Nicola Buskirk: old books for a new generation
Listen now (82 min) | A member of Generation Z trying to preserve the wisdom of the ancients
Nicola Buskirk: old books for a new generation
Listen now (82 min) | A member of Generation Z trying to preserve the wisdom of the ancients
The 100th Brownpundits Browncast
The 100th Browncast! Razib and Mukunda talk to Pushpita Prasad and Sudha Jagannathan of the Coalition of the Hindus of North America to talk about where we stand on the “caste question” in the US today. There are lots of different opinions here between the four guests, and platform of Dalits and Bahujan. Also submitted … Continue reading The 100th Brownpundits Browncast
Ertugrul is badass
I watched a few episodes of Ertugrul and it’s pretty good. I would prefer less of a Marvel-comics style character…Ertugrul and his alps basically are just killing machines who never get injured while taking down dozens of Christian knights. But it is good for what it intends to be, a dramatic rendering of the origins … Continue reading Ertugrul is badass
Open Thread – 07/13/2023 – Brown Pundits
The Fragility of the Caste-Oppression Hypothesis
Empty claims of caste discrimination in the West have damaging legal, reputational, and social consequences.
Hannah Frankman: unlearning the lessons of the past
Listen now (77 min) | A path forward in 21st-century education
Hannah Frankman: unlearning the lessons of the past
Listen now (77 min) | A path forward in 21st-century education
Vivek Ramaswamy and Hinduism
Vivek Ramaswamy Leans Into His Hindu Faith to Court Christian Voters: Swami Vivekananda, who represented Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893, took pains to depict his faith as monotheistic, in contrast to the stereotypes of its followers as “heathen” polytheists. Although the faith has many deities, they are generally … Continue reading Vivek Ramaswamy and Hinduism
Lyman Stone: God is dead, long live the Lord!
Listen now (67 min) | The fall, rise and fall of American religion
Lyman Stone: God is dead, long live the Lord!
Listen now (67 min) | The fall, rise and fall of American religion
RKUL: Time Well Spent 07/07/2023
Summer roadtrip edition
RKUL: Time Well Spent 07/07/2023
Summer roadtrip edition
Our explosive past: on cataclysms and demographics
The continuing quest to pinpoint what propelled modern humans to every corner of the earth
Our explosive past: on cataclysms and demographics
The continuing quest to pinpoint what propelled modern humans to every corner of the earth
Until our luck runs out
Happy 247th, America!
Until our luck runs out
Happy 247th, America!
Ren Mukherjee on affirmation action’s end
I recorded this interview a while back, but we just assumed the case would go down as it did, so it’s totally relevant…
Also, episode #2 of the IBW: Muslims vs. LGBTQIA+.
Renu Mukherjee: affirmative action’s end
Listen now (78 min) | Discussing the implications of the overturning of university affirmative action by the Supreme Court
Renu Mukherjee: affirmative action’s end
Listen now (78 min) | Discussing the implications of the overturning of university affirmative action by the Supreme Court
Renu Mukherjee: Affirmative Action’s End
Mukherjee is a Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute and a Ph.D. student in American politics at Boston College, where her dissertation will focus on affirmative action. Razib asks Mukherjee to discuss the origin of affirmative action as it…