Alan Wolan

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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Thomas Sowell might well be our greatest living Intellectual. His accomplishments span 6 decades and include over 40 books and thousands of columns and articles written on a wide range of topics, from economics to sociology to history to race and culture. It is hard to name another intellectual who has studied and written on as wide a range of topics in such a profound way. This podcast will discuss his ideas and is intended to provide a place for admirers of his work to discuss his contributions with other like minded thinkers.

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Alan Wolan

Episodes

Affirmative Action and Sowell's "Inside American Education" • Part 4 24.04.2022 1:30:07

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! New: Support us on PATREON at: Patreon.com/SowellGenius LINK In this episode, we turn our attention to Chapter 6 of Thomas Sowell’s 1993 book “Inside American Education.” Sowell...

The Will Smith Slap and Sowell's "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" 12.04.2022 24:09

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! For this episode, we depart from our focus on Sowell and the American education system to reflect on the unexpected altercation between Will Smith and Chris Rock at this year&ap...

The Dogmas of American Education: A Panel Discussion • Part 3 04.04.2022 1:18:10

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, we discuss the educational dogmas presented by Thomas Sowell in Chapter 4 of his 1993 classic "Inside American Education." In Episode 14 we listened t...

Ramona Bessinger on Sowell's "Inside American Education" • Part 2 16.03.2022 1:21:32

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In the previous episode, we listened to a 1993 interview with Thomas Sowell about his book “Inside American Education,” and we let Sowell himself introduce us to the main themes...

Sowell and the American Education System • Part I 23.02.2022 1:14:13

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! This episode features a January 1993 interview with Thomas Sowell about his book "Inside American Education." This episode is the first in a 3 part series about this b...

Josh Lewis and Alan talk Sowell. Uncut and Unfiltered. 11.02.2022 1:09:29

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! I was recently invited to come on the Saving Elephants podcast to discuss Sowell’s work, and this episode features that conversation. Saving Elephants is the podcast hosted by J...

Whoopi Goldberg and Sowell's "Discrimination and Disparities" 03.02.2022 42:50

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, we explore the recent controversy surrounding comments made by Whoopi Goldberg on "The View" about the Holocaust, and what her comments reveal about t...

Charles Love on Sowell's "Discrimination and Disparties" 30.01.2022 1:28:08

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, we discuss Thomas Sowell's 2018 book Discrimination and Disparities . In particular, we focus on only one chapter of the book, Chapter 3, called "Sort...

West Side Story and Sowell's "A Conflict of Visions" 01.01.2022 26:30

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode we explore the music from Steven Spielberg's new film "West Side Story" and how the themes playing out in the film are explained by Thomas Sowell&...

Alan Dershowitz on Sowell and The Wisdom of the Common Man 23.12.2021 1:02:38

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, Alan discusses his all time favorite Thomas Sowell book, "Intellectuals and Society", published in 2010. Alan outlines 10 key ideas from the book: #1:...

Michael Shermer on Thomas Sowell 15.11.2021 1:12:31

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! Today I sat down for a chat with Michael Shermer to discuss how Thomas Sowell’s ideas have impacted his thinking and his work. We met in person at Michael’s office in the foothi...

Sowell's views on Minimum Wage Laws 04.11.2021 1:35:31

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode we explore Thomas Sowell's views on Minimum Wage Laws . I know, I know, it's not the most exciting subject. But I chose this topic because it represent...

Robert Chatfield, Producer of the Thomas Sowell Documentary 27.10.2021 44:05

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! On today's episode, Alan interviews Robert Chatfield , the CEO of the Free to Choose Network and Executive Producer of the documentary: "Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in...

Should Thomas Sowell win a Nobel Prize? 09.10.2021 24:53

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode we speculate on whether or not Thomas Sowell will be awarded a Nobel Prize in Economics for 2021, which will be announced in 3 days. To discuss this subject, we...

Slavery: A debate about Sowell's views on the history of slavery. 29.09.2021 1:05:30

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, Alan summarizes Thomas Sowell's essay "The Real History of Slavery" found in his 2005 book "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" You can...

Moral Crusades with Paul Rossi 12.09.2021 47:48

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! In this episode, Alan presents an overview of Thomas Sowell's concept of "Moral Crusades" and how they differ from ideological causes and movements. The 11 distin...

Wilfred Reilly on Thomas Sowell 24.08.2021 1:08:22

NEW NEWS THAT'S NEWSWORTHY: Basic Books (Sowell's publisher) is teaming up with The Genius of Thomas Sowell Podcast to offer listeners a chance to win 4 Sowell books. Enter at SowellBooks.com for a chance to win! This episode features a conversation with Wilfred Reilly, Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Souther...

Introduction 13.08.2021 10:28

• Alan Wolan, the host of the podcast, introduces himself and gives an overview of Thomas Sowell's ideas. • 7 Guiding Principles of Sowell's intellectual Method • What to expect in future episodes Here's a LIST of all Thomas Sowell books by category. Support the show • Find me on X (Twitter) at @alanwolan • Email me at WolanAlan@gmail.com • Support the show at https://www.patreon.co...