web02.fireside.fm Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:51:01 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) ex.haust - Episodes Tagged with “Common Core” https://exhaust.fireside.fm/tags/common%20core Tue, 14 Dec 2021 23:00:00 -0800 Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust en-us episodic A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible. Emmet Penney Co-hosts Emmet and John plumb the depths of history, culture, and philosophy to understand why it is that despite calamities and rapid change nothing feels possible anymore. Guests include artists, scholars, and thinkers from all over the world. Subscribe to our Patreon to receive 2 extra exclusive episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/exhaust yes politics, culture, history, philosophy Emmet Penney emmetmpenney@gmail.com Episode 69: Brain Smart: Common Core and The Downfall of the Humanities ft. Catherine Liu https://exhaust.fireside.fm/69 1996180f-a5d9-4241-a093-cbf69fa8b903 Tue, 14 Dec 2021 23:00:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney Professor of film and media studies and author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, Catherine Liu joins Emmet to talk about the death of the humanities in higher ed, the meritocratic nightmare of Common Core, why the humanities are important, the HRification of everything, and more! 1:05:41 yes Professor of film and media studies and author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class (https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/virtue-hoarders), Catherine Liu (https://twitter.com/bureaucatliu) joins Emmet to talk about the death of the humanities in higher ed, the meritocratic nightmare of Common Core, why the humanities are important, the HRification of everything, and more! The Apotheosis of the Professional Class by Catherine Liu (https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/05/the-apotheosis-of-the-professional-class), Catalyst. Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month! (https://www.patreon.com/exhaust) Closing Song: Shimmering Neck by Landowner. (https://landowner.bandcamp.com/album/impressive-almanac-2) common core, humanities, liberal arts, college, university, ap classes, college admissions, pmc, professional managerial class, obama, bennington college, woke Professor of film and media studies and author of Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, Catherine Liu joins Emmet to talk about the death of the humanities in higher ed, the meritocratic nightmare of Common Core, why the humanities are important, the HRification of everything, and more!

The Apotheosis of the Professional Class by Catherine Liu, Catalyst.

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Closing Song: Shimmering Neck by Landowner.

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The Apotheosis of the Professional Class by Catherine Liu, Catalyst.

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Closing Song: Shimmering Neck by Landowner.

]]> Episode 11: The Lasch Files: Revolt of the Elites Pt. III: Democratic Discourse in Crisis https://exhaust.fireside.fm/11 2865e9f5-956a-4b2c-be59-35c9b685e87b Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:45:00 -0800 Emmet Penney full Emmet Penney The lads dive into the middle portion of Lasch's book and talk about education, the press, and how "third places" helped them cultivate identities as a sense of civic virtue. 1:10:58 yes We dive into the middle portion of Lasch's book about the challenges facing democratic discourse. We talk about education, the press, and how "third places" helped them cultivate identities as a sense of civic virtue. This is probably our most autobiographical episode to date. Bibliography here (https://exhaust.fireside.fm/articles/epelevenbib). Complaints Dept.: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com. lasch, common core, higher ed, democracy We dive into the middle portion of Lasch's book about the challenges facing democratic discourse. We talk about education, the press, and how "third places" helped them cultivate identities as a sense of civic virtue. This is probably our most autobiographical episode to date.

Bibliography here.

Complaints Dept.: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

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Bibliography here.

Complaints Dept.: ex.haustpodcast [at] gmail [dot] com.

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