Sean McMeekin is an American historian, focusing on European history of the early 20th century. He is the Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College in upstate New York. He is the author of numerous books on WWI, WWII, The Russian Revolution, and the Ottoman Empire. Books by Sean McMeekin: Stalin's War The Russian Revolution The Ottoman Endgame July 1914 Books Recommended by Sean McMeekin: The Russian Revolution - Richard Pipes ...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 16
Jessica Neptune is Director of National Engagement for the Bard Prison Initiative and leads BPI’s Consortium for the Liberal Arts in Prison at Bard College. She is the founder of BPI’s Women’s College Partnership at the Indiana Women’s Prison. Prior to her return to BPI, an organization she helped start as an undergraduate, she was an ACLS Public Fellow where she worked on criminal justice reform with the Obama Administration’s Federal Interagency Reentry Council. She holds a Ph.D. in American H...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 15
Wendy Lower is an American historian and a widely published author on the Holocaust and World War II. Since 2012, she holds the John K. Roth Chair at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, and in 2014 was named the director of the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights at Claremont. As of 2016, she serves as the interim director of the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. She is the a...
Jun 14, 2021•57 min•Ep. 14
Barry Schwartz is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College and since 2016 has been visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His work focuses on the intersection of psychology and economics. He frequently writes for the New York Times and has spoken at TED four times, with all of the links for those provided below. He is the author of numerous books, which you can learn more about below. Barry Schwartz TED Talks: The Parad...
Jun 09, 2021•47 min•Ep. 13
Kenneth Wythe is the author of Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times , which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and The Uncrowned King: The Sensational Rise of William Randolph Hearst , a Washington Post and Toronto Globe and Mail Book of the Year, and a nominee for four major Canadian book awards. He is a publishing and telecommunications executive and chairman of the Donner Canadian Foundation. He was formerly editor in chief of Maclean’s magazine, ...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 12
Craig Fehrman is the author of Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote and edited The Best Presidential Writing . He often writes for major publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and many others. His book Author in Chief is truly phenomenal and I highly recommend that you purchase it here. https://amzn.to/3bU6NHi Books Recommended by Craig Fehrman: 1. The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge - Calvin Coolidge ...
May 28, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 11
Edith Hall is Professor in the Classics Department at King's College London. Her specialism is ancient Greek literature, but she enjoys teaching Ancient Greek and Roman history, society, and thought. Edith has now published thirty books, broadcasts frequently on radio and television, works as a consultant with professional theatres, lectures all over the world, and publishes widely in academic and mainstream journals and newspapers. Her most recent book Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Ch...
May 21, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 10
Catherine Wilson is a Visting Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of the wonderful book How to be an Epicurean Catherine Wilson Recommended Books: 1. Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest - Jacques Soustelle 2. The Future of an Illusion - Sigmund Freud 3. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - Dee Brown 4. Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro 5. On the Nature of Things - Titus Lucretius Carus About The Inquiring Mi...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 9
Stephanie Muravchik is an Associate Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor at Claremont McKenna College. She is the co-author of the insightful book, Trump's Democrats which she wrote with her husband Jon Shields. Stephanie Muravchik Recommended Books: 1. Why We're Polarized - Ezra Klein 2. The Most Dangerous Branch - David A.Kaplan 3. Why Cities Lose - Jonathan A.Rodden 4. All the Kings Men - Robert Penn Warren 5. Hilbilly Elegy - J.D. Vance About The Inquir...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 9
Warren Treadgold is the National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Byzantine Studies and Professor of History at Saint Louis University. He holds a BA and Ph.D. from Harvard and has taught at UCLA, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Hillsdale College, and Florida International University. He is the author of ten books and numerous articles on Byzantium, late ancient history, and literature. His work appears in Commentary, The Weekly Standard, The Wilson Quarterly, and Academic Questions. Most...
Apr 30, 2021•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 8
Steven Stoll is a professor of History at Fordham University, where he teaches a variety of courses including Political Philosophy, Climate and Society, Capitalism, American West, and numerous others. He is interested in the way people discuss resources, capital, and economic functions on Earth. He is the author of numerous books, most recently he is the author of the insightful book Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia. During this episode, we discuss the history of Appalachi...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 8
Massimo Pigliucci is the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at The City College of New York. He holds a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He commonly publishes work in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and numerous other publications. He is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a Contributing Editor to the Skeptical Inquirer. &...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 5
Charles Wheelan is a senior lecturer and policy fellow at the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College, where he has consistently been selected as one of Dartmouth’s ten best professors. He teaches courses on health care, tax policy, education policy, income inequality, and a variety of similar subjects. Prior to teaching at Dartmouth, Wheelan was a senior lecturer in public policy at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. He was also a journalist for The Economist until...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 4
Richard Vedder is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at Ohio University. He spent a large part of his career on the economics of higher education. He served on the Spellings Commission on the Future of Higher Education under President George W.Bush, ran the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, and has administered the Forbes’ Best Colleges rankings for years. Mr.Vedder also serves as an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Senior fellow at the The Indep...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 3
Derek W.Black is a professor of law at the University of South Carolina Law School where he holds the Ernest F. Hollings Chair in Constitutional Law. He is an expert on education law and policy and civil rights. His work has been cited by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and in several U.S. Supreme Court briefs. Mr.Black has taught at Howard University School of Law, where he founded and directed the Education Rights Center. He has also taught at the University of North Carolina School of Law (...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 2
Dr. Azra Raza is the Chan Soon-Shiong Professor of Medicine and Director of the MDS Center at Columbia University. She is considered an authority on pre-leukemia and acute leukemia. Dr.Raza has published over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts in famous journals ranging from Nature to the New England Journal of Medicine. She is the co-editor of the widely acclaimed website called 3quarksdaily, which I highly recommend. She is a recipient of numerous awards, including The Hope Award in Ca...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 1
Hello, welcome to "The Inquiring Mind Podcast" with me, Stanley Goldberg. I am excited that you decided to join me on this journey. Thank you for all your support. Website: https://www.theinquiringmindpodcast.com/ Logo: Peter Frasco Music Whitesand - Eternity
Mar 01, 2021•1 min•Ep. 1
