Episode 50: "Are the Humanities in Crisis" with Zena Hitz and Chad Wellmon
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On April 26, 2022, The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America hosted a launch event to reveal the new design and website of Sacred and Profane Love. I am pleased to share the audio of that event as episode 50, but you can also watch a video of it here.
This event, with\\xa0Zena Hitz\\xa0and Chad Wellmon, was titled \\u201cAre the Humanities in Crisis\\u201d and the two starting points for the conversation were two books that we have already discussed separately on the podcast: Zena\\u2019s\\xa0Lost in Thought\\xa0and Chad\\u2019s Permanent Crisis.\\xa0I wrote about the first book\\xa0here, the second book\\xa0here, discussed the first book here,\\xa0and discussed the second book\\xa0here.\\xa0 It seems fitting that our fiftieth episode should get into the very issues that gave rise to the impetus to start the podcast in the first place, which was and remains the need to show the value of humanistic inquiry and reflection, both inside and outside of the academy.\\xa0 As always, I hope you enjoy our conversation.