21. The Other Side of Conservatism

22. Existential MedLife Crisis

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21. The Other Side of Conservatism

Today I’m joined by Matt McManus lecturer at University of Michigan and author The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism: Neoliberalism, Post-Modern Culture, and Reactionary Politics. Matt is an interesting thinker who is know for reading his opposition more carefully than most. I really like this about Matt, and I think we should all be reading works and having conversations with about topics on which we disagree with. For full shownotes [https://open.substack.com/pub/theorygang/p/21-the-other-side-of-conservatism?r=7ecf5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true] and video [https://youtu.be/I2Hoas44ks0]

20. Who Cares About Free Speech w/ Jacob Mchangama

**December 2024! Lol It's been too long regardless. Check out the video [https://youtu.be/2g6tODHTDiM] version and the notes. [https://open.substack.com/pub/theorygang/p/20-who-cares-about-free-speech?r=7ecf5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true]

19. Misinformation, Memes, and Mockery w/Dannagal Young

On this episode of NeoAcademia, Danna Young and Natasha Mott discuss misinformation, censorship, free speech, memes, and more in the context of Danna's book Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive our Appetite for Misinformation.. There was a pretty big audio issue which spurred me to start thinking about these episodes differently. This is still under the realm of podcasts, but I may switch exclusively to YouTube in future seasons. I highly recommend watching on YouTube for the full experience with subtitles. You’ll see why.

18. Imperial Empiricism w/ Michael Strevens

On this episode of NeoAcademia Michael and I discussed society’s perception of science and his book The Knowledge Machine. Michael is a professor of philosophy at NYU Micahel keeps pretty busy working on complex systems, probabilities, causation, and the philosophy of science, the sociology of science. Subscribe to the Newsletter f [https://bignerve.com/challenges/what-could-be-some-unexplored-misconceptions-about-science-that-need-to-be-recti-b0800d65/survey?scout_id=Theory_gang]or show notes, the Big Nerve link, and more. Video episode available here. [https://youtu.be/pmdITRTb74w]