http://ricochet.com/podcasts/acculturated-podcast Acculturated.com's Emily Esfahani-Smith and Ben Domenech discuss pop-culture and politics. A co-production of Ricochet and Acculturated.com. en-US Copyright © 2013 by Ricochet.com support@ricochet.com support@ricochet.com Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:48:46 +0000 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:15:21 +0200 News & Politics Ricochet.com eZ Publish podcast module http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://podcast.ricochet.com/A-R-Logo_rss.jpg http://ricochet.com/podcasts/acculturated-podcast Ricochet.com no no culture, politics, republican, conservative support@ricochet.com Ricochet.com Hosted by Emily Esfahani-Smith and Ben Domenech http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-5.mp3 On this new edition of the Acculturated podcast, Ben Domenech and Abby Schachter chat with the author Rod Dreher about his beautiful and moving new book, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life. While many in our culture seem to be driven by ambition, chasing after career success and self-centered goals at the expense of all else, Dreher has discovered a different formula for the good life: going home. News & Politics http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-5.mp3 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:48:46 +0000 Ricochet.com no 34:44 no Guest: Rod Dreher http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-4.mp3 Your pop-culture maven and maverick are back with a new edition of the Acculturated podcast! For the first podcast of 2013, Emily Esfahani Smith and Ben Domenech take on one of the most important issues facing our culture today: relationships. With them is the AEI scholar Christina Hoff Sommers, an independent-minded feminist who is the author of two must-read books, Who Stole Feminism and The War Against Boys. Ben, Emily, and Christina talk chivalry, gender-neutral toys, and the future of feminism--you won't want to miss this lively conversation. Be sure to check out Emily's piece on chivalry and Christina's wonderful article, "You Can Give a Boy a Doll, But You Can't Make Him Play With It" when you have a chance. News & Politics http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-4.mp3 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:37:25 +0000 Ricochet.com no 38:08 no Guest: Christina Hoff Sommers http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-3.mp3 Emily Esfahani Smith and Ben Domenech are back with your bimonthly dose of pop culture! In this edition of the Acculturated podcast, they talk to The Weekly Standard's Jonathan Last, an enthusiast and expert of comic books, video games, and sci-fi movies. Last is just the man you will want to hear from in light of the recent--some would say tragic--news about the Star Wars franchise (if you're not caught up on that story, be sure to check out Ben Domenech's piece, "George Lucas Just Saved Star Wars by Firing George Lucas").  Emily, Ben, and Jonathan chat about the future of Star Wars, the best (and worst) film in Lucas' series, whether Hollywood is in a creative rut, and why heroism is making a comeback in the popular culture. News & Politics http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-3.mp3 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:55:47 +0000 Ricochet.com no 40:48 no Guest: The Weekly Standard's Jonathan Last http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-2.mp3 Welcome to the second Acculturated-Ricochet podcast on culture, high and low! In this show, Ben Domenech and Emily Esfahani-Smith interview the Harvard psychiatrist George Vaillant about his new book Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study, which was recently reviewed in the Wall Street Journal and covered by David Brooks in a New York Times column. The Grant Study of Adult Development began in 1938 when over 200 promising Harvard men--among them John F. Kennedy, Ben Bradlee, and Donald Cole--were recruited to participate in one of the most comprehensive and ambitious longitudinal studies of all time. Though that may sound somewhat clinical, Vaillant's book, by following the men through the triumphs and tragedies of their lives, reads more like literature than like science. The characters that come and go on his stage can be Shakespearian; these were Harvard men that should have made it in life--they were destined for success. Did they? If they didn't, what happened? If they did, what was their secrets? There is a fabulous Atlantic article, "What Makes Us Happy?", from several years ago that goes into some depth about the study. Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. Here, for the first time, a journalist gains access to the archive of one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history. Its contents, as much literature as science, offer profound insight into the human condition—and into the brilliant, complex mind of the study’s longtime director, George Vaillant. These days, the men of the study are in their Nineties. For those of you interested in the lessons that they have learned--and in living the good life--then this podcast is for you! News & Politics http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-2.mp3 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:34:47 +0000 Ricochet.com no 36:09 no Harvard, psychiatrist, republican, culture Hosted by Ben Domenech and Emily Esfahani Smith http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-1.mp3 Welcome to the inaugural Acculturated-Ricochet podcast on pop-culture! In our debut show, Emily Esfahani Smith and Ben Domenech interview art historian and literary critic Camille Paglia about her new book Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars, which hits a bookstand near you on October 16. For those interested in why the art world is in crisis, how young people are being consumed by the machine world of technology, what the heck happened to feminism (and Naomi Wolf), and why George Lucas is the greatest living artist alive today--then you're in the right place. News & Politics http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/podcast.ricochet.com/acculturated-podcast-episode-1.mp3 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:22:58 +0000 Ricochet.com no 46:30 no conservative, politics, election, culture Hosted by Emily Esfahani Smith and Ben Domenech