The Moral Imagination
Latest Episodes
Ep. 7: Simple Truths About Man, Nature, Stewardship, & Farming, with Joel Salatin
Michael welcomes to the show Joel Salatin, prolific writer, renowned public speaker, and self-described "Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer" to discuss his unique approach to agriculture, animal husbandry, work,
Ep. 6: What Does it Really Mean to be a Human Being? with Patrick Lee DETAILS
Michael welcomes Dr. Patrick Lee, director of the Center for Bio-Ethics at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, to discuss his book, "Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics", which examines the key questions surrounding the very ...
Ep. 5: Philosophical Materialism, with Jay Richards
Professor Jay Richards returns to discuss the second half his book, The Human Advantage: The Future of Work in an Age of Smart Machines. This half of the book focuses on philosophical materialism and its impact on human flourishing.
Ep. 4: Rene Girard and the Mimetic Cycle, with Gregory Thornbury
Dr. Gregory Thornbury, Vice President for Development at the New York Academy of Art and former President of King's College in New York, joins Michael to discuss the thought of Rene Girard, specifically the concept of mimesis and the mimetic cycle,...
Ep. 3: The Future of Work in an Age of Smart Machines, with Jay Richards
Professor Jay Richards of the Catholic University of America's Busch School of Business and the Discovery Institute joins Michael to discuss his book, The Human Advantage: The Future of Work in an Age of Smart Machines, which deals with the rise of...
Ep. 2: Solzhenitsyn and the Gulag Archipelago, with Dan Mahoney
Professor Dan Mahoney of Assumption College joins Michael to discuss Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and his seminal work, the Gulag Archipelago.
Ep. 1: Aristotle and the Good Life, with James Otteson
Professor James Otteson of Wake Forest University and the Eudaimonia Institute joins Michael to discuss Aristotle, Eudaimonia, human flourishing, and what it means to lead a good life.
Radio Interview: Poverty Industry, Crony Capitalism, Entrepreneurship
My radio interview with Dr. Bill Maier Live on Faith Radio in Minneapolis on the film Poverty, Inc. I talk about the poverty industry, crony capitalism, foreign aid, NGO's and Christian charity and how the underlying assumptions about how we think abo...
Radio interview: Poverty, Inc., on Radio Adelaide Australia
Here is a link to a short radio interview I did about Poverty, Inc., on Radio Adelaide in Australia. Poverty, Inc., is playing at the Transitions Film Festival this week in Australia. In related news–we have now played in 50 film festivals and countin...
Quest for Community: Podcast on the Thought of Robert Nisbet
MMM lecture on the The Thought of Robert Nisbet, the American sociologist and author of over a dozen books including The Quest for Community and the Twilight of Authority. - This is a lecture I gave a while back on this important and thoughtful...