{"podcast":{"title":"Higher Ed Now","slug":"higher-ed-now-175096","podcast_index_feed_id":175096,"rss_url":"https://higher-ed-now.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/7/f/8/d7f8c16776f90c1d16c3140a3186d450/v442x.png","author":"American Council of Trustees and Alumni","episode_count":100,"summary":"Higher Ed Now is a production of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. It is a podcast concerning issues and policy in America's higher education system.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T06:18:49.804790+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-ed-now-175096"},"episode":{"title":"Richard Haass: Guarding Democracy by Teaching Civics","slug":"richard-haass-guarding-democracy-by-teaching-civics","published_at":"2025-06-24T14:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-ed-now-175096/richard-haass-guarding-democracy-by-teaching-civics","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-ed-now-175096","url":"https://higher-ed-now.libsyn.com/richard-haass-guarding-democracy-by-teaching-civics","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/higher-ed-now/Haass-Podcast-project-final_mix.mp3?dest-id=373880","summary":"ACTA president Michael Poliakoff speaks with Richard Haass, distinguished diplomat and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Haass has served four U.S. Presidents over 25 years, including two years leading the Irish peace process as the U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. He is the author or editor of fourteen books on American foreign policy, one book on management, and one on American democracy. His most recent book, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens , was published by Penguin Press in January 2023 and became a New York Times bestseller. Dr. Haass serves on ACTA's National Commission on American History and Civic Education , where he will work alongside dozens of distinguished historians, political scientists, and education leaders to help remedy the long-standing failure of American colleges and universities to require a foundational course in U.S. history and government. For more of Dr. Haass's work, read his analyses on his substack Home And Away .","meta_description":"ACTA president Michael Poliakoff speaks with Richard Haass, distinguished diplomat and president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Haass h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2337,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/higher-ed-now-175096/episodes/richard-haass-guarding-democracy-by-teaching-civics/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-ed-now-175096/richard-haass-guarding-democracy-by-teaching-civics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}