What if instead of being on the brink of disaster, we’re on the cusp of a better world? No one can deny the challenges the world faces, from pandemics to climate change to authoritarianism. But pessimism and despair are too easy a response. Each week, Progress Network Founder Zachary Karabell and Executive Director Emma Varvaloucas convene a diverse panel of experts to discuss the central issues of our era, including sustainability, polarization, work, and the economy, and make the case for ...
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In this episode of the Inconvenient Truths podcast, Kenny is joined by Harvard Professor James Hankins, who just published a textbook on Western Civilization called “The Golden Thread.” Hankins contends that the teaching of Western civilization should return to primary and secondary education. Hankins offers his textbook as a twenty-first-century tool for the return of Western civilization as a teaching imperative. Kenny and Professor Hankins dive into Western civilization, and why it was abandoned by the American education system.
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