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Jessica Hooten Wilson, Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence at the University of Dallas, joins Jeremy to discuss cancel culture's impact on the influential author Flannery O'Connor (as well as on literature in general) and elaborates on her work in preparing O’Connor’s unfinished novel Why Do the Heathen Rage? for publication. Additionally, Prof. Hooten Wilson discusses challenges faced in the classroom, to include confronting students' "idol of use." Make sure to catch her personal book recommendations too! Send comments or questions about this episode to anchored@cltexam.com.Host Jeremy Tate @JeremyTate41Guest Jessica Hooten Wilson @HootenWilsonHow Flannery O'Connor Fought Racism in First Things—Hooten Wilson's response to The New Yorker article How Racist Was Flannery O'Connor?Why Do the Heathen Rage?

Recently, The Princeton Review ranked the University of Dallas (UD) highly in its index of student happiness. President Thomas Hibbs joins Jeremy to discuss why UD students are among America’s happiest college students—and it has nothing to do with gourmet cafeterias or rock climbing walls. Dr. Hibbs also explores the implications of eroding trust in America’s institutions during a time of continued civil unrest and discusses the things colleges can do to counter continued social alienation, to include a renewed focus on the act of teaching. Send comments or questions about this episode to anchored@cltexam.com.Host Jeremy Tate @JeremyTate41Guest President Thomas Hibbs  @UofDallasPrinceton Review Rankings: Happiest StudentsPrinceton Review Rankings: Professors Get High MarksDr. Hibbs' Dallas Morning News Op-Ed: Isolated Angry, and Destructive—The America We Can't Have When We EmergeFun Fact! University of Dallas has its own Italian winery: Due Santi Wines

Influential scholar and Princeton University professor Robert P. George joins Jeremy for a discussion on the consequences of society’s abandonment of liberal arts education, the deeper streams of thought that informed the American Founding and what that means for building unity (to include discussion of the upcoming E Pluribus Unum lecture series jointly sponsored by AEI and the University of Dallas). He also provides an inside look at his famous friendship with Cornel West and how conversations on texts important to their intellectual journeys led to an enduring relationship that models civil discourse today. Host Jeremy Tate @JeremyTate41Guest Prof. Robert P. George @McCormickProfE Pluribus Unum Lecture Series (AEI and University of Dallas)