Peter Thiel on Innovation and Stagnation
Peter Thiel co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies, was the first outside investor in Facebook, and is the author of "Zero to One, Notes on StartUps, or How to Build the Future." The conversation...
15 Sep 20141h 36min
Harvey Mansfield II on Conservatism, Constitutionalism, and Feminism
The second in an ongoing series with the distinguished Harvard government professor Harvey Mansfield, this conversation focuses on the political science of The Federalist, conservatism in America, and...
1 Sep 20141h 33min
Mark Blitz on Ancient and Modern Political Philosophy
Mark Blitz is a professor of political philosophy at Claremont McKenna College and author, most recently, of "Plato's Political Philosophy." The discussion focuses on great thinkers in the history of ...
18 Aug 20141h 45min
Yuval Levin on Reform Conservatism
The Hertog Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and editor of the policy journal "National Affairs", Yuval Levin is a leading figure in the public policy movement that has come to be known as...
11 Aug 20141h 18min
Paul Cantor on Shakespeare
The Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Virginia, Paul Cantor is a leading scholar of Shakespeare as well as an authority on American popular cu...
28 Jul 20141h 2min
Charles Murray on Economic and Moral Life in America
Charles Murray is one of America's most distinguished political scientists and the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. This conversation focuses on Murray's groundbreaking books ...
14 Jul 20141h 12min
Elliott Abrams on the State Department and the White House
A fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Elliott Abrams discusses his career in Washington, mostly in the State Department and the White House. Much of the conversation focuses on Abrams work on ...
30 Jun 20142h 10min
Amy and Leon Kass on Liberal Education and Citizenship
Leon Kass and Amy Kass were for many years teachers at the University of Chicago. There, they taught great books, political philosophy, the Hebrew bible, literature, and many other subjects as part of...
30 Jun 20141h 37min
