Mark Bauerlein is Senior Editor at First Things and Professor of English at Emory University, where he has taught since earning his PhD in English at UCLA in 1989. For two years (2003-05) he served as Director of the Office of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. His books include Literary Criticism: An Autopsy (1997), The Pragmatic Mind: Explorations in the Psychology of Belief (1997), and The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (2008). His essays have appeared in PMLA, Partisan Review, Wilson Quarterly, Commentary, and New Criterion, and his commentaries and reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Weekly Standard, The Guardian, Chronicle of Higher Education, and other national periodicals.
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Abigail Favale joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory. Continue Reading »
W. B. Allen joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss a recently published collection of essays that he edited, The State of Black America: Progress, Pitfalls, and the Promise of the Republic. Continue Reading »
Jeremy Schipper joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial. Continue Reading »
Stanley Kurtz joins the podcast to discuss how the federal government manipulates state-level education requirements, drawing from Kurtz's recent National Review article “Bogus ‘Civics' Bill Will Push CRT on States.” Continue Reading »
William McCormick joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, The Christian Structure of Politics: On the De Regno of Thomas Aquinas. Continue Reading »
Fr. Robert Sirico joins the podcast to talk about his recent book, The Economics of the Parables. Continue Reading »
Rachel Fulton Brown, professor of history at the University of Chicago and author of the blog Fencing Bear at Prayer, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of studying the medieval era and its relevance to issues within modernity. Continue Reading »
Stephen Blackwood joins the podcast to discuss the founding and liberal-arts mission of recently established Ralston College where he is president. Continue Reading »
George Barna joins the podcast to discuss the findings of a recent survey conducted by the Cultural Research Center at the Arizona Christian University on the impact of parents' worldview on their children. Continue Reading »
Catholic schools will produce Catholic students only if they are staffed by committed Catholic educators. Continue Reading »
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