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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.