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This classic format episode features a conversation with Dan Lowenstein, professor emeritus at UCLA Law School and, more importantly, the impresario of UCLA's Center for the Liberal Arts and Free Institutions (CLAFI), which he founded, along with one of our favorites at Power Line, Jean Yarbrough of Bowdoin College. Prof. Yarbrough was in town for three days to deliver a fabulous lecture comparing Lincoln and Tocqueville on slavery, and then a small seminar on Democracy in America. (Her lecture will eventually appear on CLAFI's YouTube channel.)
I decided to catch up with Jean and Dan to walk through one of my origin-story podcast formats, tracing out their intellectual roots and changes in perspective over the length of their careers, and then discussing the parlous state of the liberal arts today. Along the way we learn more about Prof. Yarbrough's encounters with Hannah Arendt, and how the Sacramento Bee once described Prof. Lowenstein as a "sartorial eyesore."
Steve Hayward
Dan Lowenstein
Jean Yarbrough
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Really enjoyed this. Origin stories are cool.
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I love listening to Jean talk about her life and career. As for the other guest, should I be concerned that he describes one of his students as having had a " very successful career in Election Law"? Marc Elias has had one of those too...