In lieu of a regular episode this week, I’m presenting a version of our latest livestream. Last week we debuted what I hope will be an ongoing feature of these livestreams: viewer call-ins. Nikita has been working on setting this up for a while now, and as you’ll see, we’ve still got some kinks to work out. We were able to take a number of calls from viewers, and on that score, this experiment was a resounding success. I have to admit, I was a little nervous to open the door to whoever wanted to be on the show—and we did have to boot one mischief-maker. But I’m so glad we did this, because I had a blast. I was particularly gratified by the generational diversity of the callers—they ranged from 19 to their early 70s. If you didn’t get through this week, or you want to call in for the first time, stay tuned. We’ll be doing another one of these next week.
Our episode begins in media res—I opted to jump right into the call-in segment. Nikita, LaJuan, and I talked with callers who asked questions about academic freedom and free speech on campus, Thomas Sowell, religious disagreements within the family and the search for dignity. We also had some real (though respectful) arguments, including one between the filmmaker Robert Patton-Spruill and LaJuan on the topic of landlords and tenants’ rights.
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