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 Jul 22, 2019
Monday Jul 22, 2019
081 – How do alternative lifestyles effect historically heteronormative notions of "romance?" The hosts discuss the ways in which romance has changed in response to the mainstreaming of LGTBQ interests, and how LGTBQ interests have been shaped by mainstream romance.
Monday Jul 15, 2019
Monday Jul 15, 2019
080 – We often talk about our lives as if it is one long running story, from cradle to grave. We do the same in our romantic lives, from young and fantastic to mature and sober. But is that true? How much do we actually learn from romance?
Monday Jul 08, 2019
Monday Jul 08, 2019
079 – What makes someone "difficult" in romantic relationships? Putting themselves under the microscope, the hosts explore their own shortcomings and wonder how difficult they are to love.
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
078 – Romance--with a lowercase "r"--has been a preoccupation in the West since the 17th century. But it's rarely discussed with any seriousness outside of literature or without pop cultural clichés. The hosts aim to change that.
Monday Jun 24, 2019
Monday Jun 24, 2019
077 – The hosts' extend their diagnoses of the intellectual misanthropy that has helped make Trump's populism palatable, by working through the arguments for civility in the public sphere.
Monday Jun 17, 2019
Monday Jun 17, 2019
076 – The election of Donald Trump in 2016 broke the mold of the modern American President. Countless factors undoubtedly contributed to his election, but one that is seldom discussed is Trump's compatibility with the critical intellectual fatalism common in continental philosophy.
Monday Jun 10, 2019
Monday Jun 10, 2019
075 – In a democracy the press serves a vital function--the dissemination of facts. Facts are slippery, but their faithful pursuit strengthens our national character. What has the election of Donald Trump revealed about fact-based media in America?
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
074 – Cultural progress requires change, but that change isn't always positive for its agents. For many years progressives ignored the cost of progress, but that bill came due in November, 2016. The 2016 election is a clear signal the world is changing, but what is it changing into?
Monday May 27, 2019
Monday May 27, 2019
073 – What do we mean when we say that someone does or does not "look presidential?" Is it still freighted with the same assumptions about race and gender (i.e. white and male)? The hosts discuss the possibility that it is convey a kind of dispassionate and benign ruthlessness.
Monday May 20, 2019
Monday May 20, 2019
072 – In most polling Joe Biden is the front runner amongst Democrats in the 2020 Presidential primaries. But he's a problematic candidate because many of his mannerisms put him out of step with the Democratic base. What kind of politician is Biden and can he secure the nomination?
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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.