William Allen (MSU) interviews Akhil Reed Amar (Yale) about how the discipline of the law, and the university itself, facilitates the thriving of a just and humane social order. youtube.com/watch?v=3i2Rgp…

Mary Ann Glendon (Harvard) interviews Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard) about how handling difficult and controversial subjects is necessary to advance knowledge and prepare students not only for their work, but for good citizenship. youtube.com/watch?v=n9IZ6H…

Barry Honig (Columbia) interviews Megan Sykes (Columbia) about cutting-edge medical developments that promise major new improvements in public health, and how the politicization of science and the university threaten to slow down medical progress. youtube.com/watch?v=63p8O-…

Greg Forster (AASL) interviews Gary Anderson (Notre Dame) about the difficulties modern universities encounter in understanding religion, as well as some unexpected challenges that AI presents for language-dependent disciplines in particular. youtube.com/watch?v=yJttoz…

Sergiu Klainerman (Princeton) interviews Brian Conrad (Stanford) about his work, why he's fighting efforts to lower math standards in high-school curricula and admissions, and why you should know something about math even if you have a computer. youtube.com/watch?v=kO_ll7…

Brandice Canes-Wrone (Stanford) interviews Marianne Bertrand (Chicago) about the debate over the Chicago Principles for academic freedom, and how the study of economics helps cultivate human well-being more broadly than most people appreciate. youtube.com/watch?v=wnh_he…

Santiago Schnell (Dartmouth) interviews Karin Öberg (Harvard) about the university as a “civic friendship,” and how science pursues a deep human need not only to know but to experience awe and wonder at the beauty of our world. youtube.com/watch?v=UiTgu3…

Margaret Chisolm (Johns Hopkins) interviews Nicholas Christakis (Yale) about the vast scope of positive social behaviors we rely upon but mostly take for granted, and the need to defend the university's truth-seeking mission. youtube.com/watch?v=yX_9Oa…