logo
episode-header-image
Sep 2023
1h 11m

God And Man At Yale

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
About this episode
Oops all grievance. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod Where to find us: TwitterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources: No Ivory Tower : Mccarthyism And The UniversitiesThe Fire Is Upon UsThe Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945The Passion of William F. Buckley: Academic Freedom, ... Show More
Up next
Nov 20
Sapiens
<p>How do you tell the entire history of humanity in a single book? Whatever you do, do not open a browser window. </p><p>Thanks to <a href='http://www.dorsaamir.com/'>Dorsa Amir</a>, <a href='http://www.stibbardhawkes.com/'>Duncan Stibbard Hawkes</a> and <a href='https://www.dav ... Show More
1h 38m
Oct 2
How To Win Friends And Influence People
<p>Live like Dale Carnegie, neg like Calvin Coolidge.</p><p><b>Where to find us: </b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod'>Our Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://ifbookspod.dashery.com/'>Our merch!</a></li><li><a href='https://stringinamaze.net/'>Peter&apos;s ... Show More
1h 10m
Sep 11
Thomas Chatterton Williams' "Summer of Our Discontent"
<p>Peter and Michael discuss a book that&apos;s light on facts and long on sentences.</p><p><b>Where to find us: </b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod'>Our Patreon</a></li><li><a href='https://ifbookspod.dashery.com/'>Our merch!</a></li><li><a href='https:// ... Show More
1h 31m
Recommended Episodes
Apr 2023
WOF 381: Why the Liberal Arts Matter
<p>Friends, what are the liberal arts, and why are so many schools getting rid of them? A recent article in <em>The New Yorker</em> titled <a href= "https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/the-end-of-the-english-major" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">"The End of t ... Show More
25m 10s
Jan 2024
574. “A Low Moment in Higher Education”
<p>Michael Roth of Wesleyan University doesn’t hang out with other university presidents. He also thinks some of them have failed a basic test of good sense and decency. It’s time for a conversation about college, and courage.  </p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCE:</strong><ul><li> ... Show More
46m 51s
Mar 2023
A "Do or Die" Moment for the Academic Labor Movement (w/ Matt Thomas, Kristina Mensik, Bryan Sacks, & Todd Wolfson)
<p>At colleges and universities across the country, a heated battle is playing out right now over workers' right to organize and have a say over how the institutions they keep afloat with their labor are run. From graduate student-worker unionization efforts and strikes at Temple ... Show More
1h 36m
Nov 2023
397. The Heritage Foundation: Responsibility and Meaning | Dr. Kevin Roberts
Dr. Jordan B Peterson sits down with the current president of the Heritage Foundation, Dr. Kevin Roberts. They discuss the operations and practical utility of think tanks, the state of progressivism across academia, how multiple generations of students are now incapable of facing ... Show More
1h 42m
Sep 2023
Matthew McManus, "The Political Right and Equality: Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity" (Routledge, 2023)
McManus presents an intellectual history of the conservative and reactionary tradition, stretching from Aristotle and Filmer to Alexander Dugin and Patrick Deneen. Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of the intellectual political right, McManus traces its core to a nosta ... Show More
30m 45s
Apr 2023
Best Of: The War Within the Republican Party
<p>On Monday, Fox News abruptly announced that the network and its star primetime host, Tucker Carlson, “have agreed to part ways” after more than a decade. The announcement came less than a week after Fox agreed to pay $787.5 million in a defamation lawsuit that prominently feat ... Show More
1h 23m