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Jan 28, 2021

What is beauty? Does it have an objective character, or is it merely subjective and in the eye of the beholder? How do we experience beauty, and how do we communicate it to others. In this episode, I discuss the nature of beauty with David Clayton, a painter, iconographer, and author. We discuss the role of...


Jan 22, 2021

In the episode, I speak with Andreas Widmer about his work on principled entrepreneurship. Andreas argues that many of the challenges we are seeing in business and commerce today can be addressed by seeing business and entrepreneurship as a moral enterprise focused on the human person. We discuss Widmer's...


Jan 14, 2021

In this episode, I speak with Flagg Taylor about the writing and life of Vaclav Havel. We discuss his essays, plays, and other works. We also discuss Havel's idea of dissent as living in the truth. Dissent for Havel is not primarily political, but existential dissent from ideology, politicization of life,...


Jan 6, 2021

Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that the tyrant doesn't care if you love him, as long as you don't love one another.

In this episode, I speak with Luke Sheahan about his book, "Why Associations Matter: The case for First Amendment Pluralism".

Free associations are essential for political liberty, human flourishing, and for...