More Human

Inspired by Socrates’s famous dictum that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” More Human features conversations with scholars and students in the humanities. Each episode explores how engaging with literature, philosophy, history and art enables us to live deeper, fuller, more authentically human lives. As the official podcast of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center at Cuyahoga Community College, we have a particular, but not exclusive, interest in the activities of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Scholars Academy and other work being done in northeast Ohio.

Ep. 47 - The Reality of Evil and (Dis)Belief in God – with Matt Jordan and Sam LiPuma 01/02/2024

Ep. 46 - Reflections on Racism and Brotherly Love -- with Nico Slate 12/19/2023

Ep. 45 - Flannery O'Connor, the Hillbilly Thomist -- with Damian Ference 12/05/2023

Ep. 44 - Intellectual Virtue -- with Nathan King 11/21/2023

Ep. 43 - J. R. R. Tolkien -- with Holly Ordway 11/07/2023

Ep. 42 - Ohio Poetry -- with Kari Gunter-Seymour, Ohio Poet Laureate 10/24/2023

Ep. 41 - Debating End-of-Life-Ethics – with Sam LiPuma 08/22/2023

Ep. 40 - Tri-C’s Mandel Scholars Academy in England and France – with Lydia Lax and Derek Yost 08/08/2023

Ep. 39 - Being Critically Open-Minded about Aliens -- with Steven Brown 07/24/2023

Ep. 38 - “A Place Where Hearts and Spirits Meet Minds” – with Tim Eatman 06/14/2023

Ep. 37 - Fantasy and Philosophy in the Writings of C. S. Lewis — with Michael Ward 06/02/2023

Ep. 36 - Ohio Humanities – with Rebecca Brown Asmo 05/16/2023

Ep. 35 - Humanities, Technology, and Jobs – with Chuck Dull 05/02/2023

Ep. 34 - Philosophy of Religion: East Meets West 04/18/2023

Ep. 33 - Healing a Divided Country Starts with Trust 03/27/2023

Ep. 32 - Race, Religion and the American South – with Alan Cross 03/07/2023

Ep. 31 - Philosophy, the Ethics of Paternity and the Future of Higher Education – with Don Hubin 02/21/2023

Ep. 30 - Happiness, Wisdom, Religion, Freedom and Higher Education – with Jennifer Frey 02/07/2023

Ep. 29 - Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Ohio State; Civil Discourse; and Human Equality in Moral Philosophy -- with Piers Turner 01/24/2023

Ep. 28 - Community Engagement and EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute -- with Hannah Fuller, Matt Laferty and Emily Penner 01/04/2023

Ep. 27 - The Cleveland Orchestra, Indigenous Persons and Community Engagement through the Humanities – with Dillon Forsythe and Theresa Gromek 12/20/2022

Ep. 26 - Centering Community in the Decentered Higher Education Experience -- with Megan Hughes, Matt Jordan and Aron Reppmann 12/07/2022

Ep. 25 - Humanities Education and Workforce Development -- with Michael A. Baston 11/17/2022

Ep. 24 - "How do you say 'Herodotus'?" and other Very Important Questions -- with Brian Johnson 11/08/2022

Ep. 23 - "Truth, Justice and the Humanities Way" -- Anika Prather's Plenary Address at the 2022 Community College Humanities Association 10/25/2022

Ep. 22 - What Are the Classics, and Why Should You Care? -- with Anika Prather 10/25/2022

Ep. 21 - Intellectual Virtue, Humanities for High Schoolers and the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Youth Humanities Academy -- with Harry Anderson, David Busch, and Desire Goodwin 10/11/2022

Ep. 20 - Conflict Resolution, Meaning-Making and That Time Ty Olson Confronted a Drug Lord 09/27/2022

Ep. 19 - "Women Religious" and the Study of History — with Liz Lehfeldt 09/13/2022

Ep. 18 - English Class, Environmentalism and the Future We Choose -- with Casey Sweeney 08/30/2022