In this episode of the Right Ideas podcast, Professor Amy Wax argues for a 'Radical Reactionary' approach to higher education reform, arguing for a decrease in foreign students, college administrators, and race-based policymaking. Along the way, she provides a sobering look at the current lack of academic freedom in our institutions and potential sources of renewal.

This is the first episode of Right Ideas moderated by the new host of the podcast, Louis Galarowicz.

Amy Wax is the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a former member of the NAS Board of Directors.

This episode also mentions two documents:

1. An Open Letter To My Students, Adrian Vermuele
2. 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure, American Association of University Professors

American higher education is facing trust issues in an age where political overreach and social justice have taken over our educational institutions. How did we get here? What can be done about it?

Greg Conti joins Right Ideas with host John Sailer to discuss.

Greg Conti is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University and Editor-at-Large of Compact Magazine. His research focuses on the history of modern political thought, especially in Britain and France, and on the lessons that can be drawn from that history for contemporary debates in political philosophy.

John Sailer is joined by Zena Hitz to discuss her journey through intellectual life, and what she learned along the way.

Hitz is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis, and the founder and president of the Catherine Project. She is also the author of Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life.

Many assume that the way we taught history in the 20th century was distorted and benighted—but this does little to help us make sense of history at all. How was history actually taught in the early to mid-20th century? Why is it important to look back?

In the latest episode of Right Ideas, Wilfred McClay challenges the tendency of modern people to believe they live in times of ultimate truth.

Wilfred M. McClay holds the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College. He is the author of Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story and The Masterless: Self and Society in Modern America

What is philology? Why are dead languages important? What context from the evolution of language can help us today?

John Sailer sits down with Joshua Katz to discuss.

Joshua T. Katz is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on higher education, language and culture, the classical tradition, and the humanities broadly defined.

On the latest episode of Right Ideas, Fisher Derderian sits down with host John Sailer to talk about the life, legacy, and lasting thought leadership of Roger Scruton.

Fisher Derderian is the Founder and Executive Director of the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation. He holds a B.A. in politics, philosophy, and economics from The King’s College, N.Y.C., and a M.A. in philosophy from the University of Buckingham.

David Hume is one of the most important philosophers in history. While many may get an introduction to his work on the rule of law, liberty, and history, it is important to discuss the philosophical presuppositions and preliminaries of how humans engage with the world around them.

Dive into the philosophy of David Hume with John Sailer and Aaron Zubia on this episode of Right Ideas.

Aaron Alexander Zubia is an Assistant Professor in the Hamilton Center at the University of Florida. Zubia specializes in the moral and political philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment and the American founding, and he is the author of a new book, The Political Thought of David Hume.

Many define liberalism as a sort of truce that allows us to get along politically and remain neutral on certain grounds, such as religion. Is this true, or is there more to it? Has modern liberalism deviated from its original intentions? Is there a postliberal world on the horizon?

John Sailer is joined by Patrick Deneen to discuss these questions and more.

Deneen is a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and author of several very influential books, including Why Liberalism Failed and Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future.

Independent scholar and writer Eric Clifford Graf joins host John D. Sailer to discuss why Alexis de Tocqueville’s writings remain relevant in today’s turbulent, polarized world.

Irving Babbitt (1864-1933) was an American scholar and cultural critic. Founder of the “New Humanism” movement and teacher of such figures as T.S. Eliot, Babbitt has long been regarded as an important influence on American conservatism. Our episode of Right Ideas will explore Babbitt’s thought and continued relevance.

This episode features Luke Foster, Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Notre Dame University’s Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government. Foster received his doctorate from the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, where he wrote a dissertation entitled “Excellence for the Democratic Age: Liberal Education and the Mixed Regime.”