{"podcast":{"title":"The Good Fight","slug":"the-good-fight-1434426","podcast_index_feed_id":1434426,"rss_url":"https://feeds.ivoox.com/feed_fg_f1384178_filtro_1.xml","website_url":"https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-the-good-fight_sq_f1384178_1.html","image_url":"https://static-1.ivoox.com/canales/6/1/4/4/6161566344416_XXL.jpg","author":"New America","episode_count":150,"summary":"\"The Good Fight,\" the podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can beat authoritarian populism.Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight.If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone.﻿Email: goodfightpod@gmail.comTwitter: @Yascha_MounkWebsite: http://www.persuasion.community","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T10:18:15.631614+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-fight-1434426"},"episode":{"title":"James Traub on Why American Classrooms Are Failing Democracy","slug":"james-traub-on-why-american-classrooms-are-failing-democracy","published_at":"2026-05-23T10:40:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-fight-1434426/james-traub-on-why-american-classrooms-are-failing-democracy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-fight-1434426","url":"https://www.ivoox.com/james-traub-on-why-american-classrooms-are-failing-audios-mp3_rf_174225710_1.html","audio_url":"https://www.ivoox.com/james-traub-on-why-american-classrooms-are-failing_mf_174225710_feed_1.mp3","summary":"Yascha Mounk and James Traub examine how progressive teaching methods are producing citizens who can't think critically. James Traub is a journalist, author and scholar. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the New York Institute For The Humanities and the Society of American Historians. In this week's conversation, Yascha Mounk and James Traub discuss why progressive pedagogy is failing American students, how classical schools are achieving better outcomes through traditional teaching methods, and whether learning facts versus critical thinking represents a false choice in education. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following &#8288;this link on your phone&#8288;. Email: leonora.barclay@persuasion.community Podcast production by Jack Shields and Leonora Barclay. Connect with us! &#8288;Spotify&#8288; | &#8288;Apple&#8288; | &#8288;Google&#8288; X: &#8288;@Yascha_Mounk&#8288; &amp; &#8288;@JoinPersuasion&#8288; YouTube: &#8288;Yascha Mounk&#8288;, &#8288;Persuasion&#8288; LinkedIn: &#8288;Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Yascha Mounk and James Traub examine how progressive teaching methods are producing citizens who can't think critically. James Traub is a journalist, auth…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3097,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-good-fight-1434426/episodes/james-traub-on-why-american-classrooms-are-failing-democracy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-good-fight-1434426/james-traub-on-why-american-classrooms-are-failing-democracy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}