Podcast Episodes

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (Christopher R. Browning)

Episode 227

In these strange days of violent medical apartheid and state-organized hatred directed at those who will not comply with criminally insane dictates, Christopher Browning's classic work on how ordinar…

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Young Men and Fire (Norman Maclean)

Episode 226

An exploration of man and nature, with emphasis on the former, and of life and death.

The written version of this review can be found here.

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Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution (Tucker Carlson)

Episode 225

Tucker Carlson's indictment of our ruling classes in 2018. Things have gotten much worse since, and all the palatable solutions have long fled the building. (This article was first published October …

Published on 3 years, 11 months ago

Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Chrystia Freeland)

Episode 224

An interesting, if flawed, analysis of rich people, which I found particularly interesting because I am rich myself, and much richer than I was when I wrote this! (This article was first published Oc…

Published on 4 years ago

Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty (Carl Schmitt)

Episode 223

Another famous and insightful work from Carl Schmitt, on how sovereignty should be viewed in real life. And a discussion of sovereignty and the rule of law in 2022 America.

The written version of thi…

Published on 4 years ago

A World after Liberalism: Philosophers of the Radical Right (Matthew Rose)

Episode 222

This is the audio narration version of my review of Matthew Rose's "A World After Liberalism," published in the outstanding journal IM-1776.

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Published on 4 years ago

America Moved: Booth Tarkington’s Memoirs of Time and Place, 1869–1928 (Jeremy Beer)

Episode 221

A forgotten, but once-famous, author's autobiographical writings about turn-of-the-twentieth century Indiana and America. And of why nostalgia is pointless and destructive for today's Right.

The writ…

Published on 4 years ago

Human, Forever (James Poulos)

Episode 220

A discussion of a crucial new work on our digital age and our digital future, and of how our humanity can survive and flourish in the teeth of the digital swarm.

The written version of this review ca…

Published on 4 years ago

The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam (Bat Ye’or)

Episode 219

An exhaustive historical study of how Islam dealt with subjugated peoples in the areas it conquered. And of why Europe should be treated as lost, but not to Islam. 

The written version of this review…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Announcement: Discussion between Prof. Edward Dutton (aka The Jolly Heretic) and Charles

Episode 218

Today’s announcement is my discussion with Professor Edward Dutton, aka The Jolly Heretic! Professor Dutton is an expert on evolutionary biology and related matters, which we mention in the context o…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago