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Avi's Conversational Corner
By Avi WoolfSociety & Culture
Avi's Conversational Corner episodes
- 31 min
- 43 min
- Episode 41 (Stumbling Colossus, 20): The Populist Alternative
Prof. Charles Postel discusses the image and reality of the American Populist or People's Party - its ambitions and reams, failures and successes.
38 min - Episode 40 (Stumbling Colossus, 19): Reed's House Rules
Prof. Robert Klotz discusses the impact of Thomas Brackett Reed's majoritarian House rules on American politics.
23 min - Episode 39 (Stumbling Colossus, 18): Controlling Urban Chaos
Zoning Expert Nolan Gray discusses the good and bad of life before zoning in America - and whether we should go back.
30 min - Episode 38 (Stumbling Colossus, 17): Gilded Germans
Prof. Kampheofner discusses the trials and triumphs of one of America's lesser known major immigrant communities during the Gilded Age.
30 min - Episode 37 (Stumbling Colossus, 16): Show Me the Money
Dr. George Selgin discusses how money was issued and provided before, during, and after the Gilded Age.
49 min - Episode 36 (Stumbling Colossus, 15): A More Moral Nation
Professor Gaines Foster discusses the motives, challenges, successes, and failures of the Christian moral lobbyists during the Gilded Age.
28 min - Episode 35 (Stumbling Colossus, 14): Jobbery vs. Snobbery
Professor Joe Postell discusses the debate between party control and technocratic control of government during the Gilded and Progressive Ages.
38 min - Episode 34 (Stumbling Colossus, 13): The Battle of the Classics
Prof. Eric Adler discusses the first great debate on the importance of studying "the best that has been thought and said" - and what we can learn about it for today.
23 min
About Avi's Conversational Corner
From the publisher's feed
Welcome! Here I will talk to a range of people on issues which interest me and I hope you, from religious slogans and wargaming to deeper political ideas to forgotten historical episodes. Bring up a…
chair, get comfortable, and enjoy! Avi