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Sixteenth Episode - Michael Kimmage Jan 24, 2022

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Michael Kimmage and Leon Wieseltier discuss the rhetoric of declinism which is both ubiquitous and inaccurate, its origins, and the dangers it poses.

Fifteenth Episode - Benjamin Moser Dec 22, 2021

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Benjamin Moser, in conversation with Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus, argues that translation is a form of cultural appropriation that does not appropriate nearly enough.

Fourteenth Episode - Jewher Ilham Dec 02, 2021

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Jewher Ilham, Uyghur activist and the daughter of celebrated economist Ilham Tohti (now serving a life sentence in jail in China), joins Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus to discuss the Uyghur Genocide. Jewher describes how the conditions for Uyghurs have changed in China over the past few decades, what the concentration camps are and what goes on in them, who her father is and what he was fighting for, and what the international community can and should be doing to help the Uyghurs.

Thirteenth Episode - Agnes Callard Nov 09, 2021

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Agnes Callard joins Celeste Marcus to discuss the movie Winter Light (1963), faith, faithlessness, body hatred, and, of course, Ingmar Bergman.

Twelfth Episode - Mamtimin Ala Sep 20, 2021

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Mamtimin Ala, a Uyghur activist and intellectual, talks with Celeste Marcus not only about the Uyghur genocide in China, but also about the syncretistic beauty and wealth of Uyghur tradition. Among the tragedies of the Uyghur story is that they are known most often for the horrors they now endure, and not for their vast, rich history. The Analysis of Uyghur culture - and Chinese culture - sheds much light on the origins of the current outrage.

Eleventh Episode - Michelle Dauphinais Echols Jul 02, 2021

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Michelle Dauphinais Echols talks with Celeste Marcus about the alleged rape and torture of her nine cousins, the Charbonneau sisters, at St. Paul's Indian School in the 1960s and 1970s.

Tenth Episode - Becca Rothfeld Jun 09, 2021

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Becca Rothfeld and Celeste Marcus discuss Sanctimony Literature, the relationship between art and politics, and how to evaluate political art.

Ninth Episode - Ramachandra Guha May 19, 2021

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Ramachandra Guha talks with Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus about Modi's disastrous mishandling of the pandemic in India, the ensuing disaster, and the historical and political context for the current crisis.

Eighth Episode - Andrea Marcolongo May 04, 2021

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Andrea Marcolongo talks with Celeste Marcus about how the pandemic has altered her self-perception as a writer, and about what a writer's role is.

Seventh Episode - Elliot Ackerman and Leon Wieseltier Apr 30, 2021

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Elliot Ackerman and Leon Wieseltier talk with Celeste Marcus about American foreign policy. Regarding the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan: "We'll either never think about this again or we'll think about this in eighteen months when Kabul falls to the Taliban and people are being executed in the streets and we have to answer for it in some way."

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