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Mark T. Mitchell: How Patrick Henry College Sets the National Standard
Jun 22, 2026
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David Rohrbacher: Inside New College’s Curriculum Turnaround
May 12, 2026
37m 00s
Lucas Morel: Frederick Douglass's Evolving View of Abraham Lincoln
Apr 23, 2026
50m 10s
Glenn Corn: A Former CIA Agent’s Case for Language Learning
Apr 10, 2026
30m 12s
Wagner, Colonialism, and K-Pop: How Language Learning Connects Us to Culture and History
Mar 3, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/22/26 | ![]() Mark T. Mitchell: How Patrick Henry College Sets the National Standard | ACTA’s Academic Affairs Fellow Veronica Bryant is joined by Dr. Mark T. Mitchell, Dean of Academic Affairs at Patrick Henry College as well as the author of numerous books on political theory. A small Christian school in Virginia, Patrick Henry College is one of only eight colleges in the country to receive an A+ from ACTA’s What Will They Learn?© Project for its rigorous and high-quality core curriculum. Dr. Mitchell walks Veronica through the extraordinary structure of the classical liberal arts education offered at Patrick Henry College. | — | ||||||
| 5/12/26 | ![]() David Rohrbacher: Inside New College’s Curriculum Turnaround✨ | curriculum reformhigher education+3 | David Rohrbacher | New College of FloridaAmerican Council of Trustees+1 | — | New College of Floridacurriculum turnaround+3 | — | 37m 00s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() Lucas Morel: Frederick Douglass's Evolving View of Abraham Lincoln✨ | Frederick DouglassAbraham Lincoln+4 | Lucas Morel | Washington & Lee UniversityU.S. Semiquincentennial Commission+2 | — | Frederick DouglassAbraham Lincoln+5 | — | 50m 10s | |
| 4/10/26 | ![]() Glenn Corn: A Former CIA Agent’s Case for Language Learning✨ | language learningnational security+4 | Glenn Corn | CIAInstitute of World Politics+3 | — | language learningnational security+5 | — | 30m 12s | |
| 3/3/26 | ![]() Wagner, Colonialism, and K-Pop: How Language Learning Connects Us to Culture and History✨ | language learningcultural identity+3 | Doctor Marie Kawthar Daouda | University of OxfordLycée Henri-IV+4 | MoroccoFrance | language learningcultural identity+4 | — | 47m 50s | |
| 11/13/25 | ![]() David Eubanks: How Is Accreditation Broken (And How Can We Fix It?)✨ | accreditationhigher education+4 | David Eubanks | Furman UniversityNational Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity+1 | — | accreditationhigher education+4 | — | 45m 08s | |
| 10/9/25 | ![]() Thad Westbrook: Leading Higher Education Reform at the University of South Carolina✨ | higher education reformUniversity of South Carolina+3 | Thad Westbrook | University of South CarolinaAmerican Council of Trustees | — | Thad WestbrookUniversity of South Carolina+3 | — | 45m 52s | |
| 9/8/25 | ![]() Lee Strang: Revitalizing Civics Education in the Buckeye State✨ | civics educationOhio State University+4 | Lee Strang | Ohio State UniversityNorthwest Ohio Classical Academy+1 | — | civics educationOhio+5 | — | 40m 59s | |
| 8/15/25 | ![]() Building Bridges for Higher Ed Accreditation Reform✨ | higher educationaccreditation reform+3 | Kyle BeltraminiEmily Rounds | American Council of TrusteesThird Way+1 | — | accreditationhigher education+3 | — | 33m 24s | |
| 7/16/25 | ![]() Douglas Ginsburg & Deecy Gray: Teaching Civics Amid Academia’s Pushback✨ | civic educationhigher education+3 | Douglas GinsburgDorothy “Deecy” Gray | George Mason UniversityCivics Fundamentals+1 | — | civic educationCivics Fundamentals+3 | — | 47m 35s | |
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| 6/24/25 | ![]() Richard Haass: Guarding Democracy by Teaching Civics✨ | civics educationdemocracy+3 | Richard Haass | Council on Foreign RelationsACTA+3 | — | civicsdemocracy+5 | — | 38m 56s | |
| 5/20/25 | ![]() Free Speech Soars at GMU Law School | Dubbed “Washington’s School for Civil Discourse,” George Mason University’s (GMU) Antonin Scalia Law School exposes students to all legal and political viewpoints and leads them in civil, respectful debate. In this episode of Higher Ed Now, ACTA’s Bryan Paul interviews JoAnn Koob, assistant professor of law and director of the Antonin Scalia Law School’s Liberty & Law Center, an academic forum dedicated to protecting individual liberty and free expression, and Debi Ghate, director of the Voices for Liberty initiative, which examines how free speech protects underrepresented voices. | — | ||||||
| 5/7/25 | ![]() Reinvigorating Civil Discourse at M.I.T. | MIT Concourse is a program for first-year students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that “brings science into conversation with the humanities.” It also hosts the Civil Discourse Project, which seeks to “reinvigorate the open exchange of ideas at MIT.” In this episode of Higher Ed Now, ACTA’s Bryan Paul interviews Senior Lecturer Linda Rabieh to learn how the Civil Discourse Project has used the Braver Angels debate format championed by the College Debates and Discourse Alliance — a joint program of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, Braver Angels, and BridgeUSA — to prepare our nation’s future STEM leaders for thoughtful, engaged citizenship. He also speaks with Mariam Abdelbarr, Isaac Lock, and Siddhu Pachipala, three students who have helped plan and conduct debates at MIT. | — | ||||||
| 4/30/25 | ![]() Civil Discourse Surges at UNC-Greensboro | ACTA’s Program Coordinator for the College Debates and Discourse Alliance, Kayla Johnston, returns to her alma mater, the University of North Carolina (UNC)–Greensboro, for a conversation with two student leaders: Lauren Fletcher and Matt Kircher. Thanks to the generous support of the Barnes Family Foundation, the College Debates and Discourse Alliance has brought its debates and dialogues to over 11 institutions within the UNC System. As Lee Barnes Campus Debate Student Fellows, Ms. Fletcher and Mr. Kircher have organized several Braver Angels debates at UNC–Greensboro since the fall of 2023. Together, they reflect on how our programming has helped revive a culture of open dialogue, viewpoint diversity, and free expression on campus. | — | ||||||
| 4/25/25 | ![]() John Hillen: American Civics and Student Leadership | ACTA President Michael Poliakoff welcomes The Honorable John Hillen, distinguished resident fellow at the Center for Politics in Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and an executive-in-residence of the Political Science Department. Dr. Hillen is a combat veteran and Bronze Star recipient, a former assistant U.S. secretary of state, a successful business leader, and the author of The Strategy Dialogues: A Primer on Business Strategy and Strategic Management. He also serves on ACTA’s National Commission on American History and Civic Education. Drs. Poliakoff and Hillen discuss how to engage students in the study of American civics and higher education's role in preparing students to be next generation leaders in the areas of American foreign policy and national security. | — | ||||||
| 4/15/25 | ![]() Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi: Expanding Civil Discourse at Wilson Salem State University | This episode features Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, professor of economics at Winston-Salem State University. Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi has more than 30 years of teaching and economic consulting experience and was formerly the chief economist of the city and county of San Francisco. His work has been cited in the Congressional Record and led to the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act. This past year, Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi served as the Lee Barnes Campus Debate Faculty Fellow for ACTA’s College Debates and Discourse (CD&D) Alliance program at Winston-Salem State University. ACTA’s Kayla Johnston, who serves as program manager for CD&D Alliance initiatives in North Carolina, also joins this conversation, exploring Dr. Madjd-Sadjadi's efforts to introduce civil debates and dialogues in his classroom and on campus. | — | ||||||
| 3/11/25 | ![]() Jane Calvert: The Imperative to Study America's Founding | In this episode, ACTA Vice President of Policy Bradley Jackson talks with Jane Calvert, director of the John Dickinson Writings Project and a member of ACTA’s National Commission on American History and Civic Education. They contend that the study of history is less about rote memorization and more like being a detective excavating an unsolved mystery or a lawyer preparing to argue an important and novel legal case. Dr. Calvert discusses how a deeper understanding of history reveals us to ourselves and why she is passionate about preserving the life and writings of one of America’s unheralded Founders, John Dickinson. | — | ||||||
| 2/25/25 | ![]() Juniata College: Embracing Debate from the Campus to Classroom | In this episode, Sadie Webb, ACTA's Associate Director of the College Debates and Discourse Alliance, converses with faculty leaders and students to explore the CD&D program's extensive work at Juniata College. Reflecting on their experiences with classroom and campus debates, Matthew Damschroder, Dean of Students; Derek James, Dean of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; and four Juniata undergrads highlight how debate serves as a powerful pedagogical tool for fostering free expression and the critical exploration of ideas. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/25 | ![]() Jon Hardister: Theory and Practice of Excellent University Governance | ACTA’s chief of staff and SVP, Armand Alacbay, sits down with Jon Hardister, who once chaired North Carolina's House Education Committee, and now serves as a trustee at Western Carolina University. Hear his insider insights on the key role trustees play in university governance, student success, and protecting free speech on campus. | — | ||||||
| 1/22/25 | ![]() Ohio Senator Jerry Cirino: Fortifying Open Discourse in the Buckeye State | ACTA president Michael Poliakoff speaks to Ohio Senator Jerry Cirino, vice chair of the Senate's Higher Education Committee, on his promise to enact legislation to enhance the quality of higher education in the Buckeye State. Senator Cirino aims to safeguard open discourse and intellectual diversity for both students and faculty, mandate institutional neutrality at Ohio universities, and ensure that every post-secondary student receives a solid grounding in civics and American history. | — | ||||||
| 1/17/25 | ![]() Mitch Daniels: The Heart of the Academic Enterprise | Focusing on the role of higher education in preparing young Americans for citizenship, ACTA's president Michael Poliakoff speaks with Mitch Daniels, former Governor of Indiana, who also served as president of Purdue University from 2013 to 2022. | — | ||||||
| 1/10/25 | ![]() Joshua Dunn: Intellectual Diversity and Informed Patriotism | ACTA's president Michael Poliakoff speaks with the distinguished scholar and education leader, Joshua Dunn, who took on leadership of the recently established Institute of American Civics at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in June, 2023. Professor Dunn was previously the executive director of the Center for the Study of Government and the Individual at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where he was also professor and chair of the Political Science department. His book, From Schoolhouse to Courthouse - The Judiciary's Role in American Education, offers an important view of the complex relationship between courts and education. His landmark study co-authored with Jon A. Shields, Passing on the Right: Conservative Professors in the Progressive University, makes a strong case for why robust and uninhibited intellectual inquiry should be at the center of the American academy. | — | ||||||
| 12/20/24 | ![]() Aaron Sibarium - On the Record | ACTA's Paul and Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom, Steve McGuire, interviews Aaron Sibarium, a journalist who writes for the Washington Free Beacon. Sibarium graduated in 2018 from Yale University, where he was the opinion editor of The Yale Daily News. Much of his reporting for the Free Beacon focuses on issues in higher education, and he has authored numerous blockbuster investigative reports on plagiarism, race-based initiatives, and free speech issues on American campuses. | — | ||||||
| 12/13/24 | ![]() Peter Skerry: Embracing Uncomfortable Campus Conversations | ACTA’s Doug Sprei interviews Peter Skerry, professor of political science at Boston College, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He has been featured in a variety of scholarly and national media publications, and is the author of Counting on the Census: Race, Group Identity, and the Evasion of Politics (published by Brookings), and Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority (published by Free Press/Harvard University Press), which was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Sprei first encountered Skerry while chairing a debate on immigration at the Braver Angels Convention at Carthage College in June, 2024. During that highly charged event, as Skerry stood up to speak and address other speakers, it became apparent that he is deeply conversant with issues around immigration, a topic that has polarized and challenged society for decades. Skerry is currently advising Braver Angels on framing constructive community dialogue around immigration. In this episode, he shares insights into why it has become such a weaponized topic in today's politics, and why educators should encourage students to embrace uncomfortable conversations around controversial issues. | — | ||||||
| 11/8/24 | ![]() Alumni Free Speech Advocacy at MIT: Wayne Stargardt and Peter Bonilla | For the past several years, ACTA has collaborated with the Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA) to defend free expression, academic freedom, and viewpoint diversity on college and university campuses. With hundreds of alumni advocates across 27 institutions, AFSA represents a national movement empowering alumni to exert positive, meaningful influence on their alma maters. One of the most active groups to emerge from this movement is the MIT Free Speech Alliance (MFSA). As they support activities from on-campus debates to off-campus mobilization, MFSA members have proven to be both friends and ardent critics of their alma mater. In Fall semester 2024, ACTA's College Debates and Discourse Alliance curricular fellow, Dr. Bryan Paul, attended MFSA's annual conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he moderated a panel discussion with senior administrators from several institutions on the strategies that can improve the free speech culture on college campuses. Immediately after that, he recorded this interview with MFSA’s president Wayne Stargardt and executive director Peter Bonilla to further discuss the state of American higher education and MFSA's reform efforts at MIT and beyond. | — | ||||||
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