Ben Sasse
Former US Senator from Nebraska and former President of the University of Florida. Served on the Senate finance, intelligence, budget, and judiciary committees.
Top 3 podcasts with Ben Sasse
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Aug 28, 2025 • 49min
American Institutions, Higher Education, Talk Shows, and Nougies with Ben Sasse
Ben Sasse, the former US Senator and President of the University of Florida, joins Andrew Roberts for a thought-provoking conversation. He discusses the dysfunction in Congress, the challenges facing American institutions, and the impact of social media on politics. Sasse critiques higher education issues like grade inflation and the decline of work ethic among students. He also navigates the implications of the AI revolution on the workforce and analyzes the current state of US foreign policy regarding Iran, China, and Russia. Plus, he explains what a 'nougie' is!
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Jun 13, 2024 • 1h 11min
Kicking Sasse & Taking Names
Former U.S. senator and current University President Ben Sasse discusses college admission reforms, job in higher education, history department issues, campus protests, and the disappearance of good politicians in an engaging conversation with the host.
Jun 28, 2017 • 1h 21min
Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)
The US senator and former college president joined Tyler for a conversation on adolescence, adulthood, driving for Uber, loving Luther, hate-reading Rousseau, the decline of small towns, backpacking across Europe, America’s peculiar fondness for age-segregation, and why his latest book contains so little sex. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video. Recorded June 14th, 2017 Other ways to connect Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Follow Tyler on Twitter Follow Ben on Twitter Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Subscribe at our newsletter page to have the latest Conversations with Tyler news sent straight to your inbox.
