This year's presidential election is sure to be one of most consequential in American history, so for this month's playlist we're focusing on questions about elections and democracy.
This Week’s Episode
American Futures (Ken Taylor Memorial Episode)
When Ken Taylor passed away, he was working on a manuscript titled Farewell to the Republic We Once Dreamed of. Was Ken right to think the American...
Recent Episodes
Simone Weil
French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil was also an activist whose goal was to elevate the lower classes. But she was opposed to the kind of...
John Dewey and the Ideal of Democracy
John Dewey is regarded by some as the American philosopher. In the first half of the 20th century, he stood as the most prominent public intellectual...
What Is Ideology?
Political polarization seems to be deepening, both in the U.S. and around the globe. Some believe that the rise of ideology is to blame for growing...
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