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Washington bureaucrats only make half of America's science policy. Judges, juries, and lawyers make the other half, in billion-dollar lawsuits decided in courts around the nation. Lawyer Nathan A. Schachtman, joins us to discuss what the legal and financial consequences are when the courts get their science wrong.

Dr. Reilly joins us to discuss the campus climate today. What racism means, the 1776 Project, and much more.

The University of Pittsburgh recently announced a new required course for all new students: “Anti-Black Racism: History, Ideology, and Resistance.” This course is yet another attempt at forcing students towards ideological conformity, especially in regard to the concept of “anti-racism.” Anti-racist ideology, which is anything but, is sweeping across American higher education. Here to discuss the University of Pittsburgh and how it is representative of the recent push to make anti-racism the new creed of colleges and universities is Steve Hayward.

We attempt to answer an uncommon question: Why is groupthink bad for the academy? To answer this question we are joined by Lee Jussim, a professor of social psychology at Rutgers University and author of the popular Psychology Today blog, Rabble Rouser.

Peter is joined by Mitchell Langbert, Associate Professor of Business at Brooklyn College, to discuss the political affiliation of university professors and his upcoming article in Academic Questions. As the nation’s partisan divide entrenches itself, more attention is being paid to what affect this partisanship has on teaching, research, and institutional trust. Peter and Mitchell go on to discuss Sarah Lawrence College and the internal contradictions of John Dewey’s progressive education.

Let's face it: race will play a role in college admissions for the foreseeable future. But what is the best way to use it as a factor? Peter Wood sits down with NAS Board Member George Dent to discuss the options.

Episode #48: Debunking Howard Zinn with Mary Grabar by National Association of Scholars

In this episode, NAS Policy Director Rachelle Peterson sits down with Peter to discuss where presidential candidates stand on higher education. They walk through the competing “free college” plans and student loan debt forgiveness, and then talk about two competing bills to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. (NAS supports neither one.) Rachelle also shares some good news from the Department of Education, which is listening to NAS’s advice on foreign gift disclosures. (Note: We recorded this podcast before Kamala Harris suspended her presidential campaign.)

Professor Lucas Morel joins NAS Director of Research David Randall to discuss his recent article in the American Mind and the New York Times' 1619 Project. Professor Morel is a Lincoln Scholar and head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University.

Seth Forman, the managing editor of NAS’s journal Academic Questions, joins me to discuss the relationship between higher education and the middle class.

Just a few weeks ago, federal district judge Allison Burroughs issued a decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, ruling that Harvard was not guilty of racial discrimination and affirming the value of diversity in college admissions. Today's guest, Dennis Saffran, wrote our amicus brief last year supporting Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA). Listen in as we discuss what the judge's ruling means for the future of racial preferences.

Listen in as Peter is joined by the investor, political philosopher, and playwright, Tom Klingenstein to discuss Abraham Lincoln, a "Golf Shot Heard Round the World," and naturally, the hardships of dating on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

In this episode, Peter is joined by Linda Yang to discuss the implications of Initiative 1000, which re-instates racial preferences in Washington State, and the referendum to bring reverse that law. Read the full show notes on nas.org/reject88.

In this episode, Peter is joined by Craig Klafter, a legal historian, Rector Emeritus of the American University of Myanmar, international scholar, and fellow alumnus of John Silber’s administration at Boston University.

When academic freedom isn't enough courage becomes necessary. In this episode, Peter W. Wood is joined by Penn Law Professor Amy Wax.

Magnet joins Peter W. Wood on Curriculum Vitae to discuss Thomas’s biography and the history of the US Constitution. Along the way, we talk about higher education’s role in forming citizens who are capable of keeping the American republic.

What’s the chief threat to American leadership today? Larry Mead, Professor of Politics and Public Policy at New York University, argues that it is the decline of individualism.

We’re not quite ready to leave summer, because in this episode, Peter Wood and David Randall sit down to discuss “beach books,” the books colleges assign students to read over the summer.

David Blankenhorn is the founder and president of the Institute for American Values, and the president and co-founder of Better Angels, a nonprofit that brings together Americans of all political leanings to understand one another and get beyond stereotypes. In this episode, we talk about what polarization is, when it is bad, and how to promote tolerance.

Professor George LaNoue describes his career teaching First Amendment law and the importance of student debate to intellectual growth. However, colleges are increasingly seeking to avoid controversy, and students often have no tolerance for engaging the other side of any argument.