64. Adam Smith  Pt.3; The Theory of Moral Sentiments;  What kind of monkeys are we?

64. Adam Smith Pt.3; The Theory of Moral Sentiments; What kind of monkeys are we?

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Why do humans behave decently towards each other? Adam Smith doesn't do evolutionary biology, but his insights, on how we wish to love and be loved and what's more we wish to be lovely are timeless and deep. The corresponding notions of how we wish to avoid giving offense and how we have a horror of blameworthiness...a horror we don't really face. The Conversations with Camie is longer than usual and I get into some...

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Napoleon's Invasion of England

Napoleon's Invasion of England

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. One of the most important things that ever happened was this thing that never happened. And that of course was Napoleon's invasion of Br...

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1803 The End of Amiens

1803 The End of Amiens

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Britain begins the war and many of the French banks teeter on the edge of destruction as a consequence. This episode covers the openin...

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1803 Sebastiani and the failure of Peace of Amiens

1803 Sebastiani and the failure of Peace of Amiens

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We take a look at how the Napoleonic Wars broke out. Napoleon had a different understanding of the world situation than the Addington ...

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Napoleon's American Dream and the Louisiana Purchase

Napoleon's American Dream and the Louisiana Purchase

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Napoleon, from his bath, angrily threw a snuffbox at his brothers Joseph and Lucien. Worse, a lot of the nice warm bathwater splashed ou...

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The Peace of Amiens; an Experiment

The Peace of Amiens; an Experiment

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. A peace that leads to War? We look at the clash of realities from philosophical to practical questions of empire between France and Brit...

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1801 Pitt Absent; Napoleon Ascendent

1801 Pitt Absent; Napoleon Ascendent

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We are covering 1801. The 3 key issues are: Pitt resigns over catholic emancipation. He is replaced by his friend Addington. Pitt ...

5 Helmi 202530min

1799 Bruix, Algeciras and the British Nightmare

1799 Bruix, Algeciras and the British Nightmare

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. "I was between the devil and the deep sea." The Royal Navy's nightmare was that a powerful French fleet would break out of blockade and ...

29 Tammi 202535min

1800; Marengo, Hohenlinden and the End of the 2nd Coalition

1800; Marengo, Hohenlinden and the End of the 2nd Coalition

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This covers the year 1800. We get Napoleon's first year as First Consul, and the two campaigns that drive Austria out of the 2nd Coaliti...

15 Tammi 202542min

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