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Harrisburg 41-2A Taste of Success: Stories from Harrisburg's Culinary AlumniThis episode explores Harrisburg's Culinary Arts program, its impact on students, and their transitions into post-secondary culinary education. The episode includes insights from culinary arts instructor Mrs. Deb Rombough and stories from former students, Alex Clark and Lexi Rausch, about their experiences in culinary school after graduating from Harrisburg.2024-02-2130 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 26: Asymmetries in the Culture War, Christian Alejandro GonzalezToday’s episode examines how we treat our ideological adversaries and how responses to them often come down to a numbers game. We sit down with Christian Gonzalez, a Ph.D. student in political theory at Georgetown University and a Writing Fellow at Heterodox Academy, to discuss a disturbing story about power, human nature, and public discourse.Christian’s Blog: On Social Power Dynamics in Political DiscourseFor comments and questions email communications@heterodoxacademy.org.This episode was hosted by Zach Rausch. The artwork was inspired by Chri...2021-12-0220 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 25: How Critics of Intersectionality (Often) Miss The Point, Ian StoreyAre certain ideas inherently dangerous—and when can we reasonably separate a set of ideas from the aggressive tactics of those who push them forward?This week on the Heterodox Out Loud podcast, we’re sitting down with Ian Storey, an associate fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, to explore these important questions, especially as they relate to modern conversations around Intersectionality, deplatforming, social media, and the path toward civility in public discourse. Ian’s Blog: How Critics of Intersectionality (Often) Miss The Poi...2021-11-1824 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 24: Restoring Civil Discourse in Higher Education, Pano KanelosToday’s episode features Pano Kanelos, a university president on a mission to restore civil discourse in higher education. We’ll learn how the campus life he loved so deeply began changing for the worse. Tune in for a conversation about moral leadership, civil discourse, the future of the university, and a radical idea that may upend everything. Pano’s Blog: The Importance of Learning to Argue From Ancient Greece Through the PresentFor comments and questions email communications@heterodoxacademy.org.This episode was hosted...2021-11-0927 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 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 22: Why Bad Things Happen: Covid and Health Inequality, Michael JindraThis episode is about how we explain why bad things happen. We hear the story of Michael Jindra, a cultural anthropologist who challenges the common narrative around health disparities in the United States. Our topics include free will, systemic racism, and personal responsibility.Michael’s blog: Covid, Health Inequality and the Avoidance of Behavioral Explanations.To engage deeper with these ideas, check out our related posts: Politics, Evolution, and Gender: A Heterodox Firestorm and Lessons Learned by Glenn Geher Education is Related to Greater Ideological Prejudice by Sean St...2021-09-3021 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 21: On The Constitution of Knowledge, Jonathan RauchOn this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, we venture into the mind of James Madison, one of the most insightful political thinkers in American history. We learn how his wisdom can help solve many of the issues facing higher education. The blog, “Heterodox Academicians, Make Madison Your Model” was written by Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He’s the author of eight books including his most recent, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth. As mentioned in today’s episode: On September 21st, we will be hosting a ri...2021-09-1611 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 20: Mill Still Matters Today: Free Speech in the 21st Century, Richard ReevesWith rising concerns around COVID-19 misinformation, election fraud claims, hate speech online and on-campus, many argue that traditional arguments for free speech are no longer sustainable. Today’s blog, Mill Still Matters Today, is a defense of the values of John Stuart Mill — the most influential English language philosopher of the 19th century. His robust defense of personal liberty and free speech is a subject of fruitful debate today. The blog was written by Richard Reeves, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and one of the world’s foremost scholars on John Stuart Mill. The episode includ...2021-09-0225 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 19: Why K-12 Needs Viewpoint Diversity Now, Will ReuschMany K-12 schools across the United States are facing criticism for demonstrating a bias toward left-leaning sociopolitics, while others feel schools are not doing enough. Today’s episode makes the case for viewpoint diversity in K-12 education and the importance of teaching the skills of respectful discourse, regardless of one’s ideological stance. Today’s blog, Why K-12 Needs Viewpoint Diversity Now was written by Will Reusch. Will is a high school history teacher and the co-moderator of the Heterodox K-12 community. You can learn more about our 20+ HxCommunities here. The piece is narrated by Richard Davies. ...2021-08-1917 min

Heterodox 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

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 17: Critical Theory vs. Common Humanity? The Case for a Liberal Approach to Social Studies Education, Samantha Hedges & Sam Merrick“Critical Race Theory” is all the rage these days. Between February and June of 2021, Fox News used the term nearly 1300 times. In the past two months, more than 20 bills have been proposed intending to ban Critical Race Theory from K-12 classrooms, while countless op-ed’s have been published taking positions on all sides of the issue. And yet, it still is a term with a slippery definition that very few people, regardless of position, agree upon. Today’s blog, Critical Theory or Common Humanity? The Case for a Liberal Approach to Social Studies Education co-authored by Sam Merrick...2021-07-2220 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 16: Religion: A Viewpoint Diversity Blindspot, Seth KaplanToday, we explore a subject that has been under-examined at Heterodox Academy: Religious viewpoint diversity. The piece, Religion: A Viewpoint Diversity Blind Spot?, was written by Dr. Seth Kaplan. He teaches at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. Today’s episode is part of a new effort this summer to explore the nuances of religious viewpoint diversity within higher education. On July 26th, we’re going to be hosting a live event on the tensions between religious faith and truth-seeking in both secular and religious colleges and universities. Learn more. 2021-07-1513 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 15: True Diversity Requires Generosity of Spirit, Jonathan HaidtSix years ago, in the fall of 2015, a wave of campus protests spread across the United States. From Yale to Claremont McKenna College to UC Berkeley, students demanded changes related to social justice and gave long lists of demands to their university presidents, often including demands that specific faculty members be fired for perceived verbal offenses. Today’s blog, “True Diversity Requires Generosity of Spirit” written by Jonathan Haidt in November 2015 is a call for patience, generosity, and a dash of humility, especially towards those we think to be doing us wrong. This piece has withstood the test o...2021-07-0118 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 14:White Fragility Is Not The Answer. Honest Diversity Is, Irshad ManjiToday’s episode, “White Fragility is not The Answer: Honest Diversity Is” by Irshad Manji is a personal reflection on diversity and a call for a new way to think about what it means to be a human being. Irshad is a member of the Heterodox Academy advisory council, the founder of the Moral Courage Project, and a New York Times best-selling author. Her most recent book is called: Don’t Label Me: An Incredible Conversation For Divided Times. To engage deeper with these ideas, check out our related posts: Towards An Ascetic Antiracism by Musa al...2021-06-1722 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 13: ‘Diversity Training’ Doesn’t Work. This Might, Musa al-GharbiDiversity-related training is one of the most contentious issues in higher education today. They have become embedded in the culture wars and spark intense moral disagreements. Musa al-Gharbi, a Fellow in Sociology at Columbia University, has done a deep dive into the research on the efficacy of these trainings. In today’s episode, we speak with Musa and listen to his blog, “‘Diversity Training’ Doesn’t Work. This Might.” To engage deeper with Musa’s ideas, check out his three-part series on diversity-related training. “Diversity-Related Training: What is it Good For?” “You’ve Been Mandated to Do Ineffective Trainin...2021-06-0233 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 12: Could Feminism (Again) Provide an Argument for More Conservatives?, Alice DregerCould the French postmodern philosopher, Michel Foucault or American Gender theorist, Judith Butler provide us with arguments for the value of viewpoint diversity? For increasing the number of conservative faculty members on college campuses? Alice Dreger thinks so. Today’s blog, written by Alice, a Heterodox Academy Advisory Council Member and the author of four books, most notably, Galileo’s Middle Finger, is an exquisite reflection on one academic feminist’s journey into and through the “science wars” - a divide between those who thought science could obtain objective truth and those who thought truth was a social-con...2021-05-2012 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 11: Three Strategies for Navigating Moral Disagreements, Musa al-GharbiDo you have a friend, family member, or neighbor whose views you just cannot stand? They seem to have jumped off the deep end, living in a land of conspiracies and false truths? And you know, at the core of your heart, that they are just wrong? If so, this episode is for you. Today’s blog, written by Musa al-Gharbi, the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow in Sociology at Columbia University, is about persuasion, but also about humility, and owning up to the fact that most of the time, we know less than we are willing to ac...2021-05-1331 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 10: Politics, Evolution, and Gender: A Heterodox Firestorm and Lessons Learned, Glenn GeherIn this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, Glenn Geher, Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of the Evolutionary Studies Program at the State University of New York, New Paltz tells us the story of when he invited Dr. Lionel Tiger, the Charles Darwin Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, to campus to speak on the value of the evolutionary perspective on the modern world, and how it became a day he would never forget. His piece is called, “Politics, Evolution, and Gender: A Heterodox Firestorm and Lessons Learned” To engage deeper with Geher’s ideas, check out our rel...2021-04-2918 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 9: A Rhetoric of Common Values, Erec SmithPolitical polarization has become a defining feature of modern American life. Research surrounding the 2020 election from Pew Research Center demonstrated that - a month before the election, roughly eight-in-ten registered voters in both [left and right] camps said their differences with the other side were about core American values, and roughly nine-in-ten worried that a victory by their opponents would lead to ‘lasting harm’ to the United States. In this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, we meet Erec Smith, Associate Professor of Rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania, who is trying to heal America’s deep divisions throug...2021-04-2210 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 8: "Splitting" and Identity Politics, Andrew HartzIn this episode of Heterodox Out Loud, we meet Amanda, a 20-year-old White female college student, who told her therapist, Andrew Hartz, that she “identified” as Black. Today’s piece, “Splitting and Identity Politics,” was written by Andrew Hartz, a Postdoc Fellow at Rose Hill Psychological Institute. Hartz explores the pitfalls of a psychological phenomena known as “Splitting,” a form of black and white thinking, especially on sensitive issues related to race, class, and gender, and the role that universities can play in promoting more nuanced thought and dialogue among their student bodies. For comments a...2021-04-1516 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 7: Why Ibram Kendi’s Antiracism is So Flawed, Jeffrey Aaron SnyderOn today's episode of Heterodox Out Loud, we discuss how the death of George Floyd in May of 2020 led to calls for racial justice that have spread rapidly throughout the United States and beyond. As they search for solutions to the deeply complex issues around race in America, many schools, organizations, and corporations have embraced the ideas of best selling author, Ibram X. Kendi, whose best known for his book, "How to Be an Antiracist." In the spirit of exploring diverse viewpoints, we bring you a blog by Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, Associate Professor of Educational Studies at Carleton College...2021-04-0809 min

Heterodox Out LoudEpisode 6: On the Authority of Experience in Black Thought, Randall KennedyFor the past few months at Heterodox Academy, we’ve been focusing on the contributions of Black scholars, the diversity of perspectives among them, and the tensions around representation in institutions of higher learning. In this episode, we bring to you Randall Kennedy, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and his blog piece “On the Authority of Experience in Black thought.” To engage deeper with Kennedy’s ideas, check out our related posts “To be Sensible About Race is ‘Not Blaming the Victim’” by John McWhorter, “Arguments for and Against Capitalism in the Black Intellectual Tradition” by Fabio Rojas, and...2021-03-2509 min