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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  
  • Jay Winter
    Friday, December 27
    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.
  • Jay Winter
    Wednesday, January 1
    5:30 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.
  • Julia Twigg
    Friday, January 3
    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.
  • Julia Twigg
    Wednesday, January 8
    5:30 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.
  • A Classroom Divided
    Friday, January 10
    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.
  • A Classroom Divided
    Wednesday, January 15
    5:30 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.
  • Thomas Chatterton Williams
    Friday, January 17
    10:30 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.
  • Thomas Chatterton Williams
    Wednesday, January 22
    5:30 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, January 24
    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
    Wednesday, January 29
    5:30 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, January 31
    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
    Wednesday, February 5
    5:30 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, February 7
    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
    Wednesday, February 12
    5:30 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, February 14
    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
    Wednesday, February 19
    5:30 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, February 21
    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
    Wednesday, February 26
    5:30 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, February 28
    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
    Wednesday, March 5
    5:30 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, March 7
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
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  • Mark Roosevelt and J. Walter Sterling
    Wednesday, March 12
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
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  • Amy Chua
    Friday, December 20
    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.
  • Mark Roosevelt and J. Walter Sterling
    Wednesday, December 18
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    No description available.
  • Mark Roosevelt and J. Walter Sterling
    Friday, December 13
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    No description available.
  • Iain McGilchrist
    Wednesday, December 11
    5:30 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.
  • Iain McGilchrist
    Friday, December 6
    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.
  • Tressie McMillan Cottom
    Wednesday, December 4
    5:30 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.
  • Tressie McMillan Cottom
    Friday, November 29
    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.
  • Steven Greenhouse
    Wednesday, November 27
    5:30 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.
  • Steven Greenhouse
    Friday, November 22
    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.
  • Dan Burt
    Wednesday, November 20
    5:30 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.
  • Dan Burt
    Friday, November 15
    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.
  • Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
    Wednesday, November 13
    5:30 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.
  • Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
    Friday, November 8
    10:31 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.
  • Sunset on the Humanities?
    Wednesday, November 6
    5:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    "Sunset on the Humanities?" captures a live discussion at The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, moderated by The Civil Discourse Host Paula Marantz Cohen (Distinguished Professor of English and Dean of Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University) and featuring a panel of four experts in a range of humanities-driven fields: Andrew Delbanco (author, Columbia University professor of American studies, and President of the Teagle Foundation); Phillip Magness (author, economic historian, and Independent Institute chair); Dana A. Williams (Howard University professor of African-American literature, Dean of the Graduate School, and President of the Modern Language Association); and Laurie Zierer (Executive Director of PA Humanities). This conversation examines the importance of the humanities and the role of academic and cultural institutions in the future of a knowledgeable, informed, and well-rounded society.
  • Sunset on the Humanities?
    Friday, November 1
    10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    "Sunset on the Humanities?" captures a live discussion at The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, moderated by The Civil Discourse Host Paula Marantz Cohen (Distinguished Professor of English and Dean of Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University) and featuring a panel of four experts in a range of humanities-driven fields: Andrew Delbanco (author, Columbia University professor of American studies, and President of the Teagle Foundation); Phillip Magness (author, economic historian, and Independent Institute chair); Dana A. Williams (Howard University professor of African-American literature, Dean of the Graduate School, and President of the Modern Language Association); and Laurie Zierer (Executive Director of PA Humanities). This conversation examines the importance of the humanities and the role of academic and cultural institutions in the future of a knowledgeable, informed, and well-rounded society.