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• Book Talk 69: American Medium, with Eyal Peretz

  January 3, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

  What is “America” not only as a political entity but in our imagination? How can we properly envision America, without repeating clichés that frame America as either reactionary or revolutionary, repressive or liberatory? I spoke with Eyal…

• Free Speech 72: What is Free Speech with Fara Dabhoiwala

  October 9, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min

  The speech debates have not abated, and it’s clear that invoking the First Amendment, and the importance of free speech for democracy, does not settle these debates but provokes more questions. We have lost our way, it seems, since people…

• Book Talk 69: Uncanny E.T.A. Hoffmann with Peter Wortsman

  October 2, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min

  Step into the unsettling world of E.T.A. Hoffmann with translator Peter Wortsman to explore “The Sandman”—a tale that haunted Freud enough to spark his famous psychoanalytic analysis of “The Uncanny,” examining familiar things that…

• Book Talk 68: Ham’s Heaven with Ori Gersht

  September 11, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

  Listen to Ori Gersht speak about his novel Ham’s Heaven (Warbler Press, 2025). Inspired by the true story of the first great ape in space, it explores the friendship of an ape and his trainer to examine what we do with animals in the name…

• Book Talk 67 : The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science

  July 29, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

  What is reliable knowledge? Listen to philosopher Michael Strevens, author of The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science, to understand how science discovers the truth. At the current moment, when expertise is under…

• Book Talk 66: Political Hope, with Loren Goldman

  May 19, 2025 · 1 hr 21 min

  How to find hope in these times? I spoke with political scientist Loren Goldman about the principle of political hope: why we should have hope, how to have hope in dark times, and how political hope differs from naïve optimism, faith in…

• Book Talk 65 Emily Dickinson, with Sharon Cameron

  April 18, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min

  We need Emily Dickinson’s startling originality today more than ever. This is why I sat down with Sharon Cameron, one of the greatest commentators on Dickinson’s poetry, to explore some of Dickinson’s poems in an extra-long podcast. “It’s…

• Book Talk 64 How to Fall in Love with Questions: A New Way to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty

  April 15, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min

  What do you do when faced with a big, important question that keeps you up at night? Many people seek quick answers dispensed by “experts,” influencers, and gurus. But these one-size-fits-all solutions often fail to satisfy, and can even…