Octavian at the Concordia Summit
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The Concordia 2018 summit was great. Vibrant, weighty, and filled with fascinating people. We are delighted to have been there and spoken to two of the most interesting for this week's Rostrum.
October 2, 2018
Oldest Hatred
An interview with Abe Foxman
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A crusader for social justice speaks out about the looming threat of anti-Semitism and its repercussions.
Vol 4, No 4 / September 20, 2018
Master Plan
An Interview with John Lewis Gaddis
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A renowned historian explains the underlying secrets of strategy across time and geography.
Vol 4, No 4 / September 20, 2018
Block Party
An Interview with Tomicah Tillemann
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A leading expert on blockchain explains why the technology holds the potential to transform everything from standing in line at the DMV to the fight against global corruption.
Vol 4, No 4 / September 20, 2018
Shock and Awe
An Interview with Miles Unger
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Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon shocked the avant garde when it first appeared — and then shifted the course of art history.
Vol 4, No 4 / September 20, 2018
Why Plants Don't Like Being Eaten
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Bad news, vegetarians. Turns out plants don't like being eaten any more than animals.
September 18, 2018
Why Elephants Hardly Ever Get Cancer (And What It Means For Us)
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For this week's podcast we spoke with with Vincent Lynch about cancer rates and body size.
September 4, 2018
Morality (in) Play
An Interview with Eden Collinsworth
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An expert shares her fields notes on how moral values are changing around the world.
Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
Mobocracy
An Interview with Jan-Werner Müller
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This Princeton professor quite literally wrote the book on modern populism. We spoke with him about the real menace this political phenomenon presents.
Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
Ancient Modern
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The Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti is best known for bringing a powerful vision to bear on physical form and testing its expressive limits.
Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
