How to Be Wrong

War, Optimism, Humility: A Conversation with Literary Critic Mariia Shuvalova

This episode of How To Be Wrong is a conversation with Mariia Shuvalova, a lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Fulbright Scholar (Harriman Institu

Error, Ego, Humility and Music: A Discussion with Tony Monaco

For today’s episode we welcome jazz organist Tony Monaco to the show. Tony is a master of the Hammond B3 and has collaborated with many other great jazz musicians, includ

Bioethics, Humility, and Responsibility: A Conversation with Arthur Caplan

For this episode we welcome Dr. Arthur Caplan, who is currently the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Eth

Otherness, Disability, and Beauty: A Conversation with Pulitzer finalist Chloé Cooper Jones

This episode of How To Be Wrong is about humility, beauty and the ways in which our society dictates the nature and boundaries of what is deemed beautiful. We talk with p

The Editor and Humility: A Conversation with the NYT's Peter Catapano

In this episode we talk with New York Times Opinion Section Editor Peter Catapano, who has edited and published more than 1,000 pieces in The Times and worked with thinke

Neoliberalism and Higher Education

This episode is a roundtable discussion on the influence of the neoliberal project on higher education. Our guests are Professor Emeritus Frank Fear from Michigan State U

What Went Wrong in the 1970s in the USA?: A Discussion with Bill McKibben

In this episode of How To Be Wrong we talk with author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben, founder of Third Act, an organization focused on bringing together p

Radicalism, Humility, and Racism in America

Today’s episode focuses on the new book by Lydia Moland, who is a Professor of Philosophy at Colby College. Her book, Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life (U Chicag

Assholes, Humility, and Surfing: A Conversation with Philosopher Aaron James

Today’s episode of How To Be Wrong welcomes back cohost John Kaag after a brief hiatus from the podcast and explores questions of assholery and humility with University o

History, Space, and Getting Things Wrong

In today’s episode of How To Be Wrong we welcome Dr. Steven Dick, retired Chief Historian at NASA and one of the leading historians of space exploration. Our conversation

Twitter, Intellectual Discourse, and Humility

For this episode of How To Be Wrong, I speak with George Styles, a biochemist and author of the book Contemplation. George is also what we describe these days as an “infl

Humility and the Academic Administrator

This episode of How To Be Wrong explores questions of leadership and humility with Dr. Bill Tsutsui, Chancellor and Professor of History at Ottawa University, a private c

The Career of a Writer: A Discussion with Douglas Richards

In this episode of How To Be Wrong, we talk with novelist New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Douglas Richards, about his career as a writer and how his start

Ethnography, Humility, Identity, and the Academy

In today’s episode of How To Be Wrong we welcome Dr. Khytie Brown, who is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Aust

Higher Education and the Humble Brag: A Discussion with Adrian Lenardic

In today’s episode of How To Be Wrong we welcome Adrian Lenardic, who is a professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University a

Leadership and Humility: A Conversation with Major General Ken Wisian

For today’s episode of How To Be Wrong we welcome Dr. Ken Wisian, who is geophysicist and Associate Director in the Environmental Division of the Bureau of Economic Geolo

Intellectual Humility in Science: A Discussion with Glenn Sauer

Today’s episode of How To Be Wrong welcomes Glenn Sauer, who is Donald J. Ross Sr. Chair in Biology and Biochemistry and Professor of Biology at Fairfield University, whe

Sher Wells-Jensen on the Pitfalls of Linguistics

In this episode of How To Be Wrong we talk with Dr. Sher Wells-Jensen, a professor of linguistics at Bowling Green State University and an expert in xenolinguistics or th

Marshall Poe on Getting Post-Soviet Russia Wrong

In this episode of How To Be Wrong we talk with Marshall Poe, founder and head of the New Books Network, about his work as an historian of Russia and his ideas about maki

How to Be Wrong: An Introduction to the Podcast

"How To Be Wrong" is a podcast series hosted by John J. Kaag, Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and John W. Traphagan, Professor