Podcast Episodes

What to Do When Caesar Comes

Episode 257

Well, the title explains what it's about, doesn't it?

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Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

My Advice to the Young

Episode 256

By popular demand, my complete thoughts on what a young person should do, and how he should act, at this moment.

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Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Gun Control in Nazi-Occupied France: Tyranny and Resistance (Stephen P. Halbrook)

Episode 255

An academic study of something with great relevance for today—the seizure of necessary weapons by a tyrannical occupying state. (This article was first published November 21, 2018.)

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Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Throw-Back Thursday: The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades (Roger Crowley)

Episode 254

Straight history today, not politics, in the form of Christian (and Muslim) heroism at the final end of the Crusades. This was originally published on January 24, 2020.

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Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Dark Age America: Climate Change, Cultural Collapse, and the Hard Future Ahead (John Michael Greer)

Episode 253

An analysis of our likely future, by the excellent John Michael Greer. And a discussion of whether I am likely to become a warlord.

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Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann (Ananyo Bhattacharya)

Episode 252

A disappointing book about a fascinating man, and also of much else, including Jewish success, the bogus exaltation of "marginalized voices," the fantasies of "Hidden Figures," and Alan Turing.

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Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Why Chimpanzees Can’t Learn Language and Only Humans Can (Herbert S. Terrace)

Episode 251

A corrective to the mushy thinking often offered about animal capabilities.

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Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

First Do No Harm (Paracelsus)

Episode 250

Of corruption and oligarchy in the medical profession. This is the audio narration version of my review of the pseudonymous Paracelsus's "First Do No Harm," published in the outstanding journal IM-17…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

The Children of Men (P. D. James)

Episode 249

Through the lens of a classic novel, I analyze the bodily destructions visited on each of us today, and what we can do about it.

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Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Throw-Back Thursday: Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life (Daymond John

Episode 248

In which I tell you how I got rich, and how you (maybe) can too. This was originally published on April 30, 2019.

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Published on 3 years, 5 months ago