Benson Center launches "The Free Mind" podcast
TheÌýFree Mind, a new podcast from the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization, premieresÌýTuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.Ìý
The podcastÌýexplores topics in Western philosophy, politics, literature, and history with adventurous disregard for academic fashions and intellectual trends.
Host Shilo Brooks, Benson Center associate faculty directorÌýand faculty director of theÌýEngineering Leadership Program in the College of Engineering and Applied Science,Ìýinvites listenersÌýto pull up a chair in an intellectual laboratory where great questions and great books are explored in the spirit of truth-seeking, and conversations are had in a candid style free of scholarly jargon.Ìý
New episodes in Season 1 will air on the second Tuesday of each month, from Sept. 14 through Dec.14, 2021.
Visit TheFree Mind podcast websiteÌýto learn more, listen and subscribe.
Upcoming Episodes
PremieresÌýTuesday, Sept. 14, 2021
Shilo Brooks, Benson Center Associate Faculty Director
"Introduction to the Free Mind Podcast"
In this brief opening segment, Shilo BrooksÌýwelcomes listeners to engage with professors and public intellectuals in a venue where good faith is granted at the door, and the clear and reasonable expression of ideas is valued more highly than ad