The Political Theory Review
Episodes
Episode 201: Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook - Justice Across Generations
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook about their recent book, "Justice Across Generations: Equality, Opportunity, and the Social ...
Episode 200: Colin Bird, Jeffrey Church, and Nicholas Tampio - How to Teach Political Theory
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A 200th episode special-- Colin Bird, Jeffrey Church, and Nicholas Tampio discuss how to teach the introduction to Political Theory course, with refer...
Episode 199: Michael Illuzzi - Mending the Nation
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Michael Illuzzi about his recent book, "Mending the Nation: Reclaiming We the People in a Populist Age" (U Kansas Press).
Episode 198: Shuk Ying Chan - Postcolonial Global Justice
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Shuk Ying Chan about her recent book, "Postcolonial Global Justice" (Princeton UP).
Episode 197: Matthew Benjamin Cole - Fear the Future
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Matthew Benjamin Cole about his recent book, "Fear the Future: Dystopia and Political Imagination in the Twentieth Century" (Unive...
Episode 196: Michael Lazarus - Absolute Ethical Life
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Michael Lazarus about his recent book, "Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel, and Marx" (Stanford University Press).
Episode 195: Laura K. Field - Furious Minds
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Laura K. Field about her recent book, "Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right" (Princeton UP).
Episode 194: David Wiens - From the Best to the Rest
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with David Wiens about his recent book, "From the Best to the Rest: Idealistic Thinking in a Non-Ideal World" (Oxford UP).
Episode 193: Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande - The Politics of Islamic Ethics
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande about her recent book, "The Politics of Islamic Ethics: Hierarchy and Human Nature in the Philosoph...
Episode 192: John McCormick - The People's Princes
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with John McCormick about his recent book, "The People's Princes: Machiavelli, Leadership, and Liberty" (U of Chicago Press).
Episode 191: John Harpham - The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with John Harpham about his recent book, "The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic Worl...
Episode 190: Alex Zakaras - Freedom for All
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Alex Zakaras about his recent book "Freedom for All: What a Liberal Society Could Be" (Yale UP).
Episode 189: Roxanne Euben - Driven to Their Knees
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Roxanne Euben about her recent book, "Driven to their Knees: Humiliation in Contemporary Politics" (Princeton UP).
Episode 188: Lisa Herzog - The Democratic Marketplace
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Lisa Herzog about her recent book "The Democratic Marketplace: How a More Equal Economy Can Save Our Political Ideals" (Harvard UP...
Episode 187: Douglas Moggach - Freedom and Perfection
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Douglas Moggach about his recent book "Freedom and Perfection: German Political Thought from Leibniz to Marx" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 186: William Galston - Anger, Fear, Domination
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with William Galston about his recent book, "Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech" (Yale UP).
Episode 185: Cass Sunstein - On Liberalism
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Cass Sunstein about his recent book "On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom" (MIT Press).
Episode 184: John Christman - Reconceiving Freedom from the Shadows of Slavery
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with John Christman about his recent book, "Reconceiving Liberty from the Shadows of Slavery: Liberty in a Nonideal World" (Cambridge U...
Episode 183: Linda Zerilli - A Democratic Theory of Truth
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Linda Zerilli about her recent book, "A Democratic Theory of Truth" (U of Chicago Press).
Episode 182: Alyssa Battistoni - Free Gifts
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about her recent book, "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" (Princeton UP)
Episode 181: Amit Ron and Abraham Singer - Everyone's Business
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Amit Ron and Abraham Singer about their recent book, "Everyone's Business: What Companies Owe Society" (U Chicago Press).
Episode 180: Robert Gooding-Williams - Democracy and Beauty
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Robert Gooding-Williams about his recent book, "Democracy and Beauty: the Political Aesthetics of W.E.B. DuBois" (Columbia UP).
Episode 179: Natasha Piano - Democratic Elitism
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Natasha Piano about her recent book, "Democratic Elitism: the Founding Myth of American Political Science" (Harvard UP).
Episode 178: Agustina Paglayan - Raised to Obey
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Agustina Paglayan about her recent book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (Princeton UP)
Episode 177: Ryan Balot - Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato's Laws
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ryan Balot about his recent book, "Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato's Laws" (Oxford UP).
Episode 176: Michael Fuerstein - Experiments in Living Together
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Michael Fuerstein about his recent book, "Experiments in Living Together: How Democracy Drives Social Progress" (Oxford UP).
Episode 175: Laurie M. Johnson - The Gap in God''s Country
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Laurie M. Johnson about her recent book, "The Gap in God's Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars" (Wipf & Stock).
Episode 174: Leah Downey - Our Money
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Leah Downey about her recent book "Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters" (Princeton UP).
Episode 173: Kevin Pham - The Architects of Dignity
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Kevin Pham about his recent book, "The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization" (Oxford UP).
Episode 172: Ali Aslam, David McIvor, and Joel Schlosser - Earthborn Democracy
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ali Aslam, David McIvor, and Joel Schlosser about their recent book, "Earthborn Democracy: A Political Theory of Entangled Life" (...
Episode 171: Anna Marisa Schoen - Nations before the Nation-State
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Anna Marisa Schoen about her recent book, "Nations before the Nation-State: Between City-State and Empire from Antiquity to the Pr...
Episode 170: Vanessa Wills - Marx's Ethical Vision
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Vanessa Wills about her recent book, Marx's Ethical Vision (Oxford UP).
Episode 169: Alasia Nuti - Politicizing Political Liberalism
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Alasia Nuti about her recent co-authored book, "Politicizing Political Liberalism: on the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocra...
Episode 168: Espen Hammer - After the Death of God
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Espen Hammer about his forthcoming book "After the Death of God: Secularization as a Philosophical Challenge from Kant to Nietzsch...
Episode 167: Mary Nichols - Aristotle's Discovery of the Human
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Mary Nichols about her recent book, "Aristotle's Discovery of the Human: Piety and Politics in the Nicomachean Ethics" (Notre Dame...
Episode 166: Nancy Rosenblum - Ungoverning
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Nancy Rosenblum about her recent book "Ungoverning: the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos" (Princeton UP).
Episode 165: Fabienne Peter - The Grounds of Political Legitimacy
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Fabienne Peter about her recent book, "The Grounds of Political Legitimacy" (Oxford UP).
Episode 164: Stephen Darwall - The Heart and Its Attitudes
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Stephen Darwall about his recent book "The Heart and Its Attitudes" (Oxford UP).
Episode 163: Alexandre Lefebvre - Liberalism as a Way of Life
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Alexandre Lefebvre about his recent book, "Liberalism as a Way of Life" (Princeton UP).
Episode 162: Jordan Cash - The Isolated Presidency
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Jordan Cash about his recent book, "The Isolated Presidency" (Oxford UP).
Episode 161: Nazmul Sultan - Waiting for the People
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Nazmul Sultan about his recent book "Waiting for the People: the Idea of Democracy in Indian Anticolonial Thought" (Harvard UP).
Episode 160: David Lay Williams - The Greatest of All Plagues
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with David Lay Williams about his recent book, "The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plat...
Episode 159: Aurelian Craiutu - Why Not Moderation?
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Aurelian Craiutu about his recent book, "Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 158: Benjamin Schupmann - Democracy Despite Itself
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Benjamin Schupmann about his recent book, "Democracy Despite Itself: Liberal Constitutionalism and Militant Democracy" (Oxford UP)...
Episode 157: Isaac Nakhimovsky - The Holy Alliance
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Isaac Nakhimovsky about his recent book "The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation" (Princeton UP).
Episode 156: Genevieve Rousseliere - Sharing Freedom
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Genevieve Rousseliere about her recent book, "Sharing Freedom: Republicanism and Exclusion in Revolutionary France" (Cambridge UP)...
Episode 155: Samuel Bagg - The Dispersion of Power
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Samuel Bagg about his recent book "The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy" (Oxford UP).
Episode 154: Aaron Alexander Zubia - The Political Thought of David Hume
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Aaron Alexander Zubia about his recent book, "The Political Thought of David Hume: the Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Politi...
Episode 153: Jeff Spinner-Halev - Respect and Loathing in American Democracy
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Jeff Spinner-Halev about his recent book, "Respect and Loathing in American Democracy: Polarization, Moralization, and the Undermi...
Episode 152: Robert Pippin - The Culmination
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Robert Pippin about his recent book "The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy" (U Chicago Press).
Episode 151: Gianna Englert - Democracy Tamed
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Gianna Englert about her recent book, "Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Suffrage" (Oxford UP).
Episode 150: Frank Lovett - The Well-Ordered Republic
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Frank Lovett about his new book "The Well-Ordered Republic" (Oxford UP).
Episode 149: Richard Bourke - Hegel's World Revolutions
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Richard Bourke about his recent book "Hegel's World Revolutions" (Princeton University Press).
Episode 148: Richard Tuck - Active and Passive Citizens
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Richard Tuck about his recent book "Active and Passive Citizens: A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy" (Princeton UP).
Episode 147: Laura Valentini - Morality and Socially Constructed Norms
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Laura Valentini about her recent book, "Morality and Socially Constructed Norms" (Oxford UP).
Episode 146: Alan S. Kahan - Freedom from Fear
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Alan S. Kahan about his recent book, "Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism" (Princeton UP).
Episode 145: Jason Blakely - Lost in Ideology
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Jason Blakely about his recent book "Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life" (Agenda Publishing).
Episode 144: Ines Valdez - Democracy and Empire
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ines Valdez about her recent book Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (Cambridge UP).
Episode 143: Justin Dyer - The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Justin Dyer about his recent book, "The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and...
Episode 142: Lisa Herzog - Citizen Knowledge
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Lisa Herzog about her recent book "Citizen Knowledge: Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy" (Oxford UP).
Episode 141: Kristi Sweet - Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Kristi Sweet on her recent book "Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment: the Territory of the Third Critique" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 140: Kevin Elliott - Democracy for Busy People
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Kevin J. Elliott about his recent book, "Democracy for Busy People" (U of Chicago Press).
Episode 139: Christopher Yeomans - The Politics of German Idealism
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Christopher Yeomans about his recent book, "The Politics of German Idealism" (Oxford UP)
Episode 138: Melvin Rogers - The Darkened Light of Faith
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Melvin Rogers about his recent book "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African-American Political Thoug...
Episode 137: Constantine Vassiliou - Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Constantine Vassiliou about his recent book "Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Smith, Hume, and Fer...
Episode 136: Stefan Eich - The Currency of Politics
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Stefan Eich about his recent book The Currency of Politics: the Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes (Princeton UP).
Episode 135: Kevin Vallier - All the Kingdoms of the World
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Kevin Vallier, All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism (Oxford UP).
Episode 134: John Scott - Rousseau's God
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with John Scott about his recent book, "Rousseau's God: Theology, Religion, and the Natural Goodness of Man" (U of Chicago Press).
Episode 133: Yascha Mounk - The Identity Trap
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Yascha Mounk about his new book, "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time" (Penguin Random House).
Episode 132: Haig Patapan - A Dangerous Passion
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Haig Patapan about his recent book, A Dangerous Passion: Leadership and the Question of Honor (SUNY Press).
Episode 131: Philip Pettit - The State
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Philip Pettit about his new book "The State" (Princeton UP).
Episode 130: Melissa Lane - Of Rule and Office
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Melissa Lane about her new book "Of Rule and Office: Plato's Ideas of the Political" (Princeton UP).
Episode 129: Donovan Miyasaki - Nietzsche's Immoralism and Politics after Morality
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Donovan Miyasaki about his recent two-volume project, Nietzsche's Immoralism: Politics as First Philosophy (Palgrave) and Politics...
Episode 128: David James - Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with David James about his recent book "Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 127: Ewa Atanassow - Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ewa Atanassow about her recent book, "Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours: Sovereignty, Nationalism, Globalization" (Princeton UP).
Episode 126: Thomas Pangle - The Life of Wisdom in Rousseau's Reveries
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Thomas Pangle about his recent book "The Life of Wisdom in Rousseau's Reveries of the Solitary Walker" (Cornell UP).
Episode 125: Laurence Cooper - Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Laurence Cooper about his recent book, "Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom: Rousseau's Philosophic Life" (U of Chicago Press).
Episode 124: Jeanne Morefield - Unsettling the World
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Jeanne Morefield about her recent book, "Unsettling the World: Edward Said and Political Theory" (Rowman & Littlefield).
Episode 123: Mathias Thaler - No Other Planet
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Mathias Thaler about his recent book "No Other Planet: Utopian Visions for a Climate-Changed World" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 122: Eric MacGilvray - Liberal Freedom
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Eric MacGilvray about his recent book "Liberal Freedom: Pluralism, Polarization, and Politics" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 121: Richard Velkley - Sarastro's Cave
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Richard Velkley about his recent book, Sarastro's Cave: Letters from the Recent Past (Mercer UP).
Episode 120: Frederick Neuhouser - Diagnosing Social Pathology
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Frederick Neuhouser about his recent book "Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim" (Cambridge University...
Episode 119: Rebecca Kingston - Plutarch's Prism
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Rebecca Kingston about her recent book "Plutarch's Prism: Classical Reception and Public Humanism in France and England, 1500-1800...
Episode 118: Michael Walzer - A Struggle for a Decent Politics
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Michael Walzer about his recent book, "A Struggle for a Decent Politics: On 'Liberal' as an Adjective" (Yale University Press).
Episode 117: Nicholas Tampio - Teaching Political Theory
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Nicholas Tampio about his recent book Teaching Political Theory: A Pluralistic Approach (Edward Elgar).
Episode 116: Charles Zug - Demagogues in American Politics
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Charles Zug about his recent book "Demagogues in American Politics" (Oxford UP).
Episode 115: Susan Shell - The Politics of Beauty
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Susan Shell about her recent book "The Politics of Beauty: A Study of Kant's Critique of Taste" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 114: Michael Zuckert - A Nation So Conceived
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Michael Zuckert about his recent book, "A Nation So Conceived: Abraham Lincoln and the Paradox of Democratic Sovereignty" (Kansas ...
Episode 113: Christopher Beem - The Seven Democratic Virtues
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Christopher Beem about his recent book, The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy...
Episode 112: Jeffrey Church - Kant, Liberalism, and the Meaning of Life
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Jeffrey Church about his recent book, "Kant, Liberalism, and the Meaning of Life" (Oxford UP).
Episode 111: Ben Jones - Apocalypse without God
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ben Jones about his recent book, "Apocalypse without God: Apocalyptic Thought, Ideal Politics, and the Limits of Utopian Hope" (Ca...
Episode 110: Emma Saunders-Hastings, "Private Virtues, Public Vices"
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Emma Saunders-Hastings about her recent book, "Private Virtues, Public Vices: Philanthropy and Democratic Equality" (U of Chicago ...
Episode 109: Lee Ward - Recovering Classical Liberal Political Economy
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Lee Ward about his recent book, "Recovering Classical Liberal Political Economy: Natural Rights and the Harmony of Interests" (Edi...
Episode 108: Mary Keys - Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine's City of God
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Mary Keys about her recent book "Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine's City of God" (Cambridge UP)
Episode 107: Guido Parietti - On the Concept of Power
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Guido Parietti about his recent book "On the Concept of Power: Possibility, Necessity, Politics" (Oxford University Press).
Episode 106: Rob Goodman - Words on Fire
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Rob Goodman about his recent book Words on Fire: On Eloquence and Its Conditions (Cambridge University Press).
Episode 105: Terry Pinkard - Practice, Power, and Forms of Life
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Terry Pinkard about his recent book, "Practice, Power, and Forms of Life: Sartre's Appropriation of Hegel and Marx" (U of Chicago ...
Episode 104: Ann Ward - The Socratic Individual
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Ann Ward about her recent book The Socratic Individual: Philosophy, Faith, and Freedom in a Democratic Age (Lexington Books).
Episode 103: Michael Sandel - The Tyranny of Merit
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Michael Sandel about his recent book The Tyranny of Merit: Can We Find the Common Good? (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux).
Episode 102: Joshua Cherniss - Liberalism in Dark Times
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Joshua Cherniss about his recent book "Liberalism in Dark Times: the Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century" (Princeton UP).