
Political Philosophy
A podcast devoted to the history of political thought in the spirit of sharing, not perfection. Explanation and discussion of classic and contemporary political ideas. YouTube: YouTube.com/politicalphilosophy
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Oct 20, 2024 • 9min
Incarnation and the Environment, with Author Jordan Daniel Wood
Jordan Daniel Wood’s book is The Whole Mystery of Christ: Creation as Incarnation in Maximus the Confessor: https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268203474/the-whole-mystery-of-christ/
This is a part of a longer discussion from the Maurin Academy’s Communio Reading Group, which meets every 3rd Saturday of the month at 4 p.m. US Central Time.
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Oct 5, 2024 • 1h 11min
The Greatest of All Plagues: Economic Inequality From Plato to Marx: Interview w/ David Lay Williams
Direct link to DePaul University Political Scientist Dr. David Lay William’s book and e-book, The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691171975/the-greatest-of-all-plagues?srsltid=AfmBOoouC6GyFyOl3Elvzagqym3OgW-ohnU_ydH4vwXy6E0Nz3OpVb34
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Sep 28, 2024 • 18min
The Spiritual Crises of Modernity: From Nominalism to Nihilism: Upcoming Maurin Academy Class
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Sep 15, 2024 • 29min
Why the Fights, Infidelities, Serial Marriages, & Kids Raised by Grandparents? (Hillbilly Elegy 3)
Laurie discusses the phenomenon of generational trauma and repeating the same stupid mistakes, a syndrome caused by long-term generational poverty and exposure to prejudice, in the process of unpacking JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy Chapters 3 and 4. She’ll respond to more questions from the last Hillbilly bookclub session as well as this one, in an upcoming video.
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Aug 19, 2024 • 44min
JPII Catholic Worker Farm Update: Goat Mowers & Accommodations Coming Together! August 2024
Laurie talks with Spencer and Emily Hess about how things are going on the JPII Catholic Worker Farm in KCMO.
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Aug 17, 2024 • 16min
Q & A Session: Hillbilly Elegy Bookclub, Introduction
Laurie answers questions from viewers of the first session of the Hillbilly Elegy bookclub. Yes, it’s time for the Hillbilly Elegy Book Club.
Leave your comments and Laurie will respond to at least some of them in her next session!
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Aug 10, 2024 • 29min
Hillbilly Elegy Book Club! Introduction (Analysis of JD Vance’s 2016 book)
Yes, it’s time for the Hillbilly Elegy Book Club. Leave your comments and Laurie will respond to at least some of them in her next session!
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Aug 4, 2024 • 27min
Why Does the US Have a Two-Party System?What Could Change That?
This is part of a monthly Longer View by Dr. Laurie Johnson, responding to a patron who asked why the US doesn’t often election third party candidates.
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Jul 29, 2024 • 27min
The Fragmented Self in Modern Liberalism (V.S. Naipaul, One Out of Many, 3) & Future Plans
Laurie wraps up her discussion of VS Naipaul’s short story One Out of Many, from In a Free State. The discussion centers around the various forms and impacts of liberal modernity and the dislocations it causes. Hillbilly Elegy bookclub is also briefly mentioned.
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Jul 15, 2024 • 19min
Unfree in Freedom/Unequal in Equality (One Out of Many, VS Naipaul 2, The Gap in God’s Country)
As we get deeper into Santosh’s experience, we see the 1968 Washington DC riots through his eyes, as he begins to contemplate his unfreedom in a free country and his equality in inequality.
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Political Philosophy podcast: https://political-philosophy.com
Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin Academy, which can be found on almost all podcast platforms! Follow the Maurin Academy on Twitter and Instagram for notifications about upcoming events!
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