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Podopticon
By Randal HendricksonEducation
Podopticon episodes
- Virtù Signaling: Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli
A conversation with Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli as the "founder of modernity."
1 hr 1 min - It's about Time: A Conversation with Nomi Claire Lazar
A conversation with Nomi Claire Lazar about her book, "Out of Joint: Power, Crisis, and the Rhetoric of Time."
40 min - Don't Be Ridiculous: Discussing "Uncivil Mirth" with Ross Carroll
A discussion with Ross Carroll, author of "Uncivil Mirth: Ridicule in Enlightenment Britain."
1 hr 20 min - All the Rage: Paper Money in the Early Republic
A discussion with Joshua Greenberg, author of "Banknotes and Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic."
1 hr 2 min - Above the Fray?: On the Decline into Demagoguery and Hopes for Renewal in the American Presidency
A chat with Stephen F. Knott, author of "The Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal."
32 min - "Persian Letters," Part 4: the View From the 'Darkened West'
Warner and I conclude our long discussion of "Persian Letters."
52 min - 1 hr 9 min
- "Persian Letters," Part 2: In the "Master's Workshop"
Warner and I continue to dig in. Good stuff in this one, including a prison break using a file that was hidden in a cuckoo clock.
1 hr 41 min - "Persian Letters," Part 1: Montesquieu's Literary Art
Stuart Warner, who's responsible for an excellent translation of the "Persian Letters," and I discuss Montesquieu's style.
1 hr 18 min - How Can Anyone Be Nebraskan?
A discussion with Ross Benes, author of "Rural Rebellion: How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold."
38 min
About Podopticon
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PODOPTICON is a politics, history, and philosophy podcast. Topics will range. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts.