Conversations

The Terrible Books of Terrible Men

My Conversation with Daniel Kalder on What He Learned While Reading Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Gaddafi, and Other Prolific Despots

Jan 24 • Joel J Miller

Yes, Socrates Was a Hypocrite

Plus Reviews from Booklist, TGC, and Front Porch Republic—And a Favor to Ask

Nov 29, 2025 • Joel J Miller

1:13:54

Why We’re Still Obsessed with Dead Greeks

Talking about the Classics with Nadya Williams

Nov 12, 2025 • Joel J Miller

Seeing Goodness More Clearly

Shemaiah Gonzalez Talks about Fighting for Joy, Making Life Work as a Writer, More

Oct 29, 2025 • Joel J Miller

Called to the Good, True, and Beautiful

Talking Vocation with Karen Swallow Prior

Oct 22, 2025 • Joel J Miller

Philosophy Not Working for You?

Perhaps You’re Not Making Enough Use of It. My Conversation with Agnes Callard

Oct 15, 2025 • Joel J Miller

Prompted: Should Students Use AI, and How?

When ChatGPT Writes Better Than Your Average Term Paper, Maybe the Problem Isn’t the Student—or Even the Tool

Jun 9, 2025 • Joel J Miller and Hollis Robbins

Fragile Inheritance: How Free Speech Was Won and Could Be Lost

A Conversation with Jacob Mchangama on the Long History—and Uncertain Future—of Our Most Essential Liberty

May 5, 2025 • Joel J Miller and Jacob Mchangama

1:25:03

‘Love Triumphs over Violence—Eventually’

Cynthia L. Haven on René Girard, Joy Davidman’s Curious Path to C.S. Lewis, Poets in Exile, More

Nov 2, 2024 • Joel J Miller

‘A Chance to Heal and Develop Our Nation’s Soul’

Claude Atcho on What Black Literature Means for All Americans

Oct 9, 2024 • Joel J Miller

Of Course It Still Matters! Why Study Literature Today

Henry Oliver on a Singular Way of Seeing the World, His Top-5 Novelists, Shakespeare, Late-Bloomers, More

Sep 25, 2024 • Joel J Miller

Fab Chore: Writing about the Beatles and Other Music Greats

U2, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Cash, Van Morrison, More: How Biographer and Music Journalist Steve Turner Stays So Productive

Sep 14, 2024 • Joel J Miller

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