
The Political Theory Review
Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy.This podcast is not affiliated with the University of Houston, and no opinions expressed on this podcast are that of the University of Houston. Image: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), After a model by Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), in the public domain courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Latest episodes

Apr 25, 2025 • 1h 1min
Episode 176: Michael Fuerstein - Experiments in Living Together
A conversation with Michael Fuerstein about his recent book, "Experiments in Living Together: How Democracy Drives Social Progress" (Oxford UP).

Apr 10, 2025 • 59min
Episode 175: Laurie M. Johnson - The Gap in God''s Country
A conversation with Laurie M. Johnson about her recent book, "The Gap in God's Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars" (Wipf & Stock).

Mar 19, 2025 • 1h 5min
Episode 174: Leah Downey - Our Money
A conversation with Leah Downey about her recent book "Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters" (Princeton UP).

Mar 6, 2025 • 1h 2min
Episode 173: Kevin Pham - The Architects of Dignity
A conversation with Kevin Pham about his recent book, "The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization" (Oxford UP).

Feb 24, 2025 • 1h 16min
Episode 172: Ali Aslam, David McIvor, and Joel Schlosser - Earthborn Democracy
A conversation with Ali Aslam, David McIvor, and Joel Schlosser about their recent book, "Earthborn Democracy: A Political Theory of Entangled Life" (Columbia University Press).

Feb 18, 2025 • 1h 6min
Episode 171: Anna Marisa Schoen - Nations before the Nation-State
A conversation with Anna Marisa Schoen about her recent book, "Nations before the Nation-State: Between City-State and Empire from Antiquity to the Present" (Cambridge UP).

Jan 30, 2025 • 1h 10min
Episode 170: Vanessa Wills - Marx's Ethical Vision
A conversation with Vanessa Wills about her recent book, Marx's Ethical Vision (Oxford UP).

Jan 8, 2025 • 1h 15min
Episode 169: Alasia Nuti - Politicizing Political Liberalism
A conversation with Alasia Nuti about her recent co-authored book, "Politicizing Political Liberalism: on the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views" (Oxford UP).

Dec 10, 2024 • 1h 9min
Episode 168: Espen Hammer - After the Death of God
A conversation with Espen Hammer about his forthcoming book "After the Death of God: Secularization as a Philosophical Challenge from Kant to Nietzsche" (U of Chicago Press).

Nov 22, 2024 • 1h 20min
Episode 167: Mary Nichols - Aristotle's Discovery of the Human
A conversation with Mary Nichols about her recent book, "Aristotle's Discovery of the Human: Piety and Politics in the Nicomachean Ethics" (Notre Dame UP).
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