Τα καλύτερα Polemics podcast (2025)

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142* Greg Childs on Seditious Conspiracy (EF, JP) 34:39

2h ago34:39

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What a difference four years makes. Back in February 2021, still struggling to understand what had just happened at the Capitol, John and Elizabeth spoke with Brandeis historian Greg Childs. He is an expert in Latin American political movements and public space; his Seditious Spaces: Race, Freedom, and the 1798 Conspiracy in Bahia, Brazil is immine…

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Polemics Rec. | Students and their country: Bulgaria with Svetoslava Stoyanova - S03E01 20:09

1d ago20:09

20:09

This new season of the Polemics Podcast kicks off with a mini-series on the politics and foreign policy of the countries of origin of our students. First up: Bulgaria, brought to you by Svetoslava Stoyanova, a second year student @da_vienna. --- --- --- Polemics Rec. is the official podcast of Polemics Magazine. As a student-run production, the pod…

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Tullian's Worldly Repentance 1:28:52

2d ago1:28:52

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In this episode of Kingdom Polemics, Pastor Aldo Leon delivers an incisive critique of public repentance narratives, focusing on the example of Tullian Tchividjian. Unlike the biblically grounded contrition described in Scripture, Aldo contrasts it with the self-focused and therapeutic approach prevalent in certain evangelical circles today. This e…

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Andy Wightman, "The Poor Had No Lawyers: Who Owns Scotland and How They Got it" (Birlinn, 2025) 57:38

1d ago57:38

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Who owns Scotland? How did they get it? What happened to all the common land in Scotland? Has the Scottish Parliament made any difference? Can we get our common good land back? In this updated edition of The Poor Had No Lawyers: Who Owns Scotland and How They Got it (Birlinn, 2024), Andy Wightman updates the statistics of landownership in Scotland …

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Brigid Schulte, "Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life" (Henry Holt, 2024) 1:03:39

3d ago1:03:39

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Following Overwhelmed, Brigid Schulte's groundbreaking examination of time management and stress, the prizewinning journalist now turns her attention to the greatest culprit in America's quality-of-life crisis: the way our economy and culture conceive of work. Americans across all demographics, industries, and socioeconomic levels report exhaustion…

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Carol Cleaveland and Michele Waslin. "Private Violence: Latin American Women and the Struggle for Asylum" (NYU Press, 2024) 41:19

3d ago41:19

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How the US asylum process fails to protect against claims of gender-based violence. Through eyewitness accounts of closed-court proceedings and powerful testimony from women who have sought asylum in the United States because of severe assaults and death threats by intimate partners and/or gang members, Private Violence: Latin American Women and th…

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The Antichrist as God of the State 1:01:49

6d ago1:01:49

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This episode of Kingdom Polemics is a re-broadcast of a Sermon delivered by Pastor Aldo Leon on November 17th, 2024 at Pinelands Presbyterian Church in Cutler Bay, Florida. Pastor Aldo Leon delves into the intricate and often misunderstood topic of the Antichrist. Drawing from scripture readings in Genesis 3, Revelation 17, and 2 Thessalonians 2, P…

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August H. Nimtz and Kyle A. Edwards, "The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution" (Brill, 2024) 1:42:19

6d ago1:42:19

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The last decade has seen a resurgence of interest and urgency to questions of racial oppression and emancipation. We’ve now had about a decade of activists fighting for the idea that Black Lives Matter which eventually culminated in the summer of 2020 with millions taking to the streets. The actual concrete victories have been more of a mixed bag, …

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Alva Gotby, "Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing" (Verso, 2025) 54:00

7d ago54:00

54:00

Housing is more than bricks and mortar. The home is where our hopes and dreams play out, and it lies at the heart of our lives. This is where we rest, eat, and relax. The home we enjoy can determine our health, life expectancy, and day-to-day well-being. In contrast, the lack of a stable residence can lead to mental and physical illness and often p…

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Congressional Deliberation: A Conversation with Kevin J. Burns and Jordan T. Cash 56:23

7d ago56:23

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In this episode, we sit down with Professors Jordan T. Cash and Kevin J. Burns to discuss their recently published book, Congressional Deliberation: Major Debates, Speeches, and Writings, 1774–2023 (Hackett, 2024). Drawing on a wide array of primary sources, the book offers a deep dive into key historical debates and turning points in U.S. congress…

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Mariam Motamedi Fraser, "Dog Politics: Species Stories and the Animal Sciences" (Manchester UP, 2024) 1:05:34

8d ago1:05:34

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Do dogs belong with humans? Scientific accounts of dogs' 'species story,' in which contemporary dog-human relations are naturalised with reference to dogs' evolutionary becoming, suggest that they do. Dog Politics: Species Stories and the Animal Sciences (Manchester UP, 2024) by Dr. Mariam Motamedi Fraser dissects this story. This book offers a ric…

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Anthony Walton, "The End of Respectability: Notes of a Black American Reckoning with His Life and His Nation" (David R. Godine, 2024) 54:22

8d ago54:22

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Born into the Civil Rights Movement, author Anthony Walton observed firsthand the opening of opportunity for racial reconciliation. He also saw systemic racism and the vicious backlash against Black progress embodied in the Southern Strategy, Tea Party, and MAGA. Over time, Walton came to believe that moving forward requires a "Third Reconstruction…

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Why Baptists Should Baptize Their Babies 1:19:40

10d ago1:19:40

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In this episode of Kingdom Polemics, Pastor Aldo Leon takes a deep dive into the topic of paedobaptism, addressing key objections raised by Reformed Baptists and presenting a robust case for infant baptism from a Presbyterian perspective. Drawing on personal experiences, Scripture, and theological principles, Aldo seeks to clarify misconceptions an…

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Nancy Reddy, "The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom" (St. Martin's Press, 2025) 51:55

10d ago51:55

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Timely and thought-provoking, Nancy Reddy's The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good Mom unpacks and debunks the bad ideas that have for too long defined what it means to be a "good" mom. When Nancy Reddy had her first child, she found herself suddenly confronted with the ideal of a perfect mother—a woman who was consta…

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Cordelia Fine, "Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society" (Norton, 2018) 1:15:44

12d ago1:15:44

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Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging force in human development. According to this overly familiar story, differences between the sexes are shaped by past evolutionary pressures―women are more cautious and parenting-focused, while men seek status to attract more mates. In each succeeding generation, sex …

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Matthew McManus, "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism" (Routledge, 2024) 1:27:42

12d ago1:27:42

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In The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism (Routledge, 2024), McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls, and Charles Mills. Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of liberal socialism from a sympathetic b…

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Jonathon Wilson-Hartgrove, "White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy" (Liveright, 2024) 53:16

13d ago53:16

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My guest today is Jonathon Wilson-Hartgrove. Wilson-Hartgrove is a writer, preacher, and moral activist. He is an assistant director at the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. Wilson-Hartgrove lives with his family at the Rutba House, a house of hospitality in Durham, North Carolina that he founded with H his wife,…

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Gabriele Badano and Alasia Nuti, "Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:04:07

14d ago1:04:07

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How should broadly liberal democratic societies stop illiberal and antidemocratic views from gaining influence while honouring liberal democratic values? This question has become particularly pressing after the recent successes of right-wing populist leaders and parties across Europe, in the US, and beyond. Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the…

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Adam Elliott-Cooper, "Black Resistance to British Policing" (Manchester UP, 2021) 1:02:13

16d ago1:02:13

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As police racism unsettles Britain's tolerant self-image, Black Resistance to British Policing (Manchester UP, 2021) details the activism that made movements like Black Lives Matter possible. Adam Elliott-Cooper analyses racism beyond prejudice and the interpersonal - arguing that black resistance confronts a global system of racial classification,…

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The Antichrist as God in the Church 1:03:23

17d ago1:03:23

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In this riveting sermon rebroadcast, Pastor Aldo Leon delves into the often controversial and misunderstood topic of the Antichrist, drawing heavily from Scripture and historic Protestant doctrine. Grounding his reflections in passages such as Revelation 13 and 2 Thessalonians 2, Aldo confronts the nature, attributes, and identity of the Antichrist…

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Devin Fergus, “Land of the Fee: Hidden Costs and the Decline of the American Middle Class” (Oxford UP, 2018) 45:05

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Politicians, economists, and the media have put forth no shortage of explanations for the mounting problem of wealth inequality – a loss of working class jobs, a rise in finance-driven speculative capitalism, and a surge of tax policy decisions that benefit the ultra-rich, among others. While these arguments focus on the macro problems that contrib…

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Todd McGowan, "Universality and Identity Politics" (Columbia UP, 2020) 1:05:25

19d ago1:05:25

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The great political ideas and movements of the modern world were founded on a promise of universal emancipation. But in recent decades, much of the Left has grown suspicious of such aspirations. Critics see the invocation of universality as a form of domination or a way of speaking for others, and have come to favor a politics of particularism—ofte…

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Victor D. Cha, "The Black Box: Demystifying the Study of Korean Unification and North Korea" (Columbia UP, 2024) 45:23

21d ago45:23

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North Korea is, to this day, still one of the world’s most mysterious countries. What little we know about daily life in the country comes from defectors or foreigners who’ve spent time there–some of whom have been on this show. But both camps present narrow, if not slanted, views of what life is like in the country. Korea expert Victor Cha, along …

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Postmillenialism and Slavery 1:02:50

23d ago1:02:50

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This episode of Kingdom Polemics is a re-broadcast of a Sermon by Sr. Pastor Aldo Leon given on the 6th of October. Pastor Aldo dives deep into the biblical and theological perspectives on slavery, emphasizing the incompatibility of this institution with the Kingdom of God. Drawing from Ephesians 6:5-9 and a broad spectrum of Scripture, Aldo examin…

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Peter Singer, "Consider the Turkey" (Princeton UP, 2024) 52:08

28d ago52:08

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A turkey is the centerpiece of countless Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Yet most of us know almost nothing about today’s specially bred, commercially produced birds. In this brief book, bestselling author Peter Singer tells their story—and, unfortunately, it’s not a happy one. Along the way, he also offers a brief history of the turkey and its…

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Leah Downey, "Our Money: Monetary Policy as If Democracy Matters" (Princeton UP, 2024) 40:05

29d ago40:05

40:05

How the creation of money and monetary policy can be more democratic. The power to create money is foundational to the state. In the United States, that power has been largely delegated to private banks governed by an independent central bank. Putting monetary policy in the hands of a set of insulated, nonelected experts has fueled the popular reje…

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Larry S. Temkin, "Being Good in a World of Need" (Oxford UP, 2022) 1:39:48

29d ago1:39:48

1:39:48

In a world filled with both enormous wealth and pockets of great devastation, how should the well-off respond to the world's needy? This is the urgent central question of Being Good in a World of Need (Oxford UP, 2024). Larry S. Temkin, one of the world's foremost ethicists, challenges common assumptions about philanthropy, his own prior beliefs, a…

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Nick Couldry, "The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What If It Can't?" (Polity, 2024) 38:22

1M ago38:22

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Is human solidarity achievable in a world dominated by continuous digital connectivity and commercially managed platforms? And what if it’s not? Professor Nick Couldry explores these urgent questions in his latest book, The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What If It Can’t? (Polity, 2024), as discussed in a recent i…

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Matt Beane, "The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in an Age of Intelligent Machines" (HarperCollins, 2024) 1:30:01

1M ago1:30:01

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As part of our informal series on artificial intelligence, Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Matt Beane, Assistant Professor of Technology Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, about his book The Skill Code: How to Save Human Ability in the Age of Intelligent Machines (HarperCollins, 2024). Beane outlines the fascin…

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Why Baptists Should Baptize Their Babies 1:19:40

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The Antichrist as God in the Church 1:03:23

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