Snappy Answers
Media
Acceptance speech for the Balakian Citation. I'm introduced from about 11:00-12:30 and speak until about 19:00.
A short interview about my work as a book critic, in conjunction with the Balakian Citation.
A segment on food as art.
2012
A half hour on the pathologies of capitalism.
A call-in segment on friendship between the sexes.
A segment on friendship between the sexes.
A panel on entrepreneurialism among young people. I come into the conversation at about 24:30 in the segment.
2011
A segment on what college is for.
A full hour on A Jane Austen Education.
A full hour on the cult of the uniform, with sociologist Jerry Lembcke.
A half hour on the cult of the uniform.
A full hour on the crisis in higher education.
A long segment on leadership, with a coda on Jane Austen v. VS Naipaul.
A full hour on A Jane Austen Education.
- Moncrieff (Newstalk, Ireland), May 24, 2011
A segment on A Jane Austen Education.
A half hour on A Jane Austen Education.
A segment on the crisis in higher education (starts at 6:47).
A segment on A Jane Austen Education (3rd segment)
2008-2010
A segment on Facebook and friendship.
A discussion of friendship and social media with danah boyd. (Full unedited discussion also available.)
A segment on Facebook and friendship.
A segment on solitude and social media. (Full unedited discussion also available.)
A full hour on solitude and social media.
A video discussion on college teaching with Mark Edmundson.