Discussions

The Saad Truth, Oct. 20, 2025 On this episode of The Saad Truth with Gad Saad, Prof. Hankins discusses The Golden Thread , the deeper meaning of civilization and the West, the potential for cultural renewal, and his lifelong friendship with his coauthor Allen Guelzo.

New Humanists, ep. 87 (May 1, 2025) In this podcast interview, Prof. Hankins joins Ryan Hammill and Jonathan Roberts of the Ancient Language Institute to discuss his book Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy , which focuses on the life and thought of Francesco Patrizi of Siena (1413–1494). Although Niccolò Machiavelli is often held up as the paradigmatic political philosopher, Hankins argues that he is in fact an outlier. Instead, it is Patrizi and his focus on virtue t

American Politics and Government Summit, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, June 10, 2024 This compelling conversation with Dan McCarthy...

Classical Wisdom, May 26, 2021 Can we understand the Classics without the classroom? A guide to getting (really) educated with James...

September 24, 2020 James Hankins speaks with Luca Politi, graduate student in Italian at Harvard University, about the concept of virtue...