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Alex Priou

Alex Priou is a professor of political philosophy at the University of Austin (UATX).

Series

3 Whisky Happy Hour, 3 episodes

Recent Episodes

3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

Saving Western Civilization Edition

John Yoo turns up this week, along with a cameo from our favorite classicist Alex Priou, for an episode that ranged widely from McDonald's to the prospective deportation of Ilhan Omar to women's "athleisure-wear" in the gym, but in the end resolves to a common theme: are we going to be able to save Western Civilization from those relentless attacks from the Left? (And if you don't think McDonald's is important to Western Civilization, you aren't paying attention!) We have our usual spectrum of views about the whole "civic education" enterprise, and our cameo conversation with Alex Priou of the University of Austin looks at the conservatives who didn't like Secretary Marco Rubio's speech in Athens last week. For the record, we liked it a lot.

Hosted by 'Lucretia', John Yoo, and Steve Hayward

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August 2026

3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

The Hiatus Is Over!

The hiatus for the rebooted 3WHH is over! We got the band back together, and to further paraphrase the political philosophy of the Ellwood brothers: It's 70 minutes to the end of this podcast, we've got a full glass of whisky, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Just like Anthony Fauci in his glam cover shot for In Style magazine back in 2021. Most of our changes are cosmetic, and it's still a work-in-progress. Still, the two main new features on display this week are a short "cameo" appearance from a slate of contributors we're signing up, and responding to the best reader/listener question. This week's cameo is from Alex Priou of the University of Austin, who has some definite opinions about The Odyssey. Two main topics are on our mind this week: the mendacious Dr. Fauci, and what pathways for legal redress might still be open despite President Biden's pardon.

Hosted by John Yoo, 'Lucretia', and Steve Hayward

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May 2026

3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

From Plato to NATO

Another hectic week for your 3WHH bartenders, and John Yoo wasn't able to join us at all, so this week's episode includes a special guest Steve has long wanted to bring on, Alex Priou of the University of Austin, the bold, brash start-up that has generated lot of headlines and controversies in its early years of operation. He's also the co-proprietor of a rival podcast, The New Thinkery, which is on hiatus at the moment as the team is in motion to new assignments, but it can be thought of as an unofficial "Gulf Coast" Straussian podcast. (Check out some past episodes at the link here.) Needless to say, we spend a lot of time discussing the crisis of the humanities in higher education, about which Alex has finished a book that is not yet in print but hopefully coming soon. But as Alex is a premier Plato scholar, we also spend a good deal of time considering some aspects of Plato on the subject of education and mis-education, ending up with a brief look at Shakespeare. Interested listeners should also have a look at Alex's Substack, "The Close Read," his Twitter/X feed, and, for those interested in his academic writing, his Academia page. P.S. We have a YouTube channel for this podcast, to which you can subscribe or watch full episodes if you prefer. We also post several short automatically generated excerpts (which can be a little clunky at times), which are surprisingly popular. Here's one for the time being:

Hosted by 'Lucretia' and Steve Hayward

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