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Recent Guests

Alex Diamond
Sociologist and author of Governing the Excluded
University of Chicago Press / Ethnographic Marginalia
Episode: Alex Diamond, "Governing the Excluded: Rural Livelihoods Beyond Coca in Colombia's Peace Laboratory" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Gregory Smits
Author of The Ryukyu Islands, A New History from the Stone Age to the Present
University of Chicago Press (book publisher); Penn State University
Episode: Gregory Smits, "The Ryukyu Islands: A New History from the Stone Age to the Present" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Mark Hlavacik
Author of Willing Warriors, A New History of the Education Wars
University of Chicago Press
Episode: Mark Hlavacik, "Willing Warriors: A New History of the Education Culture Wars" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
David Bather Woods
Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
Episode: David Bather Woods, "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Elizabeth Elder
Political scientist, author of Company Towns, Industry Power and the Historical Foundations of Public Mistrust
Hoover Institution / University of Chicago Press
Episode: Elizabeth Mitchell Elder, "Company Towns: Industry Power and the Historical Foundations of Public Mistrust" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Miriam Ticktin
Author of Against Innocence, Undoing and Remaking the World
University of Chicago Press
Episode: Miriam Ticktin, "Against Innocence: Undoing and Remaking the World" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Sunmin Kim
Associate Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College and author
Dartmouth College
Episode: Sunmin Kim, "The Unruly Facts of Race: The Politics of Knowledge Production in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Michael Bycroft
Author, Gems and the New Science, Matter and Value in the Scientific Revolution
University of Warwick
Episode: Michael Bycroft, "Gems and the New Science: Matter and Value in the Scientific Revolution" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Jacob Stegenga
Professor of Philosophy
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Episode: Jacob Stegenga, "Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

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David Bather Woods, "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: Can you discuss Schopenhauer's influence on later thinkers and writers, and why his ideas still resonate today?
Woods argues that Schopenhauer's clarity and accessibility, combined with his universal ethics rooted in compassion, attracted later writers like Nietzsche, Borges, and even painters and musicians, ensuring his enduring relevance across disciplines.
David Bather Woods, "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: What makes this book different from other Schopenhauer biographies, and how did you structure this life-and-thought narrative?
The book is pitched as a philosophical biography that interlaces Schopenhauer's life events with thematic topics (gender, death, solitude, punishment) to illuminate how his life informs his philosophy, rather than a straightforward chronological biography.
David Bather Woods, "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
Q: Before we start talking about the book, could you briefly introduce yourself and describe what drew you to Schopenhauer?
David Woods explains his long-standing engagement with philosophy, his journey to Schopenhauer, and how the philosopher's questions about free will, responsibility, and the human condition first drew him to the subject.
Elizabeth Mitchell Elder, "Company Towns: Industry Power and the Historical Foundations of Public Mistrust" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Q: Are there contemporary examples that resemble company towns in other sectors?
Meatpacking towns are raised as a contemporary parallel where a single employer still wields substantial influence over local governance, although formal governments exist, their capacity and independence can be limited by corporate power.
Elizabeth Mitchell Elder, "Company Towns: Industry Power and the Historical Foundations of Public Mistrust" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Q: What evidence connects historical corporate influence to contemporary political behavior in these regions?
Historical patterns of captured or absent local government persist in perceptions today, with surveys showing continued negative views of local government and a shift in political alignment that correlates with the legacy of company-town dynamics.

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