Reject Modernity Embrace Tradition

About Reject Modernity Embrace Tradition

Two Political Science PhD Students, Comparativist Megan Cox and Americanist Clayton Becker take you through the ways that previous generations have made the world worse by dismantling the legacy of things like the New Deal and the Great Society. From car dependency to political polarization to our over-reliance on dating apps to helicopter parenting, come along to learn about the many different ways that we should Reject Modernity and Embrace Tradition.

Publisher

Clayton Becker and Megan Cox

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

7 Oct 2024

Latest episode

20 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Jul 2026

   Summer Hiatus Announcement: Reject Unplanned Hiatuses, Embrace the Academic Job Market (with Graham Straus)

   Megan and Clayton are taking a bit of a break while they apply for jobs. But, because they are so nice and don't want to just vanish, they've brought a special guest on to explain the academic job market, why being on market necessitates a break in the first place, and how getting a job as a professor actually works.

2. 

   13 Jul 2026

   Episode 52: Reject Race Neutral Remedies, Embrace Race Conscious Fixes

   The United States as a whole broadly likes to claim that is is focuses on equality and "not seeing race" is often held up as a virtue. However, this notion of colorblindness is actually making it harder to solve some of the most pressing challenges the nation faces which were born out of historical and maintained by contemporary racism and discrimination. Listen along as Megan and Clayton take you through why this is a problem, and what we can do about it.

3. 

   29 Jun 2026

   Episode 51: Reject Echo Chambers, Embrace Evidence

   In an episode that really gets at the ongoing themes of this show, Megan and Clayton talk about how echo chambers, conspiratorial thinking, and shibboleths that require being wrong about things are harming our national discourse, and what we can do to help us get back to some semblance of evidence based public conversations.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

28,170

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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Quality

67

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

51

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