Life of the Mind
Series produced by Victoria Davis
When did you choose to pursue the life of the mind? Through lively intellectual discussion, this podcast showcases tenured professors at the University of Texas in Austin who look at critical issues within the humanities and discuss the state of higher education today.
Sample of topics discussed in Season 1: American Intellectual Life, Public Intellectualism, Teaching How to Think, Historical Writing, Confederate Iconography, Moral Relativism, Teaching Virtue in Higher Education, Benjamin Franklin vs. Socrates, Teaching Writing, Twitter and Public Discourse, Academic Jargon, Politics in Higher Education, The Jewish Experience, Holocaust Memorials, The Politics of News Choice, the American Identity, Texas Identity.
12 Pieces
- Added: Mar 31, 2017
- Length: 26:22
- Added: Mar 23, 2017
- Length: 31:20
- Added: Feb 01, 2017
- Length: 37:41
- Added: Jan 02, 2017
- Length: 01:03:45
- Added: Nov 29, 2016
- Length: 05:07
- Added: Nov 01, 2016
- Length: 19:06
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 27:08
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 31:17
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 31:27
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: 31:07
- Added: Oct 22, 2015
- Length: 27:16
- Added: Oct 09, 2015
- Length: 28:31
