Avi's Conversational Corner
A podcast on culture, history, and politics in a broad perspective
Displaying 3 items of Avi's Conversational Corner with the tag "politics".
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Episode 23 (Stumbling Colossus, 2): For God and Country
January 19th, 2022 | 42 mins 44 secs
cities, gilded age, midwest, politics, race
Dr. Miles Smith discusses how Protestant America went from elation at the end of the Civil War to dread over their future at the end of WWI.
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Episode 22 (Stumbling Colossus, 1): The WASPs
January 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
antisemitism, higher education, politics, protestantism, race
Professor Samuel Goldman discusses the rise, fall, and legacy of one of America's great self-appointed elites.
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Episode 1: Sacred Slogans (Rabbi Joshua Yuter)
May 21st, 2019 | 47 mins 40 secs
politics, religion, slogans, tikkun olam, twitter
A conversation with Rabbi Joshua Yuter about the use and abuse of religious slogans for political purposes, as well as the good and bad of social media pedagogy.