Before we dive into today’s episode, a personal note: This summer, I will be going back to France for the first time in two years, and I will take a break from podcasting until September.
However, my interns Josh and Emma will be keeping the lights on by releasing podcast episodes and newsletter articles (subscribe here).
Josh has been working on a series of episodes discussing American music and poetry, which will be released weekly in July and August.
So, Back in America will be in summer mode, and I know you will love it!
Now, it is time for our interview.
Starting this podcast back in November 2019, I wanted to make sense of the Trump years, and the sadness I felt for a country I loved but no longer understood.
In more than 50 episodes and countless conversations, I have time and time again asked my guests: What is America to them?. Careful listeners to this podcast might have gained a better understanding of the fabric of this country––I know I certainly have.
In this episode, I turn to Professor Douglas Steinel, a man whose life has been dedicated to just that: understanding America.
His students have praised him for forcing them to confront opposing views, and his course syllabi require reading political critiques from both sides of the aisle.
Professor Douglas Steinel has been a professor of American Political Thought since 1982 at the George Washington University, just a few blocks away from the White House.
Professor Steinel's book suggestions
Plato's Republic
Bertrand Russell Collection, Selected Works, 1912-1922: The Problems of Philosophy, The Analysis of Mind, Why Men Fight, Free Thought and Official Propaganda
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
by Bertrand Russell
The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite
by Michael Lind
Witchcraft and Feminism: Three American witches share their experiences
Tricia Baker: "My Dog Saved My Life" - Inside Dog Therapy and Mental Health Education
Zionism, Mysticism, and the Law: Sam Shonkoff and his students on American Judaism today
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings: On her Late Husband Elijah Cummings, Black Feminism, Civil Rights...
The Promise of a Better Human: James Clement on our Transhuman futures
Divers from the EPIX/ BBC Docuseries “Enslaved”: Diving on Shipwrecked Slave Ships
Richard Heinberg: Has America Reached Its Limits? Biden, Climate, The End of Fossil Fuel
On the Frontlines of the 2020 Election with Poll-worker Josh Wagner
Listen Again: Sheri Kurdakul CEO of VictimVoice tells her story of abuse that started when she was a toddler (with Nov. 2020 update)
How do you feel about the election? Six Interviews with Democrats and Republicans
Listen again: John Michael Greer an American Druid on Americans Individualism, Societal Collapse, and the Values of the Frontier Period
Thierry Sauvage -- COVID, changement de vie : de Shanghai au Croisic
Guns, God & the 2nd Amendment in America - David Treibs Christian & Guns Activist - Prof. Robert Spitzer Constitution and Gun Control Expert, SUNY Cortland
BrooklynDad_Defiant: Liberal Online Activist Majid Padellan Talks About his Fight to Elect Joe Biden
Derrick Cobb - From New York Homeless Teen to Hollywood Music Star
Dr. Glenda Wrenn on COVID, Remote work, Mental Health & Corporate America
Don't miss the two live interviews on Sept. 14 and 16th
Part 2/2 - Eric Marsh, Black Activist on the George Floyd's Mural
Part 1/2 - Cadex Herrera Lead Artist of George Floyd's Mural
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