Home to Roost | Bonus Episode
In this episode of the Reading Hannah Arendt podcast, Roger Berkowitz discusses Hannah Arendt’s final speech/essay “Home to Roost” (May 20, 1975), published in Responsibility and Judgment and widely r...
24 Apr 1h 8min
Thoughts on Politics and Revolution | Crises of the Republic
In this episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz concludes our reading of Crises of the Republic by introducing Arendt’s 1970 interview “Thoughts on Politics and Revolution.” Framing it through recent ...
17 Apr 1h 8min
On Violence III | Crises of the Republic
In this episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz summarizes part three of Hannah Arendt’s “On Violence,” reviewing the essay’s structure: action (not only violence) can interrupt historical processes; ...
10 Apr 1h 7min
The Hell That is War Has Lost Its Power | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz revisits and updates his latest columns on “The Hell That is War Has Lost Its Power,” arguing that modern war, though more precise and destructive...
3 Apr 20min
On Violence II | Crises of the Republic
In this week's episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz focuses on the second section of Hannah Arendt's essay "On Violence" called “Power." Recapping part one’s claim that modernity has vastly expande...
27 Mar 51min
Urgent Futures with Roger Berkowitz | Bonus Episode
We met the host of the Urgent Futures podcast, Jesse Damiani, last year, and were thrilled when he came to our 2025 conference on JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times. Afterwards, Roger Berkowitz sat d...
20 Mar 1h 54min
On Violence I | Crises of the Republic
In this episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz introduces Part One of Hannah Arendt’s 1969 essay “On Violence” from Crises of the Republic, situating it amid contemporary civil unrest, AI debates, an...
13 Mar 50min
The Case for Citizen Rule with Helene Landemore | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode, host Roger Berkowitz interviews Helene Landemore about her new book, Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule, with a focus on how her argument for citizens’ asse...
6 Mar 1h 7min
