How Technical Rationality Breaks Our Bond With Nature (Creation, Food & Agriculture, Public Clip 2)

July 3, 2026

This is a segment from the second session of a class taught in the Summer of 2026 for the Maurin Academy on Creation, Food and Agriculture.

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Leo Strauss on Maimonides and Esoteric Writing

April 12, 2026

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Homo Sacer: Sovereignty, Bare Life, and Modern Political Power

March 20, 2026

Starting March 25, 2026, I’m teaming up with Jakob Hanschu to co-teach a short course titled “Agamben’s Homo Sacer: Sovereignty, Bare Life, and Modern Political Power.” The course will involve a systematic working through of Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life.” The course will start on March 25 and continue for four consecutive Wednesdays. … More Homo Sacer: Sovereignty, Bare Life, and Modern Political Power

Historicism’s Deadly Effect on Thinking (Persecution and the Art of Writing, 4)

February 28, 2026

In her public podcast, which you can also find on pretty much all podcast platforms, Laurie has been reading and discussing Leo Strauss’s book Persecution and the Art of Writing, and this is the last video on the chapter in the book by the same name. Next time, she’ll discuss Strauss’s next chapter, on Maimonides’ esoteric writing. … More Historicism’s Deadly Effect on Thinking (Persecution and the Art of Writing, 4)

Fair Labor Standards in the United States: A Conversation With Constitutional Law Expert John Fliter

December 20, 2025

Dr John Fliter, author of U.S. vs. Darby Lumber Co.: The Triumph of Fair Labor Standards (University Press of Kansas, 2025), is our guest today. The interview covers the history of the struggle for fair labor standards in the US, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the state of labor today. … More Fair Labor Standards in the United States: A Conversation With Constitutional Law Expert John Fliter