Ep 381 | Our Institutions Are Killing Conversations | Guest: Peter Boghossian

About this episode

Matt Kibbe discusses the decline of civil discourse among young Americans with philosopher Peter Boghossian.

The inability and unwillingness of young Americans to have conversations across the political aisle has become a major problem, preventing us from having a cohesive and civil society. And it has become clear that a large share of the blame for this can be laid at the feet of institutions like universities. Matt Kibbe sits down with philosopher Peter Boghossian, whose "Street Epistemology" series encourages better discourse between people of different political persuasions. They discuss whether the institutions can be salvaged or whether they need to be completely replaced, whether mass migration is compatible with classical liberalism, and how best to get people to actually listen to each other again.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Kibbe

Guest: Peter Boghossian

Topics covered

• political discourse
• civil society
• universities
• classical liberalism
• mass migration

Keywords

• political conversations
• civility
• universities
• discourse
• liberalism
• migration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blaze Podcast Network

Books & works: Street Epistemology

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