Professor Nicholas Buccola on Barry Goldwater and James Baldwin

Avi and Natalie sit down with Professor Nicholas Buccola, the Dr. Jules K. Whitehill Professor of Humanism & Ethics at Claremont McKenna College, to discuss his new book One Man’s Freedom. Buccola explores the ideological clash between Barry Goldwater and Martin Luther King Jr., revealing how their competing visions of freedom continue to shape American politics and the meaning of liberty today.

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