The Ralston College Podcast

Stephen Blackwood

Booking Overview

This long-form intellectual podcast combines lectures and serious conversations with distinguished academics, authors, theologians, scientists, and public thinkers on philosophy, classical education, literature, religion, technology, and human meaning. Credible candidates include published scholars, senior professors, theologians, authors, and recognized experts exploring the cultural and philosophical implications of major ideas; booking is likely high difficulty because recent guests are prominent public intellectuals.

Metrics

Episodes: 80

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 38.0k subscribers

Instagram: 16.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

katie.rook@ralston.ac

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Host

Stephen Blackwood - Founder and president of Ralston College, focused on classical liberal arts education and the renewal of intellectual culture.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Established academics, authors, theologians, scientists, classicists, and public intellectuals with recognized expertise in philosophy, religion, literature, education, science, technology, or culture.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Distinguished academic careers, Recognized contributions to major intellectual fields, Original research or public scholarship

Recent Guest Discussions

Iain McGilchrist - Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Free Will, Embodiment, Attention, Understanding, And Human Freedom.

Stephen Wolfram - Artificial Intelligence, Computation, Consciousness, Complexity, Purpose, And The Nature Of Reality.

Jonathan Pageau - Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Mythology, Sacrifice, Human Purpose, Symbolism, And Civilization.

Iain McGilchrist - Artificial Intelligence, Intelligence, Embodiment, Wisdom, Mechanistic Thinking, Large Language Models, And The Nature Of Humanity.

Armand D'Angour - Horace, Classical Poetry, Greek Lyric Traditions, Musicality, Memory, Literary Form, And Political Life.

Recent Topics

Classical Education, Philosophy, Literature, Theology, Higher Education

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Ralston College Podcast

AI and the Battle for the Soul with Iain McGilchrist - Lecture 2: True Freedom in an Artificial World

July 30, 2026

Generously sponsored by the Ben Delo Foundation. The final lecture of Ralston College's symposium, AI and the Battle for the Soul, asks a question that turns from the future of artificial intelligence to something far older and more enduring: What does freedom require? Weaving together neuroscience, philosophy, physics, and literature, Dr Iain McGilchrist examines free will, consciousness, and the forms of attention that compose our engagement with the world. Over several decades at the inter...

AI and the Battle for the Soul with Stephen Wolfram and Iain McGilchrist - Conversation: What is Artificial Intelligence?

July 28, 2026

Generously sponsored by the Ben Delo Foundation. Ralston College welcomed Iain McGilchrist and Stephen Wolfram in May of 2026 for a public conversation during our symposium, AI and the Battle for the Soul. Beginning with the promises and implications of this technology, the discussion opens onto a deeper inquiry concerning consciousness, computation, purpose, and the irreducible constitution of reality itself. Setting out from seemingly distant philosophical commitments, these thinkers demon...

AI and the Battle for the Soul with Jonathan Pageau Lecture: Whom Does AI Serve? Sacrifice in the Digital Age

July 23, 2026

Generously sponsored by the Ben Delo Foundation. In this second lecture from our recent symposium, AI and the Battle for the Soul, theologian and iconographer Jonathan Pageau asks: Who, or what, does AI serve? By drawing on mythology, scripture, symbolism, and poetry, he argues that the questions raised by AI directly concern human purpose and meaning. Through the stories of Prometheus, the Holy Grail, Moloch, and the Tower of Babel, Pageau unpacks the deepest questions raised by AI, calling ...

Publicly listed emails

katie.rook@ralston.ac

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Get your clients booked on top podcasts

Try us risk free with a FREE 3 days trial.

Start Your Free Trial

Join hundreds of PR teams using Podseeker to pitch and land bookings