Free Food For Thought

"We've lost track of the fact that a key set of our muscles are what we do with words...we need that engagement with that incredibly powerful part of our brain, our spirit, our thinking muscles, in order to shape the world together. So, from my point of view, the humanities and the liberal arts are fundamental to educating any person in a democracy for effective citizenship." Danielle Allen sat down with Will and Christian to talk about teaching the Declaration of Independence to low-income night students in Chicago, the importance of criminal justice reform at the state level, and how the sophistication of the Federalist Papers reveals an undeniable intellectual decline in American society today.