Episode 024 "Code of Honor: Quotes To Live By for November 2019"
In the first of a recurring series publishing every second Friday, the guys discuss some 'words to live by'. Martin kicks it off with a great PJ O'Rourke line that has become his motto. Francis goes S...
8 Nov 201932min
Episode 023 "Our Debt to the Roman Republic"
In Part 1 of our planned four-part series on Rome, Robert kicks us off with an exploration of the virtues and vices of the Roman Republic. It becomes a cautionary tale on the 21st century with help fr...
1 Nov 201946min
Episode 022 "Film Noir is Some Depressing Shit"
Martin leads the guys through a consideration of the cinematic genre of Film Noir and what it says about the duality and desolation of the human soul, justice and redemption. Yeah, it gets that deep. ...
25 Okt 201940min
Episode 021 "Our Heroes: John Milius"
Conan, what is best in life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women! We take on the life and career of one of our heroes, the rugged individ...
18 Okt 201935min
Episode 020 "What If? . . . Frederick III Lives and Transforms the Late 19th Century?"
Martin captains an episode examining the life and reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II's father, Frederick III. He reigned only 99 days, but if he had lived, could he have transformed the nascent German empire ...
11 Okt 201940min
Episode 019 "Kaiser Wilhelm II: Douche or Unjustly Vilified?"
Francis wants us to consider Christina Croft's The Innocence of Kaiser Wilhelm II: and the First World War and exonerate the Kaiser of his exclusive historical blame for WWI. Martin says "well the dam...
4 Okt 201948min
Episode 018 "James Madison: Paragon of the Enlightenment"
Martin reaches back to our Voltaire discussion to highlight another key figure, James Madison. We talk through Madison's formation and career as an Enlightenment figure and a giant among the Founding ...
27 Sep 201939min
Episode 017 "Our Heroes: Thomas More"
Francis leads the guys through a personal reflection on the life of St. Thomas More and why he's a hero worth emulating. Get out some tissues everybody. And while there are tons and tons of works out...
20 Sep 201938min
