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How We Became Aliens: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 9

April 16, 2025

Listen to this chapter on any podcast app, at YouTube, or at Substack. Last time, I argued that if liberals still believe in an open society — free, equal, and pluralistic — we must defend reason. It’s the shared “meeting space” that makes the open society possible. But we must also understand that reason alone…

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What Liberals DON’T Stand For — Chapter 6 of The Liberal Backbone

January 15, 2025

Listen on any podcast app, on YouTube, at Substack, or here: Transcript As we’ve explored woke left thought in the last few chapters, you may have found yourself…

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What (and where) is the liberal backbone?

The Liberal Backbone on WCPT Chicago with Joan Esposito

December 17, 2024

As you know if you’ve been following my posts and podcast episodes lately, I’m writing and releasing the chapters of my new book The Liberal Backbone in real…

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From Marx to Theory to Wokeness: The Liberal Backbone Chapter 5

Listen on any podcast app, at YouTube, or here: This time: the first draft of Chapter 5 of my next book, The Liberal Backbone.…

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We Need to Talk About Marx: Liberal Backbone Chapter 4

Listen on any podcast app, at YouTube, or here: If you’ve been following along, you know I’m presenting the first draft my…

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Liberal Backbone Chapter 3: What DOES It Mean to Be Woke?

I promised last time to clarify the meaning of the word ”woke.” In fact, it has two meanings — and they’re so…

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