Vita Activa | The Human Condition
Podcast host Roger Berkowitz introduces Arendt’s first chapters of The Human Condition as an inquiry into modern alienation shaped by science and Cartesian inwardness and a search for meaningful life ...
25 Sep 1h 2min
Solidarity and the Immigration Debate with David Lapp, Jim Robb, and Diego Sanchez | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode of the podcast, host Roger Berkowitz previews the 2026 Arendt Forum at Bard College on Solidarity, framing Arendt’s view of solidarity as an intellectual practice of building a c...
18 Sep 1h 1min
Prologue | The Human Condition
We're onto our new read, Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition (1958). Host Roger Berkowitz calls the book a meditation on “thinking what we are doing” as modern science transforms the modern world. In ...
11 Sep 1h 10min
Identity, Embodiment, and Politics with Nikita Nelin '09 | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode, host Roger Berkowitz speaks with writer and somatic coach Nikita Nelin '09 about identity, embodiment, and politics. Nelin describes his grandfather, who pursued acting only aft...
28 Aug 52min
Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Chapter on Judging with Samantha Fazekas | Bonus Episode
Roger Berkowitz speaks with Samantha Fazekas about her book Hannah Arendt’s Unwritten Chapter on Judging (De Gruyter Brill, 2025). Fazekas argues that judging became central for Arendt as she confront...
14 Aug 1h 4min
Home to Roost | Responsibility and Judgment
Host Roger Berkowitz closes our discussion of Hannah Arendt’s Responsibility and Judgment with her final public speech, “Home to Roost” (1975), presented as Arendt’s last assessment of the crisis of t...
7 Aug 1h 2min
The Deputy & Auschwitz on Trial | Responsibility and Judgment
Focusing on two essays from Responsibility and Judgment—Arendt’s 1964 review of Rolf Hochhuth’s play The Deputy and her 1966 introduction to Bernd Naumann’s Auschwitz on Trial—podcast host Roger Berko...
31 Jul 1h 9min
Reflections on Little Rock | Responsibility and Judgment
There's a shift in Hannah Arendt's Responsibility and Judgment from essays on moral and political responsibility to shorter essays of judgment about particular events, beginning with her controversial...
24 Jul 1h 2min
