The Republican Professor

Join our warm conversation with local school board official from rural Ohio Karen Slabaugh Humprhies. Just before she ran for School Board, she'd been in the classrooms of the district as the lowest paid employee, a substitute Teacher's Aid. She got an up-close look at what the district was really facing, including in the Special Education classrooms. Karen had a decade of experience prior to that...

Join us as we talk about boundaries in emotionally healthy relationships with our special guest today, the man behind @Voiceofthe2nd on Instagram, philosopher and writer Dale Fincher. Fincher joins us from his 200 year old home in New Hampshire to journey into some of the deeper aspects of Second Amendment activism and advocacy. He uses Instagram to prompt longer form thoughts on reality, using th...

Join our conversation today with Jeffrey Tucker of Acton Institute, formerly of the von Mises Institute, founder of The Brownstone Institute, and author of "Liberty or Lockdown" with forward by George Gilder, available at your local bookstore, meaning Amazon, since the lock-down killed a huge percentage of small businesses, but it's available here : https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Lockdown-Jeffrey-...

Join our conversation with Dr. Michael Rectenwald, Ph. D., former full Professor at NYU. Dr. Rectenwald authored last December's (2021) Imprimis piece called "The Great Reset" published by Hillsdale College. Michael takes us through what it was like teaching at NYU (which is in New York). He was there for over a decade. But the wokeness and PC stuff began , slowly, to make him feel like he was und...

Join our conversation with the University of California at Berkeley's Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law John Yoo, author of the very carefully argued "Defender in Chief: President Trump's Fight for Presidential Power." John has been teaching Law at Berkeley for nearly 30 years ! Could President Trump legitimately have fired Mueller ? Our guest today says, yes. What about other issues related to p...

Join our conversation with University of Toronto trained (Philosophy of Science and Technology) Peter Kupisz, a dual Czech and Canadian citizen who lives in the former Union of Soviet Social Republics, a country called Georgia (not the US state) near Ukraine. Georgia is on the southeast coast of the Black Sea, whereas Ukraine is the north coast of the Black Sea, fyi. Peter, like 007, is a secret a...

Dr. Sanjay Merchant joins us from Chicago today. His expertise is the logic and historical, theological data for the Trinity. Ever thought that the Trinity was puzzling or incoherent? How does it stack up with rival conceptions of God, for instance, from Islam and Judaism? Dr. Sanjay Merchant, Ph. D., suggests the oldest monotheistic tradition, which he calls Biblical Christianity, is Trinitarian...

Join our conversation with veteran pro-life trainer, activist, and academic Scott Klusendorf as he walks us through some of his training he uses to prove the pro-life position. "Syllogism, syllogism, syllogism," says Scott. It's the three most important words for proving the pro-life position. A syllogism is a deductive argument with two premises. Premise 1: It is wrong to intentionally kill and i...

How does the life-vision of Nietzsche compare and contrast to the life-vision of Jesus of Nazareth? Join us as Dr. Greg Ganssle, Ph. D., a former veteran instructor at Yale University's Philosophy Department, introduces us to that topic. Along the way, we find out more about Greg's other books, the courses he's taught, where he teaches now, and a bit about serving regularly for years in a homeless...

Join our first part of a multi-episode extended set of conversations on Faculty Labor Issues in Higher Education with our special guest today, Dr. Arik Greenberg, Clinical Professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University, Lost Angeles. We might not agree on many issues in politics. That's possible. But we're both reaching across the aisle to have some inter-party dialogue here on the issue of...

"Authority has its source in love and sacrifice," a priest told Dr. Buhler. After getting his Ph. D. in Ancient Wisdom under a highly regarded Expert in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Keith Buhler, Ph. D., found himself drawn to the Classical Methods of K-12 education in California. That quote helps him speak with authority into the households under his tutelage. Now he runs...

We're honored to be joined by the Def Leppard and Van Halen of Public High School Logic Teachers, Rich Bordner. Bordner was a collegiate wrestler at The Ohio State University (which is in Ohio) and was one of those weird kids who majored in Philosophy. He shares part of his story of bringing Philosophy--including Critical Thinking and Logic (part of standard training in Philosophy) to the public h...

Join us with Trust-expert Dr. Jonathan Reibsamen, Ph. D., a professional epistemologist, who examines the role trust plays in gaining knowledge. Epistemology is the field of philosophy that focuses in on a disciplined and organized study of Knowledge, its limits and sources and conditions. Here the question for us hones in on how trust relates to the acquisition of knowledge in testimony (as evide...

We are delighted today to have with us Dr. David A. Horner, D.Phil. (Oxford, Medieval and Ancient Philosophy), author of "Mind Your Faith: a Student's Guide to Thinking and Living Well." Dave Horner spends nearly 3 hours with us discussing the story of the book within his own story of suffering and healing, his anxiety and fear on Oxford's intimidating campus, and shares heartwarming, enlightening...

Strap in for nearly 3 hours of fast-paced hang out time with "Gollum Killer" Brad Cummings, The Shack film producer and its book publisher (22 millions copies, many of those out of his home garage), the General Editor and publisher of The Founders' Bible, seminary trained ex-pastor, one time homeless Pepperdine Student (before I taught there) and LA gang missionary, demon denier, mask-taker-offer,...

"I needed everything that I went through to do what I'm doing now." Join our conversation with military and police veteran turned entrepreneur business owner Chris Tighe. Although he began as an E1 right out of high school, promoted through the middle NCO ranks, and eventually received a direct commission as an officer in his late 20s. He retired as a LCDR in the United States Navy, where he suppo...

Higher Education in AFRICA: Join us today for a special guest, Lancaster Bible College's professor Rob Blanks describes what it was like for him to teach Ethics, Biblical Interpretation, Philosophy and Theology in Africa. You can see his heartfelt, deep love for the continent and its people. For more information on how you can support this vital, ongoing work, visit : https://www.lbc.edu/projects/...

In this special business and ministry focused episode, we welcome veteran Toyota Global executive Bob Zeinstra to describe how he brings business & marketing to apologetics college campus ministry. Those skills are more relevant than you might think at first glance. Bob's corporate work as General Manager of Toyota Global Sales Support (a position with Toyota Motor North America) is the latest ite...

f you've never had a discussion with Plato, well, strap in, because that's what we have here. Journey with us on the story of tenured Philosophy professor (in Ohio) Dr. Alex Plato. Born and baptized PC USA (a "liberal" Protestant denomination, Presbyterian) in Oregon, Plato had a special science teacher at a public high school that taught him young earth creationism and some apologetics. Though hi...

We're so excited that Hunter's Blend Coffee joined The Republican Professor podcast today. We were delighted to share their story. Hunter's Blend Coffee goes right to the coffee farmer where coffee is actually grown. This cuts out the middle, margin-crushing man for a better price for the consumer. The result is higher-quality coffee, roasted to perfection, available to freedom-loving people every...

Dr. Paul Potter takes us through some twists and turns, disappointments and discontents, of his long career. He's 83 as of this recording, even though it seems like he was only 82 last year. He's got a lot of stories about the various moves he believes God brought him through and has some lessons for us at the very end. One of those lessons he shares is write the book that God has given you. It to...

Democratic activists, under the guise of mental health and public school education, artificially manufacture more "Qs" in the LGBTQ constituency of the Democratic Party at tax-payer expense, according to this first-hand account. Former elected education official (Orange County, California) and veteran public school teacher Brenda Lebsack shares with us what she says is purposeful deception of pare...

Epistemology is the field in Philosophy that focuses on what Knowledge is, how we know (or whether we know) what we think we know. Get ready to go a million miles an hour with professional epistemologist Dr. Trent Dougherty, editor of the Oxford University Press book "Evidentialism and Its Discontents" available for purchase here on Nile, Mississippi, or whatever river you get you books from. E.g....

Have you ever experienced a genuine miracle ? How would you know if you did ? We are delighted to have Dr. JP Moreland, Ph. D. as our special guest today to help us work through these issues and more. JP Moreland is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Biola University's graduate MA program. He has written delivered countless talks and written numerous books and articles related to all the way...

How do we stop sexual assault ? Empower the vulnerable. Wendy Hauffen (MBA, USC) of #NotmeSD equips women to become their own first responders. Today we're so lucky to have Wendy Hauffen, MBA as our special guest, Founder of the #NotmeSD movement. #NotmeSD is dedicated to effectively and lawfully preventing sexual assault by actualizing the agency within each woman to be her own first responder. H...