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Jeffrey Rosen on Virtue and the Pursuit of Happiness

Épisode 10

vendredi 28 mars 2025 • Durée 38:15

In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Jeffrey Rosen, the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, about the Founders’ understanding of the pursuit of happiness and how it relates to virtue. They discuss the notion of bounded liberty, the importance of deep reading, literature that contains ancient wisdom and much more.

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Recorded March 5th, 2025

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Kurt Weyland on Populism vs. Pluralism

Épisode 9

vendredi 28 février 2025 • Durée 45:30

In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Kurt Weyland, the Mike Hogg Professor in Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, about the rise of populism. They discuss what factors contribute to populism, how worried we should be about its rise, why populism leads to authoritarianism, and much more.

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Recorded February 11th, 2025

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Amanda Ripley on High Conflict to Good Conflict

vendredi 19 juillet 2024 • Durée 51:03

In this re-release of an installment of a series on liberalism, Benjamin Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, talks with Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist and author, about the benefits of not watching the news, the conflict industrial complex, whether divisions in the U.S. are getting worse, the importance of positive interactions and much more.

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Originally published February 24th, 2023

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Alan Charles Kors on the Need for Mutual Forbearance

vendredi 5 juillet 2024 • Durée 48:16

In this re-release of the first installment of an interview series on liberalism, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Alan Charles Kors about the history of liberalism, the proper purpose of education, and the core liberal value of mutual forbearance. Kors is the Henry Charles Lea Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in European intellectual history of the 17th and 18th centuries. He has published several books and many articles on early-modern French intellectual history and was editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment.

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Originally published August 4th, 2020

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Josiah Ober on Democracy as a Civic Bargain

vendredi 28 juin 2024 • Durée 40:45

In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Josiah Ober, a professor of political science and classics at Stanford University, about democracy as a bargain among citizens, the necessity of civic education, the challenges of scaling democracy as populations become larger and more diverse, and much more.

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Recorded June 6th, 2024

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Welcome to Pluralist Points

mercredi 26 juin 2024 • Durée 01:25

America has always had factions; they are a feature—not a flaw—of representative democracy. However, when civil discourse breaks down, these factions can become so entrenched that we face the dangers of toxic polarization. This is where learning and adopting pluralism becomes crucial.

Welcome to Pluralist Points, where we unpack the challenges and opportunities of liberalism and pluralism in the 21st century.

In a world increasingly divided by tribalism and polarization, Pluralist Points aims to foster understanding, civil exchange, and the open-minded exploration of ideas.

Each episode features an in-depth conversation that challenges assumptions, illuminates new perspectives, and seeks common ground.

Join the host of Pluralist Points, Ben Klutsey, as we navigate the intellectual landscape of liberalism and pluralism, and discover how these principles can help us build a more inclusive, tolerant, and vibrant society.

You can follow the show on your favorite podcast app or watch full videos on YouTube. Let's embark on this journey together, one conversation at a time.

We hope this podcast will inspire you to go out and have conversations like these yourself.

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Kurt Gray on Moving Beyond Moral Outrage

Épisode 8

vendredi 31 janvier 2025 • Durée 39:42

In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Kurt Gray, a psychology and neuroscience professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, about our moral understanding and how we react to perceived threats. They discuss why a “protection” narrative is better than a “destruction” one, the pros and cons of moral outrage, why stories matter more than facts in political disagreements, and much more.

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Recorded January 9, 2025

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Shira Hoffer on Curious Disagreement

Épisode 7

vendredi 20 décembre 2024 • Durée 38:18

In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Shira Hoffer, the founder and executive director of the Institute for Multipartisan Education, about her work as a mediator and the importance of curious disagreement. They discuss self-censorship among college students, how to develop good conflict resolution skills, the Hotline for Israel/Palestine and much more.

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Recorded November 11th, 2024.

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Daryl Davis on How to Fight Hatred

Épisode 6

vendredi 22 novembre 2024 • Durée 43:04

In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with author, activist and musician Daryl Davis, who is known for his work confronting racism through dialogue. They discuss Davis’ first encounter with a member of the Ku Klux Klan, his determination to discover the “why” behind racism, his meeting and eventual friendship with klan leader Roger Kelly and much more.

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Recorded September 25th, 2024.

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Corey Brettschneider on Citizen Checks on Presidential Power

Épisode 5

vendredi 25 octobre 2024 • Durée 42:38

In this episode of the Pluralist Points podcast, Ben Klutsey, the executive director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, speaks with Corey Brettschneider, a professor of political science at Brown University, about his new book, “The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought To Defend It.” They discuss the early presidential models of Washington and Adams, what categorizes a “recovery” president after a period of crisis, Frederick Douglass as a founder of American democracy, how we haven’t yet recovered from Nixon and much more.

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Recorded August 28th, 2024

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