Charlie And The Common Good
58 min. 2019Big Ideas in a Small Town
A debate for America in crisis
Charles Brown and Greg Schneider are friends and professors of the social sciences department at Emporia State University, Kansas. Brown, a progressive and environmental philosopher, sparkles clarity, passion and an easygoing character with an often self-deprecating sense of humor.
Schneider, an affable conservative historian with a penchant for trains, physically towers over his friend as they spend hours walking and arguing politics. When they decide to spar in a public debate on the Common Good their competitiveness hits a new high.
Will Charlie, a less experienced debater, stand his ground? Can their debate as Charlie hopes, “save America through civil dialog?”
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Greg Schneider, Ph.D
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Charles Brown, Ph.D.
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Charles Brown, Ph.D.
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