Thesis
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsAre you curious and crave being introduced to new ideas, then this is the show for you. Every week I will be talking to a different academic about the thesis of a research paper or essay they have written. The scope of the show will be fairly broad but we will focus mainly on the humanities (Psychology,Philosophy, Economics, History etc...)
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Episodes
Sovereign Digital Currencies: Parachute Pants or the Continuing Evolution of Money - Kimberley Houser
May 05, 2022 23:20 - 1 hour - 66 MBIn this conversation we delve into the evolution of money and why government(s) finds themselves at a crossroads with how to react to crypto and their potential threat to FIAT currencies.
Navassa: Property, Sovereignty, and the Law of the Territories - Joseph Blocher & Mitu Gulati
January 08, 2022 16:45 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBIn this episode we will explore a specific slice of the legislative and judicial history of American Imperialism, namely the evolution of the policies under which the US governs it's overseas territories. My guests in this episode are Joseph Blocker, professor of constitutional law at Duke University and Mitu Gulati, professor of law at the University of Virginia.
The Bipartisan Case for Labeling as a Content Moderation Method - John Wihbey
November 07, 2021 01:11 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBWhen one inquires on what is and is not misinformation, the indirect but fundamental question that is being asked is what is truth? A question so hard to answer that it spawned its very own branch of philosophical study, known as Epistemology. Furthermore, it has been the root cause for potentially the greatest intellectual rivalry in western history, between the rationalist and the empiricist. Today's guest, John Wihbey, who is an associate professor at Northeastern University, an ...
Some of Jorge Luis Borges Most Beloved Translations Were Wrongfully Silenced, Here's Why You Should Care - Wes Henricksen
September 13, 2021 13:29 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBIn this interview we will explore the work and life of the writer Jose Luis Borges. You may have never heard of this Argentinian writer but many critics consider him to be one of the most influential novelists of the 20th century. In this conversation we will try to answer the questions why does Jose Luis Borges matter and what does it mean for something to be Borgesian. Furthermore we will explore the implications of the potentially unlawful publication restrictions that were placed...
A Sober Look at SPACs - Michael Ohlrogge
July 06, 2021 12:35 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBIf you follow the financial markets at all in the last year, it's likely you have heard about the newest shiny object on wall street, the SPAC, which is an abbreviation for the term Special Purposes Acquisition Companies. SPACs are a financial instrument for companies to raise capital for equity, having the same end result as a traditional IPOs but with many procedural differences. Essentially the way SPACs work is one company raises money from a set of investors to acquire another ...
Federal Architecture and First Amendment Limits - Jessica Rizzo
June 25, 2021 16:55 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MB. One of the last laws Trump signed during his tenure as president was the Executive Order on Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture, enacted only in the last month before he left office. The crux of this order is a directive for the federal government to favor more ‘traditional’ and what Trump considers more ‘beautiful’ styles of architecture when building new government buildings. A lot of the language in the order is relatively vague, prescribing for example and I quote ...
A Unified (and morally superior) Theory of Legal Punishment - Thom Brooks
June 02, 2021 13:27 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBIn this episode we explore the history and future of legal punishment. My guest today will give us an introduction to the debate around judicial sanctions and to the two dialectical forces that have historically driven it ‘retributivism’ and ‘consequentialism’. My guest Thom Brooks also lays out a vision for judicial punishment that may be able to resolve these conflicting views and explains how this new hybrid model may help us address some of the current moral short fallings in the...
‘Fame as an Illusion of Creativity' - Banerjee Mitali
April 22, 2021 01:26 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBhe paper we will be discussing in this episode is entitled ‘Fame as an Illusion of Creativity : Evidence from the Pioneers of Abstract Art’, in which today’s guest, Banerjee Mitali, strives to answer the following question : what are the main factors that determine an artist's likeness to become famous. Mitali, who is currently an assistant professor of strategy and business policy at HEC in Paris, was unsatisfied with the current research, quoting from her intro: “Little work has ...
Robert Kelly - The Hidden Meaning Behind Wallpaper
April 01, 2021 23:06 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBWelcome to the first episode of this new series Thesis, in which every other week I am going to be interviewing academics, hailing from all fields of study, about the themes and ideas that underpin their respective research. You might be wondering who I am and why I wanted to do this, so I decided to pick this episode as it might give you some insight into my brain. One tool I have found useful over the years in my quest for new and interesting ideas, is to look for any glaring cha...
Law and Green Eggs and Ham - Phil Lord
March 25, 2021 23:42 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBOne of the hopes I have for this show is to uncover the connections between seemingly unrelated aspects of our society and how these affect our daily life at scale. My guest this episode is Phil Lord, professor or law at McGill. Together we are going to examine two different types of story telling formats, known as the didactic and non didactic, and how these differing methods may affect how child assimilates meaning. Don’t worry if these terms sound confusing we will go into detai...
The Evolution of Fintech: A New Post-Crisis Paradigm?
March 25, 2021 23:05 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBIn 1942 the famous Austrian political economist Joseph Schumpeter coined a pivotal notion in economics known as 'creative destruction'. The MIT department of economics refers to 'creative destruction' as " the incessant product and process innovation mechanism by which new production units replace outdated ones". Essentially, it is the idea that products or services will either become naturally ineffective or must be purposefully terminated, to make room for new ones to replace them...