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 Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
182 - From Blade Runner to Brazil, the hosts discuss their favorite dystopian films and stories. Why is hopelessness so much fun?
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
181 - The hosts continue their discussion about the roads not taken. What do our regrets say about who we are?
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
180 - The hosts discuss what they would do differently, if they could relive their adult lives. What would you do differently if you could turn back the clock to when you were 18?
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
179 - The conversation on forgiveness continues. What benefits those who forgive?
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
177 - The hosts continue their conversation on forgiveness. How does forgiveness benefit those who forgive?
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
176 - The hosts discuss forgiveness. Where is the space in secular progressive culture for contemplating and practicing forgiveness?
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
175 - The hosts continue their discussion about liberation vs emancipation. Is liberation possible in an American context?
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
174 - The hosts discuss the difference between liberation and emancipation. How did the struggle for black emancipation influence the possibility of liberation?
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
173 - The hosts continue their discussion of COVID-19. What role does pleasure play in pandemic reporting?
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
172 - The hosts revisit COVID-19, and focus their discussion on the journalism surrounding the pandemic. Why is it so difficult to find moderate voices in today’s media landscape?
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.