The Privatization of the Truth

by W. Joseph DeReuil

By dropping core requirements, universities are choosing license over formation. Continue Reading »

4 Aug 2022

The Spice Road of Today

by Mark Bauerlein

 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 »

28 Jul 2022

Affirmative Action Hypocrisy

by Mark Bauerlein

Kenny Xu joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy. Continue Reading »

7 Jun 2022

Finding Refuge at the University of Dallas

by Joshua T. Katz

It will take a major shift in values—away from infantilization and fear and toward learning and joy—before amiable student-professor relations are possible again at places like Princeton. In the meantime, I recommend the University of Dallas. Continue Reading »

18 May 2022

The Honor Deficit

by James Hankins

The decline of meritocratic standards in American universities, and the rise of identity-based admissions, is leading to an honor deficit that might well spell the end of elite education. Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2022

Insider-Outsiders

by Joseph M. Keegin

Whatever Fred Moten is up to, it must be brilliant. Moten, a professor of performance studies at NYU, was awarded a MacArthur grant in 2020, a Guggenheim fellowship in 2016, and numerous awards for his poetry. He holds degrees in English from two of the highest-rated English departments in the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2022

Life and Faith of Paul Mankowski

by Mark Bauerlein

George Weigel joins the podcast to discuss Jesuit at Large: Essays and Reviews by Paul Mankowski, S.J. Continue Reading »

16 Dec 2021

Jonestown University

by Alexander Riley

In the wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict, Bucknell University, the liberal arts school where I work, lost no time in issuing a statement. We were told that America remained a terrifying place for its black citizens, and that George Floyd’s death demonstrated “the fear and anger that Black . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2021

Virtue vs. Virtue-Signaling

by James Hankins

Being elite now means holding a particular set of ideas, not a set of virtues. Virtue is signaled, not acquired.  Continue Reading »

11 Oct 2021

College Debt Is Killing Our Kids

by Mark Bauerlein

Neetu Arnold joins the podcast to discuss the state of college debt and her new National Association of Scholars report, “Priced out: What College Costs America.” Continue Reading »

30 Sep 2021