Who do you trust? Do you trust them enough to have a political discussion? Professor Kevin Vallier is back to discuss his new book, “Trust in a Polarized Age,” a follow up to “Must Politics Be War?”

Join us for the first of a two part interview with Professor Vallier as host Anthony Comegna digs into how the books build off of each other why public trust is so important.

Professors Vallier’s book is available at: https://www.kevinvallier.com/books/trust-in-a-polarized-age/

Wait! Who are we talking about?!? That’s right folks we are finally talking about Francois Fénelon. In case you haven’t ever heard of Fenelon, Boston College’s Professor Ryan Patrick Hanley is here to straighten us out about this historical figure from the court of Louis XIV and chat about his book, "Fénelon: Moral and Political Writings.”

What’s trending? Well, that is a question we ask on today’s show when we caught up with Marian Tupy and talked about his new book “Ten Global Trends that Every Smart Person Needs to Know: And Many Other Trends You Will Find Interesting.” Listen in as we discuss a world of constant progress.

Georgetown University's Professor Michael Douma comes on the show to discuss his book "The Liberal Approach to the Past." Professor Douma dives into the meaning of the liberal tradition, what is classical liberal history, thinking about history from a liberal perspective.

We’ve been hijacked! Well by invitation, any way. IHS’s Jeanne Hoffman takes over the hosting duties and turns the tables on Anthony Comegna. They chat about the ongoing discussion series Anthony is leading on the “World History of Liberalism” and all that goes into it. Throw in some talk of pirates, singularities, and classical liberal concepts and you have the makings of an entertaining half-hour podcast.

On this episode we finally learn the truth about what an algorithm is and how it factors into artificial intelligence. Plus we cover topics like mashing together cybernetic hyper-nudging and COVID research, and even take a short tangent into one particular episode of Star Trek.

Who says Austrians can’t do math? Ideas in Progress host Anthony Comegna catches up with newly minted Doctor Abigail Devereaux to discuss her dissertation defense, economic algorithms, and other topics in this episode of Ideas in Progress.

How do you rank the US presidents? How do historians rank them? Listen in to the Ideas in Progress conversation with Vincent Geloso, Assistant Professor at King's University College, discusses the trials and tribulations historians go through ranking the presidents.

Fresh off of leading a Discussion Colloquium on the topic of toleration and pluralism, IHS President and CEO joins us to discuss the discussion event, the Discourse Initiative and the state of liberalism in academia today. It is a broad discussion curving from one topic to the next. Sit back and listen in to this free-flowing conversation.

Is every aspect of your life dictated by someone else? We sure hope not. We complete our Ideas in Progress interview with social psychologist Sean Rife. Host Anthony Comegna and Dr Rife discuss the recent IHS program on the topic of mental health, certainly a timely topic. Join us, won’t you, for the second half of this fascinating interview.