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Civil Discourse

The Civil Discourse is an interview series featuring high-profile and renowned guests in conversation across difference. Building on the legacy of over 15 years of The Drexel InterView, this reimagined series explores controversial topics in the spirit of civil discourse, respectable intellectual debate, and greater cultural understanding. Join high-profile and renowned guests in discussion with Host Paula Marantz Cohen to explore a spectrum of opinion and experience.

Civil Discourse  
  • Thomas Chatterton Williams
    Friday, July 12
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Thomas Chatterton Williams is a writer and public intellectual. His books, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race and Losing My Cool: Love, Literature and a Black Man's Escape From the Crowd, have stirred controversy over the concepts of race and ethnic identity. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Williams explains his work to advance thoughtful discussion around important social themes, his experiences living as an American in France, and "A Letter on Social Justice and Open Debate" in Harper's Magazine that spurred a flurry of media attention.
  • Anthony Kronman
    Friday, July 12
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Anthony Kronman is a philosopher, scholar, Yale Law School professor and former dean, and author of numerous books including The Assault on American Excellence, After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy, and Confessions of a Born-Again Pagan. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Kronman contemplates the tradition of excellence and aristocracy in cultural institutions; the social constraints of higher education trends; and the intersection of law and philosophy.
  • Anthony Kronman
    Friday, July 19
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Anthony Kronman is a philosopher, scholar, Yale Law School professor and former dean, and author of numerous books including The Assault on American Excellence, After Disbelief: On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy, and Confessions of a Born-Again Pagan. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Kronman contemplates the tradition of excellence and aristocracy in cultural institutions; the social constraints of higher education trends; and the intersection of law and philosophy.
  • Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
    Friday, July 19
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg is a literary and biblical scholar, professor, and author of a series of Judaic texts, including The Hidden Order of Intimacy: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus, Moses: A Human Life, and the National Jewish Book Award-winning The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Zornberg joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen from Jerusalem, Israel to discuss her analysis of biblical themes and their relevance to modern times; the impact of women's perspectives on contemporary biblical interpretation; and her affinity for the life and literature of George Eliot.
  • Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
    Friday, July 26
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg is a literary and biblical scholar, professor, and author of a series of Judaic texts, including The Hidden Order of Intimacy: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus, Moses: A Human Life, and the National Jewish Book Award-winning The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Zornberg joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen from Jerusalem, Israel to discuss her analysis of biblical themes and their relevance to modern times; the impact of women's perspectives on contemporary biblical interpretation; and her affinity for the life and literature of George Eliot.
  • Dan Burt
    Friday, July 26
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Dan Burt is a poet, memoirist, and former lawyer with a fascinating life story. As he recounts in Every Wrong Direction: An Emigre's Memoir, Burt left behind a rough-and-tumble Philadelphia upbringing where he worked in the family butcher shop, got into fights, struggled to stay in line at school, and witnessed his family's own involvement with the mafia. Years later, following a career in international corporate tax law, the writer has taken to life overseas, written a series of poetry collections, and found an appointment as Honorary Fellow with St. John's College at the University of Cambridge. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Burt joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen from Cambridge, England to reflect on these varied life experiences and the lessons they taught him along the way.
  • Dan Burt
    Friday, August 2
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Dan Burt is a poet, memoirist, and former lawyer with a fascinating life story. As he recounts in Every Wrong Direction: An Emigre's Memoir, Burt left behind a rough-and-tumble Philadelphia upbringing where he worked in the family butcher shop, got into fights, struggled to stay in line at school, and witnessed his family's own involvement with the mafia. Years later, following a career in international corporate tax law, the writer has taken to life overseas, written a series of poetry collections, and found an appointment as Honorary Fellow with St. John's College at the University of Cambridge. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Burt joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen from Cambridge, England to reflect on these varied life experiences and the lessons they taught him along the way.
  • Steven Greenhouse
    Friday, August 2
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Steven Greenhouse is a longtime labor and workplace reporter, having led the beat for decades at The New York Times. He eventually went on to author two leading books on the labor movement: The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker and Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Greenhouse joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen for a wide-ranging discussion on the field of journalism, the evolution of unions and the labor movement (particularly as impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic), and controversial policies of Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
  • Steven Greenhouse
    Friday, August 9
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Steven Greenhouse is a longtime labor and workplace reporter, having led the beat for decades at The New York Times. He eventually went on to author two leading books on the labor movement: The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker and Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Greenhouse joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen for a wide-ranging discussion on the field of journalism, the evolution of unions and the labor movement (particularly as impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic), and controversial policies of Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
  • Tressie McMillan Cottom
    Friday, August 9
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Tressie McMillan Cottom is a writer, researcher, and sociologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a public scholar and essayist, McMillan Cottom explores matters related to Black America, culture, politics, and economics for The New York Times and is the author of the books Thick: And Other Essays and Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy. She is also the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" award. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, McMillan Cottom joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen to address her challenges as a Black woman intellectual, how institutions of higher education are pivoting DEI initiatives, and how race and ethnicity present complex differences.
  • Tressie McMillan Cottom
    Friday, August 16
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Tressie McMillan Cottom is a writer, researcher, and sociologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a public scholar and essayist, McMillan Cottom explores matters related to Black America, culture, politics, and economics for The New York Times and is the author of the books Thick: And Other Essays and Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy. She is also the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" award. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, McMillan Cottom joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen to address her challenges as a Black woman intellectual, how institutions of higher education are pivoting DEI initiatives, and how race and ethnicity present complex differences.
  • Iain McGilchrist
    Friday, August 16
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Iain McGilchrist is an eminent psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and literary scholar. He is the author of the compendium The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World and the groundbreaking work The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, McGilchrist joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen to uncover the neuropsychological differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain and how they translate to social changes in human civilization. This discussion also examines disorders of the brain, including schizophrenia.
  • Iain McGilchrist
    Friday, August 23
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Iain McGilchrist is an eminent psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and literary scholar. He is the author of the compendium The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World and the groundbreaking work The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, McGilchrist joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen to uncover the neuropsychological differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain and how they translate to social changes in human civilization. This discussion also examines disorders of the brain, including schizophrenia.
  • Mark Roosevelt and J. Walter Sterling
    Friday, August 23
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
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  • Mark Roosevelt and J. Walter Sterling
    Friday, August 30
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
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  • Michael J. Sandel
    Friday, August 30
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Michael J. Sandel is considered one of the most important philosophers of modern times. Carrying the Socratic torch, the Harvard University professor espouses the virtues of public philosophy and humility in both the personal and political realms. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Sandel and Host Paula Marantz Cohen explore these; the dignity of work; the deepening divide between winners and losers; changing attitudes of success; and his book, "The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?".

 

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  • Thomas Chatterton Williams
    Friday, July 5
    10:31 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Thomas Chatterton Williams is a writer and public intellectual. His books, Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race and Losing My Cool: Love, Literature and a Black Man's Escape From the Crowd, have stirred controversy over the concepts of race and ethnic identity. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Williams explains his work to advance thoughtful discussion around important social themes, his experiences living as an American in France, and "A Letter on Social Justice and Open Debate" in Harper's Magazine that spurred a flurry of media attention.
  • A Classroom Divided
    Friday, July 5
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    "A Classroom Divided" is an in-depth panel discussion led by Oyin Adedoyin (reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education) and featuring Kmele Foster (cultural critic and The Fifth Column podcast host); Valerie C. Johnson (DePaul University political science professor and DEI advocate); Amna Khalid (Carleton College history professor and Banished podcast host); and Kenneth P. Monteiro (San Francisco State University ethnic studies and psychology professor/administrator). This episode of The Civil Discourse explores the boundaries of academic freedom with special focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) trends in higher education.
  • A Classroom Divided
    Friday, June 28
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    "A Classroom Divided" is an in-depth panel discussion led by Oyin Adedoyin (reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education) and featuring Kmele Foster (cultural critic and The Fifth Column podcast host); Valerie C. Johnson (DePaul University political science professor and DEI advocate); Amna Khalid (Carleton College history professor and Banished podcast host); and Kenneth P. Monteiro (San Francisco State University ethnic studies and psychology professor/administrator). This episode of The Civil Discourse explores the boundaries of academic freedom with special focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) trends in higher education.
  • Julia Twigg
    Friday, June 28
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Julia Twigg is a prestigious writer and scholar in the field of age studies with a focus on cultural gerontology. She is the author of Fashion and Age: Dress, the Body and Later Life and holds the title of Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Sociology from the University of Kent in England. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Twigg joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen to reveal stunning research and trends at the intersection of fashion, aging, and gender.
  • Julia Twigg
    Friday, June 21
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Julia Twigg is a prestigious writer and scholar in the field of age studies with a focus on cultural gerontology. She is the author of Fashion and Age: Dress, the Body and Later Life and holds the title of Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Sociology from the University of Kent in England. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Twigg joins Host Paula Marantz Cohen to reveal stunning research and trends at the intersection of fashion, aging, and gender.
  • Jay Winter
    Friday, June 21
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Jay Winter is a leading expert on the topic of World War I, as demonstrated in his renowned PBS/BBC series The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century. Over decades-long research, writing, and teaching on the topic at Yale University and beyond, Winter has contributed innumerable books, essays, and insight on wartime politics, culture, and atrocity. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, the eminent historian discusses the Great War, World War II, the Holocaust, the work of Paul Fussell and Primo Levy, and the language and cultural significance of war in modern society.
  • Jay Winter
    Friday, June 14
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Jay Winter is a leading expert on the topic of World War I, as demonstrated in his renowned PBS/BBC series The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century. Over decades-long research, writing, and teaching on the topic at Yale University and beyond, Winter has contributed innumerable books, essays, and insight on wartime politics, culture, and atrocity. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, the eminent historian discusses the Great War, World War II, the Holocaust, the work of Paul Fussell and Primo Levy, and the language and cultural significance of war in modern society.
  • Amy Chua
    Friday, June 14
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Amy Chua-popularly dubbed the "Tiger Mom" is a Yale Law School professor and author of wide-ranging books, including the controversial Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and other works examining topics like cultural-political tribes and the rise and fall of world powers. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Chua weaves together the themes of these books, while also reflecting on her own personal accomplishments and challenges as an immigrant to the United States, a parent, and an Ivy League academic.
  • Amy Chua
    Friday, June 7
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Amy Chua-popularly dubbed the "Tiger Mom" is a Yale Law School professor and author of wide-ranging books, including the controversial Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and other works examining topics like cultural-political tribes and the rise and fall of world powers. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Chua weaves together the themes of these books, while also reflecting on her own personal accomplishments and challenges as an immigrant to the United States, a parent, and an Ivy League academic.
  • Reginald Dwayne Betts
    Friday, June 7
    4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Reginald Dwayne Betts is a memoirist, poet, Yale-educated public defense attorney, and MacArthur "Genius" award recipient. He also was incarcerated as a youth and spent years working to become the writer and advocate he is today. In this episode of The Civil Discourse, Betts shares some of his experiences from prison, his path to becoming a public defender, and his lifelong affinity for literature.