The Happy Warrior Remaking Higher Education - Will Inboden
Release Date: 11/14/2025
The Happy Warrior Remaking Higher Education - Will Inboden
Peter Robinson Unbridled
Over recent decades, the American university has been on a conveyor belt toward higher costs, less intellectual diversity, and less relevance to contemporary American life. Will Inboden, a decorated historian of foreign policy and newly appointed provost of the University of Texas at Austin, is here to change that. Will and Peter discuss how higher education got into a rut, how universities can lead us out of it, the point of Shakespeare, and how to build lifelong friendships. Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:30 - Why choose a career in academia 00:05:00 - Shaken public trust in...
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Finding Truth and Friendship in Divided Times - Cornel West & Robert George
Peter Robinson Unbridled
In 2025, Cornel West and Robert George--two thought leaders who disagree on just about everything--aren't supposed to be friends. But against all odds, they are. In this first episode of Peter Robinson Unbridled, Cornel and Robbie discuss their improbable friendship, their love of music, their new book Truth Matters, and how they look for the truths we all share in an age of division. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Host: Peter Robinson Peter Robinson Unbridled is a podcast of the Civitas Institute of the University of Texas at Austin Executive Producers: Mat Hames...
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Official Trailer: Peter Robinson Unbridled, A New Civitas Institute Series
Peter Robinson Unbridled
In Peter Robinson Unbridled, Peter trades in his dress shoes for a pair of boots and the darkened studio for a neighborhood joint in Austin, Texas. Join him for personal conversations about the issues that matter with fascinating men and women forging the next American Century. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Host: Peter Robinson Peter Robinson Unbridled is a podcast of the Civitas Institute of the University of Texas at Austin Researcher: John Masko Executive Producers: Mat Hames Beth Hames Producer: Laura Utt Editor: Josh Meyers Post Production: Jacob Estrada...
info_outlineOver recent decades, the American university has been on a conveyor belt toward higher costs, less intellectual diversity, and less relevance to contemporary American life. Will Inboden, a decorated historian of foreign policy and newly appointed provost of the University of Texas at Austin, is here to change that. Will and Peter discuss how higher education got into a rut, how universities can lead us out of it, the point of Shakespeare, and how to build lifelong friendships.
Timestamps
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:30 - Why choose a career in academia
00:05:00 - Shaken public trust in institutions of higher learning
00:13:00 - The role of a university
00:16:50 - Academic freedom
00:20:26 - STEM research and the CCP
00:29:00 - Decline of the liberal arts
00:40:15 - The pursuit of truth
00:42:30 - Viewpoint diversity
00:48:00 - Life as provost
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Host: Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson Unbridled is a podcast of the Civitas Institute of the University of Texas at Austin
Executive Producers:
Mat Hames
Beth Hames
Researcher: John Masko
Producer: Laura Utt
Editor: Josh Meyers
Post Production: Jacob Estrada
Camera: Josh Harwick, Nathan Jennings
Music by Brandon Shufflebarger