Podcasts

Salon Podcast

A monthly conversation during which Liberties Journals' Christopher McCaffery and Celeste Marcus talk with dozens of their closest friends about a question of pressing philosophical concern.
DC SALON 13

Can We Learn To Be Alone?

Liberties Journal's associate publisher, managing editor, and sixty of their closest friends together ask and answer the question "Can We Learn To Be Alone?" DC Salons are held monthly at the Liberties Offices in Washington, DC. Email [email protected] for more information.

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Can People Change?

Christopher McCaffery, Celeste Marcus, and forty of their closest friends together ask and answer the question "Can People Change?"

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DC SALON 10: Can We Choose Our Beliefs

Christopher McCaffery, Celeste Marcus, and fifty of their closest friends ask and answer the question "Can We Choose Our Beliefs?".

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Can Nonbelievers Pray?

Christopher McCaffery, Celeste Marcus, and fifty of their closest friends ask and answer: Can Nonbelievers Pray?

THE DC SALON

Propaganda: Do You Know It When You See It?

Christopher McCaffery, Celeste Marcus, and fifty of their closest friends discuss what propaganda is and whether it is easily identifiable.

Required Reading

On Required Reading we talk with writers and readers about the texts — old and new — that influence or express their worldview.
Required Reading with Morten Høi Jensen

Guy Stagg - The World Within

Guy Stagg joins Required Reading's new host Morten Høi Jensen to discuss his new book The World Within. On writing the book: "All my life I have dreamed of retreat. Of letting go each responsibility and cutting every tie. And I know I’m not the only one. But, when I learnt about the creative figures who left their lives behind, I began to ask myself: what is gained and what is lost when we withdraw from the world?"

Ryan Ruby: Context Collapse

Ryan Ruby discusses his new book Context Collapse with Christopher McCaffery and Celeste Marcus.

Jessica Pishko and Celeste Marcus Discuss Immigration under Trump

What will immigration look like over the next four years?

Jessica Pishko and Celeste Marcus discuss what immigration policies will look like in the next Trump administration.

Henry Oliver and Celeste Marcus Discuss Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Henry Oliver and Celeste Marcus discuss Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece Brideshead Revisited.

Little Journals, Local Papers, and Democracy

David Kelsey and Celeste Marcus discuss Majuscule Literary Magazine

David Kelsey talks with Celeste Marcus about his projects to heal local journalism and literary culture -- at least a little bit.