Phronesis Episode Notes In this episode, Will and Brad discuss Josef Pieper's "Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power." If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to www.athwart.org. Image by Thom Milkovic via Unsplash Music courtesy of yn00001 via Musopen

Episode Notes For this episode, we were joined by special guest John Holzwarth, Assistant Professor with Term in Political Science at Lewis & Clark College. We discussed Ralph Waldo Emerson's lecture and essay, "Intellect." If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to www.athwart.org. Image by Wim van 't Einde via Unsplash Music...

Episode Notes In this episode we discuss Benjamin Fondane's essay "Man Before History: The Sound and the Fury" available in the volume Existential Monday. We are joined by Aaron Cummings, a PhD student in the History of Ideas at the University of Texas at Dallas, who previously wrote on Fondane for Athwart. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more...

Episode Notes In this episode, we are joined by St. John's College Tutor Michael Grenke to discuss Lise van Boxel's Warspeak: Nietzsche’s Victory over Nihilism and Friedrich Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals. Lise van Boxel's Warspeak, with an introduction from Grenke, is available from Political Animal Press. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more...

Episode Notes In this episode, we discuss Gilles Deleuze's "Postscript on the Societies of Control." We were joined by special guest Geoff Shullenberger, who writes at Outsider Theory among other outlets—including Athwart. Additionally, Geoff recently launched an Outsider Theory podcast. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to...

Episode Notes For this episode, we are joined by Samuel Goldman, Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgetown University, executive director of the John L. Loeb, Jr. Institute for Religious Freedom, and director of the Politics & Values Program. Professor Goldman's book After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division is forthcoming this year. We discussed Leo Strauss's lecture "Religion and the Commonweal in the Tradition of Political Philosophy," recently published in...

Episode Notes In this episode, we discuss Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" with special guest Max Nussenbaum of the On Deck Writer Fellowship. The On Deck Writer Fellowship is an eight-week remote program for internet writers who want to improve their writing and grow an audience. The On Deck Writer Fellowship will be hosting "Drafted," a day-long writing & learning event on March 22, 2021 at 11 am EST. Hear from amazing speakers, meet other...

Episode Notes In this episode, we discuss Dorothy Sayer's "The Lost Tools of Learning." We are joined by Micah Meadowcroft, Managing Editor at The American Conservative. You can find his writing on TAC's website. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to www.athwart.org. Image courtesy of Jeffrey Hamilton via Unsplash Music...

Episode Notes [Note: This episode has been reuploaded with fixed audio.] In this episode, we discussed Charles Taylor's "The Politics of Recognition." If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to www.athwart.org. Image courtesy of Lance Anderson via Unsplash Music courtesy of yn00001 via Musopen

Episode Notes Today, we discuss Seth Benardete's essay "On Strauss's Plato." We are joined by special guest Dr. Alex Priou, Instructor in the Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics, and Society at the University of Colorado, Boulder. We encourage you to check out his new podcast, The New Thinkery, online and on Twitter. Also, make sure to check out "Plato at a Glance" by Priou, available at Athwart. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments,...

Episode Notes In this episode we are joined by Emily Davis, a PhD student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Emily guides our discussion through Montaigne's essay "Of the Most Excellent Men." If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work go to www.athwart.org. Image: View of Thebes painting (1819) by Hugh...

Episode Notes In this episode, we discussed Michel Foucault, "What is Enlightenment?" We also reference: William Lombardo, "Baudelaire's Heirs" Mark Lilla, "Two Roads for the New French Right" If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work go to www.athwart.org. Photo: Immanuel Kant with friends. Painting (1892/1893) by Emil...

Episode Notes In this episode we discuss Isaiah Berlin's "The Originality of Machiavelli" from his collection Against the Current and originally publish in the New York Review of Books. We also mention essays written by Brad on Plato and on Machiavelli. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work go to www.athwart.org. Photo: Kafai Liu on...

Episode Notes In this episode we discuss Walter Benjamin's "Theses on the Philosophy of History." We also reference Nick Whitaker's essays "Accelerate How?" If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work go to www.athwart.org. Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash Music courtesy of yn00001 via Musopen

Episode Notes In this episode, we discuss Leo Strauss's lecture "Why We Remain Jews," delivered in February 1962. We also reference the essay "Athens and Jerusalem." If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work go to www.athwart.org. Photo by Sander Crombach on Unsplash Music courtesy of yn00001 via Musopen

Adrian Vermeule, Originalism, and Orienting Towards the Good Episode Notes In our very first episode, we discuss Adrian Vermeule's March 31, 2020 essays in the Atlantic, "Beyond Originalism." Other pieces that are mentioned in this episode include: William Lombardo, "Beyond Realism" Adrian Vermeule, "A Series of Unfortunate Events" James Patterson, "After Republican Virtue" We also encourage checking out Verumeule's writing at The Josias and American Affairs. If you liked this episode,...