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The Lyceum Podcast is a production of the Lyceum Movement, a network of community learning centers, where the city comes to think about art, history, philosophy, government, and the enduring questions of human life.

Episodes

No. 12, Author Neil King on Why You Should Walk Out Your Front Door

May 29, 2023 • 42 mins
Think of your morning commute, or a trip you take all the time by car or bus. Have you ever thought about what it would be like to walk it? What it would it be like to slow down to the speed of human legs and notice all of the people, plants, and things you pass each morning? What would you learn about the characters who live near you, about the layers of history all around you, about the plants and birds that make your place home,...
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No. 11 Why Democracy? with Shadi Hamid

April 10, 2023 • 48 mins
About a hundred years ago, Americans were gathering together, in the face of fascism and communism, to ask "Are we done with democracy?" At that time, alternatives to democracy were live options. Today, we're asking these questions again.

What do we do when democracy delivers outcomes we don't like? How do we live in a country with so many who deeply disagree with our worldview? These are questions citizens of modern democracies nee...
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No. 10 with Sean Sherman, The Sioux Chef

March 30, 2023 • 30 mins
In this episode, we talk with Chef Sean Sherman, winner of the James Beard Award for best cookbook and best new restaurant. Chef Sean has been at the forefront of a movement to creatively rediscover the traditional ingredients and food traditions indigenous to North America. Using only ingredients native to this continent, he has created a successful restaurant in Minneapolis called Owamni and founded the nonprofit NATIFS (North Am...
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No. 9 with Author, Writer, and Magazine Editor Anne Snyder

February 15, 2023 • 45 mins
Martin Luther King Jr. was an unfaithful husband and a plagiarist, Abraham Lincoln shared many of the prejudices of his time, and many of the women who lead the charge for suffrage in America were vocally racist. There is almost no figure so revered that we can’t find some fault, major or minor, in their character. This is the human condition. And yet human beings also need people to look up to. We seem to need people in our lives,...
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No. 8 How Modern Media is Shaping Us, with Media Scholar Zac Gershberg

January 25, 2023 • 42 mins
Democracy is not just a system of government, it is also a culture of free communication, one that comes with inherent risk. In an open, democratic society, communication can be a way of building relationships and sharing knowledge, but it can equally be a means of stoking tension, violence, falsehoods, and anything you can imagine. This is the risk inherent in a society that embraces free expression, but that risk can be dialed up...
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No. 7 Michael Lamb on the Work of Hope in a Time of Despair

January 6, 2023 • 43 mins
In the last year, Gallup has conducted a slew of polls to take the temperature on American hope, and the results are clear–Americans are more likely to say they are “extremely worried” about the future than that they are hopeful for the future. This might not come as a surprise, given how many of our public conversations, especially in politics, are shaped by words of doom and despair.

What is the role for hope in a time that feels...
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#6 Rabbi, Scholar, Podcaster Zohar Atkins on Religion in the Public Sphere

December 1, 2022 • 44 mins
Today we're joined by Zohar Atkins, a rabbi, scholar, theologian, poet, podcast host, and more. Zohar shares his insights, drawing on his own tradition, but in a way accessible to people outside of that tradition, on the changing place of faith in the public sphere. We talk about why people are leaving religious communities, where they are going instead, and what that means for America.
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# 5 Philosopher Andy Gustafson on Finding Meaning and Dignity in Work

November 4, 2022 • 38 mins
Dr Andrew Gustafson is a philosopher, a professor of business ethics at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business, a business owner, and a home renovator.

I’ve invited Andy on today because, as you can tell from his titles, he’s got a really well-rounded view of work. He’s thought hard about work and what makes it dignified and meaningful as a philosopher, as a teacher, and as a businessperson and boss. Andy spoke at the Des...
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#4 with Nick Sparks: What Makes a Meaningful Life?

October 3, 2022 • 28 mins
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#3 Michael Sacasas on How Our Digital Technology is Changing Us

July 30, 2022 • 34 mins
Michael Sacasas, who writes under the pen name LM Sacasas, is a widely respected commentator on digital technology and the way it is shaping our habits, our perceptions of the world, and the nature of our communities.

In this interview, we talk with Michael about the importance of agency, mastery, and awareness of the material world in a time when digital technology plays an increasingly dominant role in our life.

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Episode 2: Yuval Levin on Seeing Our Neighbors as Fully Human

June 30, 2022 • 29 mins
In this episode, we talk with Yuval Levin, founder and editor of National Affairs, a quarterly magazine of political thought, and director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of at least two books very relevant to our theme this month at the Lycuem, first, the Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in an Age of Individualism and, second, A Time to Bu...
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Gracy Olmstead and Finding Roots in a Rootless Age

June 2, 2022 • 34 mins
In this episode, we talk with Gracy Olmstead, journalist and author of the book "Uprooted" on what it means to put down roots, take responsibility for a place, and find a sense of home in an age when we are so mobile, and so much of our life is lived online.
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