Episode 001
The first episode of The Inner Life of Liberalism podcast.
Two short Buddhist essays from Thanissaro Bhikkhu on karma as feedback loop, identity as inheritance, and intention as a skill you can practice.
The practices that make your life better are the same ones that sustain a free society. It's time liberalism took that seriously.
A podcast conversation.
Merely tolerating others' happiness isn't enough. A liberal society—and a good person—cultivates genuine delight in it.
Liberals should stop pretending liberalism is value-free, and instead argue that liberal values are better than the alternatives.
Change and diversity are inevitable and good—and our politics should reflect that.
The first principle of ethics is not causing harm—to others or to ourselves. A liberal politics follows from there.
Social liberalization means giving people more freedom—not whatever the left happens to want. A necessary clarification.
Self-authorship doesn't require constant self-reinvention. It just means your life shouldn't feel like someone else's.
How the "Overton Paradox" explains the intra-liberal culture war.
A family parable about forging a sense of place and meaning—and what it says about the liberal project.
Mere tolerance is necessary for liberalism to function, but liberalism becomes stronger if we can move beyond it.
A podcast conversation with Stephanie Slade
A conversation with Cory Massimino