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1 month ago | lawliberty.org | Seth Kaplan |James Patterson |John O. McGinnis

with Seth D. Kaplan, hosted by James M. Patterson Neighborhoods are one of the most important human support structures, argues Seth D. Kaplan. Yet modern politics, economics, and social habits all seem aligned to undermine them. Discussing his recent book, Fragile Neighborhoods, Kaplan explains why neighborhoods are irreplaceable sources of human community, and why they are often in such bad shape today.

2 months ago | lawliberty.org | Daniel Mahoney |James Patterson |Titus Techera

with Daniel J. Mahoney, hosted by James M. Patterson What Solzhenitsyn called “the ideological lie” was not limited to a single country, government, or movement. And it did not, unfortunately, die off in 1989.

Mar 18, 2025 | lawliberty.org | Mark Lilla |James Patterson |Titus Techera |Asheesh Agarwal

with Mark Lilla, hosted by James M. Patterson The drive to pursue wisdom is engrained in every human being, right? So many have believed. But in his new book, Ignorance and Bliss, Mark Lilla argues that a certain “will to ignorance” is also part of the human experience. Like Plato’s Thrasymachus, many in the modern world want to throw up their hands in resignation rather than commit themselves to the pursuit of truth.

Feb 18, 2025 | lawliberty.org | Nietzsche. He co-edited |William Batchelder |Michael Harding |James Patterson

with William G. Batchelder  &  Michael P. Harding, hosted by James M. Patterson Philip Rieff adopted the categories and language of Freud, but reinterpreted them in a way that supported culture and the moral life. Batchelder and Harding have edited a new volume of essays on Rieff, who they argue is a key thinker for any attempt to diagnose late modern cultural life. They join host James Patterson to discuss Rieff, Martin Luther King Jr., Susan Sontag, and unimaginable depravities.

Jan 21, 2025 | lawliberty.org | Ilya Shapiro |James Patterson |Emina Melonic

with Ilya Shapiro, hosted by James M. Patterson A poorly worded tweet became a career-altering conflagration for Ilya Shapiro in a particularly egregious example of cancel culture. It prompted him to take a hard look at the state of legal education, which he now skewers in Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elite. He and host James Patterson discuss the book, the atrocious impact critical theory and DEI has had on our law schools, and what the future might hold.