History for the Kids

by Mark Bauerlein

Bill McClay joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Young Reader's Edition to Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2022

Myths and their Makers

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Adrienne Mayor joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities. Continue Reading »

31 Oct 2022

Our Forgotten Language

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Hana Videen joins the podcast to discuss her new book, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English. Continue Reading »

29 Sep 2022

Nigel Biggar on Defending American Empire

by R. R. Reno

Nigel Biggar joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2022 issue, “A Christian Defense of American Empire.”  Continue Reading »

22 Sep 2022

Spare the Truth, Spoil the Child

by M. D. Aeschliman

After a teaching career of fifty years, I agree with E. D. Hirsch that the primary problem in American public education is not the high schools, but the poorly organized, ineffective elementary school curricula, including the idiotic books of childish fiction.  Continue Reading »

5 Sep 2022

The New Medievalism

by John Duggan

Not very long ago, an eminent British editor tweeted an article from his own publication showing (he said) that “in the Middle Ages, some 100,000 women over Europe were burned, hanged, drowned, or put to death in other ingenious ways on suspicion of being witches.” “Three centuries of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2022

The Power of Reality

by John Haldane

The currency of moral, political, and social philosophy, as well as other forms of abstract theorizing, is ideas. They deal not with reality as such, but with representations and explanations of it, and often with recommendations as to how reality should be arranged. Continue Reading »

12 Jul 2022

Evangelicals and Whig History

by Miles Smith

Whig history is an unsound historiographic method that sees history as a predestined progression toward greater democracy and egalitarianism. Continue Reading »

9 Jun 2022

The Antidote to Apocalyptic Thinking

by John Wilson

Does apocalypticism about American Christianity merit more serious consideration? Hard to say, but I’m struck by the radically truncated and highly selective historical memory that seems to characterize so many accounts of our current situation. Continue Reading »

7 Jun 2022

The Making of History

by Mark Bauerlein

Jared Knott joins the podcast to discuss his book Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-Nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World.  Continue Reading »

4 Apr 2022