Beatrice Institute Podcast
1) Unmachining: Reclaiming a Grounded Life
Increasingly, technology is dominating our lives. How do we stay human in the midst of digital upheaval? What lessons can we glean from dystopian literature? Is there a heuristic we can adopt that he...Show More
2) Exploring “Off-Liberalism” with Fred Bauer
The word “liberalism” often leaves a bad taste in people's mouths. When discussing modern American politics, liberalism points to the most slippery and self-centered sides of the political scene. Bein...Show More
3) "Relearning How to Read" with Kathryn Mogk Wagner
Does it take a trained expert to read books in our own language? The heart of English departments around the world is the love of amateurs, yet that heart seems to be gradually shrinking, replaced mor...Show More
4) Why Does Beauty Wound? with John-Paul Heil
You are marveling at a beautiful sunset, standing in awe before an Italian masterpiece, or gazing lovingly into the face of your beloved. These moments of beauty, however brief, impact our hearts, min...Show More
5) Can We Rebuild the American Trades?
What has become of the trades within our country? Where did the blue-collar workers go and what is the reason behind their disappearance? Is there anything we can do to rebuild and re-vitalize this cr...Show More
6) Where Do Bioethics Begin? with Michael Deem
As a bioethicist and Catholic deacon-in-training, Dr. Michael Deem has spent years in the medical trenches as well as in theological and philosophical research. Michael Deem joins Grant in this episod...Show More
7) Is Mutualism Possible? with Sara Horowitz
How can we help locally, but in a way that works economically? This is the challenge that thwarts many solidaristic startups. Luckily, Sara Horowitz has picked up the gauntlet. Sara Horowitz has been ...Show More
8) How Are Numbers Beautiful? with Francis Su
How is mathematics a liberal art? How can being good at math translate into virtue? Dr. Francis Su, the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College, is well aware of mathematic...Show More
9) Genealogies of Modernity Episode 3: What Is Genealogy?
Modernity strives to break with the past, especially genealogy. However, is it possible for a society to break a genealogical thread? In this episode, we explore the meaning and value of genealogy, a ...Show More
10) Genealogies of Modernity Episode 2: What Is Modernity? with Michael Puett
We often think of modernity as a time period in history. But people have been claiming to be modern since at least c. 550 AD, when the Roman writer Cassiodorus used the term modernus to mark off every...Show More