{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Education","slug":"new-books-in-education-440333","podcast_index_feed_id":440333,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT4894369277","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/politics-society/education/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9be3f9ee-ef0e-11e8-9358-8bea507f6da7/image/dbb46fc615032b2077e20ce070801a55.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":1217,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T14:21:34.203996+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-education-440333"},"episode":{"title":"The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest","slug":"the-honesty-crisis-preserving-our-most-treasured-virtue-in-an-increasingly-dishonest","published_at":"2026-06-25T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-education-440333/the-honesty-crisis-preserving-our-most-treasured-virtue-in-an-increasingly-dishonest","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-education-440333","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK1923385069.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK1923385069.mp3","summary":"Research shows that honesty is the single most important characteristic a person can possess when it comes to liking them, respecting them, and understanding them. But honesty is eroding in many areas of society today, as we are confronted with honesty crises in politics, education, relationships, religion, celebrity culture, and technology. Over the past 50 years, no single philosopher has offered a comprehensive exploration of honesty—how we define it, how it diverges in private and public spaces, and how it depends on shared perceptions of reality. Dr. Christian Miller addresses this gap, while showing how modern life increasingly rewards dishonesty, with profound consequences for our relationships, institutions and culture—a phenomenon he names The Honesty Crisis (Oxford UP, 2026). From cases such as sermon plagiarism to AI-assisted cheating to the rise of fake news, Dr. Miller explores how dishonesty has become easier, more pervasive and even normalized in our society. Yet The Honesty Crisis does more than diagnose the problem: it proposes concrete, practical steps to preserve honesty where it matters most. Guest: Dr. Christian B. Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. The author of numerous articles and books, he also directed The Honesty Project, one of the largest research initiatives ever undertaken on honesty. Host: Dr. Christina Gessler is an academic writing coach and editor. She holds a Ph.D. in history which she uses to explore which stories we tell and what happens to those we never tell. She is the creator, producer and show host of the Academic Life podcast. Playlist for listeners: Understanding Disinformation When Your Professor Asks You To Cheat The Last Human Job Who Gets Believed The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim O…","meta_description":"Research shows that honesty is the single most important characteristic a person can possess when it comes to liking them, respecting them, and understand…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2981,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-education-440333/episodes/the-honesty-crisis-preserving-our-most-treasured-virtue-in-an-increasingly-dishonest/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-education-440333/the-honesty-crisis-preserving-our-most-treasured-virtue-in-an-increasingly-dishonest.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}