• Are You a Decision Ninja? The Atlas Society Asks Nuala Walsh
    May 1 2024

    Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 202nd episode of The Atlas Society Asks, in which she interviews Nuala Walsh about her book "TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World."

    Nuala Walsh is an adjunct professor of behavioral science at Trinity College Dublin, an independent non-executive director, bestselling author, TEDx speaker and visiting fellow at the London School of Economics. She joins us to talk about her new book, TUNE IN: How to Make Smarter Decisions in a Noisy World, which helps readers avoid misjudgement and maintain objectivity.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • The Death of Learning: The Atlas Society Asks John Agresto
    Apr 24 2024

    Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 201st episode of The Atlas Society Asks, in which she interviews Professor John Agresto about his book "The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do About It."

    Author of several books, including "Rediscovering America," "Mugged By Reality," and his latest, "The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do About It," John Agresto is the former President of St. John’s College. Professor Agresto formerly served as a senior adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Coalition Provisional Authority.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Climate Uncertainty and Risk: The Atlas Society Asks Dr. Judith Curry
    Apr 10 2024

    Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 200th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. This week, she interviews the President and co-founder of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN), Dr. Judith Curry. Dr. Curry joins The Atlas Society to discuss her storied career in climatology, as well as share her takeaways from efforts to marginalize her work for questioning preferred political narratives regarding climate change.

    Dr. Judith Curry is President and co-founder of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN). A leading global thinker on climate change, Dr. Curry is the author of the book "Climate Uncertainty and Risk: Rethinking Our Response" and was targeted by the Cancel Culture mob for research at variance with the conventional narrative on matters related to weather and climate. She is Professor Emerita at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she served as Chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences for 13 years.

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    56 mins
  • The Breakdown of Higher Education: The Atlas Society Asks John M. Ellis
    Apr 3 2024

    Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 199th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. This week, she interviews John M. Ellis about his book "The Breakdown of Higher Education, How it Happened, the Damage it Does, and What can Be Done."

    Previously interviewed by The Atlas Society back in 1998, Ellis is the author of many books, including "Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities," and received the Peter Shaw Memorial Award by the National Association of Scholars. A Distinguished Professor Emeritus of German Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Ellis founded the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics in 1993 and served as president of the California Association of Scholars in 2007–13 and chairman of its board since then.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Gun Control Myths: The Atlas Society Asks John R. Lott Jr.
    Mar 27 2024

    Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 198th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. This week, she interviews John R. Lott Jr. about his book "Gun Control Myths: How Politicians, the Media and Botched 'Studies' Have Twisted the Facts on Gun Control."

    An economist, political commentator, and world-recognized expert on guns and crime, John Lott is a prolific writer, having written op-eds for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and the Chicago Tribune, along with several books, including "More Guns, Less Crime," "The Bias Against Guns," and "Freedomnomics." He is also the founder and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • No Apologies: The Atlas Society Asks Katherine Brodsky
    Mar 21 2024

    Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 197th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. This week, she interviews Katherine Brodsky, about her book "No Apologies: How to Find and Free Your Voice in the Age of Outrage―Lessons for the Silenced Majority," which argues that it’s time for principled individuals to resist self-censorship and stand up against authoritarians who promote it.

    A correspondent for Variety for over a decade, Brodsky has also contributed to the Washington Post, WIRED, The Guardian, Newsweek, often interviewing personalities ranging from the Dalai Lama to Elon Musk.

    Substack: "Katherine Writes" - https://www.katherinewrites.com/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mysteriouskat Book: "No Apologies: How to Find and Free Your Voice in the Age of Outrage―Lessons for the Silenced Majority" - https://amzn.to/3uNwbv1

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    1 hr
  • Big Intel: The Atlas Society Asks J. Michael Waller
    Mar 13 2024

    Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 196th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. This week, she interviews J. Michael Waller, author of the book "Big Intel: How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains," which recounts the inception and evolution of various arms of the American intelligence bureaucracy and also explains why they’ve become politicized and prone to partisan activism.

    President of Georgetown Research, a political risk and private intelligence company, J. Michael Waller previously worked for the CIA in Central America and published an award-winning doctoral dissertation titled Secret Empire: The KGB In Russia Today.

    This episode of The Atlas Society Asks is sponsored by the Vice President & Associate Publisher for Human Events Media Group, Brent Hamachek. He is the author of the new book "Dissidently Speaking: Change the Words, Change the War," which is available for sale on Amazon.

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    57 mins
  • Conformity Colleges: The Atlas Society Asks David Barnhizer
    Mar 6 2024

    Join CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 195th episode of The Atlas Society Asks. This week, she interviews David Barnhizer, author of the book "Conformity Colleges: The Destruction of Intellectual Creativity and Dissent in America's Universities." Don't miss as the duo explore how intense and aggressive political strategists and self-styled "revolutionaries" are using the apparatus of American educational institutions to indoctrinate a new generation of activists.

    Speaking from experience, as a professor of Law emeritus at Cleveland State University, David Barnhizer has worked to provide education programs and legal models to minority and economically disadvantaged individuals in the Greater Cleveland area. A prolific writer, Barnhizer has authored several books and graduated with a law degree from Ohio State University with a Master of Law degree from Harvard University, where he was a Ford Foundation Urban Law Fellow and Clinical Teaching Fellow.

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    56 mins