UATX Podcast

Provost Captain David Ruth, USN (Ret.), on the four duties of UATX students — and how we can all learn from Nehemiah. This lecture was delivered during UATX Orientation on August 24, 2026. Apply Now⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ uaustin.org⁠⁠...

Judge James Ho on today’s cultural elites, truth-seeking, and the courage to stand alone. James C. Ho is a Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before taking the bench on January 4, 2018, he...

UATX Dean of Arts Patrick Gray on the moral cynicism of our times, the fall of Europe, and why you should defend the civilization that gives you your comfortable life. This lecture was delivered during UATX Orientation...

To the class of 2030, the whole world will keep telling you to find yourself. We're hoping for something better: that you forget yourself and discover the durable joy of being absorbed in something greater than you...

Dr. Catherine Pakaluk on large families, the soulmate era, and how to be excellent. Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is an American economist and social philosopher at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She...

At just 28 years old, Abraham Lincoln delivered a startling warning about the future of American self-government. In this UATX lecture, Diana Schaub uncovers the deeper argument of Lincoln’s 1838 Lyceum Address, and why...

Rod Dreher on Czeslaw Milosz, Gen Z men, and why you should live an embodied life. Rod Dreher is an American journalist, author, and write of the Substack Rod Dreher's Diary. He is the author of six books, including the...

This is part six of a six-part series on Ecclesiastes, the Bible’s great philosopher. How did a book this strange ever make it into the Bible? In this final lecture, Professor J.J. Kimche traces the remarkable afterlife...

This is part five of a six-part series on Ecclesiastes, the Bible’s great philosopher. Death haunts all of Ecclesiastes, and here Professor J.J. Kimche reads the book’s haunting poem on old age and dying that he ranks...

This is part four of a six-part series on Ecclesiastes, the Bible’s great philosopher. Who is the God of Ecclesiastes? He is everywhere in the book, yet no one prays to him and he answers no one—sovereign over...

This is part three of a six-part series on Ecclesiastes, the Bible’s great philosopher. What kind of life does Ecclesiastes commend once illusion has been stripped away? In this lecture, Professor J.J. Kimche turns from...

This is part two of a six-part series on Ecclesiastes, the Bible’s great philosopher. Professor J.J. Kimche confronts the central problem that animates Ecclesiastes: the futility and absurdity of human striving in a...

This is part one of a six-part series on Ecclesiastes, the Bible’s great philosopher. Ecclesiastes may be the most enigmatic book in the Bible—something between philosophy and prophecy, skepticism and faith. Is it a...

Mark Oppenheimer on apartheid, censorship, and the weaponization of the law. Mark Oppenheimer is a practicing advocate and member of the Johannesburg Bar. He has appeared in the Supreme Court of Appeal and the...

Joseph Loconte on J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the battle against the spirit of their age. Author, educator, and filmmaker Joseph Loconte is the director of the Rivendell Center in New York City and serves as a...