Archive - Eminent Americans

She Came from Greece, She Had a Thirst for Knowledge

Stella Tsantekidou and I talk female hotness, unf*ckable hate nerdity, Bernie Sanders, and much more.

Apr 22 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

and

Stella Tsantekidou

1:17:19

What does it feel like to be elite?

Notes and comments and such-like.

Apr 16 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

What Rush Hath Wrought

We continue to underestimate Rush Limbaugh’s influence on the modern right-wing style.

Published on Persuasion • Apr 11

The National College Basketball Team of Black America

Parsing John Thompson, Georgetown Basketball, race, sports, and the significance of the towel with Kiese Laymon and Jason Sokol.

Apr 1 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

59:50

March 2024

All That Glitters Is Not Gould

Phoebe Maltz Bovy and I talk Emily Gould, the manosphere, polyamory chic, cultural vs. financial capital, and the divorce industrial literary complex.

Mar 18 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

56:49

Berlin, Trilling, and Niebuhr (and Strauss), Oh My!

Damon Linker and I dwell on the wise men of post-war liberalism.

Mar 11 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

and

1:26:34

A short symposium on the myriad ways in which Windex ain't scared, with Jeff Maurer and Mark Oppenheimer.

Mar 5 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

,

Mark Oppenheimer

, and

28:23

February 2024

Wanderers Above the Sea of Digital Fog: A state of the discourse episode

John Pistelli, Ross Barkan and I explore whether we're entering a new age of romanticism.

Feb 29 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

,

, and

1:05:28

The Fall of the House of Hitch

Laura Kipnis and I discuss Christopher Hitchens, Janet Malcolm, and love in the time of 'Rona.

Feb 14 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

and

1:14:34

January 2024

Marketing the Liberal Arts

Or, if I were communications czar for American liberal arts education

Published on Extra Credit • Jan 31

Speaking of Exceptionalism

Chomsky via [Daniel] Oppenheimer

Published on Politics, Letters, Persons • Jan 5

The Chomsky Conundrum

I grapple with the great and terrible Noam Chomsky, who vexes me.

Jan 3 •

Daniel Oppenheimer

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