The Political Theory Review

Jeffrey Church
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Sep 11, 2025 • 37min

Episode 186: William Galston - Anger, Fear, Domination

A conversation with William Galston about his recent book, "Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech" (Yale UP).
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Sep 10, 2025 • 50min

Episode 185: Cass Sunstein - On Liberalism

A conversation with Cass Sunstein about his recent book "On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom" (MIT Press).
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Aug 28, 2025 • 1h 21min

Episode 184: John Christman - Reconceiving Freedom from the Shadows of Slavery

A conversation with John Christman about his recent book, "Reconceiving Liberty from the Shadows of Slavery: Liberty in a Nonideal World" (Cambridge UP)
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Aug 12, 2025 • 56min

Episode 183: Linda Zerilli - A Democratic Theory of Truth

Linda Zerilli, a professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, dives into her book on democratic truth. She discusses the impact of misinformation in politics, particularly during the Trump era. Zerilli critiques fact-checking and the subjective nature of truth, drawing from Foucault and Arendt. The conversation explores the interplay between solitude and social processes in thinking, the importance of diverse voices in deliberative democracy, and challenges the post-truth landscape by advocating a reevaluation of truth through ordinary language.
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Jul 23, 2025 • 1h 8min

Episode 182: Alyssa Battistoni - Free Gifts

A conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about her recent book, "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" (Princeton UP)
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Jul 9, 2025 • 1h 14min

Episode 181: Amit Ron and Abraham Singer - Everyone's Business

A conversation with Amit Ron and Abraham Singer about their recent book, "Everyone's Business: What Companies Owe Society" (U Chicago Press).
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Jun 19, 2025 • 58min

Episode 180: Robert Gooding-Williams - Democracy and Beauty

A conversation with Robert Gooding-Williams about his recent book, "Democracy and Beauty: the Political Aesthetics of W.E.B. DuBois" (Columbia UP).
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Jun 4, 2025 • 1h 10min

Episode 179: Natasha Piano - Democratic Elitism

A conversation with Natasha Piano about her recent book, "Democratic Elitism: the Founding Myth of American Political Science" (Harvard UP).
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May 20, 2025 • 1h 6min

Episode 178: Agustina Paglayan - Raised to Obey

A conversation with Agustina Paglayan about her recent book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (Princeton UP)
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May 16, 2025 • 1h 17min

Episode 177: Ryan Balot - Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato's Laws

A conversation with Ryan Balot about his recent book, "Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato's Laws" (Oxford UP).

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