{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Circumscription","home_page_url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm","feed_url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/json","description":"Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law.","_fireside":{"subtitle":"Where We Set The Limits","pubdate":"2026-06-02T05:00:00.000-04:00","explicit":false,"copyright":"2026 by Michael Sargent","owner":"Michael Sargent","image":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/9/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/cover.jpg?v=1"},"items":[{"id":"c81ad542-1f87-40bf-bbcc-8f69c09f2792","title":"Episode 18: Political Animals","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/18","content_text":"Rose McDermott is the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations at The Watson School of International and Public Affairs, at Brown University. She’s also a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. McDermott studies a variety of topics, including international relations, nuclear  strategy, gender, the role of emotion in decision-making, and genetic contributions to political attitudes and behaviors.\n\nWe discuss a range of topics, including (a) whether her work is more psychological political science or political psychology, (b) what her work has to say about the Russia-Ukraine war, and (c) what smell has to do with politics.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--Volodymr Zelenskyy's 2025 address to the UN General Assemply (transcript and video)\n--\"Assortative mating on ideology could operate through olfactory cues,\" (2014) by Rose McDermott, Dustin Tingley, \u0026amp; Peter K. Hatemi, in the American Journal of Political Science\n--Wikipedia entry on Amos Tversky\n--Wikipedia entry on Robert Jervis\n--Richard Wrangham's Harvard online bio\n--\"Drivers of female power in bonobos,\" (2025) by Martin Surbeck et al., in Communications Biology\n--Wikipedia entry on the \"tradwife\"\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Afrikaans,\" by C. Scott\n--\"Belview,\" by C. Scott\n--\"Determinate,\" by C. ScottSpecial Guest: Rose McDermott.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://home.watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/watson-faculty/rose-mcdermott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eRose McDermott\u003c/a\u003e is the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations at The Watson School of International and Public Affairs, at Brown University. She’s also a Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. McDermott studies a variety of topics, including international relations, nuclear  strategy, gender, the role of emotion in decision-making, and genetic contributions to political attitudes and behaviors.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe discuss a range of topics, including (a) whether her work is more psychological political science or political psychology, (b) what her work has to say about the Russia-Ukraine war, and (c) what smell has to do with politics.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/volodymyrzelenskyunga2025.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Volodymr Zelenskyy's 2025 address to the UN General Assemply (transcript and video)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajps.12133\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Assortative mating on ideology could operate through olfactory cues,\" (2014) by Rose McDermott, Dustin Tingley, \u0026amp; Peter K. Hatemi, in the American Journal of Political Science\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Tversky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia entry on Amos Tversky\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jervis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia entry on Robert Jervis\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://heb.fas.harvard.edu/people/richard-w-wrangham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Richard Wrangham's Harvard online bio\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-07900-8.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Drivers of female power in bonobos,\" (2025) by Martin Surbeck et al., in \u003cem\u003eCommunications Biology\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradwife\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia entry on the \"tradwife\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Afrikaans,\" by C. Scott\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Belview,\" by C. Scott\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Determinate,\" by C. Scott\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Rose McDermott.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A conversation with political scientist Rose McDermott, about evolutionary theory, prospect theory, and smell, and their connections to politics.","date_published":"2026-06-02T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/c81ad542-1f87-40bf-bbcc-8f69c09f2792.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24063822,"duration_in_seconds":3007}]},{"id":"4d5a0b11-fee1-404a-9360-1a94a45b7c21","title":"Episode 17: Entangled: Race, Politics, and Post-Callais America","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/17","content_text":"Guy-Uriel Charles is the Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he also directs the Charles Hamilton Institute for Race and Justice. Along with a coauthor, he’s also working on a book  that focuses on the past and future of voting rights. He was appointed by President Joe Biden to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. \n\nRick Hasen is Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, and he also directs the Safeguarding Democracy Project. He is an expert on election law, and is the author of A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.\n\nWe discuss Section 2 of the Voting Rights, and the aftermath of the Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais decision.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--\"House Majority Leader William Lamberth cannot answer several questions from Rep. Jesse Chism (D),\" from YouTube\n--Louisiana v. Callais (et al.), Supreme Court opinion, decided April 29, 2026\n--\"Pathological racism, chronic racism, \u0026amp; targeted universalism,\" (2021) by Guy-Uriel Charles and Luis Fuentes Rohwer, in the California Law Review\n--Social dominance, (1999) by Jim Sidanius \u0026amp; Felicia Pratto, Cambridge University Press\n--Wikipedia summary of Rucho v. Common Cause\n--\"Callais confusion, power-sharing, and the inevitability of proportional representation,\" (2026) by Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Michael Latner \u0026amp; Carlos Algara, in the Yale Law Journal\n--Wikipedia summary of proportional representation\n--A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy, (2024) by Rick Hasen, Princeton University Press\n--the Safeguarding Democracy Project website\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Monsters of the past,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Funky end,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guests: Guy-Uriel Charles and Rick Hasen.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eGuy-Uriel Charles is the Charles J. Ogletree Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he also directs the Charles Hamilton Institute for Race and Justice. Along with a coauthor, he’s also working on a book  that focuses on the past and future of voting rights. He was appointed by President Joe Biden to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRick Hasen is Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, and he also directs the Safeguarding Democracy Project. He is an expert on election law, and is the author of A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe discuss Section 2 of the Voting Rights, and the aftermath of the Supreme Court's \u003cem\u003eLouisiana v. Callais\u003c/em\u003e decision.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtube.com/shorts/HpofcvGWDRM?si=_88vqM9gBmwjuZ3m\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"House Majority Leader William Lamberth cannot answer several questions from Rep. Jesse Chism (D),\" from YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-109_21o3.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eLouisiana v. Callais (et al.)\u003c/em\u003e, Supreme Court opinion, decided April 29, 2026\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/640d6616cc8bbb354ff6ba65/t/644b5301ecffe743e1cd0def/1682658049842/5.5-Charles-Fuentes-Rohwer-postEIC.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Pathological racism, chronic racism, \u0026amp; targeted universalism,\" (2021) by Guy-Uriel Charles and Luis Fuentes Rohwer, in the \u003cem\u003eCalifornia Law Review\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/social-dominance/frontmatter/071552BA7C5D4EF9BB161A7B1BAC95AC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eSocial dominance\u003c/em\u003e, (1999) by Jim Sidanius \u0026amp; Felicia Pratto, Cambridge University Press\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rucho_v._Common_Cause\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia summary of \u003cem\u003eRucho v. Common Cause\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://yalelawjournal.org/essay/callais-confusion-power-sharing-and-the-inevitability-of-proportional-representation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Callais confusion, power-sharing, and the inevitability of proportional representation,\" (2026) by Guy-Uriel E. Charles, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer, Michael Latner \u0026amp; Carlos Algara, in the \u003cem\u003eYale Law Journal\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia summary of proportional representation\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691257716/a-real-right-to-vote\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eA Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy\u003c/em\u003e, (2024) by Rick Hasen, Princeton University Press\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/safeguarding-democracy-project\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--the Safeguarding Democracy Project website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Monsters of the past,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Funky end,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guests: Guy-Uriel Charles and Rick Hasen.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Law professors Guy-Uriel Charles and Rick Hasen join me to discuss voting rights, especially after the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais.","date_published":"2026-05-21T16:30:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/4d5a0b11-fee1-404a-9360-1a94a45b7c21.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27875818,"duration_in_seconds":3484}]},{"id":"399e1f02-29b0-488b-b4ac-c6f8f911cb2e","title":"Episode 16: Threading the Needle","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/16","content_text":"Brandon Yoder is Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University. He holds a Ph.D. in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia. He studies a range of topics, including foreign policy, international security, US-China relations, and signaling and credibility. He’s the author of a 2025 article in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, titled, “Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence.” Yoder and I discuss stability in the relations between China and Taiwan.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--\"Wen and Bush in Oval office,\" from YouTube\n--\"Obama tells Trump to 'think it through' on China,\" from YouTube\n--\"Biden reaffirms 'One China Policy' after talks with Xi | ANC,\" from YouTube\n--\"Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence,\" (2025) by Yoder, in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations\n--\"The Taiwan tightrope: Deterrence Is a balancing act, and America is starting to slip,\" (2025) by Mastro and Yoder, in Foreign Affairs\n--\"Iran war complicates contingency plans to defend Taiwan, some U.S. officials say,\" (2025, April 23) by Ward et al., in The Wall Street Journal\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Precisamos de um plano,\" by rui\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\n--\"Monsters of the past,\" by Pawel FeszczukSpecial Guest: Brandon Yoder.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eBrandon Yoder is Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University. He holds a Ph.D. in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia. He studies a range of topics, including foreign policy, international security, US-China relations, and signaling and credibility. He’s the author of a 2025 article in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, titled, “Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence.” Yoder and I discuss stability in the relations between China and Taiwan.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/G6A1VeODsag?si=yYAXEeZnCjdeRNvD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Wen and Bush in Oval office,\" from YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/7To87jP4hbI?si=6omh69YOgdVNCDeI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Obama tells Trump to 'think it through' on China,\" from YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/n1bmbkymcrI?si=olk-7h26nNUgzRya\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Biden reaffirms 'One China Policy' after talks with Xi | ANC,\" from YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13691481251391641\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence,\" (2025) by Yoder, in \u003cem\u003eThe British Journal of Politics and International Relations\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwan-tightrope-mastro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The Taiwan tightrope: Deterrence Is a balancing act, and America is starting to slip,\" (2025) by Mastro and Yoder, in \u003cem\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-war-complicates-contingency-plans-to-defend-taiwan-some-u-s-officials-say-4384f7c1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Iran war complicates contingency plans to defend Taiwan, some U.S. officials say,\" (2025, April 23) by Ward et al., in \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Precisamos de um plano,\" by rui\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Monsters of the past,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Brandon Yoder.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Brandon Yoder and I discuss relations between China and Taiwan.","date_published":"2026-04-28T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/399e1f02-29b0-488b-b4ac-c6f8f911cb2e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27604772,"duration_in_seconds":3450}]},{"id":"cf28751c-5403-4748-9d98-384be91da258","title":"Episode 15: Decline and Fall","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/15","content_text":"Chris Federico is Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Minnesota and the Arleen C. Carlson Professor of American Government and Politics. He’s also past president of the International Society of Political Psychology. Eric McDaniel is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of two books, The Everyday Crusade: Religious Nationalism in American Politics, as well as Politics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches. The three of us discussed the background leading up to this moment in U.S. history, and what it might take for change to occur.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--\"McCain counters Obama 'Arab' question,\" from YouTube\n--\"Trump: They're eating the dogs, the cats,\" from YouTube\n--\"New angle shows moment federal agents shoot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis,\" from YouTube\n--Lilliana Mason's website\n--Social dominance, by Sidanius and Pratto\n--\"Curse and mark of Cain,\" Wikipedia entry\n--\"Curse of Ham,\" Wikipedia entry\n--\"A new measure of affective polarization,\" (in press) by Campos and Federico, in the American Political Science Review\n--Linda Skitka's website\n--\"The Sermon on the Mount,\" Wikipedia entry\n--\"Crockett, Talarico locked in dead heat in Texas Senate primary: Poll,\" The Hill\n--\"Polarized attitudes and anti-democratic attitudes: Robust evidence for paradoxical relationaships among American partisans,\" (2025) by Malka et al. in Political Studies\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Imprecation,\" by Kevin Hartnell\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guests: Christopher Federico and Eric McDaniel.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://cla.umn.edu/about/directory/profile/federico\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eChris Federico\u003c/a\u003e is Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Minnesota and the Arleen C. Carlson Professor of American Government and Politics. He’s also past president of the International Society of Political Psychology. \u003ca href=\"https://drericlmcdaniel.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eEric McDaniel\u003c/a\u003e is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of two books, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/everyday-crusade/34A0EF92928EB4E3AC25B014B6DF0FFC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Everyday Crusade: Religious Nationalism in American Politics\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://press.umich.edu/Books/P/Politics-in-the-Pews2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolitics in the Pews: The Political Mobilization of Black Churches\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e. The three of us discussed the background leading up to this moment in U.S. history, and what it might take for change to occur.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/jrnRU3ocIH4?si=LCgoNz8HbdG_9IXZ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"McCain counters Obama 'Arab' question,\" from YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/5llMaZ80ErY?si=nCYEDGsfGxkvepx3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Trump: They're eating the dogs, the cats,\" from YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/wBi_c_unAdI?si=rWf76XJQE6feST7S\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"New angle shows moment federal agents shoot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis,\" from YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.lillianamason.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Lilliana Mason's website\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/social-dominance/ADA29C256881001463D6E2777404DB95\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eSocial dominance\u003c/em\u003e, by Sidanius and Pratto\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_and_mark_of_Cain\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Curse and mark of Cain,\" Wikipedia entry\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Curse of Ham,\" Wikipedia entry\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/new-measure-of-affective-polarization/DEF7FCC26D4F09BDE5603BCC02B4765D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"A new measure of affective polarization,\" (in press) by Campos and Federico, in the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Political Science Review\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/view/lindaskitka\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Linda Skitka's website\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The Sermon on the Mount,\" Wikipedia entry\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5715767-jasmine-crockett-james-talarico-texas-primary-poll/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Crockett, Talarico locked in dead heat in Texas Senate primary: Poll,\" The Hill\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://research.ebsco.com/c/fc2myp/search/results\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Polarized attitudes and anti-democratic attitudes: Robust evidence for paradoxical relationaships among American partisans,\" (2025) by Malka et al. in \u003cem\u003ePolitical Studies\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Imprecation,\" by Kevin Hartnell\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guests: Christopher Federico and Eric McDaniel.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A discussion with two political scientists about how we in the U.S. got here, and what change might require.","date_published":"2026-02-03T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/cf28751c-5403-4748-9d98-384be91da258.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26302829,"duration_in_seconds":3287}]},{"id":"898a870c-c6d8-42d2-acd3-cd7a6f22f284","title":"Episode 14: Rough","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/14","content_text":"Paul Schofield is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bates College. His areas of speciality are ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of film. He teaches a range of courses, including Capitalism and Its Critics; Wellbeing and the Good Life; and Human Natura, Morality \u0026amp; Politics. Much of his recent public-facing writing has focused on the problem of homelessness.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--YouTube video of Rally for Housing and Services to End Homelessness\n--Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women, by Elliot Liebow (1995)\n--\"The necessity of guaranteed housing,\" by Paul Schofield (2022), Blog of the American Philosophical Association\n--Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion, by Paul Bloom (2018)\n--Quixote Village website\n--\"Trump says 'Housing First' failed the homeless. Here's what the evidence says,\" by Jason DeParle (2025), New York Times\n--Law professor Danieli Evans's website\n--\"The homelessness crisis is a crisis of democracy,\" by Paul Schofield (2025), Jacobin\n--King's \"Letter from Birmingham Jail\"\n--\"An inconvenient truth,\" by Paul Schofield (2023), Slate\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Paul Schofield.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.paulschofieldphilosophy.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePaul Schofield\u003c/a\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bates College. His areas of speciality are ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of film. He teaches a range of courses, including Capitalism and Its Critics; Wellbeing and the Good Life; and Human Natura, Morality \u0026amp; Politics. Much of his recent public-facing writing has focused on the problem of homelessness.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/sV0SCOvEbdY?si=O5TpEZYnQalRxbXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--YouTube video of Rally for Housing and Services to End Homelessness\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/324265/tell-them-who-i-am-by-elliot-liebow/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eTell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women\u003c/em\u003e, by Elliot Liebow (1995)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://blog.apaonline.org/2022/04/18/the-necessity-of-guaranteed-housing/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The necessity of guaranteed housing,\" by Paul Schofield (2022), \u003cem\u003eBlog of the American Philosophical Association\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.harpercollins.com/products/against-empathy-paul-bloom?variant=32122194853922\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eAgainst Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion\u003c/em\u003e, by Paul Bloom (2018)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://hatc.org/collaborative-housing/quixote-village/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Quixote Village website\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/trump-housing-first.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A1A.SBDQ.F739ttC3wXJM\u0026amp;smid=url-share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Trump says 'Housing First' failed the homeless. Here's what the evidence says,\" by Jason DeParle (2025), \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.uw.edu/directory/faculty/evans-danieli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Law professor Danieli Evans's website\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://jacobin.com/2025/07/homelessness-crisis-democracy-olympia-dehumanization\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The homelessness crisis is a crisis of democracy,\" by Paul Schofield (2025), \u003cem\u003eJacobin\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets/documents/susi-letter-from-birmingham-jail.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--King's \"Letter from Birmingham Jail\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/homelessness-homeless-shelter-sex.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"An inconvenient truth,\" by Paul Schofield (2023), \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Paul Schofield.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A discussion of homelessness, with philosopher Paul Schofield.","date_published":"2026-01-21T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/898a870c-c6d8-42d2-acd3-cd7a6f22f284.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25986225,"duration_in_seconds":3248}]},{"id":"09eba733-e686-49cd-87d8-3c9b5bffe84c","title":"Episode 13: Exile","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/13","content_text":"Danieli Evans is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law. She holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, and later earned a Ph.D. from Yale Law, completing a dissertation titled, “Belonging, Equality, and the Law.” Her work investigates how people's experiences with government institutions influence their sense of belonging, and how levels of belonging influence their wellbeing and social opportunities.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., \"The Other America,\" 1967 speech at Stanford University\n--\"The Fourteenth Amendment,\" at Constitution Annotated: Analysis and Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution\n--Dred Scott v. Sandford Wikipedia entry\n--The Cyberball game (hosted at Purdue University)\n--\"Institutionalized ostracism,\" by Danieli Evans (2025), Michigan Journal of Race and Law\n--Plyler v. Doe Wikipedia entry\n--\"The new Equal Protection,\" by Kenji Yoshino (2011), Harvard Law Review\n--Democracy and distrust: A Theory of judicial review (1980), by John Hart Ely\n--\"The id, the ego, and equal protection: Reckoning with unconscious racism,\" by Charles R. Lawrence III (1987), Stanford Law Review\n--\"A quantitative meta-analysis of functional imaging studies of social rejection,\" by Stephanie Cacioppo et al. (2013), Nature: Scientific Reports\n--\"Social pain and the brain: Controversies, questions, and where to go from here,\" by Naomi I. Eisenberger (2015) Annual Review of Psychology\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Imprecation,\" by Kevin Hartnell\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Danieli Evans.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.uw.edu/directory/faculty/evans-danieli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDanieli Evans\u003c/a\u003e is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law. She holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, and later earned a Ph.D. from Yale Law, completing a dissertation titled, “Belonging, Equality, and the Law.” Her work investigates how people's experiences with government institutions influence their sense of belonging, and how levels of belonging influence their wellbeing and social opportunities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.crmvet.org/docs/otheram.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., \"The Other America,\" 1967 speech at Stanford University\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The Fourteenth Amendment,\" at Constitution Annotated: Analysis and Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eDred Scott v. Sandford\u003c/em\u003e Wikipedia entry\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www3.psych.purdue.edu/%7Ewillia55/Announce/cyberball.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--The \u003cem\u003eCyberball\u003c/em\u003e game (hosted at Purdue University)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/1123/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Institutionalized ostracism,\" by Danieli Evans (2025), \u003cem\u003eMichigan Journal of Race and Law\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plyler_v._Doe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePlyler v. Doe\u003c/em\u003e Wikipedia entry\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/vol124_yoshino.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The new Equal Protection,\" by Kenji Yoshino (2011), \u003cem\u003eHarvard Law Review\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674196377\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eDemocracy and distrust: A Theory of judicial review\u003c/em\u003e (1980), by John Hart Ely\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/6215b235-022e-4e14-b39b-55b996cd0805/content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The id, the ego, and equal protection: Reckoning with unconscious racism,\" by Charles R. Lawrence III (1987), \u003cem\u003eStanford Law Review\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/srep02027.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"A quantitative meta-analysis of functional imaging studies of social rejection,\" by Stephanie Cacioppo et al. (2013), \u003cem\u003eNature: Scientific Reports\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/content/qt0k84g6vn/qt0k84g6vn_noSplash_efa40dbab7bfa18ea502f7f075ea8f03.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Social pain and the brain: Controversies, questions, and where to go from here,\" by Naomi I. Eisenberger (2015) \u003cem\u003eAnnual Review of Psychology\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Imprecation,\" by Kevin Hartnell\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Danieli Evans.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A discussion of belonging, ostracism, and the law, with law professor Danieli Evans. ","date_published":"2025-12-23T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/09eba733-e686-49cd-87d8-3c9b5bffe84c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31882166,"duration_in_seconds":3985}]},{"id":"2c9459be-0ea7-4d26-b15c-a5de5cbe1422","title":"Episode 12: This Land Is Your Land","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/12","content_text":"In this conversation, we discuss the history of birthright citizenship in the U.S., as well as the current controversy, including the role of the courts, especially the Supreme Court. My guest is Jacob Hamburger. Hamburger is Assistant Professor of Law in the Marquette Law School. Previously, he taught at Cornell Law, and he earned his J.D. at the University of Chicago Law School. He teaches Immigration Law, Civil Procedure, and a seminar on Immigration Federalism. His research explores the legal processes at the federal, state, and local levels that shape the lives of noncitizens in the United States.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--\"Jeb Bush: Birthright citizenship is part of our global [sic] heritage,\" video clip from NBC News\n--President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship\n--United States v. Wong Kim Ark Wikipedia entry\n--\"The consequences of ending birthright citizenship,\" by Jacob Hamburger, in the Washington University Law Review\n--Jus soli vs. jus sanguinis (Wiki entries)\n--December 8, 2025 edition of Steve Vladeck's \"One First\" Substack (\"On the docket\" section)\n--\"Statewide injunctions,\" by Jacob Hamburger, work in progress\n--\"The rise of the 'immigrant-as-injury' theory of state standing,\" by Jennifer Lee Koh, in the American University Law Review\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Jacob Hamburger.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this conversation, we discuss the history of birthright citizenship in the U.S., as well as the current controversy, including the role of the courts, especially the Supreme Court. My guest is \u003ca href=\"https://jacob-hamburger.squarespace.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJacob Hamburger\u003c/a\u003e. Hamburger is Assistant Professor of Law in the Marquette Law School. Previously, he taught at Cornell Law, and he earned his J.D. at the University of Chicago Law School. He teaches Immigration Law, Civil Procedure, and a seminar on Immigration Federalism. His research explores the legal processes at the federal, state, and local levels that shape the lives of noncitizens in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/video/jeb-bush-birthright-citizenship-is-part-of-our-global-heritage-509516867887\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\"Jeb Bush: Birthright citizenship is part of our global [sic] heritage,\" video clip from NBC News\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePresident Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Wong_Kim_Ark\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnited States v. Wong Kim Ark\u003c/em\u003e Wikipedia entry\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5106022\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\"The consequences of ending birthright citizenship,\" by Jacob Hamburger, in the Washington University Law Review\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eJus soli\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e vs. \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ejus sanguinis\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e (Wiki entries)\u003cbr\u003e\n--\u003ca href=\"https://www.stevevladeck.com/i/180843145/on-the-docket\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDecember 8, 2025 edition of Steve Vladeck's \"One First\" \u003cem\u003eSubstack\u003c/em\u003e (\"On the docket\" section)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5463935\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\"Statewide injunctions,\" by Jacob Hamburger, work in progress\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\u003ca href=\"https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/aulr72\u0026amp;div=26\u0026amp;g_sent=1\u0026amp;casa_token=2JnUWN8DHM4AAAAA:Q4P8lGHEjFEeEV2PQczt-Ry88LuAGYmRFHYDE9Jk9RXGSYA3Jl_SaW4QHdxf3UdPgsdIIgc\u0026amp;collection=journals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\"The rise of the 'immigrant-as-injury' theory of state standing,\" by Jennifer Lee Koh, in the \u003cem\u003eAmerican University Law Review\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Jacob Hamburger.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A discussion of birthright citizenship and injunctions, with law professor Jacob Hamburger.","date_published":"2025-12-10T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/2c9459be-0ea7-4d26-b15c-a5de5cbe1422.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34165686,"duration_in_seconds":4270}]},{"id":"878b87fd-96a8-468d-9880-c9727095a108","title":"Episode 11: Tatter Archives: \"Slurred Speech\"","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/11","content_text":"ABOUT THIS EPISODE\nThe utterance and writing of gendered and racial or ethnic slurs has often evoked controversy. My philosopher colleague Lauren Ashwell has taken up slurs as a subject of scholarly inquiry. In this episode, we sit for a 90-minute conversation about such issues as what makes a slur a slur, whether slurs can be reclaimed by members of the target group, and why the study of slurs matters. \n\nLINKS\n--Lauren Ashwell's personal website\n--\"Gendered Slurs,\" by Lauren Ashwell (requies JSTOR access)\n--\"CNN's Brooke Baldwin Chastises Trump Critic For Using N-Word On The Air,\" by Oliver Gettell, Entertainment Weekly \n--Myisha Cherry's interview with Luvell Anderson, about slurs, on The Unmute Podcast\n--Luvell Anderson's Syracuse profile\n--\"Kreayshawn's White Girl Mob \u0026amp; The N-Word,\" by Brandon Soderberg, Spin\n--\"A History of Outrage Over the Word 'Pākehā',\" by Branko Macetic, The Spinoff\n--nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, by Randall Kennedy\n--\"SlutWalks Sweep The Nation,\" by Laura Stampler, HuffPost\n--\"An Open Letter from Black Women to SlutWalk Organizers,\" contributed by Susan Brison, HuffPost\n--\"Is The Word 'Queer' Offensive? Here's A Look At Its History In The LGBTQA+ Community,\" by Marissa Higgins, Bustle\n--Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, by Kate ManneSpecial Guest: Lauren Ashwell.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THIS EPISODE\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe utterance and writing of gendered and racial or ethnic slurs has often evoked controversy. My philosopher colleague Lauren Ashwell has taken up slurs as a subject of scholarly inquiry. In this episode, we sit for a 90-minute conversation about such issues as what makes a slur a slur, whether slurs can be reclaimed by members of the target group, and why the study of slurs matters. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/site/lashwell/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Lauren Ashwell's personal website\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24871341.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Gendered Slurs,\" by Lauren Ashwell (requies JSTOR access)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://ew.com/article/2016/11/22/cnn-brooke-baldwin-guest-n-word/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"CNN's Brooke Baldwin Chastises Trump Critic For Using N-Word On The Air,\" by Oliver Gettell, Entertainment Weekly \u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.unmutepodcast.co/season-2/4252016/episode-014-luvell-anderson-on-slurs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Myisha Cherry's interview with Luvell Anderson, about slurs, on The Unmute Podcast\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://thecollege.syr.edu/people/faculty/pages/phi/anderson-luvell.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Luvell Anderson's Syracuse profile\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.spin.com/2011/08/kreayshawns-white-girl-mob-n-word/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Kreayshawn's White Girl Mob \u0026amp; The N-Word,\" by Brandon Soderberg, Spin\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/03-03-2018/a-history-of-outrage-over-the-word-pakeha/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"A History of Outrage Over the Word 'Pākehā',\" by Branko Macetic, The Spinoff\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Nigger-Strange-Career-Troublesome-Word/dp/0375713719\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003enigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word\u003c/em\u003e, by Randall Kennedy\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/20/slutwalk-united-states-city_n_851725.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"SlutWalks Sweep The Nation,\" by Laura Stampler, HuffPost\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-brison/slutwalk-black-women_b_980215.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"An Open Letter from Black Women to SlutWalk Organizers,\" contributed by Susan Brison, HuffPost\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.bustle.com/articles/139727-is-the-word-queer-offensive-heres-a-look-at-its-history-in-the-lgbtqa-community\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Is The Word 'Queer' Offensive? Here's A Look At Its History In The LGBTQA+ Community,\" by Marissa Higgins, Bustle\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Down-Girl-Misogyny-Kate-Manne/dp/0190604980\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eDown Girl\u003c/em\u003e: The Logic of Misogyny, by Kate Manne\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Lauren Ashwell.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"I'm pulling an episode from the archives of my previous podcast, Tatter. This is a discussion of slurs--especially gendered slurs, as well as racial and ethnic slurs--with philosopher Lauren Ashwell. ","date_published":"2025-11-25T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/878b87fd-96a8-468d-9880-c9727095a108.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":42344387,"duration_in_seconds":5235}]},{"id":"1082ad72-8c9d-45d8-9760-838dfb3c563a","title":"Episode 10: The Cloth of Protection","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/10","content_text":"This episode features a discussion of academic freedom with David Rabban, the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law, and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Previously, he served as counsel, and then general counsel, to the AAUP (American Association of University Professors), and he has chaired its committee on academic freedom and tenure. In his teaching and research, he focuses on free speech, academic freedom, higher education and the law, and American legal history. His most recent book (published in 2024) is Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--CBS News interview with MIT professor Alan Lightman\n--Homepage for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) website\n--AAUP's 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure\n--AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure\n--Wikipedia entry on Brandenburg v. Ohio\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: David Rabban.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis episode features a discussion of academic freedom with \u003ca href=\"https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/david-m-rabban/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDavid Rabban\u003c/a\u003e, the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law, and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Previously, he served as counsel, and then general counsel, to the AAUP (American Association of University Professors), and he has chaired its committee on academic freedom and tenure. In his teaching and research, he focuses on free speech, academic freedom, higher education and the law, and American legal history. His most recent book (published in 2024) is \u003ca href=\"https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674291058\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcademic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Z0O9abefZp8?si=0E_d2_OUbDn5CtLK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--CBS News interview with MIT professor Alan Lightman\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.aaup.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Homepage for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) website\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/A6520A9D-0A9A-47B3-B550-C006B5B224E7/0/1915Declaration.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--AAUP's 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.aaup.org/sites/default/files/1940%20Statement.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia entry on \u003cem\u003eBrandenburg v. Ohio\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: David Rabban.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A discussion of academic freedom with law professor David Rabban.","date_published":"2025-11-11T05:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/1082ad72-8c9d-45d8-9760-838dfb3c563a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27726607,"duration_in_seconds":3465}]},{"id":"88b08b31-6a64-4a0d-95be-aa47325d634a","title":"Episode 9: Triggered","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/9","content_text":"Gerald Higginbotham is an assistant professor in the Frank Batten School of Leadership \u0026amp; Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from UCLA, and also a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University. He studies (in his words) “the imprint of history on people’s modern social perceptions and policy attitudes, and the psychological underpinnings of how people perceive history and its consequences.”\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--Ronald Reagan's 1983 address before the National Rifle Association\n--\"The lasting legacy of 1967 Black Panther gun control protest at California Capitol\" (article at CBS News, by Steve Large)\n--Wikipedia entry on Ida B. Wells-Barnett\n--\"Historian uncovers the racist roots of the 2nd Amendment\" (interview at National Public Radio)\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\n--\"Cello,\" by Ketsa\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Gerald Higginbotham.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://batten.virginia.edu/people/gerald-higginbotham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eGerald Higginbotham\u003c/a\u003e is an assistant professor in the Frank Batten School of Leadership \u0026amp; Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from UCLA, and also a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University. He studies (in his words) “the imprint of history on people’s modern social perceptions and policy attitudes, and the psychological underpinnings of how people perceive history and its consequences.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/5-JoMVf_f4w?si=6FF_B6b_GxiJTuEX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Ronald Reagan's 1983 address before the National Rifle Association\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/lasting-legacy-black-panther-protest-california-capitol/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The lasting legacy of 1967 Black Panther gun control protest at California Capitol\" (article at CBS News, by Steve Large)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia entry on Ida B. Wells-Barnett\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1002107670\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Historian uncovers the racist roots of the 2nd Amendment\" (interview at National Public Radio)\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Cello,\" by Ketsa\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Gerald Higginbotham.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A conversation with social psychologist Gerald Higginbotham about race and gun rights.","date_published":"2025-10-28T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/88b08b31-6a64-4a0d-95be-aa47325d634a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25471926,"duration_in_seconds":3183}]},{"id":"1169cc2b-0c0c-41b8-b9d0-fe03e5b5e991","title":"Episode 8: Unreconstructed","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/8","content_text":"Julia Azari is Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, and she studies the American presidency, American political parties, political communication and American political development. She's the author of the 2014 book, Delivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate. Her newest book (and the focus of this podast episode) is Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History published in 2025.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--President Johnson's remarks on the signing of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 (July 2, 1964)\n--Bright Line Watch\n--\"Bill Clinton on being called 'first Black president': 'I took it as a great compliment'\" (article at The Hill, by Cheyanne M. Daniels)\n--\"'George Bush doesn't care about Black people' 20 years later\" (NPR interview with Rodney Carmichael and Leah Donnella)\n--Wikipedia entry on fainting goats\n--The Bulwark\n--\"Weak parties and strong partisanship are a bad combination\" (article at Vox, by Julia Azari)\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\n--\"Monsters of the past,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Julia Azari.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.marquette.edu/political-science/directory/julia-azari.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJulia Azari\u003c/a\u003e is Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, and she studies the American presidency, American political parties, political communication and American political development. She's the author of the 2014 book, \u003cem\u003eDelivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate\u003c/em\u003e. Her newest book (and the focus of this podast episode) is\u003ca href=\"https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691246956/backlash-presidents\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eBacklash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/a\u003epublished in 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.lbjlibrary.org/object/video/signing-civil-rights-act-1964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--President Johnson's remarks on the signing of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 (July 2, 1964)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://brightlinewatch.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Bright Line Watch\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/5004618-bill-clinton-first-black-president/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Bill Clinton on being called 'first Black president': 'I took it as a great compliment'\" (article at The Hill, by Cheyanne M. Daniels)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5517328/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people-20-years-later\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"'George Bush doesn't care about Black people' 20 years later\" (NPR interview with Rodney Carmichael and Leah Donnella)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_goat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia entry on fainting goats\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.thebulwark.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--The Bulwark\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2016/11/3/13512362/weak-parties-strong-partisanship-bad-combination\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Weak parties and strong partisanship are a bad combination\" (article at Vox, by Julia Azari)\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Monsters of the past,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Julia Azari.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A conversation with political scientist Julia Azari about three racially transformative presidents, and their backlash successors.","date_published":"2025-10-14T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/1169cc2b-0c0c-41b8-b9d0-fe03e5b5e991.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26084863,"duration_in_seconds":3260}]},{"id":"1ef9ca09-2adb-4cca-8d26-6d3239ac0e54","title":"Episode 7: But What About Us?","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/7","content_text":"Clara Wilkins is Associate Professor and Earl R. Carlson Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. Trained as a social psychologist, she leads the Social Perceptions and Intergroup Attiudes Lab (SPIA Lab). Along with her collaborators, she studies such topics as (a) the causes and consequences of dominant group members' perceptions of group-based victimization, and (b) how variation in racial and ethnic minorities’ physical appearance shapes the perceptions and experiences of disadvantaged group members.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--Catherine Herridge 2020 interview of Donald Trump\n--\"Exclusive: Trump says \"anti-White feeling\" is a problem in the U.S.\" (article at Time Magazine, by Nik Popli \u0026amp; Eric Coretellessa)\n--\"Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S.\" (report at National Public Radio, by Jason DeRose)\n--Wikipedia entry on the \"tradwife\" phenomenon\n--\"Just Theory\" (podcast interview from Tatter, featuring John Jost and the late Jim Sidanius, interviewed by Michael Sargent)\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Electric Silence,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Clara Wilkins.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://depts.washington.edu/spia/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eClara Wilkins\u003c/a\u003e is Associate Professor and Earl R. Carlson Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. Trained as a social psychologist, she leads the Social Perceptions and Intergroup Attiudes Lab (SPIA Lab). Along with her collaborators, she studies such topics as (a) the causes and consequences of dominant group members' perceptions of group-based victimization, and (b) how variation in racial and ethnic minorities’ physical appearance shapes the perceptions and experiences of disadvantaged group members.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/bynkBl3ZDBB5aaDNgBhYshh8evD0GQz7/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Catherine Herridge 2020 interview of Donald Trump\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://time.com/6972270/donald-trump-anti-white-bias-exclusive/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Exclusive: Trump says \"anti-White feeling\" is a problem in the U.S.\" (article at \u003cem\u003eTime Magazine\u003c/em\u003e, by Nik Popli \u0026amp; Eric Coretellessa)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1226371734/religious-nones-are-now-the-largest-single-group-in-the-u-s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S.\" (report at \u003cem\u003eNational Public Radio\u003c/em\u003e, by Jason DeRose)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradwife\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia entry on the \"tradwife\" phenomenon\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://tatter.fireside.fm/38\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Just Theory\" (podcast interview from \u003cem\u003eTatter\u003c/em\u003e, featuring John Jost and the late Jim Sidanius, interviewed by Michael Sargent)\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Electric Silence,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Pleasure,\" by Haunted Me\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Clara Wilkins.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A discussion with social psychologist Clara Wilkins, about her research on perceptions of victimization among members of dominant groups.","date_published":"2025-09-30T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/1ef9ca09-2adb-4cca-8d26-6d3239ac0e54.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24097258,"duration_in_seconds":3012}]},{"id":"546ac1ab-5621-4003-9afd-391b95583b67","title":"Episode 6: City of God","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/6","content_text":"Samuel Perry is the Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. He has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed academic journal articles, and has authored or co-authored five books, including Taking America Back for God, as well as The Flag and the Cross. He’s also written for such journalistic outlets as The Dallas Morning News, Time Magazine, and The Washington Post. In this episode, we discuss Christian nationalism in the U.S.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--\"The Christian nationalism we need\" (Keynote address at the 2024 National Conservatism Conference, by Sen. Josh Hawley)\n--\"What is Christian nationalism, exactly?\" (essay at the New York Times, by David French)\n--\"White or woke Christian nationalists? How race moderates the link between Christian nationalism and progressive identities,\" by Samuel Perry, Allyson Shortle, Eric McDaniel, and Joshua Grubbs\n--Profile for Amanda Tyler at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC)\n--\"The Democrat who calls Trump a child of God\" (article at The Economist about James Talarico)\n--\"Why are some Evangelicals drawn to--and stickying by--Trump? This pastor weighs in\" (NPR interview of Pastro Chad Harvey, by Scott Detrow)\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\n--\"Anti-Chill,\" by Jangwa\n--\"Cello,\" by Ketsa\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Samuel Perry.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.ou.edu/cas/soc/people/faculty/samuel-perry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSamuel Perry\u003c/a\u003e is the Sam K. Viersen Presidential Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. He has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed academic journal articles, and has authored or co-authored five books, including \u003cem\u003eTaking America Back for God\u003c/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Flag and the Cross\u003c/em\u003e. He’s also written for such journalistic outlets as \u003cem\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime Magazine\u003c/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c/em\u003e. In this episode, we discuss Christian nationalism in the U.S.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/tgNbGxdDZ2I?si=AzLAlqiAp0LRRV47\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The Christian nationalism we need\" (Keynote address at the 2024 National Conservatism Conference, by Sen. Josh Hawley)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/opinion/christian-nationalism.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"What is Christian nationalism, exactly?\" (essay at the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c/em\u003e, by David French)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12166974/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"White or woke Christian nationalists? How race moderates the link between Christian nationalism and progressive identities,\" by Samuel Perry, Allyson Shortle, Eric McDaniel, and Joshua Grubbs\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://bjconline.org/amanda-tyler/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Profile for Amanda Tyler at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/08/26/the-democrat-who-calls-trump-a-child-of-god\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The Democrat who calls Trump a child of God\" (article at \u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c/em\u003e about James Talarico)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/29/nx-s1-5165535/trump-christians-evangelical-harris-support\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Why are some Evangelicals drawn to--and stickying by--Trump? This pastor weighs in\" (NPR interview of Pastro Chad Harvey, by Scott Detrow)\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Anti-Chill,\" by Jangwa\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Cello,\" by Ketsa\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Samuel Perry.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A conversation about Christian nationalism, with sociologist Samuel Perry.","date_published":"2025-09-16T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/546ac1ab-5621-4003-9afd-391b95583b67.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26146512,"duration_in_seconds":3268}]},{"id":"7e949d41-a059-48f0-aab7-e866d57683bb","title":"Episode 5: Drawn Out","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/5","content_text":"David Gans is Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights \u0026amp; Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountability Center. In this episode, we discussed voting rights and redistricting, with an emphasis on the Louisiana v. Callais case that is set to be reargued before the Supreme Court on October 15, 2025. \n\nOTHER LINKS\n--Merrill v. Milligan (later retitled Allen v. Milligan) oral argument\n--Allen v. Milligan opinion\n--Wikipedia on the Voting Rights Act of 1965\n--\"Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Vote dilution and vote deprivation,\" SCOTUSblog\n--\"Court asks for new briefs in Louisiana redistricting case\", by Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog\n--\"How the Supreme Court made racial gerrymandering easier in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP,\" League of Women Voters Blog\n--\"Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerges as a leading dissenter in an era of Trump,\" by John Fritze, at CNN\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\n--\"Anti-Chill,\" by Jangwa\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\n--\"Cello,\" by Ketsa\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: David Gans.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.theusconstitution.org/staff/david-h-gans/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDavid Gans\u003c/a\u003e is Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights \u0026amp; Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountability Center. In this episode, we discussed voting rights and redistricting, with an emphasis on the Louisiana v. Callais case that is set to be reargued before the Supreme Court on October 15, 2025. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2022/21-1086\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eMerrill v. Milligan\u003c/em\u003e (later retitled \u003cem\u003eAllen v. Milligan\u003c/em\u003e) oral argument\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1086_1co6.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003eAllen v. Milligan\u003c/em\u003e opinion\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia on the Voting Rights Act of 1965\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.scotusblog.com/election-law-explainers/section-2-of-the-voting-rights-act-vote-dilution-and-vote-deprivation/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Vote dilution and vote deprivation,\" SCOTUSblog\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/08/court-asks-for-new-briefs-in-louisiana-redistricting-case/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Court asks for new briefs in Louisiana redistricting case\", by Amy Howe at \u003cem\u003eSCOTUSblog\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.lwv.org/blog/how-supreme-court-made-racial-gerrymandering-easier-alexander-v-south-carolina-naacp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"How the Supreme Court made racial gerrymandering easier in \u003cem\u003eAlexander v. South Carolina NAACP\u003c/em\u003e,\" League of Women Voters Blog\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-leading-dissenter-trump-era\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerges as a leading dissenter in an era of Trump,\" by John Fritze, at CNN\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Anti-Chill,\" by Jangwa\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Cello,\" by Ketsa\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: David Gans.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A conversation with legal expert David Gans, focusing on voting rights and redistricting.","date_published":"2025-09-02T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/7e949d41-a059-48f0-aab7-e866d57683bb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24323792,"duration_in_seconds":3040}]},{"id":"95c1648b-7e0c-438a-b397-4ad630de0821","title":"Episode 4: Here Be Dragons","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"Kimberly Rios is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She studies intergroup threat and also psychological issues at the intersection of religion and STEM. In this episode, we discuss the psychology of intergroup threat, applications to a salient contemporary case, and also issues involving religion and STEM.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--Informational video on EPIC City\n--WFAA story on EPIC City\n--Drinking Liberally, Wikipedia page\n--\"Fairness is Overrated,\" by Jonathan V. Last, at The Bulwark\n--\"The World's Muslims: Religion, Politics, and Society,\" by the Pew Research Center\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Kimberly Rios.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://psychology.illinois.edu/directory/profile/kmrios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eKimberly Rios\u003c/a\u003e is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She studies intergroup threat and also psychological issues at the intersection of religion and STEM. In this episode, we discuss the psychology of intergroup threat, applications to a salient contemporary case, and also issues involving religion and STEM.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/iWG6rSVeETA?si=rqCeLG2iWScuVxXC\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Informational video on EPIC City\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/tXllDIZaRbs?si=Cr0uhJeSWiXFONLk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--WFAA story on EPIC City\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_Liberally\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Drinking Liberally, Wikipedia page\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.thebulwark.com/p/fairness-is-overrated\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Fairness is Overrated,\" by Jonathan V. Last, at The Bulwark\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-science-and-popular-culture/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The World's Muslims: Religion, Politics, and Society,\" by the Pew Research Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Breath,\" by Kirk Osamayo\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Post Drone,\" by Uuriter\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Kimberly Rios.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A conversation with Kim Rios, about intergroup threat, and more.","date_published":"2025-08-19T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/95c1648b-7e0c-438a-b397-4ad630de0821.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22511939,"duration_in_seconds":2813}]},{"id":"d2d7f2ed-dc5a-4bbd-a306-3b95a74e963b","title":"Episode 3: Equals Under The Law","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"Paul Gowder is Professor of Law at the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University, in Chicago. He's the author of several books, including The Rule of the Law in the Real World, and The Rule of Law in the United States: An Unfinished Project of Black Liberation. In this episode, we discuss the history and current status of the rule of law in the U.S., exploring connections to the historic struggle for Black Americans' civil and human rights\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--President Trump's May 4, 2025 appearance on NBC's Meet the Press\n--Wikipedia entry on Margaret Morgan\n--Wikipedia entry on Dred Scott\n--history.com page on the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850\n--PBS Frontline documentary \"Trump's Power \u0026amp; The Rule of Law\"\n--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"Letter from a Birmingham Jail\"\n--Lord Bingham's Sir David Williams Lecture: \"The Rule of Law\"\n--Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification, by Timur Kuran\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Monsters of the Past,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Precisamos de um plano,\" by rui\n--\"Light Lab,\" by Rest You Sleeping Giant\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Paul Gowder.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://gowder.io/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePaul Gowder\u003c/a\u003e is Professor of Law at the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University, in Chicago. He's the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Rule-Law-Real-World/dp/1316502023\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Rule of the Law in the Real World\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Rule-Law-United-States-Unfinished/dp/150995466X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;dib_tag=se\u0026amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Z5S15r9vNr5ZhFUKb2yZsO_P_412lbt4K9eWnVuNI5blKNrg6Cx_G7BWJZPP8-VIOkpHN5SsxTp_m6t2hckM-6I6PeSFyq5ojHNT70CT1E8.13xS4XB_qDeoAPfN19RNZU6G7v_d960u2wjfaATyG9s\u0026amp;qid=1754075495\u0026amp;sr=1-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Rule of Law in the United States: An Unfinished Project of Black Liberation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e. In this episode, we discuss the history and current status of the rule of law in the U.S., exploring connections to the historic struggle for Black Americans' civil and human rights\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/tuPI1-Gp_5s?si=9pVLgo0NfKSJ0tF2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--President Trump's May 4, 2025 appearance on NBC's \u003cem\u003eMeet the Press\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Morgan_(slave)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia entry on Margaret Morgan\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Wikipedia entry on Dred Scott\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.history.com/articles/fugitive-slave-acts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--history.com page on the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/28sQyweAPRs?si=0YFyuw8zMd4_769u\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--PBS Frontline documentary \"Trump's Power \u0026amp; The Rule of Law\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"Letter from a Birmingham Jail\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://netk.net.au/RuleOfLaw/Bingham1.asp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Lord Bingham's Sir David Williams Lecture: \"The Rule of Law\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Private-Truths-Public-Lies-Falsification/dp/0674707583\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePrivate Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification\u003c/em\u003e, by Timur Kuran\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Monsters of the Past,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Precisamos de um plano,\" by rui\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Light Lab,\" by Rest You Sleeping Giant\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Paul Gowder.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A conversation with law professor Paul Gowder, about the rule of law in the U.S.","date_published":"2025-08-05T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/d2d7f2ed-dc5a-4bbd-a306-3b95a74e963b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27678751,"duration_in_seconds":3459}]},{"id":"aebd2928-ed53-4625-83cb-ac7805b96ab8","title":"Episode 2: Forever In The Path","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"Arthur Remillard is Professor of Religious Studies and Department Chair of Theology and Philosophy, as well as Dean of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engingeering, Arts, and Mathematics) at Saint Francis University, in Loretto, Pennsylvania. He is author of the book Southern Civil Religions, as well as a new book, Bodies in Motion: A Religious History of Sports in America.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--\"Civil Religion in America,\" by Robert N. Bellah\n--\"The Meaning of Prayer at a Political Convention,\" by Esau McCaulley\n--\"In Trump, We Have Abandoned Our Civil Religion — And We Are No Longer The Same,\" by John D. Carlson\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Light Lab,\" by Rest You Sleeping Giant\n--\"Pleasure\" by Haunted Me\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Post Drone\" by Uuriter\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by ruiSpecial Guest: Arthur Remillard.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.francis.edu/academics/faculty-directory/arthur-remillard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eArthur Remillard\u003c/a\u003e is Professor of Religious Studies and Department Chair of Theology and Philosophy, as well as Dean of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engingeering, Arts, and Mathematics) at Saint Francis University, in Loretto, Pennsylvania. He is author of the book \u003cem\u003eSouthern Civil Religions\u003c/em\u003e, as well as a new book, \u003cem\u003eBodies in Motion: A Religious History of Sports in America\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.robertbellah.com/articles_5.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Civil Religion in America,\" by Robert N. Bellah\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/21/opinion/republican-convention-prayer.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"The Meaning of Prayer at a Political Convention,\" by Esau McCaulley\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://religionnews.com/2025/01/23/in-trump-we-have-abandoned-our-civil-religion-and-we-are-no-longer-the-same/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"In Trump, We Have Abandoned Our Civil Religion — And We Are No Longer The Same,\" by John D. Carlson\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Light Lab,\" by Rest You Sleeping Giant\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Pleasure\" by Haunted Me\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Post Drone\" by Uuriter\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Arthur Remillard.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A conversation with scholar Art Remillard, about civil religion in the U.S.","date_published":"2025-07-23T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/aebd2928-ed53-4625-83cb-ac7805b96ab8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28290434,"duration_in_seconds":3536}]},{"id":"70bd62d7-c70f-45c2-ae39-5d2347638134","title":"Episode 1: God, Grace, and Grudges","url":"https://circumscription.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"Mikey Pasek is a social psychologist, and is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago. He leads the Belief, Identity, and Group Relations Lab at UIC. We discussed a range of topics, including religion, big and moralizing gods, Christian nationalism, race, and how to alter anti-democratic attitudes.\n\nOTHER LINKS\n--White House Executive Order: Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias\n--Beyond Conflict\n--Interfaith Philadelphia\n--God Is Not Great, by Christopher Hitchens\n--Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict, by Ara Norenzayan\n--Southern Poverty Law Center Page on The Westboro Baptist Church\n--\"Black Liberation Theology, in its Founder's Word\" (Interview on NPR's Fresh Air)\n--\"Religious ‘Nones’ in America: Who They Are and What They Believe\" (Pew Research Center)\n--Martin Luther King Jr. and the American Revolution\n\nMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\n--\"Monsters of the past,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\n--\"Precisamos de um plano,\" by rui\n--\"Light Lab,\" by Rest You Sleeping GiantSpecial Guest: Michael Pasek.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://psch.uic.edu/profiles/pasek-michael/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMikey Pasek\u003c/a\u003e is a social psychologist, and is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago. He leads the \u003ca href=\"https://bigr.psch.uic.edu/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eBelief, Identity, and Group Relations Lab\u003c/a\u003e at UIC. We discussed a range of topics, including religion, big and moralizing gods, Christian nationalism, race, and how to alter anti-democratic attitudes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOTHER LINKS\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/eradicating-anti-christian-bias/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--White House Executive Order: Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://beyondconflictint.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Beyond Conflict\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.interfaithphiladelphia.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Interfaith Philadelphia\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/God-Not-Great-Religion-Everything/dp/0446697966\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e--God Is Not Great\u003c/em\u003e, by Christopher Hitchens\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691169743/big-gods\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict\u003c/em\u003e, by Ara Norenzayan\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/westboro-baptist-church/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Southern Poverty Law Center Page on The Westboro Baptist Church\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2008/03/31/89236116/black-liberation-theology-in-its-founders-words\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Black Liberation Theology, in its Founder's Word\" (Interview on NPR's \u003cem\u003eFresh Air\u003c/em\u003e)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/01/24/religious-nones-in-america-who-they-are-and-what-they-believe/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--\"Religious ‘Nones’ in America: Who They Are and What They Believe\" (Pew Research Center)\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amrevmuseum.org/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-promises-of-the-american-revolution\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e--Martin Luther King Jr. and the American Revolution\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the \"cc by\" license)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"The Trail,\" by Unheard Music Concepts\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Funky End,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Caress me to sleep,\" by rui\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Monsters of the past,\" by Pawel Feszczuk\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Precisamos de um plano,\" by rui\u003cbr\u003e\n--\"Light Lab,\" by Rest You Sleeping Giant\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecial Guest: Michael Pasek.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"A conversation with Mikey Pasek, about religion, identity, and politics.","date_published":"2025-07-08T05:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/92d4f201-c679-4a52-8c80-a47e41397da4/70bd62d7-c70f-45c2-ae39-5d2347638134.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26649317,"duration_in_seconds":3331}]}]}