterprise” has a precise meaning. Nelson Lichtenstein, another historian of ideas, wrote this about Glickman’s new book, “In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history, Lawrence Glickman proves a sure guide to the economically vague yet politically talismanic meaning of the phrase ‘free enterprise.’ He demonstrates that the most enduring features of American business conservatism have long expressed themselves through this maddingly mythic construction.” Lawrence Glickman has also published historical books about the living wage and consumer activism. He teaches a popular course called “Sports and Politics and American History” at Cornell University. Here is a transcript of this episode. Related Links: * A Living Wage: American Workers and the Making of Consumer Society by Law* Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America by Lawrence B. Glickman* Just a Lot of Woids: A book review of "Free Enterprise" by Eric Rauchway, Reviews in American History

77. James Poniewozik, Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America Jan 02, 2020

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James Poniewozik is my guest today. He’s the chief television critic for the New York Times. We’ll be talking about his new book “Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America,” which was listed as one of the 10 best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, one of the 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 by The Washington Post, and a notable book of the year by the New York Times Book Review. One critic called it “two books in one” because half the book examines the history of television from the Reagan era to today, and the other half illustrates how Donald Trump assiduously used television to create his persona. As Poniewozik puts it, Trump is “a character that wrote itself, a brand mascot that jumped of the cereal box and entered the world, a simulacrum that replaced the thing it represented.” Audience of One combines both humor and serious analysis to explain how new forms of television programming–reality TV in particular–have changed the world we live in. A transcript will be released soon. Related Links: * James Poniewozik's Columns at The New York Times* James Poniewozik on Twitter* Carlos Lozada's Review of "Audience of One," Washington Post* The Bulwark podcast: Episode with James Poniewozik, hosted by Charlie Sykes* An Evening with James Poniewozik, Sacramento Press Club and California State Library* An Evening with James Poniewozik, Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA. * Baby Yoda is Your God Now by James Poniewozik* Review: 'Watchmen' is an audacious Rorschach test by James Poniewozik If you enjoyed listening to the show, please leave us a review on iTunes: * Go to the show’s iTunes page and click “View in iTunes”* Click “Ratings and Reviews” which is to the right of “Details”* Next to “Click to Rate” select the stars. See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>

76. Deb Mashek, Heterodox Academy in 2020 Dec 18, 2019

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Deb Mashek, my guest on this episode, is the executive director of Heterodox Academy. We talk about what Heterodox Academy does and Deb gives a preview of some 2020 events. Here is a transcript of this episode. Related Links: * The Staff of Heterodox Academy* The Advisory Council of Heterodox Academy* HxCommunities* Donate to HxA* Glenn Loury on Half Hour of Heterodoxy* Alice Dreger on Half Hour of Heterodoxy* Rick Shweder on Half Hour of Heterodoxy If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes: * Go to the show’s iTunes page and click “View in iTunes”* Click “Ratings and Reviews” which is to the right of “Details”* Next to “Click to Rate” select the stars. See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>

75. Carol Quillen, Leading a Liberal Arts College Dec 12, 2019

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Carol Quillen is my guest on this episode. She’s the president of Davidson College, my alma mater, and she is also a historian by training. She received her PhD in history from Princeton University. In 2018, Princeton awarded her the James Madison Medal, given in recognition of a distinguished career. She has published essays and talked about the usefulness of debate and free expression in academia, and has also commented on the limits of free expression. Related Links: * Carol Quillen on Twitter* Carol Quillen Biography * Fostering Democratic Values on Campus, a panel discussion with Carol Quillen, Ron Daniels, Wayne Frederick, and John Donvan* Reframing the Free Speech versus Inclusivity Debate by Carol Quillen, The Davidsonian* Time for a Detox: How the Sugar High of Certainty Impairs Speaking about Speech by Carol Quillen, Forbes* Buckle Up, It’s College by Carol Quillen, Forbes* Talk by Carol Quillen at the Community Building Initiative in Charlotte* Is Ethical Public Service Still Possible?, talk by William Kristol followed by panel discussion andd Q&A with Carol Quillen, sociology professor Natalie Delia Deckard, philosophy professor Daniel Layman, Davidson College event* 2020 - It Only Gets Worse From Here: Mike Allen & Vann Professor of Ethics and Society Bill Kristol, Davidson College event Here is a transcript of this episode. If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes: * Go to the show’s iTunes page and click “View in iTunes”* Click “Ratings and Reviews” which is to the right of “Details”* Next to “Click to Rate” select the stars. See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>

74, Phoebe Maltz Bovy, How Useful is Privilege Checking? Dec 05, 2019

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy (@tweetertation) is my guest today. She’s the author of The Perils of "Privilege": Why Injustice Can’t be Solved by Accusing Others of Advantage, published in 2017. Her essays on privilege and politics have appeared in The New Republic, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and other publications. She also co-hosts the heterodox show Feminine Chaos with Kat Rosenfeld, available in streaming video on bloggingheads tv and as a podcast. We’ll be talking about her book and some of her more recent articles on privilege. Here is a transcript of this episode. Related Links: * Phoebe Maltz Bovy on Twitter* Perils of Privilege excerpt in The New Republic* Feminine Chaos, a bloggingheads.tv show on heterodox feminism with Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfeld. (You can also donate to the show on Patreon.)* The last thing on ‘privilege’ you’ll ever need to read by Carlos Lozada, book review in The Washington Post* Sympathy for the White Devil: Phoebe Maltz Bovy’s ‘The Perils of Privilege’ by Jacqui Shine, LA Review of Books* Liberals need to stop to stop obsessing over privilege or they’ll never accomplish anything by Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Quartz * White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes: * Go to the show’s iTunes page and click “View in iTunes”* Click “Ratings and Reviews” which is to the right of “Details”* Next to “Click to Rate” select the stars. See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>

73. Ilana Redstone, Heterodox Sociology Nov 26, 2019

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Ilana Redstone (@irakresh) is my guest. She is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she teaches core sociology courses and a special course called Bigots and Snowflakes: Living in a World Where Everyone Else is Wrong. She is the founder of Diverse Perspectives Consulting, whose mission to improve communication to create a truly inclusive workplace culture. Her research has focused on legal permanent residents in the U.S. She also has written about problems within the discipline of sociology. She has been a faculty fellow at Heterodox Academy since 2017. She currently manages the HXSociology forum, part of the Heterodox Communities (HxCommunities) initiative. It aims to support and promote a sense of community among heterodox scholars within particular fields of study, particular geographic regions, and other specific academic communities. Here is a transcript of this episode. Related Links: * The silent crisis in the classroom by Ilana Redstone, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) Conference 2019* New sociology course allows for viewpoint diversity by Sarah O'Beiren, The Daily Illini* The dangers of defining deviancy up by Ilana Redstone, Quillette* Articles by Ilana Redstone on Heterodox Academy's blog If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes: * Go to the show’s iTunes page and click “View in iTunes”* Click “Ratings and Reviews” which is to the right of “Details”* Next to “Click to Rate” select the stars. See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>

72. Tony McAleer, The Cure for Hate: A Former White Supremacist's Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion Nov 12, 2019

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Tony McAleer is my guest on this episode. He’s the author of the new book “The Cure for Hate: A Former White Supremacist’s Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion. He is the co-founder of Life After Hate, a non-profit organization whose mission to help people leave hate groups and to counter hate on social media without censorship. A former organizer for the White Aryan Resistance (WAR), he served as a recruiter for WAR and proprietor of a white-supremacist voice messaging center. In addition to co-directing Life After Hate, Tony works with governments and academic researchers to combat recruitment into hate groups. Earlier this year, he testified before the U.S. Congress’s Civil Rights and Civil Liberties subcommittee on confronting white supremacy and the adequacy of the Federal response. He currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Life After Hate is based in Chicago. Here is a transcript of this episode. If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes: * Go to the show’s iTunes page and click “View in iTunes”* Click “Ratings and Reviews” which is to the right of “Details”* Next to “Click to Rate” select the stars. See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>

71. Robert Talisse, Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in its Place Nov 01, 2019

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Robert Talisse (@roberttalisse) is my guest on this episode. He's the W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. His central research area is democratic theory. In his latest book Overdoing Democracy: Why We Must Put Politics in Its Place (@OverdoingD), Robert argues that we spoil certain social goods if we spend too much time and effort in the arena of politics and elevate political allegiances above other commitments. If you're in the D.C. area, you can catch a book signing by Robert Talisse at Politics and Prose on Connecticut Ave on November 2nd at 3:30 in the afternoon. If you're in the New York area, you can catch him at Shakespeare and Company on November 7 at 6:30 p.m. Here is a transcript of this episode. If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes: * Go to the show’s iTunes page and click “View in iTunes”* Click “Ratings and Reviews” which is to the right of “Details”* Next to “Click to Rate” select the stars. See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>

70. Sheila Heen: Difficult Conversations, Part 2 Oct 23, 2019

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Sheila Heen is my guest today. This is the second part of a two-part interview with her. The first part is available here. Sheila is the coauthor of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (1999), a New York Times Business Bestseller that has continuously been in print. An updated 10th anniversary edition was published in 2010. She’s also the coauthor of Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Arts of Receiving Feedback Well (Even When It’s Off-Base, Unfair, Poorly Delivered and Frankly, You’re Not in the Mood), a New York Times bestseller. She is a lecturer at Harvard Law School and a founder of Triad Consulting Group. Here is a transcript of this episode. If you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes: * Go to the show’s iTunes page and click “View in iTunes”* Click “Ratings and Reviews” which is to the right of “Details”* Next to “Click to Rate” select the stars. See the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>

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