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We do not know why we are here. We know we will die. We are filled with desire. How should we respond? 

Last Dance With Unger, is a six-part, seven-hour academic performance, engaging the ideas of Roberto Unger and his new book, The World and Us (2024).  No familiarity with Unger, this book, me, or anything else is needed to enjoy this series.

We do not know why we are here. We know we will die. We are filled with desire. How should we respond? 

Last Dance With Unger, is a six-part, seven-hour academic performance, engaging the ideas of Roberto Unger and his new book, The World and Us (2024).  No familiarity with Unger, this book, me, or anything else is needed to enjoy this series.

We do not know why we are here. We know we will die. We are filled with desire. How should we respond? 

Last Dance With Unger, is a six-part, seven-hour academic performance, engaging the ideas of Roberto Unger and his new book, The World and Us (2024).  No familiarity with Unger, this book, me, or anything else is needed to enjoy this series.

An act We do not know why we are here. We know we will die. We are filled with desire. How should we respond?

Last Dance With Unger, is a six-part, seven-hour academic performance, engaging the ideas of Roberto Unger and his new book, The World and Us (2024).  No familiarity with Unger, this book, me, or anything else is needed to enjoy this series.

We do not know why we are here. We know we will die. We are filled with desire. How should we respond? 

Last Dance With Unger, is a six-part, seven-hour academic performance, engaging the ideas of Roberto Unger and his new book, The World and Us (2024).  No familiarity with Unger, this book, me, or anything else is needed to enjoy this series.

We do not know why we are here. We know we will die. We are filled with desire. How should we respond? 

Last Dance With Unger, is a six-part, seven-hour academic performance, engaging the ideas of Roberto Unger and his new book, The World and Us (2024).  No familiarity with Unger, this book, me, or anything else is needed to enjoy this series.

This episode is Part 2 of an audio version of my article, Moby-Dick as Corporate Catastrophe: Law, Ethics, and Redemption, 90. U. Cin. L. Rev. 372 (2021). Part 2 of 2.

This episode is Part 1 of an audio version of my article, Moby-Dick as Corporate Catastrophe: Law, Ethics, and Redemption, 90. U. Cin. L. Rev. 372 (2021). Part 1 of 2.

This episode provides an audio version of my article, Corporate Law as an Existential Project, 88 Fordham L. Rev. 1801 (2020).

Interview with Prof. Adam Winkler about his acclaimed new book, We The Corporations: How American Business Won Their Civil Rights (2018).

An audio version of my latest law review article.

Interview with Alan Dershowitz on the ethics of lawyers representing clients they know are guilty.

Avvo, Inc. promises, or threatens (depending on your vantage), to disrupt the traditional ways that lawyers and clients connect. I interview Josh King, Vice President for Business Development and General Counsel at Avvo.

Interview with Francis Pileggi on the "fee-shifting" controversy in corporate law. Corporations want to require shareholders to pay corporate legal fees in failed shareholder lawsuits. Delaware has proposed legislation that would ban such "fee-shifting" in corporate charters and bylaws.

Interview with Prof. Mike Koehler on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which forbids American corporations from bribing foreign officials to generate business abroad.

I interview Tim Seitz and Jason Spicer, vice presidents at Flextronics, a global technology manufacturing company, on the ethics of American corporations rechartering abroad in order to diminish their tax liability.

Interview with Anne Tucker assessing the Supreme Court's landmark decision on corporate religious rights in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision.

Interview with Eric Cohen, Chairperson of Investors Against Genocide, discussing the problem of conventional retirement investment funds holding stock in companies complicit in genocidal political regimes, and what can be done about it.

Interview with Larry Catá Backer on the responsibilities of corporations regarding human rights.

Interview with Prof. Alicia Plerhoples exploring the promise and perils of the new "public benefit" corporate form.

Interview with Prof. Kent Greenfield on the religious rights of corporations. This is the second of a series of episodes on this issue.

Interview with Professor Eugene Volokh on the legal and normative questions bearing on the religious freedom rights of for-profit corporations. This is the first of a series of episodes on this issue.

I introduce the "myth of long-term" value, and assess recent comments by the Dalai Lama on compassion and business ethics.

Interview with Michele Simon, author of Appetite for Profit, focusing on the questionable philanthropic practices of McDonald's, Inc.

Interview with Prof. Robert Rhee discussing his idea of "fiduciary exemption," which would allow corporations to sacrifice profits in the public interest during times of national emergency.

Professor Stephen Bainbridge discusses his book Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis, and makes the case for corporate governance focused exclusively on shareholder interests.

Introduction to the podcast and a critique of the shareholder primacy norm in corporate governance law.