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Keeping It Civil — 60 episodes

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S6E8: Paul Johnson | What’s Right With America

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S6E7: Andre Archie | The Virtue of Color-Blindness

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S6E6: Michael Mazarr | America’s National Dynamism and Global Challenges

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S6E5: Mary Elise Sarotte | America, Russia, and the Post–Cold War Order

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S6E4: Patrick Griffin | The Age of Atlantic Revolution

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S6E3: Aurelian Craiutu | Why Not Moderation?

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S6E2: Brooke Barbier | Political Moderation in the American Revolution

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S6E1: Gerard Baker | Media, Trust, and Political Polarization in America

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S5E8: Jennifer Frey | Reviving Liberal Learning in a Pursuit of Virtue, Happiness, and Meaning of Life

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S5E7: Lucas Morel | Reimagining Patriotism: MLK, Frederick Douglass, and the Beloved Community

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S5E6: Hans Zeiger | Higher Education and Donor Impact

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S5E5: Robert P. George | Navigating Free Speech Challenges in the Age of Ideological Conformism

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S5E4: Zachary Shore | America’s Ethical Crossroads: Deciphering Vengeance and Virtue in History and Policy

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S5E3: James R. Stoner | Unraveling the Tapestry of American Democracy

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S5E2: John Rose | Free Speech and Viewpoint Diversity in Higher Ed

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S5E1: Matthew Continetti | Restoring Constitutional Conservatism in America

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S4E12: R. Shep Melnick | Higher Education in Crisis

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S4E11: Jenna Storey | Modern Restlessness and Quest for Virtue

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S4E10: Franciska Coleman | Social Regulation Of Free Speech In America

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S4E9: Heather Mac Donald | Why Did Universities Abandon Their True Mission?

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S4E8: Winston Marshall | Former Mumford and Sons Banjo Player’s Career & Political Stance

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S4E7: Bion Bartning | Pro-Human Approach to Addressing Racism

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S4E6: Batya Ungar-Sargon | Elitism in Journalism Poses Growing Danger to American Democracy

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S4E5: Jason Nichols | Hip-Hop & Political Activism

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S4E4: Jane Kamensky | Place of the American Revolution and American History in Public Discourse

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S4E3: Eric Kaufmann | Demographic Transitions, White Majority & Political Contention in Coming Decades

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S4E2: Megan McArdle | Civil Discourse Online and Offline, Changing Nature of Threats to Free Speech and Self-Censorship

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S4E1: Kmele Foster | Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Freedom of Speech in Higher Education

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S3E12: John Tomasi | Heterodox Academy

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S3:E11: Michael Lind | Managerial Elite

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S3:E10: Heather Wilson | Leadership and Public Service with University President and Former Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson

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S3:E9: Glenn Loury | Economics, Race, and Racial Discrimination

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S3:E8: Steven Smith | Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes

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S3:E7: Khalil Muhammad | Understanding the Past and Present of Race and Crime in America

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S3:E6: Andrew Sullivan | A Conversation With the Writer and Public Intellectual Andrew Sullivan

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S3:E5: Lara Bazelon | Law Professor, Writer, and Advocate on the Criminal Justice System and Her New Book on Motherhood

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S3:E3: H.R. McMaster | Civic Education as the foundation for Strategic Confidence in American Foreign Policy

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S3:E2: Jonathan Rauch | Discussing the Constitution of Knowledge

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S3:E1: Paul Carrese and Carol McNamara | Relaunching the Conversation

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Season 3 Keeping It Civil Trailer

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S2:E8: Walter Russell Mead | Is the liberal order crumbling or functioning as we should expect?

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S2:E7: Robert Putnam | Can Americans ever see each other as family again?

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S2:E6: Yascha Mounk | What good might come from populism’s rise? A tense conversation

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S2:E5: Tomás Jiménez | ”Build a Wall to Mexico” - Wait, Why? Mexicans Aren’t Even Coming Anymore

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S2:E4: Reihan Salam | The Trade-offs to Mass Immigration

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S2:E3: Ramesh Ponnuru | What would a second Trump presidency mean?

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S2:E2: David Leonhardt | Is Warren ”Hillary 2.0”? Are concerns over plastic straws virtue signaling at its worst?

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S2:E1: Harvey Mansfield - the Ivy League’s Last Conservative - on Cancel Culture

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S1:EP12: Musa Al Gharbi | The Actual Beneficiaries of “White Privilege” and Misconceptions of Trump’s Supporters

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S1:EP11: Notions of Innocence and Stain in Contemporary Politics with Joshua Mitchell

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S1:EP10: Arthur Brooks | Social Entrepreneurship - Risk Taking and Explosive Rewards

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S1:EP9: Joanne Freeman: Political violence, Civil War, and watching your words

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S1:EP8: Patrick Deneen – Are American elites a new form aristocracy?

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S1:EP7: R. Brookhiser – US political divide not as bad as many say

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S1:EP6: Harvard’s Danielle Allen on liberty vs. equality, is balance possible?

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S1:EP5: Mark Lilla a “pre-McGovern" liberal on IP’s pseudo politics

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S1:EP4: Douthat on intellectual diversity in the media pt. 2 of 2

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S1:EP3: Ross Douthat on woke liberal religiosity pt. 1 of 2

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S1:EP2: Populism as identity politics. Jonah Goldberg pt. 2 of 2

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S1:EP1: Jonah Goldberg on “Conflict” vs. “Consensus” history pt. 1 of 2