Author and Ursinus College professor Jonathan Marks sits down with Anthony Comegna to chat about his latest book, “Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education.” Professor Marks avoids the “panic on the campus” argument while discussing why conservatives shouldn’t give up on higher education. Sit back and listen in on a reasonable conversation about the current state of higher ed.

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Can We Really Just Be Reasonable?

Aspen fellow and author Asthma Uddin sits down with Mike Tolhurst to speak about her latest book, “The Politics of Vulnerability, How to Heal Muslim-Christian Relations in a Post-Christian America: Today's Threat to Religion and Religious Freedom” certainly a timely topic in this day and age.

Asma Uddin's Politics of Vulnerability

Banks, bankers, and busted mortgages, oh my. The Cicero Institute’s Judge Glock drops by the virtual studio to weave tales of desperate financial times from his latest book, “The Dead Pledge: The Origins of the Mortgage Market and Federal Bailouts, 1913-1939.” Pull up a parcel of land, sit back, and listen in as Anthony Comegna and Judge Glock discuss the matter on Ideas in Progress.

Judge Glock's Dead Pledge

Listen in on our second part of an interview with Georgetown Law professor John Hasnas. Prof. Hasnas sits down with Anthony Comegna to discuss what is Civil Society, the recent IHS discussion colloquium and associated readings regarding civil society. An enlightening conversation for sure.

John Hasnas and Civil Society

Is rule of law a myth? Find out on this episode of Ideas in Progress as Anthony Comegna speaks with Prof. John Hasnas about his famous summer seminars lecture and how it came to be.

John Hasnas' IHS History

Dirty elections, rumor-mongers, political power grabbers, pessimistic outlooks on the country’s future. No we are not talking about some reality show but we are speaking with professor and author Dennis Rasmussen about his book “Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders.”

Did America's Sun Set a Long Time Ago?

We go abroad again this episode to speak with Jeremy Shearmur. Dr. Shearmur recounts his time at the London School of Economics studying under Karl Popper, meeting Hayek, his time with IHS helping graduate students, and the books he has written and edited.

Jeremy Shearmur's IHS History

Professor Steve Davies continues his conversation with Ideas in Progress host, Anthony Comegna. This episode the topic shifts from IHS history to Chinese history. Prof. Davies and Anthony talk of the Song Dynasty, a road to modernism cut short, and a brutal philosophy.

Chinese History and Liberty

Long time IHS event attendee and lecture Professor Steve Davies joins us from his home in Britain to discuss his history with IHS and what the organization means to him as IHS turns 60.

IHS History with Steve Davies

GMU Economics PhD candidate Nathan Goodman discusses some of the events of this past year, the rise in militarization of the police, the protests in Portland, unwieldy powers, and political entrepreneurship. Listen in on this half-hour of discussion of a serious topic living in today’s headlines.

Border Militarization as an Entrepreneurial Process

It’s part two of the Ideas in Progress interview with Impolitic co-hosts Paul Matzko and Sean Trainor. Ideas in Progress Anthony Comegna digs into the research these two historians are working on, including the Professor Trainor’s book project “The Bearded Age” and Paul Matzko’s book “The Radio Right.”

Great Beards and Radios

A libertarian and a socialist walk into a noodle shop... could be the start of a joke or the beginning of a podcast, find out the whole story as hosts of the Impolitic podcast, Paul Matzko and Sean Trainor join us for this episode of Ideas in Progress

A Libertarian and a Socialist Walk into a Noodle Shop...

Portraits of Liberty host Paul Meany stops in to chat about a few figures from the history of Liberalism on this episode of Ideas in Progress. Paul gives us a brief glance at the lives of Chinese philosopher Mencius, an English Lawyer named John Cook who impeached a king, and Rose Wilder-Lane. Sit back for the next half-hour and listen to the fascinating tales of these three figures.

Painting Portraits with Paul

Part two of our interview with Larry White where we find out who WIlliam Leggett really was and how Anthony Comegna was influenced by Professor White's work on the LocoFoco movement.

How Larry White Got Locofocofied

Our celebration of our 60th anniversary marches on. This episode we have a special guest whose history goes way back with IHS, Professor Larry White joins us to chat about his relationship with IHS dating back to the 1970s. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this half-hour trip to the Menlo Park days of IHS.

Larry White's IHS History

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