Ideas in Progress, hosted by IHS historian Dr. Anthony Comegna, invites professors and scholars to share how their research intersects with classical liberal ideas.
A new episode of our Ideas in Progress podcast, featuring contemporary thinkers discussing a wide variety of topics, is released every Wednesday.
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Season 5 Transcripts
Episode 83–John Hasnas and Civil Society – Download Transcript
Episode 82–John Hasnas’ IHS History – Download Transcript
Episode 81–Did America’s Sun Set a Long Time Ago? with Dennis Rasmussen – Download Transcript
Season 4 Transcripts
Episode 80–The IHS History of Jeremy Shearmur – Download Transcript
Episode 79–Chinese History and Liberty – Download Transcript
Episode 78–Stephen Davies IHS History – Download Transcript
Episode 77–Border Militarization as an Entrepreneurial Process – Download Transcript
Episode 76–Great Beards and Radios – Download Transcript
Episode 75–A Libertarian and a Socialist Walk into a Noodle Shop… – Download Transcript
Episode 74–Painting Portraits with Paul – Download Transcript
Episode 73–How Larry White Got Locofocofied – Download Transcript
Episode 72–Larry White’s IHS History – Download Transcript
Episode 71–My IHS Story with Chad Thevenot and Emily Birchmier – Download Transcript
Episode 70–Liberalism and Good Taste – Download the Transcript
Episode 69–The Art of the Academic Research Seminar – Download the Transcript
Episode 68–African Socialism vs African Liberalism with Ibrahim Anoba – Download the Transcript
Episode 67–Africa’s Liberal Legacy with Ibrahim Anoba – Download the Transcript
Episode 66–More American Fascist with Katy Hull – Download the Transcript
Episode 65–American Fascist with Katy Hull – Download the Transcript
Episode 64–Property and Humanity with Bart Wilson – Download the Transcript
Episode 63–Property and Liberalism with Bart Wilson – Download the Transcript
Episode 62–More Nerding Out with Aaron Ross Powell – Download the Transcript
Episode 61–Liberalism vs Sci-Fi! with Aaron Ross Powell – Download the Transcript
Season 3 Transcripts
Episode 60–Even More Good Jobs, with Martin Babinec – Download the Transcript
Episode 59–More Good Jobs, with Martin Babinec – Download the Transcript
Episode 58–COVID and Democracy, with Joshua Kleinfeld – Download the Transcript
Episode 57–What’s the Value of Public Trust? with Kevin Vallier – Download the Transcript
Episode 56–How to End the War of Politics, with Kevin Vallier – Download the Transcript
Episode 55–Who was Francois Fenelon? with Ryan Hanley – Download the Transcript
Episode 54–A World of Constant Progress? with Marian Tupy – Download the Transcript
Episode 53–Liberals Writing History, with Mike Douma – Download the Transcript
Episode 52–The World History of Liberalism, with Anthony Comegna – Download the Transcript
Episode 51–Is the Economy Computible? with Abigail Devereaux – Download the Transcript
Episode 50–What is an Algorithm, Anyways? with Abigail Devereaux – Download the Transcript
Episode 49–Let’s Rank the Presidents! with Vincent Geloso – Download the Transcript
Episode 48–Isn’t It About Time We Talked About Liberalism? with Emily Chamlee-Wright – Download the Transcript
Episode 47–Are You in a Total Institution? with Sean Rife – Download the Transcript
Episode 46–Can You Name a Classical Liberal Social Psychologist? with Sean Rife – Download the Transcript
Episode 45–Anarchisms, Left and Right with Crispin Sartwell – Download the Transcript
Episode 44–Market Urbanism with Scott Beyer – Download the transcript
Episode 43–Capitalism and Ethics, with John Thrasher and Dan Halliday – Download the transcript
Episode 42–Gary Chartier Speaks for a (Virtual) Sandwich – Download the transcript
Episode 41–What’s the Deal with Prohibition? with Alice Kassens – Download the transcript
Season 2 Transcripts
Episode 40–Libertarian History from Below with Anthony Comegna – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 39–How to Free Your Spirit with Steven Pittz – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 38–IHS Stories with Bill Glod and Jeanne Hoffman – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 37–Ubuntu and You with Mungi Ngomane – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 36–Discovering Ubuntu with Mungi Ngomane – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 35–The Blood Market with James Stacey Taylor – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 34–IHS Stories with Josh Ammons – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 33–Postmodernist Libertarian with Nick Gillespie – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 32–Academic Non-Academia with Nick Gillespie – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 31–More Visions of Liberty with Aaron Ross Powell & Paul Matzko – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 30–Visions of Liberty with Aaron Ross Powell & Paul Matzko – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 29–Intersectionality & You with Abigail Saguy – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 28–Why You Should Be A Peacemonger with Chris Coyne – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 27–The Problem with Public Governance with Peter Boettke – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 26–Marcus Witcher’s Ideas in Progress – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 25–Classical Liberalism and the New High Weirdness with James Caton – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 24–AI And Liberalism with James Caton – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 23–Sex Work is Work, Too with Jessica Flanigan – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 22–Must Politics Be War? with Kevin Vallier – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 21–Getting Right With Reagan with Marcus Witcher – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 20–Ostrom’s Law with Jeanne Hoffman – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 19–Why It’s OK to Make Bad Choices with Bill Glod – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 18–The Fed (Still) Sucks with Murray Sabrin – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 17–Medicalizing Birth and Death with Lauren Hall – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Season 1 Transcripts
Episode 16–Stolen with Rick Bell – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 15–Research-stravaganza with Claudia Williamson and Randy Simmons – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 14–Tech, Vision, and Real Solutions with Tawni Hunt-Ferrarini – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 13–Do We Need Compulsory Public Education with Tawni Hunt-Ferrarini – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 12–Guns, Civil Rights, and Abortion, with David Beito – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 11–The New Deal was Completely Ridiculous with David Beito – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 10–PPE in Practice – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 9–What’s the Point of PPE? – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 8–Where Does Classical Liberalism Go from Here? – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 7–Classical Liberalism in Contemporary Political Philosophy with Jason Brennan – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 6–Grad School 101, Part 2 with Brandon Davis and Theo Christov – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 5–Grad School 101, Part 1 with Jayme Lemke and Mark LeBar – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 4–In Defense of Andrew Jackson – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 3–Federalist and Anti-Federalist with Brad Birzer – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 2–Women and the Classical Liberal Tradition, Part 2 – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
Episode 1–Women and the Classical Liberal Tradition – DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT
