Cui Bono Cast

Dr. Caleb Karges flies solo as he reflects back on a class he taught with upper division and thought students on . A great primer on a subject worth understanding well.

S2 E2: World War II: A RETROSPECTIVE Dr. Caleb Karges flies solo for this episode, in which he reflects on some of the main themes of his World War II class last year and reveals who his students thought were the best and worst commanders in the war.

We are back on for season two of our podcast, which shares great lectures and conversations that happen outside the classroom. The first episode of the year comes from our opening convocation and features president Michael Thomas and Jeffrey Mallinson and discusses the importance of the for personal transformation and growth, and sets the tone for the academic year.

S2 E1: Opening Convocation 2021 We kick off the new season and new academic year with opening addresses by CUI President Michael Thomas and History Professor and CUI Bono professor of the year Jeff Mallinson. We discuss the nature of a college education on the path toward freedom, happiness and CUI's desire to train wise, honorabl...

Just in time for Valentine's, neuroscientist Dr. Mary Von Dem Bussche discusses the science of romance and decision making.

Cui Bono Cast: Where the Heart Ends and the Mind Begins What neuroscience has to say about love and romantic relationships and decision making. Our speaker, Dr. Mary von dem Bussche (Ph.D.), graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.S. in Molecular and Cell Biology, with an emphasis in Neurobiology, and a minor in Spanish. She obta...

If you remember Godesulloh Bawa, check out the Mallinson's interview with him on their Protect Your Noggin Pod. www.protectyournoggin.org/podcast/spirits-of-love-and-hate-with-godesulloh-bawa

Spirits of Love and Hate with Godesulloh Bawa — Protect Your Noggin Our guest is a recent alumnus from Concordia University and joins the conversation from Nigeria to discuss his insights about the ways in which people try to oppose hate, racism and injustice in the United States. Sometimes, he suggests, we tend to focus on hating injustice but don’t emphasize lov...

Karges, Armstrong and Mallinson chat about history and the movies. This is both stimulating and fun.

Cui Bono Cast: History and the Movies (History Suite) Three CUI historians discuss cinema and history, and share their least favorites, favorites and discuss documentaries. Joining regular host Caleb Karges (Military History) are CJ Armstrong (Classical History) and Jeff Mallinson (Intellectual and Religious History).

Dr. Santin explores and the wisdom such texts might provide for us these days and always. If you've not caught this fine prof. before (relatively new to CUI), this is a great introduction to this power hitter in the English department.

Cui Bono Cast: Pandemic Literature with Dr Bryan Santin A discussion of fiction and other writing about plagues, viruses, and diseases, and the ways we humans deal with them.  Dr. Santin is Assistant Professor of English at CUI. He teaches courses in American literature and world literature, American history and political theory, and composition and...

Dr. Karges winds up a great guest and lets him run with his fascinating life story, a witness to some of the wildest times in history.

S1 E32: From the Hi**er Youth to Route 66: The Biography of Onno Rahlfs (History Suite) Dr. Karges interviews 89-year-old, German-born Onno Rahlfs. His story is a story of the twentieth century, which includes highlights such as the World Wars, the Hi**er Youth, being "captured" by American GIs, Postwar Germany, the Volkswagen Beetle, driving Route 66, and falling in love with the Amer...

Joe Popp's last appearance for a while, as he's headed off to marine corp officer training. This show brings lessons from history to bear on issues raised by last week's capitol siege.

Cui Bono Cast: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories In the wake of last week’s siege of the US Capitol, we use history to make sense of conspiracy theories, conspiracies, and mob violence. In an unprecedentedly lonely time, the pressure release valves of societies seem to have led people to desire riotous group violence. In a sense, this is a bonus...

Dr. Caleb Karges Samuel Fluegge and Jacob Lang reflect on this semester's exploration of and games and .

Cui Bono Cast: Strategic Thought Retrospective (History Suite) Dr. Caleb Karges, Jacob Lange, and Sam Fluegge conclude this term’s series on Strategic Thought by reflecting on all of the readings together and on the class that accompanied it. We talk about some of our favorite concepts from the class and our favorite authors. We then draw comparisons between ...

A nice way to wrap up the mini-series on strategy:

Cui Bono Cast: Strategy (History Suite) In this episode Dr. Caleb Karges, Samuel Fluegge, and Jacob Lange examine the work of the prolific British strategic theorist, Basil Liddell Hart and his idea of the "indirect approach" that he explains in his book . The gents discuss how his book forms the capstone of everything that we have read b...

The History Suite is back on the high seas, with a discussion of Mahan's theories.

Cui Bono Cast: The Influence of Sea Power and Alfred Thayer Mahan Caleb Karges, Sam Fluegge, and Jacob Lange discuss Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan’s and lessons from surfing for understanding naval warfare end existential reflection.