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Episode Synopsis
Christian college professors Matt Parks and David Corbin explore the ideas behind today's headlines.
Part 1 (starts at 2:27): Headlines - We discuss the politics and the science surrounding the debate over reopening schools this fall. Links: Noah Rothman at Commentary; Fox News report on the demands of the LA Teacher’s Union; Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on CNN’s State of the Union; Florida’s Covid-19 data; Yahoo! News report on German school reopening study; Science reports on school reopenings worldwide.
Part 2 (25:18): Required Reading - Professor Corbin assigns three classic texts, Plato’s Phaedrus, Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan, and C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man, as we explore the purpose of education and the hazards of a risk-averse society.
Part 3 (41:57): Open the Grade Book - We discuss the three leading contenders for the Democratic nomination for vice president, Senator Kamala Harris, former Ambassador Susan Rice, and Senator Tammy Duckworth, and grade the contribution each would make to the Biden ticket.
Part 4 (51:18): Tocqueville's Crystal Ball - Matt won last week’s challenge when Tommy Tuberville defeated Jeff Sessions in the Alabama Republican Senate primary. This week: baseball’s back (!) and we predict the outcome of the first two games of the season.
Opening and closing music is from the beginning of "Happy Life" by Ryan Andersen from his 2018 album, Americana volume 1. Available here. Licensed by Creative Commons.
Matt Parks is an Associate Professor of Politics at The King’s College in New York City. David Corbin is a Professor of Politics and the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Providence Christian College in Pasadena, California. All views expressed in this podcast are their own.
Part 1 (starts at 2:27): Headlines - We discuss the politics and the science surrounding the debate over reopening schools this fall. Links: Noah Rothman at Commentary; Fox News report on the demands of the LA Teacher’s Union; Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on CNN’s State of the Union; Florida’s Covid-19 data; Yahoo! News report on German school reopening study; Science reports on school reopenings worldwide.
Part 2 (25:18): Required Reading - Professor Corbin assigns three classic texts, Plato’s Phaedrus, Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan, and C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man, as we explore the purpose of education and the hazards of a risk-averse society.
Part 3 (41:57): Open the Grade Book - We discuss the three leading contenders for the Democratic nomination for vice president, Senator Kamala Harris, former Ambassador Susan Rice, and Senator Tammy Duckworth, and grade the contribution each would make to the Biden ticket.
Part 4 (51:18): Tocqueville's Crystal Ball - Matt won last week’s challenge when Tommy Tuberville defeated Jeff Sessions in the Alabama Republican Senate primary. This week: baseball’s back (!) and we predict the outcome of the first two games of the season.
Opening and closing music is from the beginning of "Happy Life" by Ryan Andersen from his 2018 album, Americana volume 1. Available here. Licensed by Creative Commons.
Matt Parks is an Associate Professor of Politics at The King’s College in New York City. David Corbin is a Professor of Politics and the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Providence Christian College in Pasadena, California. All views expressed in this podcast are their own.
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