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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18. The Dreaded Agricultural Revolution and Engineering

18. The Dreaded Agricultural Revolution and Engineering

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The first of a 3 episode arc on the Agricultural Revolution. Yes, this is the Jethro Tull episode. The focus is on engineering and the e...

18 Jul 202020min

17. Tudor England and Surprising Social Structures

17. Tudor England and Surprising Social Structures

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Tudor England and the Parish based system to care for the aged. British and Dutch elites were better and more competent in the great st...

11 Jul 202024min

16. Agricultural Revolution, The Dutch and Trade

16. Agricultural Revolution, The Dutch and Trade

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Background we need for the 3 episode arc on the Agricultural Revolution which runs in episodes 18-20. The early 16th century Dutch have ...

4 Jul 202024min

15. The Spanish Armada vs God's Chosen People

15. The Spanish Armada vs God's Chosen People

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Spanish Armada was a consequence of the Dutch war with Spain. It was a flyweight boxer against a heavyweight. We look at a few othe...

27 Jun 202031min

14.Dutch Independence When Irresistible Force meets Immovable Object

14.Dutch Independence When Irresistible Force meets Immovable Object

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Dutch contribution the the Miracle part 2. The 80 years war. Dutch Independence. The Sea Beggars and Maurice of Nassau are an irre...

20 Jun 202024min

13. The Mother Trade : The Demand for Spice

13. The Mother Trade : The Demand for Spice

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. The Dutch contribution introduction, through the medium of breakfast, with a side order of Portuguese. Did you know that Flanders was th...

13 Jun 202024min

12.The Black Death and Wycliff

12.The Black Death and Wycliff

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This is a really superior episode as history. Only a couple cringey bits, it is getting better. Torture is wrong, only the sophisticate...

7 Jun 202026min

11. Magna Carta, the Grand Delusion

11. Magna Carta, the Grand Delusion

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Magna Carta, a unique document that is one of England's many great gifts to the world. Magna Carta is, or is a marker for, one of the gr...

30 Mai 202019min

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