In this week's podcast we interview Allan Hazlett, Professor of Philosophy at Washington University. Dr. Hazlett shares his thoughts on the intellectual virtues, their relevance for thinking about populism, and why food in New Mexico is so great.

This week's podcast features Dr. Kirk Hawkins from Brigham University. Dr. Hawkins is a Political Scientist and one of the world's leading experts on populism. In this podcast he shares his insights into populism as a global phenomenon and also shares the remote place he's ever been to.

Interested in Dr. Hawkins's ideas? Check out some of his recent books:

Contemporary U.S. Populism in Comparative Perspective (with Levente Littvay) 

Venezeula's Chavismo and Populism in Comparative Perspective

This week's podcast features Dr. Heather Battaly from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Battaly is a leading thinker on the study of intellectual virtues and vices. This week Dr. Battaly shares her thoughts concerning close-mindedness as a (mostly) intellectual vice, her recent work on the idea of liberatory virtues, and what sea cucumbers taste like. 

Check out some of Dr. Battaly's recent books, Virtue, and Virtue and Vice: Moral and Epistemic

Greg and George have a discussion with historian Dr. Dale Potts related to environmental ethics.

George and Greg are back with an interview with Dr. Nicole Hassoun.

Greg and George Kickoff the Inaugural Podcast