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Virginia's Podcast: Virginia Postrel interviews interesting people
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Creativity, enterprise, and progress: Interviews about life in a dynamic culture <br/><br/><a href="https://vpostrel.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">vpostrel.substack.com</a>
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November 2, 2024
Talking academic politics with Steve Teles: Why universities have few conservative professors, why they need more, and what to do about it
<p>In his essay “<a target="_blank" href="https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/beyond-academic-sectarianism">Beyond Academic Sectarianism</a>,” Steve Teles applied the structural theories developed in analyzing racial disparities to the shortage of conservative scholars at American universities. We talk about his analysis and what it implies for universities that want to increase their faculty’s political diversity—and why they <em>should</em> want that diversity. This is the second of two conversations with Steve.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.santafe.edu/">Santa Fe Institute</a> </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://conti.scholar.princeton.edu/">Greg Conti </a></p><p>Greg Conti, “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-rise-of-the-sectarian-university/">The Rise of the Sectarian University</a>” </p><p>Geoffrey Kabaservice, <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3AhpC6E"><em>The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment</em></a> </p><p>Virginia’s essay, “<a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/vpostrel/p/from-the-archives-the-ethics-of-higher?r=zpjg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">The Ethics of Higher Education</a>” </p><p>Neil Strauss, <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4hlEpOp"><em>Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?</em></a> </p><p>Michael Oakeshott, <a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/4hrh9OX"><em>The Politics of Faith and the Politics of Skepticism</em></a> </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theihs.org/">Institute for Humane Studies</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Virginia's Newsletter at <a href="https://vpostrel.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">vpostrel.substack.com/subscribe</a>
November 1, 2024
Steve Teles on cost-disease socialism, why American political parties need factions, and why abundance advocates should create their own faction.
<p>This is the first of two conversations with <a target="_blank" href="https://hub.jhu.edu/experts/profiles/telessteven/">Steve Teles</a>, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.niskanencenter.org/">Niskanen Center</a>. In this conversation, which was recorded on September 13, we talk about why American political parties need more factions, why the abundance movement needs to be one, and how scarcity emerged when, as Steve says, “we traded majority tyranny for minority tyranny.” </p><p>Please subscribe to my <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/@vpostrel">YouTube channel</a>, which includes my textile-history videos as well as podcasts and assorted other material.</p><p>Come see me on Sunday</p><p>On Sunday, November 3, I will be selling and signing copies of <em>The Fabric of Civilization</em> and <em>The Power of Glamour</em> at the <a target="_blank" href="https://schg.org/">Southern California Handweavers’ Guild</a>’s <a target="_blank" href="https://schg.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=936515&module_id=638364">Weaving & Fiber Festival (WeFF)</a> at the <a target="_blank" href="https://g.co/kgs/etgS1S7">Torrance Cultural Arts Center</a>. Admission and parking are free. Doors open at 10, and it’s a fun day for anyone with an interest in fiber arts. I will be working in the members’ boutique, where you can also buy beautiful handwoven items that make great holiday and hostess gifts and vintage garments, made from the 1940s to the 1970s with handwoven cloth, at incredibly low prices.</p><p><p>Virginia's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Virginia's Newsletter at <a href="https://vpostrel.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">vpostrel.substack.com/subscribe</a>
October 25, 2024
Sam Bowman on how Works in Progress got started, what's striking about America, and how Britain can get its economic mojo back.
<p>I got very few responses to my survey about transcripts and those I received were from people who’d used the Substack version, so I’ll stick to it. Thanks to those who responded.</p><p>Show Notes:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://worksinprogress.co/">Works in Progress</a> </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.adamsmith.org/">Adam Smith Institute </a></p><p>Articles on street votes:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://worksinprogress.co/issue/growing-the-growth-coalition/">https://worksinprogress.co/issue/growing-the-growth-coalition/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-britain-doesnt-build/">https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-britain-doesnt-build/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://worksinprogress.co/issue/a-place-in-the-sun/">https://worksinprogress.co/issue/a-place-in-the-sun/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.vpostrel.com/articles/californias-smart-plan-to-let-homeowners-be-homebuilders">https://www.vpostrel.com/articles/californias-smart-plan-to-let-homeowners-be-homebuilders</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-housing-theory-of-everything/">The Housing Theory of Everything </a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://ukfoundations.co/">Foundations article</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3YDKhvi">Master and Commander series</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://amzn.to/3Adzz58">The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling</a> by Peter Ackroyd</p><p>Fabric of Civilization backdrop a gift of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.purecountry.com/">Pure Country Weavers</a></p><p><p>Virginia's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Virginia's Newsletter at <a href="https://vpostrel.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">vpostrel.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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