Podcast Episodes

Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II (Sean McMeekin)

Episode 216

Sean McMeekin's Stalin-centric history of World War II, in which Stalin is very bad, but the real villain is Franklin Roosevelt and the philo-Communists (and actual Communists) who surrounded him. Wi…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

Announcement: Podcast Discussion between Peter R. Quiñones and Charles

Episode 217

I am continuing my new practice of making “Announcements,” appearing on my main site, theworthyhouse.com, available across all platforms, through brief audio clips that are distributed in the same ma…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr (Leanda de Lisle)

Episode 215

A fresh analysis of Charles I, an unjustly-maligned king whose reign offers lessons for today. (This article was first published October 17, 2018.)

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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Industrial Society and Its Future (Theodore John Kaczynski)

Episode 214

This famous manifesto, by a man who total rejects technological-industrial society, is a challenge to techno-optimists such as I am—and thus a challenge to Foundationalism. I discuss that here, but r…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World (Nathan Gorenstein)

Episode 213

Of the most famous firearms inventor of all time, and of the workings of genius.

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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

On the Future Ascent of a Caesar

Episode 212

Is talk of Caesarism merely right-wing cope? No, and I tell you why.

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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

The Forest Passage (Ernst Jünger)

Episode 211

This is one of my favorite reviews, of a book that is extremely important today. Jünger foresaw both our present moment, and what should be done. You should read this book, and also its companion Eum…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Dictatorship (Carl Schmitt)

Episode 210

A timely work from 1921, analyzing in detail the history and jurisprudential basis of, and for, dictatorship in the context of modern Western societies.

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Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Announcement: Podcast Discussion between Alex Kaschuta and Charles

Episode 209

As I discuss in the audio, I am beginning to regularly announce on audio platforms opportunities to view appearances of me, that is to say, Worthy House content, that occurs on the platforms of other…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us. . . . (Michael Pollan)

Episode 208

No politics today. Rather, of psychedelic drugs, with particular emphasis on whether they reveal hidden knowledge and their relationship to religion. (This article was first published October 12, 201…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago