Culture of Fragility

by Simone M. Sepe

I bear a moral responsibility to uphold the truth and potentially disturb the comfort of those around me. Continue Reading »

2 May 2023

Academics Against Israel

by Mark Bauerlein

Gabriel Noah Brahm, founder of the Center for Academic and Intellectual Freedom, joins the podcast to discuss his Telos article, “Canceling Israel?”  Continue Reading »

19 Apr 2022

The Rise of Wildean Wokeism

by Alexander Riley

A controversy at my university opened my eyes to how many of my colleagues have been indoctrinated into woke dogma. Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2022

Jesus the Carpenter

by Kari Jenson Gold

The life of the mind can be a precious, beautiful thing, but divorced from the physical, it leads inexorably to corruption. Continue Reading »

18 Jan 2022

Ostracizing Claremont

by Patrick J. Deneen

The silencing of conservative voices in political science is an assault on free inquiry into the nature of just governance. Continue Reading »

6 Oct 2021

The Inner Ring of the Academy

by Augustus Howard

The goal of today’s academy is an authoritarian state of intellectual conformity in which the conquerors alone rule. Continue Reading »

20 May 2021

Taking Power in the Academy

by Bruce Gilley

In September 2017, I published a peer-reviewed paper titled “The Case for Colonialism” in Third World Quarterly. Eighteen thousand people signed petitions against the paper, six thousand of them academics. One month later, the paper was withdrawn with my consent, because the editor had been . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2020

Intellectual Diversity on Campus

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Stanley Kurtz joins Mark to discuss free speech on the college campus, academic freedom, and why a “Campus Intellectual Diversity Act” is a good idea. Continue Reading »

25 Oct 2019

Home, Not Freedom

by R. R. Reno

In 2017, we need to restore stability and trustworthiness to civic life—not simply reiterate our defenses of freedom. Continue Reading »

4 Oct 2017

Ganging Up

by Mark Bauerlein

Amy Wax, professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania and First Things contributor, has angered her law school colleagues. Thirty-three professors have “condemned” her views in a recent statement. Continue Reading »

4 Sep 2017