The Examined Year: 2024
December 29, 2024
What happened over the past year that challenged our assumptions and made us think about…
American Futures (Ken Taylor Memorial Episode)
November 3, 2024
When Ken Taylor passed away, he was working on a manuscript titled Farewell to the…
John Dewey and the Ideal of Democracy
October 20, 2024
John Dewey is regarded by some as the American philosopher. In the first half of…
Radical Markets: Solutions for a Gilded Age?
May 2, 2021
Many people think that growing inequality, the rise of populism and nativism, and the decay…
Habermas and Democracy
December 1, 2019
Jürgen Habermas is regarded as one of the last great public intellectuals of Europe and…
Edward Snowden and the Ethics of Whistleblowing
April 1, 2018
You might think we each have a moral duty to expose any serious misconduct, dishonesty,…
When Democracies Torture
November 26, 2017
Torture is prohibited under international law and is widely considered a human rights violation. But…
Democracy in Crisis
November 12, 2017
Democratic systems of government are supposed to reflect the interests of ordinary citizens, and not…
Election Special
November 6, 2016
In this re-broadcast of our special episode from the lead-up to the 2016 election, John…
Is Democracy a Universal Value?
May 25, 2014
Americans value democracy, and expect others to value it. But is it a universal value?…
The Examined Year – 2013
January 5, 2014
A new year offers an opportunity to reflect on the significant events of the previous…
Do Religions Deserve Special Status?
December 15, 2013
In most Western democracies, religions are exempt from certain rules and regulations that most other…
Democracy and The Press
April 29, 2012
Our founding fathers believed that a free press would serve democracy by promoting unfettered political…
Science, Ethics, and Censorship
March 22, 2009
Science is, on the one hand, a huge enterprise funded to a great extent by…
Ethics in Journalism
April 29, 2007
Freedom of speech tells us the government shouldn’t restrict the journalist. But should anything restrict…
Is This Any Way to Run a Democracy?
November 8, 2005
America prides itself on being the oldest continuous democracy in the world. But criticisms of…
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