Podcast appearances and mentions of Leon Wieseltier

Marty Peretz has led a large life, one he recounts with aplomb in his autobiography The Controversialist. As long time publisher and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, from 1974 to 2011, he transformed the venerable liberal magazine into an organ of neoliberalism, with a politics that emphasized deregulation of the economy, scaling back the welfare state, militant Zionism, and an aggressive foreign policy (leading the magazine to support the disastrous Iraq War in 2003). Coupled with the magazine, Peretz used his second wife's vast fortune to create an political network that extended to many nodes of elite power: Harvard, Wall Street and even the White House (Vice President Al Gore was Peretz's protégé).I wrote about Peretz's life and also the largescale damage done by his politics in a recent review of his memoir. Frequent guest of the show David Klion, who wrote about the memoir for The Baffler, joined the The Time of Monsters for a spirited discussion of a memorable life. Also relevant to this discussion is David's review of Liberties, a magazine founded by Peretz's longtime crony Leon Wieseltier.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comOn Jan 2, a writer named Celeste Marcus published an essay entitled, “After Rape: A Guide for the Tormented” in the free-speech literary journal Liberties, where Celeste is managing editor. She wrote about an incident in 2021 with a close male friend as they slept beside each other in bed. She called it rape; he did not. The man remained unnamed until February 4, when Celeste posted an email exchange to Twitter with Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg. In one email, Marcus had written, “The rapist was Yascha Mounk. You have a rapist on the staff of your illustrious publication.”Mounk is an Atlantic contributor who specializes in free-speech issues. He's the founder of the journal Persuasion and host of The Good Fight podcast. On Sunday, the Atlantic announced they'd cut ties with Mounk, who has mostly stayed silent.We brought on criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield to discuss this thorny situation. Greenfield is a straight-shooter who wrote about the case in a recent blog post called “The Atlantic Caves to #MeToo.” To question a victim's story has become taboo, but to interrogate every story has been a necessary tradition of justice, journalism, and rational discourse. Greenfield is not a fan of what he calls “the sex police.”Can we ever be sure what happens in other people's bedrooms? And why has it become so popular, even noble, to try? Gird your loins for a conversation about #MeToo and its aftermath that is frank, illuminating, and challenging — possibly to listeners, definitely to the narrative. Notable talking points:* “Am I allowed to say, ‘I call bullshit' on this pod?”* When did people go from being the heroes of their own stories to the victims of their own stories?* Why drinking matters in sexual assault cases* “A lot of the campus policies under Title IX are unlawful.”* The clear bright line of “no means no”* Plot twist! Leon Wieseltier, #MeToo casualty, is the editor of Liberties journal* How feminist activists bypassed the dead-lock of “he said/she said”* “You can't call a woman crazy. But what if they are crazy?”* Felicia Sonmez, remembered* How do Atlantic writers feel about Goldberg kicking a contributor to the curb?* What should Yascha Mounk do now?* Let's built tolerance for ambiguity!* The bravery of journalist Emily Yoffe* The sadness of “compare and despair”* Can we ever walk this back?* Advice to parents!* “Hot box???”

EPISODE 1952: Andrew talks to Leon Wieseltier, editor of LIBERTIES QUARTERLY, about how to protect traditional liberal values against both right and left wing intolerance.Leon Wieseltier (born June 14, 1952) is an American critic and magazine editor. From 1983 to 2014, he was the literary editor of The New Republic. He was a contributing editor and critic at The Atlantic until 2017. In 2020, he became the editor of Liberties, a quarterly literary review. He is the author of the essay "Savagery and Solidarity" in the Winter volume of Liberties. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

In this show Eli examines why so many professors and intellectuals have expressed solidarity with the fanatic butchers of Hamas and the thinker who made radical violence cool, Frantz Fanon. His guest is Leon Wieseltier, the founder and editor of Liberties. Time Stamps:  00:27 Monologue  23:13 Interview with Leon Wieseltier Questions? Comments? Email us at eli@nebulouspodcasts.com

In EPISODE OF 1748 of KEEN ON, Andrew talks to Leon Wieseltier, editor of LIBERTIES, about America's love affair with personal and social changeLeon Wieseltier is an American critic and magazine editor. From 1983 to 2014, he was the literary editor of The New Republic. He was a contributing editor and critic at The Atlantic until 2017.. In 2020, he became the editor of Liberties, a quarterly literary review.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

Episode 43 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network. Rabbi Leon Morris, President of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, talks to JFN President and CEO Andres Spokoiny about his essay in Sources, "In Defense of Surrender in Liberal Jewish Life." Morris argues that a Jewish response to individual agency having eclipsed every other important value is necessary, and can be done through a sense of surrender (of our defenses, our time, and our notion of isolated individualism) to community, rather than submission to authority. Leon talks about what he finds exciting about pluralistic spaces, how thoroughly modern Jews are having trouble finding places for Jewishness in their lives, the enormous relevance that traditional texts still have for our modern time, and what gives him hope for the Jewish future. Works referenced in this episode: In Defense of Surrender in a Liberal Jewish Life Kaddish, Leon Wieseltier (1998) Judaism in a Digital Age, Danny Schiff (2023)

Benjamin Moser joins Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus to discuss Rembrandt and the nature of evil.

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Can AI transcend conventional wisdom? ... Is Trump back as 2024 GOP frontrunner? ... The trouble with “the poor” ... J.D. Vance has Ukraine on the brain ... Ukraine update: How to make sending tanks make sense ... Parrot room preview: Bob's quasi-lucid dream; Evil corrections; The deep roots of Russian nationalist support for the war; Leon Wieseltier quote critique; DeSantis and black history; should judicial noms know their civics?; Kyrsten Sinema conspiracies; economic vs. social inequality; “exciting” child tax credit news; Israel's multiple powder kegs ...

Subscribe to The Parrot Room at https://patreon.com/parrotroom00:00 Can AI transcend conventional wisdom? 15:39 Is Trump back as 2024 GOP frontrunner? 24:52 The trouble with “the poor” 27:14 J.D. Vance has Ukraine on the brain 29:46 Ukraine update: How to make sending tanks make sense 46:16 Parrot room preview: Bob's quasi-lucid dream; Evil corrections; The deep roots of Russian nationalist support for the war; Leon Wieseltier quote critique; DeSantis and black history; should judicial noms know their civics?; Kyrsten Sinema conspiracies; economic vs. social inequality; “exciting” child tax credit news; Israel's multiple powder kegsRobert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Mickey Kaus (kausfiles, The End of Equality). Recorded January 27, 2023.Comments on BhTV: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/65614Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonzeroPodsFacebook: https://facebook.com/bloggingheads/Podcasts: https://bloggingheads.tv/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nonzero.substack.com/subscribe

Can AI transcend conventional wisdom? ... Is Trump back as 2024 GOP frontrunner? ... The trouble with “the poor” ... J.D. Vance has Ukraine on the brain ... Ukraine update: How to make sending tanks make sense ... Parrot room preview: Bob's quasi-lucid dream; Evil corrections; The deep roots of Russian nationalist support for the war; Leon Wieseltier quote critique; DeSantis and black history; should judicial noms know their civics?; Kyrsten Sinema conspiracies; economic vs. social inequality; “exciting” child tax credit news; Israel's multiple powder kegs ...

Jared Marcel Pollen joins Leon Wieseltier to discuss Václav Havel and the proper relationship between power and justice.

Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus discuss the rise of the radical Israeli right and the peculiar pain of responsible loyalty to a state

Justin E. H. Smith joins Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus to discuss the gamification of reality, and the pernicious compulsion to control and describe more and more of human existence via algorithms and technology.

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Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus discuss La Ruche, Soutine, the romantic, fleeting world of the School of Paris, and its brutal destruction during WWII.

What are norms? What societal and political norms should we continue to observe today? And when is it okay to break the norms? On this episode of The Re-Education, Eli Lake talks norms with Liberties founder Leon Wieseltier. Times 00:03 - Segment: Introduction 00:18 - Segment: Monologue 07:38 - Segment: Interview with Leon Wieseltier

Richard Thompson Ford joins Leon Wieseltier to discuss what the legacy of slavery can and cannot explain about America.

Another two-part episode: The first part is a scattershot on Jane Goodall's appearance in Gary Larson's The Far Side; my daughter's reaction to hearing The Beatles' “Revolution 9” for the first time; and thinking again about what Joan Didion taught me about jealousy, and what Leon Wieseltier's 1996 book, Kaddish, can add to it. The second part (begins at 35:54) is a repeat from a 2/23/2021 episode, following the death of the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com. I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com, and I will remove the episode immediately. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/humanvoiceswakeus/support

Martha Nussbaum joins Leon Wieseltier for a conversation about the relationship between the body and the soul.

Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus discuss the many dimensions of the horror in Ukraine. “If you want to deter such obscenities, and if you want to be able to resist such obscenities then you need to have a world view that will prepare you for such obscenities to occur.”

Michael Kimmage and Leon Wieseltier discuss the rhetoric of declinism which is both ubiquitous and inaccurate, its origins, and the dangers it poses.

Mickey's plan to install Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office ... Who can convince Biden not to run for reelection? ... Mickey's comeback strategy for Biden ... Bob takes the Parrot Room into untested waters ... Is Boris Johnson in trouble over Covid protocols or policy failures? ... Are seditious conspiracy charges warranted for the Oath Keepers? What about Trump? ... Mickey: The Supreme Court got the vaccine mandate ruling wrong ... Bob: It will be bad if Russia invades Ukraine, but it won't threaten U.S. interests ... Bob: China doesn't have a monopoly on repressive software exports ... Parrot Room preview: Bob takes a Covid test, Mickey catches Bob in an almost-devastating contradiction, Bob tries to catch Robert Malone in a contradiction, Sidney Poitier, Bob Saget, Terry Teachout, Bob v. Andrew Sullivan, Don't Look Up, Ruth Barrett sues the Atlantic, Bari Weiss on Hollywood, David Remnick claims we're suspended between democracy and authoritarianism, Mickey has second thoughts about donating to the Salvation Army, Matt Ridley on the origin of Covid, a Jeffrey Epstein update, Maya Angelou gets a quarter, and what's up with Leon Wieseltier's journal? ...

Mickey's plan to install Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office ... Who can convince Biden not to run for reelection? ... Mickey's comeback strategy for Biden ... Bob takes the Parrot Room into untested waters ... Is Boris Johnson in trouble over Covid protocols or policy failures? ... Are seditious conspiracy charges warranted for the Oath Keepers? What about Trump? ... Mickey: The Supreme Court got the vaccine mandate ruling wrong ... Bob: It will be bad if Russia invades Ukraine, but it won't threaten U.S. interests ... Bob: China doesn't have a monopoly on repressive software exports ... Parrot Room preview: Bob takes a Covid test, Mickey catches Bob in an almost-devastating contradiction, Bob tries to catch Robert Malone in a contradiction, Sidney Poitier, Bob Saget, Terry Teachout, Bob v. Andrew Sullivan, Don't Look Up, Ruth Barrett sues the Atlantic, Bari Weiss on Hollywood, David Remnick claims we're suspended between democracy and authoritarianism, Mickey has second thoughts about donating to the Salvation Army, Matt Ridley on the origin of Covid, a Jeffrey Epstein update, Maya Angelou gets a quarter, and what's up with Leon Wieseltier's journal? ...

Benjamin Moser, in conversation with Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus, argues that translation is a form of cultural appropriation that does not appropriate nearly enough.

Leon Wieseltier, the founding editor of Liberties - Journal of Culture and Politics, discusses what he learned from his experience as a pariah in the Jewish, literary and intellectual worlds. He returns from exile a wiser person. "You learn a lot from the margins." To find out more about Liberties, go to https://libertiesjournal.com/

Jewher Ilham, Uyghur activist and the daughter of celebrated economist Ilham Tohti (now serving a life sentence in jail in China), joins Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus to discuss the Uyghur Genocide. Jewher describes how the conditions for Uyghurs have changed in China over the past few decades, what the concentration camps are and what goes on in them, who her father is and what he was fighting for, and what the international community can and should be doing to help the Uyghurs.

Ramachandra Guha talks with Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus about Modi's disastrous mishandling of the pandemic in India, the ensuing disaster, and the historical and political context for the current crisis.

Elliot Ackerman and Leon Wieseltier talk with Celeste Marcus about American foreign policy. Regarding the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan: "We'll either never think about this again or we'll think about this in eighteen months when Kabul falls to the Taliban and people are being executed in the streets and we have to answer for it in some way."

Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus discuss the catastrophe in Syria: "We’re commemorating two terrible things: the destruction of a country and a society by the worst imaginable means… and the failure of the United States to do a damn thing about it.”

Host Jonathan Kay talks to long-time New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier about ‘Liberties,' the ambitious literary journal he founded after getting Me-Too'd—and many other subjects besides, including the future of journalism, the innocence of Woody Allen, the allure of jazz music, and Nicolas Cage's underrated cinematic masterpiece, 'Gone In 60 Seconds'

Host Jonathan Kay talks to long-time New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier about ‘Liberties,’ the ambitious literary journal he founded after getting Me-Too’d—and many other subjects besides, including the future of journalism, the innocence of Woody Allen, the allure of jazz music, and Nicolas Cage’s underrated cinematic masterpiece, 'Gone In 60 Seconds'

We're back this week with Pastor Brandon from Midtown Lexington as we pull the curtain back and talk more about this week's sermon.Full quote referenced in the podcast:“Historians will record that in the early decades of the twenty-first century we became an unforgiving society, a society of furies, a society in search of guilt and shame, a society of sanctimonies and “struggle sessions” American-style. They will admire our awakening to prejudice but lament the sometimes prejudicial ways in which we acted on our progressive realizations. In this respect America should become more Christian. (There, I said it.) For all our elaborate culture of self-knowledge, for all the hectoring articulateness of our identity vocabularies, we are still, each of us, our own blind spots. We should welcome every person we meet as a small blow against blindness.”- “Steadying” by Leon Wieseltier in LibertiesResource spotlight:Our Ash Wednesday event is canceled but check out our resource on fasting for you and your LifeGroup to walk through - here.Have any questions, comments, or local restaurant recommendations we should try out?Send us an email here. Audio engineering by Andrew Miles

We’re back this week with Pastor Brandon from Midtown Lexington as we pull the curtain back and talk more about this week’s sermon.Full quote referenced in the podcast:“Historians will record that in the early decades of the twenty-first century we became an unforgiving society, a society of furies, a society in search of guilt and shame, a society of sanctimonies and “struggle sessions” American-style. They will admire our awakening to prejudice but lament the sometimes prejudicial ways in which we acted on our progressive realizations. In this respect America should become more Christian. (There, I said it.) For all our elaborate culture of self-knowledge, for all the hectoring articulateness of our identity vocabularies, we are still, each of us, our own blind spots. We should welcome every person we meet as a small blow against blindness.”-“Steadying” by Leon Wieseltier in Liberties***Resource spotlight:Our Ash Wednesday event is canceled but check out our resource on fasting for you and your LifeGroup to walk through - here.***Have any questions, comments, or local restaurant recommendations we should try out? Send us an email at podcast@midtowncolumbia.comAudio engineering by Andrew Miles

Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus talk about hope and fear, and how to keep our heads in all our crises.

Whether you're celebrating via Zoom or in person, these two great minds address the urgent theme of this pandemic-y post-election holiday. As Danielle observes, your Trumpian Uncle & Woke Cousin are still coming to the table.

Whether you're celebrating via Zoom or in person, these two great minds address the urgent theme of this pandemic-y post-election holiday. As Danielle observes, your Trumpian Uncle & Woke Cousin are still coming to the table.

Leon's new journal Liberties and the current political climate ... Leon: Art "should not be subjected to a political standard" ... Glenn and Leon disagree on Trump ... Leon, an “unrepentant interventionist,” discusses foreign policy ... What's inside the first edition of Liberties? ... Leon defends the idea of Zionism ... America and Israel: two experiments in moving past anti-Semitism ... Thoughts on America's moment of racial reckoning ...

Leon's new journal Liberties and the current political climate ... Leon: Art "should not be subjected to a political standard" ... Glenn and Leon disagree on Trump ... Leon, an “unrepentant interventionist,” discusses foreign policy ... What's inside the first edition of Liberties? ... Leon defends the idea of Zionism ... America and Israel: two experiments in moving past anti-Semitism ... Thoughts on America's moment of racial reckoning ...

On today's episode, Leon Wieseltier, the former literary editor of The New Republic, discusses his reckoning after #MeToo, why he's launching a new magazine, and the rehabilitation of liberalism. Leon Wieseltier is the author, among other books, of the acclaimed Kaddish. He was the literary editor of The New Republic from 1983 to 2014, and was contributing editor and critic at The Atlantic. His essays on a wide range of subjects have been published in many languages, and he has taught at many universities. In 2013 he was awarded the Dan David Prize. He was educated at Columbia University, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard University, where he was a member of the Society of Fellows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leon Wieseltier, who was for decades the literary editor of The New Republic, is a legendary cultural and media figure. But in 2017, just as he was set to launch a new publication, he was accused of #MeToo transgressions and his professional connections were severed almost overnight. After three years out of the public eye, Leon has reemerged with a new quarterly journal called Liberties, which aims to be "slower, longer and deeper" than just about anything else around. In this conversation, Leon talks with Meghan about his hopes for the magazine, his frustrations with political and cultural discourse today, and the fallout and lessons from the #MeToo allegations made against him. They also talk about sexual dynamics in mentor relationships, the virtues of the Louis CK film Pootie Tang, and why Leon wishes he could list "intellectual" on his passport as his occupation.  Guest Bio: Leon Wieseltier is the editor of Liberties - a Journal of Culture and Politics. From 1983 to 2014, he was the literary editor of The New Republic.

The ambitions of Kamala Harris, pt. 1 ... Can Trump win by playing the law and order card? ... Face it, boomers: the meaning of “racism” is changing ... Leon Wieseltier’s return from #MeToo miscreant purgatory ... Is the normalization of Israel-UAE relations a big deal? ... The ambitions of Kamala Harris, pt. 2 ...

The ambitions of Kamala Harris, pt. 1 ... Can Trump win by playing the law and order card? ... Face it, boomers: the meaning of “racism” is changing ... Leon Wieseltier's return from #MeToo miscreant purgatory ... Is the normalization of Israel-UAE relations a big deal? ... The ambitions of Kamala Harris, pt. 2 ...

The ambitions of Kamala Harris, pt. 1 ... Can Trump win by playing the law and order card? ... Face it, boomers: the meaning of “racism” is changing ... Leon Wieseltier’s return from #MeToo miscreant purgatory ... Is the normalization of Israel-UAE relations a big deal? ... The ambitions of Kamala Harris, pt. 2 ...

Schumer and Pelosi pull out of budget meeting with Trump over lunch. Post Weinstein Sexual Predator Tally. James Toback 238, Weinstein 80+, Charlie Rose 9, Glenn Thrush 4, Jeffrey Tambor 2, Al Franken 4, Matt Zimmerman 1+, Andrew Kreisberg 19, Louis C.K. 5, Steven Seagal 3, Ed Westwick 2, Brett Ratner 7, Dustin Hoffman 2, Jeremy Piven several, Michael Oreskes 8, Kevin Spacey many, Mark Halperin 12, George H.W. Bush 7, Terry Richardson many many, Leon Wieseltier many, John Besh many, Bob Weinstein 1, Oliver Stone 1+1, Roy Price 1, Ben Affleck 2. Linda Tripp tells all about what Bill Clinton was really like. General Flynn lawyers are meeting with special counsel.. Is Jeff Bezos and Amazon too big? Connor's WTF Amazon email. Meredith Corp. join with Koch brothers to buy Time Inc. for $2.8 billion. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get engaged and look to get married in May, 2018, at Windsor Castle. Sen. Schumer home DNA customers sold to 3rd parties. Hawaii reactivates attack warning sirens due to North Korean threats. Kim Jong Un shoots off a missile this morning and may now have full nuclear capabilities, calls Japan's leader a headless chicken. Campaign staffers at Roy Moore event pushes Fox News cameras away. MSNBC's Joy Reed calls rural minorities a core threat will always have power over urban majority. For a list of source links, visit http://therightleftchronicles.com/podcasts/963/dueling-dialogues-podcast-ep-44/

00:50 Schumer and Pelosi pull out of budget meeting with Trump over lunch today. 02:25 On today's show: Post Weinstein Sexual Predator Tally. James Toback 238, Weinstein 80+, Charlie Rose 9, Glenn Thrush 4, Jeffrey Tambor 2, Al Franken 4, Matt Zimmerman 1+, Andrew Kreisberg 19, Louis C.K. 5, Steven Seagal 3, Ed Westwick 2, Brett Ratner 7, Dustin Hoffman 2, Jeremy Piven several, Michael Oreskes 8, Kevin Spacey many, Mark Halperin 12, George H.W. Bush 7, Terry Richardson many many, Leon Wieseltier many, John Besh many, Bob Weinstein 1, Oliver Stone 1+1, Roy Price 1, Ben Affleck 2. 11:35 Linda Tripp tells all about what Bill Clinton was really like. 13:20 General Flynn lawyers are meeting with special counsel. 13:50 Is Jeff Bezos and Amazon too big? 14:55 Connor's WTF Amazon email. 19:45 Meredith Corp. join with Koch brothers to buy Time Inc. for $2.8 billion. 22:15 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get engaged and look to get married in May, 2018, at Windsor Castle. 23:25 Sen. Schumer home DNA customers sold to 3rd parties. 24:35 Hawaii reactivates attack warning sirens due to North Korean threats. 24:45 Kim Jong Un shoots off a missile this morning and may now have full nuclear capabilities, calls Japan's leader a headless chicken. 26:45 Campaign staffers at Roy Moore event pushes Fox News cameras away. 27:20 MSNBC's Joy Reed calls rural minorities a core threat will always have power over urban majority. For a list of source links, visit http://therightleftchronicles.com/podcasts/963/dueling-dialogues-podcast-ep-44/

Schumer and Pelosi pull out of budget meeting with Trump over lunch.Post Weinstein Sexual Predator Tally. James Toback 238, Weinstein 80+, Charlie Rose 9, Glenn Thrush 4, Jeffrey Tambor 2, Al Franken 4, Matt Zimmerman 1+, Andrew Kreisberg 19, Louis C.K. 5, Steven Seagal 3, Ed Westwick 2, Brett Ratner 7, Dustin Hoffman 2, Jeremy Piven several, Michael Oreskes 8, Kevin Spacey many, Mark Halperin 12, George H.W. Bush 7, Terry Richardson many many, Leon Wieseltier many, John Besh many, Bob Weinstein 1, Oliver Stone 1+1, Roy Price 1, Ben Affleck 2.Linda Tripp tells all about what Bill Clinton was really like.General Flynn lawyers are meeting with special counsel..Is Jeff Bezos and Amazon too big? Connor's WTF Amazon email.Meredith Corp. join with Koch brothers to buy Time Inc. for $2.8 billion.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get engaged and look to get married in May, 2018, at Windsor Castle.Sen. Schumer home DNA customers sold to 3rd parties.Hawaii reactivates attack warning sirens due to North Korean threats. Kim Jong Un shoots off a missile this morning and may now have full nuclear capabilities, calls Japan's leader a headless chicken.Campaign staffers at Roy Moore event pushes Fox News cameras away. MSNBC's Joy Reed calls rural minorities a core threat will always have power over urban majority.For a list of source links, visit http://therightleftchronicles.com/podcasts/963/dueling-dialogues-podcast-ep-44/

In this episode, we hear from Jonny Thakker, co-founder and co-editor of THE POINT, a magazine of philosophical writing and humanistic thinking whose vision is, in the words of its editors, a society where the examined life is not an abstract ideal but an everyday practice. Leon Wieseltier on THE POINT: it is "intellectually serious, independent, far-reaching, spirited and elegant—a stirring act of resistance against the shrinkage of intellectual life in our culture of takeaways and metrics.”

Guest host Robert McKenzie, visiting fellow in the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, and Leon Wieseltier, the Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy, discuss how Western inaction impacts Syrian refugees and the political landscape in Europe. Also in this episode, Elizabeth Mann, fellow in the Brown Center on Education Policy, addressesthe importance of providing every child with a high level of education. Finally, Bill Finan interviews Donald Kettl about his new book, “Escaping Jurassic Government: How to Recover America’s Lost Commitment to Competence.” Thanks to audio producer Mark Hoelscher and producer Vanessa Sauter, and also thanks for additional support from Eric Ablahan, Jessica Pavone, Nawal Atallah, Basseem Maleki, and Rebecca Viser. Subscribe to the Brookings Cafeteria on , listen in all the usual places, and send feedback email to .

Is America turning its back on the humanities? The declining enrollment in disciplines including history, literature, language, philosophy and the arts, at colleges and universities across the country, signals a significant cultural shift. In this episode, Leon Wieseltier, contributing editor for The Atlantic, and Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust unpack why the diminished appeal of the humanities has huge cultural implications. Can this trend be reversed in a challenging age, when technology and quantification are highly revered?

En la portada del número de junio de Letras Libres, “La política del odio”. La existencia del otro nos define y confronta. Los pueblos primitivos se llamaban a sí mismos con nombres que significaban “seres humanos”, “los mejores”, “los perfectos”. Los griegos designaban a quien no era griego como “bárbaro”, con el sentido de extranjero pero también de inculto, salvaje, cobarde, cruel. En nuestros días, la xenofobia occidental se ha convertido en la barbarie de los civilizados, y no han sido pocos los actores políticos que han querido utilizar al otro para obtener beneficios electorales. En nuestro dossier, Jan-Werner Müller escribe a propósito del rencor populista; Leon Wieseltier reflexiona sobre la nueva barbarie; Isabel Turrent disecciona el modo en que el nativismo encontró cauce en el Partido Republicano. Descarga la versión para iPad de Letras Libres en iTunes Store: https://itunes.apple.com/mx/app/letras-libres-mexico+espana/id776202381?l=en&mt=8 Música: "Pop Brasilia", de Podington Bear. www.freemusicarchive.com

This week we have Leon Wieseltier on the show, who among many other things, is the Isaiah Berlin Senior Fellow in Culture and Policy at the Brookings Institution. Wieseltier is currently completing an essay on the moral, historical and philosophical dimensions of the refugee crisis. During his conversation with Lawfare editor-in-chief Ben Wittes, Wieseltier expresses his frustrations with the United States’ policy in Syria, arguing that the United States has a moral obligation to do more to alleviate the plight of Syrian refugees and that the U.S.’s refusal to act is the great foreign policy failing of our time. According to him, the United States has a responsibility to be more than the “world’s most powerful bystander.” It’s the Lawfare Podcast Episode #158: Leon Wieseltier on the Moral Dimensions of the Syrian Refugee Crisis. 

Leon Wieseltier discusses the remarks he made at an international conference on “Zionism in the 21st Century: Contemporary Perspectives From and About Israel” that had brought together many scholars to discuss the topic. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30024]

Leon Wieseltier discusses the remarks he made at an international conference on “Zionism in the 21st Century: Contemporary Perspectives From and About Israel” that had brought together many scholars to discuss the topic. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30024]

Leon Wieseltier discusses the remarks he made at an international conference on “Zionism in the 21st Century: Contemporary Perspectives From and About Israel” that had brought together many scholars to discuss the topic. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Show ID: 30024]

Arianna Huffington and Leon Wieseltier are speakers for this session.

After a rapid increase in their ranks over the last decade, the “nones,” or those who claim no particular religious affiliation, now represent one-in-five US adults. What portrait does this leave us of the future of faith in this country? And how are communities of faith changing internally as they witness the same demographic and generational shifts as the population at large? Will church groups see the same hollowing out of the middle as the political and economic landscapes, with a trend toward both ends of the conservative vs. reform spectrum? Peter Beinart, Arsalan Iftikhar, Leon Wieseltier, Molly Worthen, Ray Suarez

Many within the United States and others abroad continue to question the United States’ role in the world. Understandably, Americans have grown wary of the country’s role in the world, some asking whether the U.S. still has the power and influence to lead the international community, while others question why the United States must still take on this seemingly singular responsibility. On the eve of a major speech by President Obama addressing these questions, Senior Fellow Robert Kagan released a new essay entitled, "Superpowers Don't Get to Retire: What Our Tired Country Still Owes the World," which was published in the latest edition of The New Republic. Kagan argued that the United States has no choice but to be “exceptional.” On May 27, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings and The New Republic hosted an event to mark the release of the Kagan essay and in advance of President Obama’s address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Kagan, a senior fellow in the Project on International Order and Strategy at Brookings, was joined by The New Republic's Leon Wieseltier and The Washington Post's Fred Hiatt. After the program, the panelists took audience questions.

The McCain Institute hosts “Should the United States Save Syria?” The distinguished panel features Mr. Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Mr. Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor of the New Republic, Dr. Joshua Landis, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, and Mr. Aaron David Miller, a Distinguished Scholar at the Wilson Center. The debate is moderated by CNN’s Elise Labott and originally took place on January 30th, 2013 in Washington, DC.

The McCain Institute hosts “Should the United States Save Syria?” The distinguished panel features Mr. Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Mr. Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor of the New Republic, Dr. Joshua Landis, Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, and Mr. Aaron David Miller, a Distinguished Scholar at the Wilson Center. The debate is moderated by CNN’s Elise Labott and originally took place on January 30th, 2013 in Washington, DC.

Leon Wieseltier is an American writer, critic, and longstanding literary editor of The New Republic. In this UC Berkeley Forester lecture, he discusses the Jewish belief in a Messiah. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24599]

Leon Wieseltier is an American writer, critic, and longstanding literary editor of The New Republic. In this UC Berkeley Forester lecture, he discusses the Jewish belief in a Messiah. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24599]

Leon Wieseltier is an American writer, critic, and longstanding literary editor of The New Republic. In this UC Berkeley Forester lecture, he discusses the Jewish belief in a Messiah. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Humanities] [Show ID: 24599]

Nearly 200 people attended a conference on Anti-Semitism at the Osher Marin JCC on May 15, 2011 to explore anti-Semitism in a series of workshops, a panel discussion and a keynote presentation by Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic since 1983. Wiseltier is a writer and cultural critic, a nationally renowned public intellectual and author of several books including Kaddish and Against Identity. His talk is on How to Understand (and Not to Understand) Anti-Semitism.

"Peace Process or War Process? The Defeat of Reason in the Middle East:" Leon Wieseltier delivers the 2011 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture

"Peace Process or War Process? The Defeat of Reason in the Middle East:" Leon Wieseltier delivers the 2011 Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture