Ranked #1
#4: Maureen Corrigan on The Great Gatsby
#4: Maureen Corrigan on The Great Gatsby
In this episode, we hear a May 18, 2016 interview with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, critic-in-resi... Read more
12 Jul 2016
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50mins
Ranked #2
#11: Back to School with Louis Menand and Alan Charles Kors
#11: Back to School with Louis Menand and Alan Charles Kors
Today's episode concludes our "Back to School" series and features two perspectives on issues faced by higher education ... Read more
31 Aug 2016
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #3
#18: Bradley J. Birzer on Russell Kirk and Conservatism, Then and Now
#18: Bradley J. Birzer on Russell Kirk and Conservatism, Then and Now
In the 1950s, American conservatives felt like they were on the ropes: faced with a liberal consensus at home and radica... Read more
19 Oct 2016
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44mins
Ranked #4
#16: Matthew Continetti on Trump, Clinton, and the Washington Free Beacon
#16: Matthew Continetti on Trump, Clinton, and the Washington Free Beacon
In this October 5, 2016 interview with Matthew Continetti, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon, Mr. Continetti... Read more
5 Oct 2016
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39mins
Ranked #5
#62: Martha Jones on Campus Politics and the Free Speech Debate
#62: Martha Jones on Campus Politics and the Free Speech Debate
Today, we hear from Martha Jones, the Society of Black Almuni Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, and form... Read more
15 Sep 2017
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39mins
Ranked #6
#6: George H. Nash on The Conservative Intellectual Movement Since 1945
#6: George H. Nash on The Conservative Intellectual Movement Since 1945
Today’s episode of Common Ground features George H Nash, an historian and author whose book The Conservative Intellectua... Read more
27 Jul 2016
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1hr 1min
Ranked #7
#2: Daniel McCarthy on The American Conservative
#2: Daniel McCarthy on The American Conservative
In this episode, we hear a May 19, 2016 interview with Daniel McCarthy, editor of The American Conservative.In 2002, a s... Read more
4 Jul 2016
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44mins
Ranked #8
#13: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on Classroom Wars
#13: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela on Classroom Wars
In today’s episode we hear a September 6, 2016 interview with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, assistant professor of History a... Read more
14 Sep 2016
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48mins
Ranked #9
#14: Can We Find Common Ground between Israel and Palestine?
#14: Can We Find Common Ground between Israel and Palestine?
In this special episode of the Common Ground podcast, we’ll play for you a dialogue held at Grand Valley State Universit... Read more
21 Sep 2016
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1hr 40mins
Ranked #10
#15: H.W. Brands on Ronald Reagan
#15: H.W. Brands on Ronald Reagan
Today we hear an interview from February, 2016 with H.W. Brands about the life and legacy of Ronald Reagan. We also disc... Read more
28 Sep 2016
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36mins
Ranked #11
#12: Jonathan White on Terrorism
#12: Jonathan White on Terrorism
Today’s episode features an August, 2016 interview with Jonathan White, an internationally recognized terrorism and crim... Read more
8 Sep 2016
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50mins
Ranked #12
#10: Back to School with Eva Brann
#10: Back to School with Eva Brann
This interview, recorded on May 16, 2016, features Eva Brann, tutor and former dean at St. John's College. We look at th... Read more
24 Aug 2016
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57mins
Ranked #13
#8: Raymond J. Haberski Jr., Paul V. Murphy, and Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela
#8: Raymond J. Haberski Jr., Paul V. Murphy, and Natalia Mehlman-Petrzela
This episode is going to be just a bit different from the others. We’re going to play for you a series of short presenta... Read more
8 Aug 2016
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1hr 17mins
Ranked #14
#9 Jon Lauck on the Revival of Midwestern History
#9 Jon Lauck on the Revival of Midwestern History
This interview with the Midwestern History Association's Jon Lauck, recorded on June 1st, 2016, explores the often overl... Read more
17 Aug 2016
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50mins
Ranked #15
#7: Daniel Oppenheimer On Exit Right
#7: Daniel Oppenheimer On Exit Right
In today’s episode, we hear a June 29, 2016 interview with Daniel Oppenheimer, a writer and documentarian, and the autho... Read more
3 Aug 2016
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1hr
Ranked #16
#20: Bhaskar Sunkara on Jacobin and the Future of the Left
#20: Bhaskar Sunkara on Jacobin and the Future of the Left
In this episode, Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor and publisher of Jacobin Magazine, talks about the short history of hi... Read more
2 Nov 2016
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44mins
Ranked #17
#5: Ian Millhiser on the Supreme Court
#5: Ian Millhiser on the Supreme Court
This episode features a May 17, 2016 interview with Ian Millhiser, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress Ac... Read more
19 Jul 2016
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55mins
Ranked #18
#103: Lunch & Learn with Gleaves Whitney - Guest Freshta Tori Jan
#103: Lunch & Learn with Gleaves Whitney - Guest Freshta Tori Jan
Gleaves Whitney is joined by Freshta Tori Jan, a current Cook Leadership Academy lead fellow candidate, and bilingual st... Read more
1 Jun 2020
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51mins
Ranked #19
#100: Lunch & Learn with Gleaves Whitney - Guest Jeff Polet
#100: Lunch & Learn with Gleaves Whitney - Guest Jeff Polet
Gleaves Whitney is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Polet. Jeff is an author and professor of political science at Hope College in ... Read more
21 May 2020
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1hr 23mins
Ranked #20
#96: Lunch & Learn with Gleaves Whitney - Guest H.W. Brands
#96: Lunch & Learn with Gleaves Whitney - Guest H.W. Brands
Gleaves Whitney is joined by H.W. Brands in an extended edition of Lunch & Learn with Gleaves. Bill is a long-time f... Read more
12 May 2020
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1hr 33mins