The Amor Mundi Podcast from The Hannah Arendt Center Podcast
1) Civil Disobedience III | Crises of the Republic
We continue our reading of Hannah Arendt’s essay “Civil Disobedience” from Crises of the Republic. Host Roger Berkowitz frames it through Mary McCarthy’s critique that civil disobedience is fundamenta...Show More
2) Civil Disobedience I-II | Crises of the Republic
In this episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz introduces Hannah Arendt’s essay “Civil Disobedience” from Crises of the Republic. Framed by Eugene Rostow’s question about citizens’ moral relation to ...Show More
3) Planetary Politics with Lucy Benjamin | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz and Lucy Benjamin discuss her book Planetary Politics: Arendt, Anarchy, and the Climate Crisis. They explore how Arendt's concepts of plurality an...Show More
4) Lying in Politics III-V | Crises of the Republic
In this episode, Roger Berkowitz discusses the second parts of Arendt’s essay "Lying in Politics" from her book Crises of the Republic. Berkowitz explains Arendt’s critique of the Vietnam War policyma...Show More
5) Lying in Politics I-II | Crises of the Republic
In this first episode of our new read, Roger Berkowitz introduces Hannah Arendt's Crises of the Republic. The book, written in 1972, delves into the crises facing the American Republic, including the ...Show More
6) Candor without Hypocrisy | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz discusses his essay "Candor Without Hypocrisy," which explores the current political landscape and the dangers of unrestrained candor. He examines...Show More
7) The World in Time with Lapham's Quarterly | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode of the Reading Hannah Arendt podcast, we're sharing a conversation we did with our friends at Lapham's Quarterly. Their podcast, The World in Time, explores stories and insight f...Show More
8) Operation Lightness with Teju Cole | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode of the podcast, we share a talk from our fall conference on JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times. Teju Cole  is a novelist, essayist, and photographer, whose talk "Operation Light...Show More
9) The Revolutionary Tradition and its Lost Treasure (Parts III-IV) | On Revolution, Chapter 6
In this final episode of 2025, Roger Berkowitz discusses the concluding chapters of Hannah Arendt’s On Revolution. He elaborates on Arendt's exploration of what she regards as the 'most mature' articu...Show More
10) Truth in Politics: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Hannah Arendt's Death | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode of the podcast, host Roger Berkowitz explores the complex relationship between truth and politics. Speaking from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he attended the Riyadh International ...Show More