Essays & Interviews

Below are some samples of public journalism, as well as interviews with scholars about their recent work.

"American Political Economy," Consider the Constitution podcast, March 2024 (with Katie Crawford) [link]

"The Political Prophet Harvard Didn't Want", Chronicle Review, Nov. 2022 (with Will Selinger, featured on Arts & Letters Daily) [link]

"The Idols of ISIS": Interview with Aaron Tugendhaft," Tocqueville 21, Feb. 2021 (with Atman Mehta) [link]

“Caroline Robbins’ Underground Commonwealth,” Law and Liberty, Jan. 2020 [link]

Interview with Ryan Patrick Hanley on The Political Philosophy of Fénelon, Talking Intellectual History, May 2020 [link]

Interview with James Hankins on Virtue Politics, Talking Intellectual History, April 2020 [link]

"Ruins and Renewal: An Interview with Wendy Brown," Tocqueville21, March 2020 (with Jacob Hamburger) [link]

"Property Damage: Thomas Piketty on Capital and Ideology," The Point Online, March 2020 (with Jacob Hamburger) [link]

"Across Borders: A Conversation with Ishion Hutchinson," Los Angeles Review of Books, Jan. 2020 (with Paul Cato) [link]

“Reasoning with the Greeks” An Interview with Josiah Ober,” Tocqueville21, Feb. 2019 (with Robert Stone) [link]

"Democracy's Midlife Crisis: A Conversation with David Runciman," The Point Online, Feb. 2019 (with Jacob Hamburger) [link]

“Cynical Satire and Civic Optimism Across the American Heartland,” Los Angeles Review of Books, Nov. 2018 [link]

“Teachable Moments," The Hedgehog Review, July 2018 [link]

“On Speech, Don’t Silence Students,” The Chronicle Review, Sept. 2018 [link]

“Freedom and Pleasure,” The Point Online, March 2018 [link]

“Demagoguery and Poetry,” The Point, July 2016 (featured on Arts & Letters Daily) [link]