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Heterodox Out Loud
Heterodox Out Loud is an ongoing series of the best of Heterodox Academy's blog in audio format. Listen to insightful, thought-provoking pieces authored by the HxA community by adding the He...
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The Skill That Built America Has Vanished From Universities with Danielle Allen | Ep 47
Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard and Director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation and the Dem...
Cass Sunstein on What's Actually Wrong With the University | Ep 46
What's actually wrong with the modern university? Today on Heterodox Out Loud, renowned legal scholar and public intellectual Cass Sunstein...
The Field That Studies Groupthink Is Captured by It | Ep 45
Heterodox Out Loud is an ongoing series of the best of Heterodox Academy's blog in audio format. Listen to insightful, thought-provoking pie...
Universities Have a Trust Problem. This President Is Trying to Fix It | Ep 44
Is higher education losing public trust, and what can universities do about it? Today on Heterodox Out Loud, Sian Beilock, President of Dart...
Can a Public University Stay Politically Neutral? with Ed Seidel | Ep 43
At a moment when public trust in higher education is faltering and “diversity” has become a politically charged word, University of Wyoming...
The University in the Age of AI: Rebuilding Trust, Truth, and Teaching with Kavita Bala | Ep 42
At a moment when higher education faces accelerating technological disruption and intensifying public scrutiny, Cornell Provost Kavita Bala...
Can Universities Change Without Government Intervention? With Mary Kate Cary | Ep 41
How can universities rekindle public trust and foster genuine viewpoint diversity, without relying on government mandates? Today’s guest is...
Embracing Disagreement and Diversity at the University of Denver with Jeremy Haefner | Ep 40
What does it take to build a university where open inquiry is not just protected, but actively practiced? In this wide-ranging episode, Univ...
Rebuilding Trust in Higher Ed with Chancellor Andrew Martin | Ep 39
Can colleges be engines of rigorous civil debate, or are self-censorship and fear stifling the next generation of thinkers? Today, we welcom...
Faith, Fear, and the Future of Democracy with Jonathan Rauch | Ep 38
Why does a self-described “gay, atheistic Jewish guy” argue that America needs more Christianity right now? In this thought-provoking episod...
How Can We Fix Our Universities Without Burning Them Down? With Michael Roth | Ep 37
Trust in universities has cratered, ideological divisions are deepening, and the future of higher education is hotly contested. How do we re...
Can This AI Tool Save Campus Dialogue? With Simon Cullen | Ep 36
Can artificial intelligence transform how we navigate the most challenging dialogues on campus? Join us for a thought-provoking episode feat...
Is Sociology Broken? Jukka Savolainen on Ideology and Reform | Ep 35
How can sociology reclaim its commitment to rigorous inquiry and viewpoint diversity? Today, John Tomasi sits with Jukka Savolainen, Ph.D.,...
How Universities Lost the Public—and How to Win Them Back with Jenna & Ben Storey | Ep 34
How did America’s universities lose the trust of the public, and what will it take to restore faith in higher education? In this episode, we...
Trump vs. Academia: Inside the Battle Over Campus Speech with Joe Cohn | Ep 33
Where should the line be drawn between the government's role in stopping discrimination and a university's right to run itself? Today on Het...
Confronting Anti-Semitism in Higher Education with Cary Nelson | Ep 32
What does it mean for a university to become a battleground against deep-seated prejudices and historical tensions? In today’s episode, we d...
How Trump’s Policy Shift is Reshaping Scientific Research with Ivan Oransky | Ep 31
How is Trump's executive order redefining the language permissible in scientific research, and what does it mean for academic freedom? Today...
Navigating Polarization in Mental Health Care with Andrew Hartz | Ep 30
What happens when mental health care becomes intertwined with prevailing political ideologies and biases? Today on Heterodox Out Loud, we’re...
The Power of Radical Curiosity: Can Conversation Reduce Hate with Shira Hoffer | Ep 29
Can meaningful conversations bridge the divide in a polarized world? In today's episode, we explore the transformative power of radical curi...