The Political Theory Review

Jeffrey Church

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  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    Episode 201: Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook - Justice Across Generations

    A conversation with Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook about their recent book, "Justice Across Generations: Equality, Opportunity, and the Social Contract" (Palgrave Macmillan).

    19 March 2026, 4:47 pm
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    Episode 200: Colin Bird, Jeffrey Church, and Nicholas Tampio - How to Teach Political Theory

    A 200th episode special-- Colin Bird, Jeffrey Church, and Nicholas Tampio discuss how to teach the introduction to Political Theory course, with reference to their textbooks:

    Colin Bird, An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Cambridge UP)
    Jeffrey Church, Introduction to Political Theory (Sage/CQ Press)
    Nicholas Tampio, Teaching Political Theory (Edward Elgar Press)

    5 March 2026, 8:59 pm
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Episode 199: Michael Illuzzi - Mending the Nation

    A conversation with Michael Illuzzi about his recent book, "Mending the Nation: Reclaiming We the People in a Populist Age" (U Kansas Press).

    5 March 2026, 6:05 pm
  • 58 minutes 21 seconds
    Episode 198: Shuk Ying Chan - Postcolonial Global Justice

    A conversation with Shuk Ying Chan about her recent book, "Postcolonial Global Justice" (Princeton UP).

    23 February 2026, 7:01 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Episode 197: Matthew Benjamin Cole - Fear the Future

    A conversation with Matthew Benjamin Cole about his recent book, "Fear the Future: Dystopia and Political Imagination in the Twentieth Century" (University of Michigan Press).

    2 February 2026, 5:49 pm
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Episode 196: Michael Lazarus - Absolute Ethical Life

    A conversation with Michael Lazarus about his recent book, "Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel, and Marx" (Stanford University Press).

    20 January 2026, 5:48 pm
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Episode 195: Laura K. Field - Furious Minds

    A conversation with Laura K. Field about her recent book, "Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right" (Princeton UP).

    12 January 2026, 6:44 pm
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    Episode 194: David Wiens - From the Best to the Rest

    A conversation with David Wiens about his recent book, "From the Best to the Rest: Idealistic Thinking in a Non-Ideal World" (Oxford UP).

    6 January 2026, 8:08 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Episode 193: Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande - The Politics of Islamic Ethics

    A conversation with Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande about her recent book, "The Politics of Islamic Ethics: Hierarchy and Human Nature in the Philosophical Tradition" (Cambridge UP).

    18 December 2025, 6:00 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Episode 192: John McCormick - The People's Princes

    A conversation with John McCormick about his recent book, "The People's Princes: Machiavelli, Leadership, and Liberty" (U of Chicago Press).

    9 December 2025, 5:43 pm
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    Episode 191: John Harpham - The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery

    A conversation with John Harpham about his recent book, "The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World" (Harvard UP).

    2 December 2025, 5:54 pm
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