The American Age
What if your favorite college professors were willing to talk about everything from philosophy and politics to pop culture and love with the same kind of consideration and enthusiasm? Each week C. Travis Webb, Seph Rodney, and Steven Fullwood discuss life, culture, and art, and challenge their listeners to take fewer things for granted and all things more seriously.
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Episodes
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
171 - The hosts continue their discussion about the strategies they use to change their minds and others. How do you change the perspective of an entire community of people?
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
170 - The hosts talk through the strategies they use to change their minds and others. What methods do you use to stay empathetically grounded?
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
169 - The hosts wrap up their conversation about changing one’s mind. Given how little any one of us knows about anything, why don’t we change our minds more often?
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
168 - The hosts conclude their conversation by discussing one of the most difficult transitions of all: changing one’s mind. How often have you changed your mind about something?
Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
167 - The hosts make the topic of transitions personal. In this episode, Travis discusses the fire that recently destroyed his home.
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
166 - The hosts make the topic of transitions personal. In this episode, Seph discusses his mother’s recent death.
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
165 - The hosts continue their discussion of the 2nd impeachment of Donald Trump. What does this process (this performance) say about us as a people?
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
164 - The hosts discuss the 2nd impeachment of Donald Trump. With the acquittal all but assured, what’s the point? The answer might surprise you.
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
163 - Transitions are terrifying. From the known, or at least familiar, to the unknown transitions are difficult and dark. The hosts continue the conversation, and wonder what kind of politics is emerging or passing away in the United States?
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
162 - Transitions are terrifying. From the known, or at least familiar, to the unknown transitions are difficult and dark. What kind of transition is the United States in right now? Is something new emerging, or is something old dying?
Why does the American flag look like this?
As you can see, our flag is different.
We believe in the American idea that all men and women are equal before the law and enjoy rights that are intrinsic and inalienable. We also believe, along with Thomas Jefferson, that because men and women are imperfect, and their wisdom is limited and fleeting, that this idea must be renewed periodically in order to remain vital...
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The American Age is a salutary response to the disease at the core of American civic culture. It is a rejection of intellectual cynicism, historical amnesia, and the politics of dread. It is a rooster call to stir our fellow humanists awake.