Leon Kass, long-time teacher of classic works at the University of Chicago and now Dean of Faculty at Shalem College in Jerusalem, talks about human flourishing with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on an essay from his book, Leading a Worthy Life, Kass gives a broad overview of Aristotle's ideas on how to live. This episode also discusses the listeners' survey votes for their Top 10 EconTalk podcast episodes for 2020.

Hoover Institution fellow Shelby Steele says Black Americans have won the "good will" of the American people. Continually complaining about racism, he says, is a disservice to the race.

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How will Europe deal with a wave of violence against women perpetrated by male refugees from Islamic nations? How will America counter a “cancel culture” movement that seeks to stifle intellectual debate? Hoover research fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali joins Hoover senior fellows H. R. McMaster and John Cochrane to discuss her new book, Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights, the parallels between Islamists and “Wokeists,” and her life as a target of both career- and life-threatening “cancel” efforts.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the Federalist article "Stanford Mob’s Attempt To Cancel Hoover Institution Scholars Fails."