Princeton professor Robert P. George joins J100 to examine campus antisemitism after October 7, the crisis of ideological conformity, anti-Semitism on both the left and right, and why a free society depends on forming truth-seekers—not partisans.
● 🎓 Campus After October 7: selective outrage, anti-Zionism, and when criticism becomes prejudice
● 🗣️ Teaching Without Indoctrination: why professors must form truth-seekers, not ideological loyalists
● 🤝 Friendship Across Difference: what Robert George learned from decades of teaching with Cornel West
● ⚖️ Public Service & the Constitution: suing a sitting president over principle
● 🧨 Antisemitism on the Right: why George resigned from the Heritage Foundation
● 🧭 The “Ancient Faith”: Lincoln, human dignity, and the moral core of American democracy
● 🪕 From Appalachia to Princeton — and why the banjo still matters
Chapters
00:00 — Appalachia, Immigrant Roots, and Becoming the First to College
06:44 — The White House Call: Civil Rights and Public Life
16:38 — Presidents, Bioethics, and Moral Decision-Making
20:59 — Campus Culture After October 7
29:44 — Truth-Seeking vs. Indoctrination
37:47 — Cornel West and the Lost Art of Disagreement
42:20 — Antisemitism on the Right and the Heritage Resignation
50:17 — Conservatism After Trump: Ideas or Personality?
54:17 — The Banjo, Joy, and the Personal Thread
You can find the condensed transcript & summary of this episode and more episodes at
https://open.substack.com/pub/thealgemeiner/p/resigning-from-the-heritage-foundation?r=5m0oyd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
This episode of "The J100 Podcast" was produced by David Taragin.
