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Avoiding Biased HistoryAvoiding Certainty, Part 2Americans should not only avoid biased history, they should also avoid total certainty. This argument is outlined in a book review of Ilana Redstone's "The Certainty Trap."
2025-07-2929 minAvoiding Biased HistoryAvoiding CertaintyAmericans should not only avoid biased history, they should also avoid total certainty. This argument is outlined in a book review of Ilana Redstone's "The Certainty Trap."
2025-07-2930 min
The 21st ShowSociologist’s new book encourages more questioning of ourselves and less judgement of othersNowadays social issues and politics can be very polarizing. Many tend to view those who disagree with them as hateful or ignorant with lots of assumptions. Sociologist Ilana Redstone takes a deep look into this with her book: “The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More— and How We Can Judge Others Less.”
2025-07-1500 min
SAM&PAM's Book RadarAre You Stuck in the Certainty Trap? Ilana Redstone's Guide to Challenging Assumptions and Fostering UnderstandingAre you tired of the endless division and polarization in our society? In The Certainty Trap by Ilana Redstone, published in 2024 available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4io7zLW[Using our affiliate links helps support the content we create]You'll discover a groundbreaking approach to understanding why we've become so entrenched in our beliefs and how we can break free. This insightful non-fiction book delves into the core problem driving our contentious times: our addiction to certainty.Ilana Redstone, a sociology professor, doesn't just call for open minds; she expertly unpacks why our...
2025-04-2204 min
In Response...The Certainty Trap - #17 Ilana RedstoneJoey speaks with Ilana Redstone. We discuss her book The Certainty Trap, the state of academia, conservative media, trust in media, reaching across the aisle, polarization around Israel-Palestine, dialogue in Islam, prejudice, democracy, travel, family, Joey’s experience in college, and other topics. Ilana can be found on X @irakresh and her website.
Illana is a professor of sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is also co-director of the Mill Institute at UATX. She has a joint Ph.D in demography and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She also authored Unassailable Ideas and Why We Disag...
2025-03-1257 min
Point of LearningTHE CERTAINTY TRAP with ILANA REDSTONEPeter talks with Ilana Redstone about her book The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More—and How We Can Judge Others Less.
2025-02-2856 min
Point of LearningThe Certainty Trap with Ilana Redstone
This year, I’ll be focusing more than usual on the podcast on how we can have better conversations, especially with people we disagree with. I’m honored to kick things off with someone whose new book I really love. Ilana Redstone is the author of The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More―and How We Can Judge Others Less, published in September 2024. With a joint Ph.D. in demography and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, she’s a sociology professor at the University of Illinois, where her course about the sociology of political polarization is called...
2025-02-2856 min
FAIR News WeeklyFreedom Caps and the Pursuit of National HarmonyFAIR News Weekly | 1/21/25🔹Freedom Caps and the Pursuit of National Harmony (Raphael Chayim Rosen and Michael Rosen for FAIR Articles) 🔹To understand modern political polarization, you have to go back 53 years (FAIR Advisor Ilana Redstone for The Certainty Trap) 🔹Why ‘SLAPP’ lawsuits chill free speech and threaten the First Amendment (FAIR Board President Angel Eduardo for FIRE’s Newsdesk)Read these and more on FAIR’s Substack.FAIR Weekly Roundup 1/19/2025: https://news.fairforall.org/p/weekly-roundup-f9eSupport FAIR and donation: htt...
2025-01-2208 min
The Lou Perez PodcastIlana RedstoneCheck out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r Happy New Year! I’m kicking off 2025 with a great conversation with Ilana Redstone, author of The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More―and How We Can Judge Others Less. We talk sociology’s (well-deserved) bad rap, bringing online fights into the real world, and more. Support me at www.substack.com/@louperez Join my newsletter www.TheLouPerez.com Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-lou-perez.../id1535032081 ...
2025-01-061h 04The Lou Perez PodcastIlana RedstoneCheck out my book, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy https://amzn.to/3VhFa1r Happy New Year! I’m kicking off 2025 with a great conversation with Ilana Redstone, author of The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More―and How We Can Judge Others Less. We talk sociology’s (well-deserved) bad rap, bringing online fights into the real world, and more. Support me at www.substack.com/@louperez Join my newsletter www.TheLouPerez.com Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../the-lou-perez.../id1535032081 ...
2025-01-061h 04
Step Inside Your Ears To A Life-Enhancing Full Audiobook.The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More—and How We Can Judge Others Less by Ilana RedstonePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813122to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More—and How We Can Judge Others Less
Author: Ilana Redstone
Narrator: Qarie Marshall, Lisa Larsen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Release date: November 26, 2024
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
When we’re in the Certainty Trap, we tend to view people who disagree with us as hateful, ignorant, or just plain stupid. When it comes to heated social and political issues in particular, many of us know this feeling well—a consuming state of righteous indignation and moral outrag...
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Title: The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More—and How We Can Judge Others Less
Author: Ilana Redstone
Narrator: Qarie Marshall, Lisa Larsen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Release date: November 26, 2024
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
When we’re in the Certainty Trap, we tend to view people who disagree with us as hateful, ignorant, or just plain stupid. When it comes to heated social and political issues in particular, many of us know this feeling well—a consuming state of righteous indignation and moral outrage. And th...
2024-11-2610h 13
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2024-11-2603 minGrab the Top Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Mental Health & PsychologyThe Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More—and How We Can Judge Others Less by Ilana RedstonePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/813122to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More—and How We Can Judge Others Less
Author: Ilana Redstone
Narrator: Qarie Marshall, Lisa Larsen
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes
Release date: November 26, 2024
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
When we’re in the Certainty Trap, we tend to view people who disagree with us as hateful, ignorant, or just plain stupid. When it comes to heated social and political issues in particular, many of us know this feeling well—a consuming state of righteous indignation and moral outrag...
2024-11-2610h 13
Tune In To A Full Audiobook That Is Simply High-Impact.The Certainty Trap by Ilana Redstone, Joe Walsh - forewordPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/164357to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Certainty Trap
Author: Ilana Redstone, Joe Walsh - foreword
Narrator: Lisa Larsen, Qarie Marshall
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
Release date: 11-26-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 3 ratings
Genres: Civics & Citizenship
Publisher's Summary:
When we’re in the Certainty Trap, we tend to view people who disagree with us as hateful, ignorant, or just plain stupid. When it comes to heated social and political issues in particular, many of us know this feeling well—a consuming state of righteous indignation and moral outrage. By committing to challenging and...
2024-11-2610h 13
Something You Should KnowThe Objective Science of Marijuana & Understanding the Certainty TrapWomen apologize more than men. Why is that? This episode looks at the likely reason and it may surprise you. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956797610384150Marijuana has come a long way. A few decades ago, it was considered a very dangerous and illegal drug. Today, recreational use of marijuana is legal in a lot of places and smoking it is just not a big deal. While people have their beliefs about it, what does the science say? What is in marijuana? How has it changed? Is it dangerous or not? Here to tackle all those questions and...
2024-11-1450 min
The Social Contract with Joe WalshWe Must Change The Way We Think (with Ilana Redstone)I sat down with Professor Ilana Redstone (@irakresh) whose book, "The Certainty Trap," just came out. If you care about how dangerously divided this country is, you MUST read this book. Healing the divide goes well beyond civil discourse. To heal the divide, we must transform how we think. Have a listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-09-1046 min
Pluralist Points with Ben KlutseyIlana Redstone on Escaping the Certainty Trap In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Ilana Redstone, a professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, about her new book, “The Certainty Trap: Why We Need To Question Ourselves More—and How We Can Judge Others Less.” They discuss why we ascribe ill intent to others, shortcomings of the term “critical thinking,” the role of education in escaping the certainty trap and much more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video. Rec...
2024-09-0636 min
I Wish They Knew(Ep. 191) Ilana Redstone: Stuck in the certainty trapIN EPISODE 191:
Too many people are stuck in a certainty trap. When we treat our knowledge as definitive and our values as obvious and unquestionable, the result is polarization and contempt. In Episode 191, Ilana Redstone traces the reasons we fall into the certainty trap and offers a way out. We explore three fallacies that cause us to label others as ignorant and hateful, why "talking to the other side" isn't a magic cure, and the learnable traits we can develop to become less certain but more confident.
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2024-07-3009 min
Outrage Overload: Rethinking politics, division, and media41. You can't make something settled just by saying it's settled - Ilana RedstoneHow Certainty Fuels Outrage and DivisionIn this episode of the Outrage Overload podcast, we delight in a thought-provoking conversation with Ilana Redstone, a leading expert on the psychology of certainty. Redstone introduces the concept of the "certainty trap" and explores how absolute certainty can hinder intellectual growth and impede healthy democratic discourse. The discussion delves into the importance of questioning assumptions, embracing ambiguity, and recognizing the complexities of moral and ethical issues. Redstone highlights the connection between certainty and outrage, emphasizing the need to challenge our own thinking and understand the perspectives of those with...
2024-06-1929 min
The Archbridge PodcastTrue Progress: Polarization | Episode 3: Finding SolutionsCreditsWritten, Edited, and Directed by Arash AyromProduced by Clay Routledge and Ben WilterdinkNarrated by Robert Anthony PetersFeaturing interviews with:Ben Klutsey, Director of Academic Outreach, Director of the Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange, Mercatus CenterIlana Redstone, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois; Co-Director, Mill Institute, University of AustinClay Routledge, Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab, Archbridge InstituteDan Vallone, Director, More in Common, USATony Woodlief, Senior Executive Vice President at State Policy Network and Author of “I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance” ResourcesThe Hidden...
2024-03-1837 min
The Archbridge PodcastTrue Progress: Polarization | Episode 2: Fracturing SocietyCreditsWritten, Edited, and Directed by Arash AyromProduced by Clay Routledge and Ben WilterdinkNarrated by Robert Anthony PetersFeaturing interviews with:Ben Klutsey, Director of Academic Outreach, Director of the Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange, Mercatus CenterIlana Redstone, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois; Co-Director, Mill Institute, University of AustinClay Routledge, Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab, Archbridge InstituteDan Vallone, Director, More in Common, USATony Woodlief, Senior Executive Vice President at State Policy Network and Author of “I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance” ResourcesThe Hidden...
2024-03-1833 min
The Archbridge PodcastTrue Progress: Polarization | Episode 1: Defining DivisionCreditsWritten, Edited, and Directed by Arash AyromProduced by Clay Routledge and Ben WilterdinkNarrated by Robert Anthony PetersFeaturing interviews with:Ben Klutsey, Director of Academic Outreach, Director of the Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange, Mercatus CenterIlana Redstone, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois; Co-Director, Mill Institute, University of AustinClay Routledge, Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab, Archbridge InstituteDan Vallone, Director, More in Common, USATony Woodlief, Senior Executive Vice President at State Policy Network and Author of “I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance” ResourcesThe Hidden...
2024-03-1827 min
Scientific Sense ®Prof. Ilana Redstone of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the Certainty Trap.Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also co-director of the Mill Institute at UATX. She is the creator of the “Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes” video series and the author of the Certainty Trap (coming out in summer 2024)
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2024-03-0856 min
Democracy WorksA conflict at the heart of our political disagreementsWhy do we disagree about the causes of and solutions to social inequality? What explains our different viewpoints on Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, income inequality, and immigration? Penn State professors John Iceland and Eric Silver join us this week to discuss how the discrepancy between social order and social justice impedes political compromise and progress.Iceland and Silver, along with Ilana Redstone of the University of Illinois, are the authors of Why We Disagree about Inequality: Social Justice vs. Social Order. In the book, they show how these competing worldviews are preventing Americans from solving their most...
2023-10-0941 min
The ThoughtStretchers PodcastA Culture Of Conversation On Contentious IssuesDrew Perkins talks with Ilana Redstone and Elisheva Avishai, Co-Directors of the Mill Institute, about their work to increase the diversity of thought, ideas, and approaches in K12 spaces. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
2023-10-041h 12The ThoughtStretchers PodcastA Culture Of Conversation On Contentious IssuesDrew Perkins talks with Ilana Redstone and Elisheva Avishai, Co-Directors of the Mill Institute, about their work to increase the diversity of thought, ideas, and approaches in K12 spaces. Click To View Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode
2023-10-041h 12
Leading Consciously100% certainty is a trap; why listen to other points of view? - Ilana RedstoneMoral dilemma: Suppose you completely disagree with someone on a principle that you are morally sure of. What next?
One person will find it easy to listen to their point of view even while disagreeing.
Another person will try to pinpoint exactly what they are disagreeing about
A third person will break off the relationship and stop talking.
In this conversation, Jean questions Ilana Redstone about the tenets of The Certainty Trap which, Ilana says, we all are subject to. The Certainty Trap happens when we have moral principles we are 100% sure of and shut out any objections to...
2023-07-121h 02
Make More PieLIVE! Smoke 'Em Does Dallas(Crosspost alert!) The hosts behind the podcasts The Unspeakable and Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em were just sitting around being all heterodoxy when lo! The call came from the newly formed University of Austin: Want to come to Dallas to discuss the current state of media, whether feminism has impacted the desire to raise children, how we treat the work of artists whose behaviors we don’t agree with, and to answer student questions along the lines of, for instance, how are you a “feminine woman”? Yes please!And so Meghan Daum, Sarah, and Nancy took the stage...
2023-07-101h 25
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em PodcastLIVE! Smoke 'Em Does DallasThe hosts behind the podcasts The Unspeakable and Smoke ‘Em were just sitting around being all heterodoxy when lo! The call came from the newly formed University of Austin: Want to come to Dallas to discuss the current state of media, whether feminism has impacted the desire to raise children, how we treat the work of artists whose behaviors we don’t agree with, and to answer student questions along the lines of, for instance, how are you a “feminine woman”? Yes please!And so Meghan Daum, Sarah, and Nancy took the stage last Thursday at Old Parkland...
2023-06-271h 25
Texas Rising21: Encouraging Free Speech on Campus (feat. Ilana Redstone)Stories abound of increased university student reluctance to explore unconventional views on campus.
At the University of Illinois, Ilana Redstone has sought to create an environment in her classroom that promotes an exploration of many viewpoints and ideas. Her approach led her to found "Diverse Perspectives Consulting," an effort that helps organizations have hard conversations while building instutional resilience.
Her work also attracted the attention of UATX. She is now the Director of the Mill Istitute at UATX and helps with faculty hiring efforts.
Listen is as we discuss the challenges on campus...
2023-05-2246 min
WDRTThoreau College PodcastEpisode 21 - Professor Ilana Redstone - The Mill Institute at the University of Austin
Ilana Redstone outlines her work and approach towards tackling polarization on college campuses and beyond.
Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Founding Faculty Fellow at UATX, and the Faculty Director of The Mill Center at UATX. She is the co-author of “Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education” and the creator of the “Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes'' video series. She is the founder of Divers...
2023-01-3159 minWDRTThoreau College PodcastEpisode 21 - Professor Ilana Redstone - The Mill Institute at the University of Austin
Ilana Redstone outlines her work and approach towards tackling polarization on college campuses and beyond.
Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Founding Faculty Fellow at UATX, and the Faculty Director of The Mill Center at UATX. She is the co-author of “Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education” and the creator of the “Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes'' video series. She is the founder of Divers...
2023-01-3159 min
MICROCOLLEGE: The Thoreau College PodcastEpisode #21: Dr. Ilana Redstone - Thinking Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes, The Mill Institute at UATXIlana Redstone outlines her work and approach towards tackling polarization on college campuses and beyond.Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Founding Faculty Fellow at UATX, and the Faculty Director of The Mill Center at UATX. She is the co-author of “Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education” and the creator of the “Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes'' video series. She is the founder of Diverse Perspectives Consulting and has a joint Ph.D. in demography and sociology from the University of Pen...
2022-12-1359 min
The Unspeakable PodcastGain Confidence By Losing Certainty. Ilana Redstone on Breaking Free from the Certainty Trap Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also the faculty director and a co-founder of the Mill Institute, an organization aimed at helping educators learn how to foster productive, respectful discussions that make room for a variety of viewpoints in the classroom. In this conversation, Ilana talks about her work around a concept she’s coined “the certainty trap.” The idea is that being "absolutely sure" about a particular position or opinion may actually be a sign of underlying doubt. Unsurprisingly, this kind of unconscious cognitive dissonance may in fact have a...
2022-11-0759 min
DarkHorse Podcast#128 Life, Death, and Meaning (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream) In this 128th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. This week, we discuss Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning: What is it to be human, how much responsibility to we have for finding our own way, and how can we find hope, and meaning, even at the worst of times? Then: people have a moral obligation to grapple with the downstream effects of their own arguments, from medical claims to cries...
2022-05-291h 40
Indirect MessageBeyond Bigots and SnowflakesDiscourse about hot-button social issues is broken. Can we fix it?Sociologist Ilana Redstone joins Laci to discuss the challenges of embracing viewpoint diversity. They explore how identity politics took academia and social media by storm, society's turn toward moral absolutes, whether our intentions matter, bad behavior vs bigotry, dealing with being offended, the secret ingredient for a vibrant discourse, and more.
2022-03-1138 min
Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 23: What the ‘Free Speech’ Debate is Still Missing, Ilana RedstoneToday’s episode is about how voices become silenced and when to determine if a free speech crisis exists. We’ll hear the story of Ilana Redstone, a professor who argues that we must go beyond the surface and look at subtle forms of censorship and suppression that exist within higher education. Our topics include free speech, the covid-19 pandemic, and bias in the classroom.Ilana’s Blog: What the ‘Free Speech’ Debate is Still Missing To engage deeper with these ideas, check out HxA’s Open Inquiry Resource Guide.
2021-10-1424 minHeterodox Out LoudEpisode 23: What the ‘Free Speech’ Debate is Still Missing, Ilana RedstoneToday’s episode is about how voices become silenced and when to determine if a free speech crisis exists. We’ll hear the story of Ilana Redstone, a professor who argues that we must go beyond the surface and look at subtle forms of censorship and suppression that exist within higher education. Our topics include free speech, the covid-19 pandemic, and bias in the classroom.Ilana’s Blog: What the ‘Free Speech’ Debate is Still Missing To engage deeper with these ideas, check out HxA’s Open Inquiry Resource Guide.
2021-10-1424 min
Discourse Magazine PodcastRemixed Religion in America: Ben Klutsey talks to Tara BurtonIn this fourteenth installment of a series on liberalism, Benjamin Klutsey, the director of academic outreach at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Tara Isabella Burton about religion in America today, encompassing everything from yoga to witchcraft to wellness culture. They discuss the decline of trust in religious institutions, contemporary spirituality’s focus on self-determination, the role of the internet in creating new religious affinities and much more. Burton is a writer of both fiction and nonfiction works, including the novels “Social Creature” and “The World Cannot Give” and the nonfiction book “Strange Rites.” She has a doctorate in...
2021-09-1050 minHeterodox Out LoudEpisode 18: Constructing Campus Craziness, Donald MoynihanThreats to open inquiry and viewpoint diversity do not know ideological bounds. Today’s episode addresses the times when viewpoint diversity gets hijacked for political gain.
Today’s blog, Constructing Campus Craziness, was written by professor Donald Moynihan in February of 2019, in response to a close friend (and co-author) being targeted and falsely accused for being, well, you know the script: a conservaitve-loathing, ideologically motivated, radical left-wing professor. Listen in for the full story of Professor Ken Mayer and an exclusive interview with Donald Moynihan. The piece was narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross.
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2021-08-0531 minHeterodox Out LoudEpisode 18: Constructing Campus Craziness, Donald MoynihanThreats to open inquiry and viewpoint diversity do not know ideological bounds. Today’s episode addresses the times when viewpoint diversity gets hijacked for political gain.
Today’s blog, Constructing Campus Craziness, was written by professor Donald Moynihan in February of 2019, in response to a close friend (and co-author) being targeted and falsely accused for being, well, you know the script: a conservaitve-loathing, ideologically motivated, radical left-wing professor. Listen in for the full story of Professor Ken Mayer and an exclusive interview with Donald Moynihan. The piece was narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross.
Are Colleges and Unive...
2021-08-0531 min
Half Hour of HeterodoxyA Deep Dive into DEI: Research, Interventions, and Alternatives with Frank Dobbin, Edward Chang, and Garrett JohnsonFor the past few months at Heterodox Academy, we’ve been exploring a range of perspectives on the philosophy, purpose, and effectiveness of diversity-related training in the context of higher education.
In this episode, a recording of our virtual event, A Deep Dive into DEI: Research, Interventions, and Alternatives, that took place on June 9th, 2021. The moderator is Ilana Redstone, Associate Professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The panel includes leading experts on diversity, equity and inclusion. Frank Dobbin, Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard University, Edward Chang, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at...
2021-07-2943 minDiscourse Magazine PodcastReaching Our Potential as a Liberal Society: Ben Klutsey talks to Pete BoettkeIn this thirteenth installment of a series on liberalism, Benjamin Klutsey, the Director of Academic Outreach at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Peter Boettke about the promise held by the idea of liberal cosmopolitanism and the importance of considering the political economy of institutional arrangements in reaching our potential. Boettke is a University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University, the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, and the Director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mercatus. Boettke’s analytical framework is gr...
2021-07-1654 min
TangleIlana Redstone discusses higher education and politicsOn today's podcast, we sit down with Ilana Redstone. She is a professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne and the co-author of Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education. She also serves as a faculty fellow at Heterodox Academy, a non-profit advocacy group working to counteract a lack of viewpoint diversity on college campuses.In our conversation, we talk about whether there is a free speech problem on college campuses, how to address a lack of political diversity, and Redstone's thoughts on the Critical Race...
2021-07-1225 min
The Inquiring Mind Podcast20. Unassailable Ideas with Ilana RedstoneIlana Redstone is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Redstone obtained her BA at the University of New Hampshire and her Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been at the University of Illinois since 2005. She teaches a highly popular class called "Sociology of Political Polarization: Bigots and Snowflakes" and is the author of the new book Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education.
Ilana Redstone Book Recommendations:
The Emperor of All Maladies - Siddhartha...
2021-07-0957 minDiscourse Magazine PodcastDefending the Constitution of Knowledge: Ben Klutsey talks to Jonathan RauchIn this twelfth installment of our series on liberalism, Benjamin Klutsey, the Director of Academic Outreach at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, talks with Jonathan Rauch about fallibilism, groupthink, cancelers and trolls, and why the constitution of knowledge is better than the marketplace of ideas. Rauch is a senior fellow in the Governance Studies program at the Brookings Institution. His latest book is “The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth” (2021). Previous works include “The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50” (2018), “Political Realism: How Hacks, Machines, Big Money, and Back-Room Deals Can Strengthen American Democracy” (2015) and “Gay Marriage...
2021-06-2545 min
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2021-06-0358 minHeterodox Out LoudEpisode 5: Why We Should Care About Ideological Diversity in The Academy, Musa al-GharbiIn this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, Sociologist Musa Al-Gharbi makes the case as to why ideological diversity in social research and pedagogy is an important cause to fight for - even for those who may be skeptical of its benefits. Musa’s piece is titled, “Why We Should Care About Ideological Diversity in The Academy.”
To engage deeper with Musa’s ideas, check out our related posts “What Are The Limits of Viewpoint Diversity” by Nick Phillips, “Religion: A Viewpoint Diversity Blind Spot?” by Seth Kaplan, and “Viewpoint Diversity Does Not Extend to Extremist Hate” by Ilana Redstone.
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2021-03-1131 minHeterodox Out LoudEpisode 5: Why We Should Care About Ideological Diversity in The Academy, Musa al-GharbiIn this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, Sociologist Musa Al-Gharbi makes the case as to why ideological diversity in social research and pedagogy is an important cause to fight for - even for those who may be skeptical of its benefits. Musa’s piece is titled, “Why We Should Care About Ideological Diversity in The Academy.”
To engage deeper with Musa’s ideas, check out our related posts “What Are The Limits of Viewpoint Diversity” by Nick Phillips, “Religion: A Viewpoint Diversity Blind Spot?” by Seth Kaplan, and “Viewpoint Diversity Does Not Extend to Extremist Hate” by Ilana Redstone.
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2021-03-1131 minHeterodox Out LoudEpisode 4: What are the Limits of Viewpoint Diversity? Nick PhillipsWhen it comes to the production of knowledge the value of viewpoint diversity cannot be overstated. For simple problems, or well established technicalities, we may not need multiple viewpoints, but wicked problems can only be addressed by engaging with diverse points of view. Yet, not all points of view are equal, and certainly not all of them belong in the academy. In this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, lawyer and former HxA researcher, Nick Phillips, grapples with a central dilemma at the heart of Heterodox Academy: What are the limits of viewpoint diversity?
The original blog, "What...
2021-03-0410 minHeterodox Out LoudEpisode 4: What are the Limits of Viewpoint Diversity? Nick PhillipsWhen it comes to the production of knowledge the value of viewpoint diversity cannot be overstated. For simple problems, or well established technicalities, we may not need multiple viewpoints, but wicked problems can only be addressed by engaging with diverse points of view. Yet, not all points of view are equal, and certainly not all of them belong in the academy. In this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, lawyer and former HxA researcher, Nick Phillips, grapples with a central dilemma at the heart of Heterodox Academy: What are the limits of viewpoint diversity?
The original blog, "What...
2021-03-0410 min
Radical OnesPolitical Polarization with llana RedstoneIlana Redstone joined the What We Don’t Know Podcast to discuss political polarization, and the consequences of living in a divided nation. Ilana is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois as well as the author of the book Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education In a world filled with the influence of social media, political discourse has become less tolerant, and conflicts are made faster to escalate. Ilana brings light on these subjects from an interdisciplinary perspective that combines psychology, political science, and media communications.Fo...
2021-02-0324 minThe ThoughtStretchers PodcastGrowing Viewpoint DiversityDrew Perkins talks with sociology professor, author, and consultant, Ilana Redstone about the importance of and how to develop viewpoint diversity. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Diverse Perspectives Consulting Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes Video series Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education Persuasion article: When the "Racism" Doesn't Seem Racist Heterodox Academy Eduardo Bonilla-Silva The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 217 A Closer Look At Critical Race Theory And White Fragility (with Rod Graham) The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 191 Is Critical Thinking A Nonsense Concept? Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info...
2020-12-311h 31The ThoughtStretchers PodcastGrowing Viewpoint DiversityDrew Perkins talks with sociology professor, author, and consultant, Ilana Redstone about the importance of and how to develop viewpoint diversity. Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Diverse Perspectives Consulting Beyond Bigots and Snowflakes Video series Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education Persuasion article: When the "Racism" Doesn't Seem Racist Heterodox Academy Eduardo Bonilla-Silva The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 217 A Closer Look At Critical Race Theory And White Fragility (with Rod Graham) The TeachThought Podcast Ep. 191 Is Critical Thinking A Nonsense Concept? Visit wegrowteachers.com for more info...
2020-12-311h 31
Hold my DrinkEpisode 7: Doing Diversity DifferentIlana Redstone, creator of the YouTube series Beyond Bigots & Snowflakes, joins me as the co-host to discuss how we do diversity and diversity training in America and how we can do it better. All with a chaser of civility of course, for me this week it was with a splash of Jamesons for a hot toddy.To read a recap of our conversation and to see what each of us is reading, see our post Doing Diversity Different. Subscribe at holdmydrink.substack.com
2020-12-1233 min
The DissidentsEpisode 7: Doing Diversity Different | Ilana RedstoneIlana Redstone, creator of the YouTube series Beyond Bigots & Snowflakes, joins me as the co-host to discuss how we do diversity and diversity training in America and how we can do it better. All with a chaser of civility of course, for me this week it was with a splash of Jamesons for a hot toddy.
To read a recap of our conversation and to see what each of us is reading, see our post Doing Diversity Different or visit our website. You can also watch the conversation on the Hold my Drink YouTube page.
2020-12-1033 min
Discourse Magazine PodcastLiberalism and Viewpoint Diversity: Ben Klutsey talks to Ilana RedstoneIn this installment, Ben Klutsey talks with Dr. Ilana Redstone, Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and founder of Diverse Perspectives Consulting. We dig into the epistemic question of how we know what we know and the usefulness of respecting viewpoint diversity by focusing on Dr. Redstone’s new course, Bigots and Snowflakes: Living in a World Where Everyone Else is Wrong, and her forthcoming book, Unassailable Ideas: How Unwritten Rules and Social Media Shape Discourse in American Higher Education. The audio, as well as the transcript of this conversation between Klutsey and Re...
2020-09-2554 min
Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalIlana Redstone on Lived Experience, Anti-Racism, and Conflict TheoryThis conversation was for an imminent documentary I'm producing called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to contribute to getting the film distributed (in 2020) and seeing more conversations like this.
2020-07-2600 min
Cylinder RadioVIEWPOINT DIVERSITY WITH SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR ILANA REDSTONEIlana Redstone is a sociologist from University of Illinois and teaches a class called "Bigots & Snowflakes: Living in a World Where Everyone Else is Wrong". She also started a company called "Diverse Perspectives Consulting" aimed at helping businesses struggling in the new landscape of diversity & inclusion. In this episode, Ilana and Will discuss the resistance so many have to being open regarding new perspectives, the current state of education, and how we all can best promote critical thinking in society.
2019-12-2750 min
Half Hour of Heterodoxy73. Ilana Redstone, Heterodox SociologyIlana Redstone (@irakresh) is my guest. She is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she teaches core sociology courses and a special course called Bigots and Snowflakes: Living in a World Where Everyone Else is Wrong. She is the founder of Diverse Perspectives Consulting, whose mission to improve communication to create a truly inclusive workplace culture. Her research has focused on legal permanent residents in the U.S. She also has written about problems within the discipline of sociology.
She has been a faculty fellow at Heterodox Academy since 2017. She...
2019-11-2631 min