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In this episode, we hear from Emma Green, staff writer and editor at The Atlantic about religion in American politics, as well as about the election of Donald Trump and its potential effects on religious relations. We recorded our conversation a few days before President Trump made his executive order on immigration; however, Emma’s remarks provide some context for that decision and its potential effects.

In this episode, we hear from Emma Green, staff writer and editor at The Atlantic about religion in American politics, as well as about the election of Donald Trump and its potential effects on religious relations. We recorded our conversation a few days before President Trump made his executive order on immigration; however, Emma’s remarks provide some context for that decision and its potential effects.

In this episode, we hear from Caitlin Zaloom, co-founder and co-editor of Public Books, an online journal of diverse intellectual debate and one of the few forums, online or in print, dedicated to bringing cutting-edge scholarly thinking and criticism to a wide, public audience. Judith Butler on Public Books: "It is a rare and precious thing to discover such a compelling space for the written word and the thinking reader.

In this episode, we hear from Caitlin Zaloom, co-founder and co-editor of Public Books, an online journal of diverse intellectual debate and one of the few forums, online or in print, dedicated to bringing cutting-edge scholarly thinking and criticism to a wide, public audience. Judith Butler on Public Books: "It is a rare and precious thing to discover such a compelling space for the written word and the thinking reader.

In this episode, we hear from Jonny Thakker, co-founder and co-editor of THE POINT, a magazine of philosophical writing and humanistic thinking whose vision is, in the words of its editors, a society where the examined life is not an abstract ideal but an everyday practice. Leon Wieseltier on THE POINT: it is "intellectually serious, independent, far-reaching, spirited and elegant—a stirring act of resistance against the shrinkage of intellectual life in our culture of takeaways and metrics.”

In this episode, we hear from Jonny Thakker, co-founder and co-editor of THE POINT, a magazine of philosophical writing and humanistic thinking whose vision is, in the words of its editors, a society where the examined life is not an abstract ideal but an everyday practice. Leon Wieseltier on THE POINT: it is "intellectually serious, independent, far-reaching, spirited and elegant—a stirring act of resistance against the shrinkage of intellectual life in our culture of takeaways and metrics.”

This week, we have something special: a look-back on some of our favorite episodes from our inaugural year as a podcast, the very eventful 2016. Our selections for this retrospective aren’t random, however. Given the great political significance of 2016, we’re going to focus today on some episodes that shed light on the presidential election. What happened to the Republican and Democratic Parties in 2016? More broadly, how has conservatism changed in the past forty years, and liberalism too? Given thee changes, how did Donald Trump become president-elect? And, finally, how will the left respond to Trump’s ascendance?

This week, we have something special: a look-back on some of our favorite episodes from our inaugural year as a podcast, the very eventful 2016. Our selections for this retrospective aren’t random, however. Given the great political significance of 2016, we’re going to focus today on some episodes that shed light on the presidential election. What happened to the Republican and Democratic Parties in 2016? More broadly, how has conservatism changed in the past forty years, and liberalism too? Given thee changes, how did Donald Trump become president-elect? And, finally, how will the left respond to Trump’s ascendance?

Today we hear from Rita Felski, William R Kenan Jr. Professor of English at the University of Virginia and the 2016 Niels Bohr Professor of English at the University of Southern Denmark. In our conversation, Felski discusses her recent book, The Limits of Critique, in which she examines, and is often critical of, the ways many scholars write about literature.

Today we hear from Rita Felski, William R Kenan Jr. Professor of English at the University of Virginia and the 2016 Niels Bohr Professor of English at the University of Southern Denmark. In our conversation, Felski discusses her recent book, The Limits of Critique, in which she examines, and is often critical of, the ways many scholars write about literature.