Avi's Conversational Corner
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
68 episodes of Avi's Conversational Corner since the first episode, which aired on May 21st, 2019.
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Episode 20: Conservatives and the University
November 22nd, 2021 | 44 mins 3 secs
Professor James Patterson discusses the challenges of conservative teachers and students in existing and potentially new universities.
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Episode 19: Obedience in Our Time
November 8th, 2021 | 44 mins 59 secs
antigone, aristotle, just war theory, macintyre, obedience
Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin discusses the meaning and imperative of obedience and morality in a postmodern age.
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Episode 18: The Life, Death, and Future of Small Town America
August 10th, 2021 | 30 mins 2 secs
albany, carpet industry, mohawk valley, state university of new york
Historian David Pietrusza discusses his hometown of Amsterdam, NY from its heyday to its decline to its possible revival.
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Episode 17: West Virginia - Past, Present, Future
June 7th, 2021 | 37 mins 46 secs
kevin williamson, opioids, trump, west virginia
Andrew Donaldson, West Virginia native, comes on to discuss the much misunderstood state, its problems and its prospects.
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Episode 16: Charlie Brown's America
May 24th, 2021 | 47 mins 41 secs
Professor Blake Scott Ball discusses how Charles Schulz understood America - and how America understood his work in Peanuts.
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Episode 15: Teaching in America
October 10th, 2020 | 48 mins 17 secs
Teacher and writer Daniel Buck discusses the challenges and promise of teaching in America from multiple perspectives.
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Episode 14: Power, Freedom, and Jews
August 26th, 2020 | 1 hr 38 mins
I talk with Nathan Sharansky and Gil Troy about their new book Never Alone, a memoir and musing on power and freedom around the world and among Jews.
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Episode 13: New Media - Promise and Peril
August 11th, 2020 | 54 mins 43 secs
Tech journalist and sociology grad student Hutton discusses the good and bad of political social media, gaming communities, podcasts, and more.
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Episode 12: Evangelicals - The Next Generation
July 7th, 2020 | 42 mins 49 secs
Josh, a medical student and young Evangelical, discusses the past, present, and future of Evangelical Christianity
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Episode 11: Jews and the Military (Yagil Henkin)
June 16th, 2020 | 49 mins 15 secs
idf, israel, jews, vietnam, wwi, wwii
Dr. Yagil Henkin discusses the evolving attitudes of the Jews towards military force and the use thereof.
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Episode 10: The Agony of the Kresy
February 25th, 2020 | 37 mins 34 secs
belarussians, gulag, hitler, jews, katyn, poland, poles, stalin
Tim Bucknall discusses the destruction and rebuilding of the Polish borderlands and its community in WWII and beyond.
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Episode 9: Spaceship Paganism and Transgender Souls
February 4th, 2020 | 39 mins 40 secs
antinatalism, mars, religion, science, transgender
Rabbi Tzvi Kilov discusses the great potential of technology to reach into the beyond, the world of spirits and souls and God.
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Episode 8: Conservative Orders and Hispanic Americans (Jos. Laughon)
August 26th, 2019 | 47 mins 8 secs
Joseph and I discuss the relevance of Russel Kirk, LA city traditions present and (possibly) future, and why Hispanic Americans are not the bogeyman the right claims it to be.
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Episode 7: Cities and Transport
August 19th, 2019 | 47 mins 28 secs
Nathaniel discusses the past and present of cities and how to get around them, with an emphasis on Uber, Lyft, and other technological proposals.
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Episode 6: Public Defense
August 5th, 2019 | 36 mins 21 secs
Zeke Webster discusses the good, the bad, and the crazy of being a public defender in the US.
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Episode 5: Settlers and Religious Anthropology (Nehemia Stern)
July 22nd, 2019 | 48 mins 59 secs
Dr. Nehemia Stern discusses the challenges and nuances in taking religion and Israeli settlers seriously as a scholarly subject and as part of Israeli society.