AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE
A special re-release of the 2019 episode “Love’s Labour’s Lit” dedicated to Saul Elkin (1932-2025)
Point of Learning
A podcast for anyone curious about what and how and why we learn.
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WE ARE THE CAVALRY with DREW WARSHAW
Peter talks with Drew Warshaw about his campaign for NYS Comptroller, the most powerful office too many of us know nothing about.
HOUSE OF DIGGS with MARION ORR
Peter talks with Marion Orr, the Frederick Lippitt Professor of Public Policy at Brown University, about his book House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr.
VALENTINE FROM MINNEAPOLIS
Peter talks with a friend in Minneapolis about living in his beloved city during a period of state-sponsored terror and what can be learned about pulling the U.S. back from the brink.
COMMIT TO CONNECT: THE PROJECT ON CIVIC DIALOGUE
Peter talks with Lara Schwartz, Founding Director of the Project on Civic Dialogue (PCD) in the School of Public Affairs at American University, as well as three PCD facilitators: Grace Manson, Arjun Mishra, and Khushi Ramnani.
DEEP READING with JUSTIN McDANIEL
Peter talks with Justin McDaniel about two of the very unusual courses he teaches at Penn.
HUMAN-CENTERED AI IN SCHOOLS with ERIC HUDSON
Peter talks with Eric Hudson about his work in schools on Human-Centered AI.
THE FIRST 100 DAZE with JONATHAN RAUCH
Peter talks with Jonathan Rauch about two of his books, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth and Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy.
THE CERTAINTY TRAP with ILANA REDSTONE
Peter talks with Ilana Redstone about her book The Certainty Trap: Why We Need to Question Ourselves More—and How We Can Judge Others Less.
FREEMAN’S CHALLENGE with ROBIN BERNSTEIN
Peter talks with Robin Bernstein about her new book Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit, an explosive, moving story about the entangled origins of prison for profit and anti-Black racism.