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Is the very field that studies groupthink falling victim to it? Today on Heterodox Out Loud, Smriti Mehta, researcher at UC Berkeley and co-...
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Is the very field that studies groupthink falling victim to it? Today on Heterodox Out Loud, Smriti Mehta, researcher at UC Berkeley and co-...

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At a moment when public trust in higher education is faltering and “diversity” has become a politically charged word, University of Wyoming...

At a moment when higher education faces accelerating technological disruption and intensifying public scrutiny, Cornell Provost Kavita Bala...

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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...

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How did a classicist's journey through Greco-Roman literature and Arabic studies shape his unique approach to academia? Today's episode feat...

What new vision can pluralism bring to today’s universities? Today, founder of Interfaith America Eboo Patel, joins John to discuss how plur...

How does political intervention shape the landscape of higher education? Today, our guest is Keith Whittington, Ph.D, David Boies Professor...

What happens when the guardians of cultural narratives and societal norms become inseparable from the very hierarchies they critique? Today,...
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What happens when public policy meets the complex world of modern gender identity? Our guest today is Kathleen Stock, a former professor of...

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Today, John Tomasi and award-winning journalist Jamie Kalven explore the complexities surrounding the idea of institutional neutrality withi...

Are our higher education institutions still nurturing true intellectual diversity? Our guest today is Steven Pinker, a cognitive scientist a...

In this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, John Tomasi speaks with Alexandra Lysova. Alexandra Lysova, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Sc...

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In this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, John Tomasi speaks with Carole Hooven, Ph.D., a Lecturer and Co-director of Undergraduate Studies in...

In this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, John Tomasi speaks with Pano Kanelos, President of the University of Austin, Texas (UATX). Kanelos is...

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In this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, John Tomasi speaks with Yascha Mounk. Yascha is a German born political scientist, author, and lectur...

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In our final episode of Heterodox Out Loud, we will listen to the first blog post on the Heterodox Academy website: “Welcome to Heterodox Ac...

In this episode of Heterodox Out Loud , we speak with Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of History of Education at the University of Pennsylvani...

In this special episode of Heterodox Out Loud , recorded in-person at Heterodox Academy’s 2022 conference in Denver, we speak with Glenn Lou...

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