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Season 9 Episode 7
Is there a difference between the constitution of the people and the constitution of their government? How are those two constitutions related, and w…
1 year, 4 months ago
S9 E6: Origin of Government, Concluded
Season 9 Episode 6
In this episode, we finally end our discussion of Orestes Brownson's description of where authority comes from! We talk about why the spiritual autho…
1 year, 4 months ago
S9 E5: Origin of Government, Continued (Again)
Season 9 Episode 5
Is sovereignty really held by the people themselves, acting as the voice of God? Or is government just a natural evolutionary development? Or does Go…
1 year, 4 months ago
S9 E4: Origin of Government, Continued
Season 9 Episode 4
In this episode, we examine all of the reasons why Orestes Brownson believes that social compact theory is not a good explanation for the origin of g…
1 year, 5 months ago
S9 E3: Origin of Government
Season 9 Episode 3
In this episode, we break down how Orestes Brownson views the authority of the state as coming from proprietorship of territory, rather than from the…
1 year, 5 months ago
S9 E2: Government
Season 9 Episode 2
Is loyalty one of the highest virtues? Is politics really founded on communion with God? Are libertarians really about liberty, or just licentiousnes…
1 year, 5 months ago
S9 E1: Introduction to Orestes Brownson's "The American Republic"
Season 9 Episode 1
A new season, with a more optimistic topic! For this season, we'll be reading Orestes Brownson's 1865 work The American Republic: Its Constitution, T…
1 year, 5 months ago
S8 E14: Season Finale - Who's Right? And How Can You Tell?
Season 8 Episode 14
Good riddance to George Lakoff's Moral Politics! In this season finale, we discuss the last section of Lakoff's book, in which he lays out his reason…
1 year, 6 months ago
S8 E13: How Can You Love Your Country and Hate Your Government?
Season 8 Episode 13
This guy doesn't even know about federalism! Join us as we discuss George Lakoff's magnificent discussion on how he is confused by the concept of fed…
1 year, 6 months ago
S8 E12: Two Models of Christianity and Abortion
Season 8 Episode 12
At this point, our criticisms of Lakoff have even started boring even us, so in this episode, we use his brief (and incorrect) descriptions of libera…
1 year, 6 months ago