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Louise Perry On The Sexual Revolution (Re-Aired) (opens the original)
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In our last summer-break podcast two-fer, we’re re-running two very different conversations on sex and race, with two very different characters: Louise Perry and Glenn Loury . Next Friday we’ll be back with fresh Dish as the new season of Dishness kicks off after Labor Day with some great guests lined up for the fall. We’ll also be introducing Weekly Dish 3.0! Stay tuned. Louise is a writer and campaigner against sexual violence. She co-founded a non-partisan, feminist think tank called The Othe
Glenn Loury On Being A Minority Within A Minority (Re-Aired) (opens the original)
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In our last summer-break podcast two-fer, we’re re-running two very different conversations on sex and race, with two very different characters: Glenn Loury and Louise Perry. Next Friday we’ll be back with fresh Dish as the new season of Dishness kicks off after Labor Day with some great guests lined up for the fall. We’ll also be introducing Weekly Dish 3.0! Stay tuned. Glenn is an academic, writer, and podcaster. At the age of 33, he became the first African-American professor of economics at
Charles Murray On Human Diversity (Re-Aired) (opens the original)
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(The full Dish returns on September 4. In the meantime, we are re-airing a handful of the most downloaded episodes from the early years of the Dishcast.) Charles is a writer, social scientist, and longtime friend. He currently holds the F.A. Hayek Chair Emeritus in Cultural Studies at AIE, and his many books include Losing Ground , The Bell Curve (co-authored with Richard Herrnstein), Coming Apart , Facing Reality , and Taking Religion Seriously (which we covered last year ). In this May 2021 po
Cornel West On God And The Great Thinkers (Re-Aired) (opens the original)
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(The full Dish returns on September 4. In the meantime, we are re-airing a handful of the most downloaded episodes from the early years of the Dishcast.) The academic career of Cornel West is long and storied. He has taught religion, philosophy, and African-American studies at Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and Union Theological Seminary. He has written or contributed to more than 20 books, including Race Matters and Democracy Matters — but he recommends you start with Chekhov. I met Cornel decades a
Buck Angel & Helena Kerschner On Trans And Detrans (Re-Aired) (opens the original)
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(The full Dish returns on September 4. In the meantime, we are re-airing a handful of the most downloaded episodes from the early years of the Dishcast.) In addition to the Middle East , another topic that has generated a lot of heat on the Dish since 2020 is the issue of the gender revolution and the TQ+ movement. So here are two perspectives from an early pod — that shows again how we at the Dish have genuinely sought the truth in this area, have listened to all sides, and aired all the argume
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