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Thinking Class#090 - Nathan Pinkoski - On The Moral Fragmentation Of The West & What Comes NextNathan Pinkoski is a senior fellow at the Centre for Renewing America. He has written for First Things, Compact, Perspectives on Political Science, and The Claremont Review of Books. His forthcoming book, Actually Existing Post-Liberalism, explores the transformation of the West since 1989 and is due to be published by Basic Books. He is also translating Éric Zemmour’s bestseller The Suicide of the French into English for Encounter Books.In this episode, Nathan and I think out loud about Nathan academic journey, why Alasdair MacIntyre was one of the most important philosophers of our age, why modern mor...2025-08-081h 14Thinking Class#089 - Compilation - Saving Britain's Boys, Families And Its NationsThis is a compilation episode about the state of boys and families in Britain, the ideological crusades that have undermined them, why the loss of faith and hyper-liberalism are to blame for this, and what may be required to save our individual and collective souls.You can expect to hear from Ed Davies of the Centre for Social Justice, Lois McClatchie Miller from the Alliance for Defending Freedom, Connor Tomlinson of Courage Media, Neema Parvini a.k.a. Academic Agent, the philosophers Carl Trueman and Ryszard Legutko, Father Benedict Kiely, Philip Pilkington and Bijan Omrani....2025-08-011h 21
Gallipoli Diary24 - Gallipoli Diary by John Graham GillamSet sail with Major John Graham Gillam, a British Supply Officer, as he chronicles his journey in the trenches of World War I through his Gallipoli Diary. He had imagined a swift and triumphant campaign in Constantinople, but reality hit hard. From the moment he lands in Gallipoli in April 1915, to his evacuation in January 1916, Gillams diary entries evolve from naive enthusiasm to stark realism. His main duty was to shepherd supplies from beach depots to the trenches for a brigade of 4000 men and he captures everything from the mundane to the horrific, from the smell of dead bodies to...2025-07-2636 minGallipoli Diary23 - Gallipoli Diary by John Graham GillamSet sail with Major John Graham Gillam, a British Supply Officer, as he chronicles his journey in the trenches of World War I through his Gallipoli Diary. He had imagined a swift and triumphant campaign in Constantinople, but reality hit hard. From the moment he lands in Gallipoli in April 1915, to his evacuation in January 1916, Gillams diary entries evolve from naive enthusiasm to stark realism. His main duty was to shepherd supplies from beach depots to the trenches for a brigade of 4000 men and he captures everything from the mundane to the horrific, from the smell of dead bodies to...2025-07-2635 minGallipoli Diary22 - Gallipoli Diary by John Graham GillamSet sail with Major John Graham Gillam, a British Supply Officer, as he chronicles his journey in the trenches of World War I through his Gallipoli Diary. He had imagined a swift and triumphant campaign in Constantinople, but reality hit hard. From the moment he lands in Gallipoli in April 1915, to his evacuation in January 1916, Gillams diary entries evolve from naive enthusiasm to stark realism. His main duty was to shepherd supplies from beach depots to the trenches for a brigade of 4000 men and he captures everything from the mundane to the horrific, from the smell of dead bodies to...2025-07-2633 minThinking Class#088 - Momus Najmi - Losing Its Way: 'Britain Needs A 21st Century Reformation & Restoration'Momus Najmi is a writer, cultural commentator and history enthusiast. He is the author of the Substack, "The World Of Momus" and owner of the popular YouTube channel of the same name.In this episode, Momus and I think out loud about the manifold economic, societal and cultural issues experienced in Britain today, whether the monarchy needs to be reformed, including the need for a change in personnel, why the 2029 election will not see a credible government form, why each one of us should focus onbuilding physical, cultural and intellectual strongholds in the areas in which we...2025-07-251h 11Thinking Class#087 - Fr. Benedict Kiely - Why The Media Is Silent On The Global Persecution Of Christians & Erasure Of Their FaithFather Benedict Kiely is a priest of the Anglican Ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the founder of nasarean.org, a charity that supports and advocates for persecuted Christians across the Middle East and beyond, offering practical aid to displaced families and small businesses.In this conversation, Father Benedict and I think out loud about the persecution of Christians in the middle East and Nigeria, the day-to-day struggles faced by Christians in predominantly Muslim countries, the nature of Christian persecution in Britain and what's behind it, why the media pays little attention to the ongoing...2025-07-1859 minThinking Class#086 - Tom Jones - The 'Yookay': We Are Witnessing The Birth Of A New CountryTom Jones is a writer and a councillor for Scotton and Lower Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. He is the author of the Substack, The Potemkin Village Idiot and has written for The Spectator, The Critic, Conservative, Home, CapX, UnHerd and The Guardian.In this conversation, Tom and I think out loud about the dramatic shift in British political discourse since 2024, why public trust in institutions is at an all-time low, and what it means to say Britain is now operating under an “anarcho-tyranny”, why there is a growing public scepticism toward the judicial system and the implications of this...2025-07-1157 minThinking Class#085 - Ryszard Legutko - The Strange Alliance: How Western Liberals United With Communists After The Cold WarRyszard Legutko is a Polish scientist and politician, professor of philosophy, publicist, author of over twenty books on socio-political topics, translator and commentator of Plato’s works. He specializes in political and social philosophy, ancient philosophy and the history of philosophy. Ryszard has served as a member of the European Parliament since 2009 and is Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament.In this conversation, Ryszard and I think out loud about revolutionary movements of today, why the fall of communism did not lead to a clear victory for liberalism, why sexuality has be...2025-07-0455 minThinking Class#084 - Mark Walsh - Why Western Man Is Under Attack: On Nature, Masculinity And NationMark Walsh is a teacher of embodiment, trauma, education, and resilience. He is the author of Embodiment: Working with the Body in Training and Coaching and Embodied Meditation. Mark also hosts the Embodiment Podcast, which has been downloaded over two million times, and was the founder of the Embodiment Conference, which brought together over 1,000 teachers and half a million participants.In this conversation, Mark and I think out loud about the importance of embodiment, connection, and community in modern life, how modernity leads us to disembodied lives, why we should reconnect to our spiritual nature, why we n...2025-06-2759 minThinking Class#083 - Ed Davies - Britain's Crises: Lost Boys, Broken Families & A Nation Out Of WorkEd Davies is Policy Director of the Centre of Social Justice. A veteran of health policy, he has a storied career as a journalist, editor, and policy wonk and has worked for several UK government cabinet ministers during his career. His work has focused on the role of relationships in making us truly happy and healthy.In this conversation, Ed and I think out loud about the issues surrounding family dynamics and breakdown in the UK, the alarming statistics regarding family structures, the rise of fatherless households and the decline of marriage, what cultural shifts have influenced...2025-06-201h 06Thinking Class#082 - Philip Pilkington - A Post-Mortem: The Death Of Liberalism (& The Rise Of A New World Order)Philip Pilkington is a macroeconomist and investment professional. He is the author of a book on economic theory, The Reformation in Economics and his most recent book is The Collapse Of Global Liberalism: And The Emergence Of A Post-Liberal World Order. Philip also runs the Macrocosm substack. Philip regularly writes for a variety of outlets, including Unherd, The Spectator, The Telegraph, The New York Post, Moneyweek, First Things, American Affairs, The Critic, and Postliberal Order. He is co-host of the popular geopolitics podcast Multipolarity. Philip also has a significant following on X @philippilk.In this conversation, Philip...2025-06-1351 minThinking Class#081 - Lois McLatchie Miller - The Unspoken Truth About AbortionLois McLatchie-Miller is a Senior Legal Communications Officer for the Alliance For Defending Freedom International. Lois is a writer, speaker, and thinker on issues of bioethics, faith, family and freedom.In this conversation, Lois and I think out loud about abortion, how prevalent it is and how it became so prevalent, the methods used, changing cultural perceptions, why the emotional impacts on women are so high, how men can think about it, the political landscape surrounding abortion, how there are generational differences in attitudes towards abortion, what a post-Christian Britain means for societal views on abortion, why...2025-06-061h 01Thinking Class#080- Prof. Alan Macfarlane - England's Rise, Anglo-America's Fall And An Ascendant ChinaAlan Macfarlane is a historian and anthropologist who taught at the University of Cambridge for 34 years. He is now Professor Emeritus of Anthropological Science and a Life Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. His comparative work spans England, Nepal, Japan, and China, with a particular focus on the origins and nature of the modern world.In this conversation, Alan and I think out loud about the history of the English people's relationship with money, how this compares with China, the cyclical nature of civilizations, whether Alan thinks China will suffer a collapse, the effectiveness of China's political sy...2025-05-301h 10Thinking Class#079 - Ben Cobley - The Right Side Of History: How Progressives Try To Replace GodBen Cobley is a journalist, former Labour Party activist, and author of The Tribe: The Liberal-Left and the System of Diversity and The Progress Trap: The Modern Left and the False Authority of History. He has written for The Spectator, UnHerd, The Critic, Quillette, and The New Statesman, and appears regularly on Sky News. You can find him on X @BenCobley and on Substack at Existential Politics.In this conversation, Ben and I think out loud about the relationship between progressivism and Christianity, how the spirit of progressivism leads to forms of colonization, which is ironic when...2025-05-2355 minThinking Class#078 - Adam Williams - Why Would A British Zoomer Go Into Politics?Adam Williams is the Leader of the youth wing of the Social Democratic Party, the SDP, in the UK.In this conversation, Adam and I think out loud about what motivated his journey into politics, why decline is all he's ever known and why he wants to change this, his experiences knocking on doors in local elections, the challenges of political branding for the SDP, how the public know very little about the scale of issues facing the country, the future of the SDP's political strategy in the UK and what happens if the party does not...2025-05-1656 minThinking Class#077 - Driss Ghali - On Reverse Colonialism: How France Was ColonisedDriss Ghali is a political author and speaker. Driss was born in Morocco and educated in Europe. He graduated from prestigious French universities and spent a lot of time in a corporate career focused on high-tech companies. Driss is an intellectual and observer of human nature as it is: ugly and splendid at the same time. Since 2017, he has written books about Violence and Identity. He frequently appears in French media to talk about immigration, diversity, the Middle East and French politics. One of his books has been translated into English titled, A Counter-History of French Colonization....2025-05-091h 06Thinking Class#076 - Compilation - Beyond Repair? The Making And Breaking Of England, Britain And Their PeoplesThis is a compilation episode focused on the themes of England and Britain's history at home and abroad, the making of its social, political, and cultural life. You can expect to hear from the likes of Peter Hitchens, Connor Tomlinson, Charlie Downes, David Starkey, Nigel Biggar, Robert Tombs, Paul Embery, Lionel Shriver, Douglas Carswell, Neema Parvini, Alan MacFarlane, & many more. There are huge problems facing England and Britain. People can feel it, and they might have different reasons for it, but this is the view of the guests that I've had on the show, and I wanted to...2025-05-022h 02Thinking Class#075 - Bijan Omrani - Why God Is An Englishman: England Is A Christian Nation Or No Nation At AllDr. Bijan Omrani is a classicist, historian, and Oxford-educated barrister. His research explores questions of religious history and cultural identity, spanning from ancient Roman Greece to Afghanistan and the Silk Road. He has taught Classics at Eton College and Westminster School, is a former editor of Asian Affairs, and currently serves as a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. He is also a churchwarden.In this episode, Bijan and I think out loud about his book God is an Englishman: Christianity and the Creation of England, and the profound role Christianity has played in shaping English...2025-04-251h 22Thinking Class#074 - Prof. Tim Lang - How Bad British Food Policy Risks Starving The NationProf. Tim Lang is the emeritus professor of food policy at City University London Centre for Food Policy. He was professor of food policy at Citi from 2002 to 2021 and had founded the Centre in 1994 at Thames Valley University, now the University of West London. After a PhD in social psychology at Leeds University in the early seventies, he became a hill farmer in the forest of Boland Lancashire, which shifted his attention to food policy. In this episode, Tim and I think out loud about the pressing issue of food resilience in Britain highlights the fragility of t...2025-04-1855 minThinking Class#073 - Dr. Mario Trabucco - Decolonisation: How Modern Museums Are Destroying The Cultural FabricDr. Mario Trabucco della Torretta is a classical archaeologist trained in Sicily and Athens. Mario's expertise covers classical Greek architecture and sculpture, ancient Athens and the Elgin Marbles. He tweets @Mario_Trabucco and runs the YouTube channel @ElginMarbleGames.In this episode, Mario and I think out loud about how museums acquire artefacts, the contested nature of certain items, the historical context of ownership, particularly of the Elgin Marbles, Greek public opinion regarding the return of the marbles and the popular narratives that shape these debates. We also talk about the challenges of historical interpretation, the implications of re...2025-04-111h 00Thinking Class#072 - Douglas Carswell - How Britain Became A Divided, Broken, Nanny State & How To Fix ItDouglas Carswell was a member of the British Parliament for 12 years. He also co-founded Vote Leave the Official campaign that won the 2016 Brexit vote in Britain. The author of five books, Douglas has written widely about bank reform and monetary policy, as well as publishing a libertarian history of human progress. In this episode, Douglas and I think out loud about his plan to save Britain, why advocating for remigration is a necessary step to restore the country's identity, why the United Kingdom needs to undo Tony Blair's legislative legacy, why politicians, slogans are empty and the c...2025-04-0456 minThinking Class#071 - Charles Cornish-Dale a.k.a. Raw Egg Nationalist - Why Our Health Depends On Resisting The Growing Corporate Control Of The Food SupplyCharles Cornish Dale, otherwise known as Raw Egg Nationalist, is a writer and owner of a popular X/Twitter account. Charlie is the editor of the Mans World Magazine and the author of four books, Raw Egg Nationalism in Theory and Practice; Three lives of Golden Age Bodybuilders; Draw Me a Gironda and Raw Egg Trilogy. His fifth book is The Last Men: Liberalism and The Death of Masculinity. He has written for The Spectator, The American Mind, and The Daily Caller.In this episode, Charlie and I think out loud about his journey from academia to...2025-03-2851 minThinking Class#070 - Nuriyah Khan - Modern-Day Religious Revolution In Britain: What Does The Future Hold?Nuriyah Khan is the host of the YouTube channel Holy Humanist and is a prominent ex-Muslim and women's rights campaigner, known for her fearless advocacy and outspoken views. In this episode, Nuriyah and I think out loud about her experiences as an ex Muslim and her views on women's rights and human rights. We also talk about the changing landscape of Islam in Britain, the perception of institutional preference for Muslims over other religious adherents, the potential for an Islamic reformation led by Saudi Arabia and particularly Mohammed bin Salman, the role of British Muslims in public d...2025-03-211h 02Thinking Class#069 - Niall Gooch - How The British Public Lost Trust In Their Politicians & InstitutionsNiall Gooch is a writer and has appeared in The Spectator, Unheard, and The Catholic Herald. In this episode, Niall and I think out loud about the unique aspects of British identity, the impact of political ideologies on historical narratives, and why we need to strike a balance between kindness and justice in public policy. We also talk about why each of us need a deeper understanding of the cultural values we hold, why we must preserve historical context when engaging in discussions about contemporary issues, the evolution of the Catholic Church, the tension between tradition and m...2025-03-1456 minThinking Class#068 - Lorenzo Warby - Why Economists' Predictions Go Wrong, The Roman Empire Fell, And Why You Should Never Give Bureaucrats Moral ProjectsLorenzo Warby writes the Substack Lorenzo from Oz and he contributes regularly to Helen Dale's Substack, Not on your team, but always fair. He needs little introduction to long time classmates because this is the third time he has appeared on the show. Check out the archives for the other two. In this episode, Lorenzo and I think out loud about why the term capitalism is misleading and why we should speak about living in a mercantile society instead, the many complexities of commerce and the cultural influences on economic growth, the prevalence of activism in the m...2025-03-071h 30Thinking Class#067 - Prof. Alan Macfarlane - Exploring The Ancient English Roots Of Capitalism And How They Contributed To Its ProtestantismAlan McFarlane is an anthropologist, historian, and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at King’s College, Cambridge. He is the author or editor of 20 books and numerous articles covering the anthropology and history of England, Nepal, Japan, and China. A fellow of both the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society, Alan has dedicated much of his work to the comparative study of the origins and nature of the modern world. In this episode, Alan and I think out loud about how we don't understand what modernity actually is when we talk about it, how understanding modernity helps us...2025-02-281h 06Thinking Class#066 - Theodore Dalrymple - Why Being Non-Judgmental Does Not Make You More Moral & Makes The World WorseToday, I’m speaking with Dr Anthony Daniels, better known by his pen name, Theodore Dalrymple. He is an English cultural critic, prison physician, and psychiatrist who has worked in several sub-Saharan African countries and London’s East End.**Please excuse the audio issues on my side. This problem was caused by my audio interface. Anthony's audio is clear and that is the main thing**Before retiring in 2005, he practised at City Hospital and Winson Green Prison in Birmingham. He is a contributing editor at City Journal, published by the Manhattan Institute, where he i...2025-02-211h 07Thinking Class#065 - Neema Parvini - How Out Of Control Western Elites Brought A Civilisation To Its KneesNeema Parvini is the author of eight books including The Prophets of Doom, The Populist Delusion, The Defenders of Liberty, Shakespeare's Moral Compass. He has also written dozens of chapters and articles in scholarly publications and the media. Neema is the Director of Academic Agency, which he set up to focus on core academic skills and knowledge areas which can help students and learners of all ages to achieve both academic excellence and improve communication and research skills in the workplace. He runs the YouTube channel Academic Agent and the Substack of the same name. **Please...2025-02-141h 09Thinking Class#064 - Lord Nigel Biggar - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of The British EmpireLord Nigel Biggar CBE is Emeritus Regis Professor of Moral Theology at Oxford and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Pusey House. Nigel holds a BA in Modern History from Oxford and a PhD in Christian Theology and Ethics from the University of Chicago. In 2021, he was appointed CBE for services to higher education. His books include Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning and What's Wrong With Rights?. He has written for publications such as the Financial Times, The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, The Irish Times, and Quillette.In this episode, Nigel and I think out aloud about why...2025-02-0759 minThinking Class#063 - David Starkey - Forgetting History: Boomers, Blair & The Bulldozing Of BritainDavid Starkey is a historian, broadcaster, and bestselling author. Known for The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Monarchy, David now runs the popular YouTube channel David Starkey Talks and has written extensively on the British monarchy, including Monarchy, Crown and Country, and Henry, a Virtuous Prince.In this episode David and I think out loud about why history, properly taught, is the basis of our civilisation, why we should be terrified of the current political class for their lack of historical awareness, his thoughts on what drover Axel Radakubana to commit the terrorist atrocities...2025-01-311h 09Thinking Class#062 - Dr. Roy Baumeister - The Power Of Culture: How We Evolved To Live In The TribeDr. Roy Baumeister is one of the world's most prolific and influential psychologists. He has published over 700 scientific works, including over 40 books. In 2013 he received the highest award given by the Association for Psychological Science, the William James Fellow Award in recognition of his lifetime achievements. As of 2023, Roy holds affiliations with Harvard University in the USA, Constructor University Bremen in Germany, Florida State University, also in the U. S., Better Up, Inc., U. S., and the University of Bamberg in Germany. His 2011 book, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength with John Tierney, was a New York Times bestseller...2025-01-241h 10Thinking Class#061 - Mark Dooley - On Roger Scruton & Why We Need To Discover The Politics Of HomeDr. Mark Dooley is an Irish philosopher, author and journalist who has taught at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and at University College Dublin where he was John Henry Newman Scholar in Theology. He has been a columnist for both the Sunday Independent and the Irish Daily Mail, and is currently a Contributing Editor to The European Conservative magazine. His many books include The Roger Scruton Reader, Why Be a Catholic?, Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming, and Conversations with Roger Scruton, all published by Bloomsbury. In 2022, he edited and published Against the Tide: The Best of Roger...2025-01-171h 02Thinking Class#060 - Warren Smith - Rediscovering Humility In The Search For TruthWarren Smith is the founder of YouTube channel The Secret Scholar Society (@SecretScholars ). He lives in Massachusetts, USA, where he is a volunteer firefighter. In this episode Warren and I discuss his transition from teaching to becoming a full time YouTuber with his channel and why that 'career-change' happened at all, and we think out loud about the importance of critical thinking, the nature of truth, how to navigate political discourse and media narratives, and why storytelling helps us understand reality and the impact of societal taboos on open discussions, how to recognise objective truths in a w...2025-01-1052 min
The Black Studies PodcastReighan Gillam - Department of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies, Dartmouth CollegeThis is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the cultural and political meaning of Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.Today’s conversation is with Reighan Gillam, who teaches in the Department of Latin American, Latino, and Cari...2025-01-0649 minThinking Class#059 - Sam Bidwell - How Britain's Politicians Broke The Social ContractSam Bidwell is the Director of the Next Generation Centre at the Adam Smith Institute and has worked as a Parliamentary Researcher, and as a Press and Research Consultant for the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council. His writing on foreign affairs has been published internationally, including in Australia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and he was a contributor to the 2023 Commonwealth Security Review. Sam is a graduate of the University of Cambridge where he studied Law at Sidney Sussex College, specialising in public law, jurisprudence, and legal history.In this episode, Sam and I think out loud about whether...2025-01-031h 04Thinking Class#058 - Harrison Pitt - Why Mass Immigration Will See The West Give Up Believing In Liberal FictionsHarrison Pitt is a writer at the European Conservative and a fellow at the New Culture Forum. In this episode, Harrison and I think out loud about the problem in talking about British values and why they cannot be reduced to bullet point summaries, the philosophical underpinnings of national identity and cultural heritage, the impact of mass immigration on British culture, whether integration in a diverse society is possible, the implications of multicultural policies in a historically homogeneous nation, the moral implications of diversity in Britain, why 're-migration' is becoming popular across Europe, the political will needed t...2024-12-2757 minThinking Class#057 - Ed West & Paul Morland - Why Rediscovering Our Cultural Heritage Can Save The WestEd West is a British author, journalist, and blogger known for The Wrong Side of History on Substack and his work with UnHerd, The Catholic Herald, The Spectator, and more. His books include Small Men on the Wrong Side of History, The Diversity Illusion, and Tory Boy.Paul Morland is one of the world’s leading demographers, exploring how population trends shape our world. A former research fellow at Birkbeck and senior member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford, his books include The Human Tide, Tomorrow’s People, and No One Left. Together, Ed and Paul host The Ca...2024-12-201h 17Thinking Class#056 - Prof. Robert Tombs - Why We Cannot Escape History: England's Past Will Define Its FutureProfessor Robert Tombs is Professor Emeritus of French History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John’s College. Robert is the author of That Sweet Enemy (2006, co-written with his wife Isabel), The English and Their History (2014), and the Sunday Times bestseller This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe. In this episode, Robert and I think out loud about whether England and Britain are in decline, how England's national identity was formed, England's historical stability and contributions, why we should beware the rise of radical ideologies that seek to rewrite history, the importance of...2024-12-1357 minThinking Class#055 - Prof. Alan MacFarlane - How English Individualism Created The Modern WorldProfessor Alan McFarlane is a renowned anthropologist, historian, and Professor Emeritus of King’s College, Cambridge. Author or editor of 20 books and countless articles, Alan has spent his career exploring the origins and nature of the modern world. Alan is also the creator of the YouTube channel @ayabaya.In this episode, we Alan and I discuss England’s unique national character and its influence on politics, language, law, economics, and literature, the origins of English individualism and how it shaped the modern world, why England was capitalist long before the Industrial Revolution, how England’s history of mobilit...2024-12-061h 04Thinking Class#054 - Tom Rowsell - An 8,000 Year Story: Exploring The Genetic Histories & Identities Of The British PeoplesTom Rowsell is a historian and an independent film maker, director and editor, known for From Runes to Ruins (2014) and his YouTube channel Survive the Jive, which includes documentary films about pagan religion and ancient European cultures.In this episode, Tom and I delve into the genetic ancestry of the British peoples and how Genetic studies reveal the stability of Northwest European ancestry over time, the significance of ancient monuments, and national myths such as those surrounding King Arthur, the impact of Christianity on Germanic cultures and the evolving narratives that shape British identity, the complex history...2024-11-291h 04Thinking Class#053 - David Goodhart - The Impact Of Freedom And The Age Of Sex Equality On Caring For The FamilyDavid Goodhart is a British journalist, commentator and author. David is the Head of the Demography, Immigration and Integration Unit at the think tank Policy Exchange and the founder and a former editor of Prospect magazine. David has authored four books, including The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-War Immigration, The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt & The Future Of Politics, Head, Hand, Heart: The Struggle For Dignity And Status In The 21st Century, and most recently, The Care Dilemma: Caring Enough In The Age Of Sex Equality.In this episode, we talk about David's latest...2024-11-221h 04Thinking Class#052 - Dr. Philip Kiszely - How British Media Became Cynical And Divided The NationPhilip Kiszely is a cultural historian, an academic, an author, a political commentator, and senior fellow at the New Culture Forum. In this episode, we talk about the evolution of British culture, media, and education from the post-war era to the present day, why we have seen significant shifts in the media's treatment of Britain and its history, how British comedy has changed, how social media has impacted cultural identity, the decline of traditional music and comedy, our changing relationship with cultural heritage and what this means for youth culture today, the profound cultural shifts occurring in...2024-11-151h 12Thinking Class#051 - Prof. James Clark - The Hidden & Profound Impact On English Life Through Henry VIII's Dissolution Of The Monasteries Professor James Clark is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and has published widely on medieval monasteries and their place in the medieval world and he was historical advisor on the BBC TV series Tudor Monastery Farm. His book, The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History was published in 2022 to widespread acclaim. In this conversation, James and I talk about the impact of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in England, its historical significance, cultural impact, and the common misconceptions surrounding it, how important the role of monasteries were in everyday life, and the gr...2024-11-081h 10Thinking Class#050 - Carl Trueman - A Warped Reality: How Critical Theory Utterly Transformed Our WorldCarl Trueman is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. And he is the author of several books and perhaps best known for The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and The Road to Sexual Revolution. Karl is also the author of To Change All Worlds, Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse. In this conversation, Karl and I talk about why it is important to Unpack a topic, an idea, or a philosophy before criticizing it, why critical theory is a core area of focus f...2024-11-011h 06Thinking Class#049 - My Reflections On 50 Episodes Of Thinking ClassHello, classmates, and welcome to Thinking Class. Today I'm speaking with, well, myself and you, dear listener. I'm a management consultant, podcaster, and proud Northumbrian, Englishman and Briton. I'm recording this episode to mark 50 episodes of Thinking Class and almost one year, and to reflect on what I've learned, which episodes have proven popular and why they spoke deeply to me, and what I've had to start telling myself, the deeper I have found myself getting into the topics of this podcast. Enjoy the show classmates. And don't forget to subscribe.You can fol...2024-10-2527 minThinking Class#048 - Spencer Klavan - On Moral Relativism, Timeless Truths, And Science & FaithSpencer Klavan is a scholar, writer, and podcaster. A graduate of Yale, he earned his doctorate in ancient Greek literature from Oxford University. Spencer is the author of the acclaimed book How to Save the West, Ancient Wisdom for Five Modern Crises, and his latest release is Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science through Faith. Spencer is also the editor of Gateway to the Stoics, the host of the Young Heretics podcast, and associate editor of the Claremont Review of Books. And he has written for many outlets, including The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times...2024-10-181h 11Thinking Class#048 - Pete North - Rising Sectarianism In The UK: "We Must Stop Burying Our Heads In Sand"Pete North is the author of the Substack Northern Variant, where he analyses news and current affairs across the United Kingdom and Europe. In this conversation, Pete discusses his motivations for writing a comprehensive manifesto aimed at the right of politics, critiques the current political landscape in the UK, and emphasises the need for coherent immigration policies and local governance. Pete also reflects on how his personal experiences growing up in Bradford impacted the development of his own politics, why the UK is seeing a rise of sectarianism, the complexities of political ideologies, and he advocates for a...2024-10-111h 17Thinking Class#047 - Dr. Alka Sehgal Cuthbert - How The Intolerant And Divisive Language Of Anti-Racism And Poor Policy Fractured BritainDr. Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert is the director of the organisation Don't Divide Us. She is an educator, academic, author, and campaigner who believes passionately in the essential importance of impartiality. In this episode, Alka and I think out loud about the importance of recognising our common humanity amidst a sea of divisive ideologies, the various critiques of the current anti-racism movement and why Alka emphasises the need for a more universal and humanistic approach to governance, how the role of education and public policy shape societal attitudes, what the inherent dangers of multiculturalism are and its contribution to t...2024-10-031h 05Thinking Class#046 - William Clouston - How Britain Began To Decline And Why Its Leaders Won't Fix ItWilliam Clouston is the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the United Kingdom. In this episode, William and I talk about the reasons behind the SDP’s resurgence, his personal political journey, what the current political landscape looks like in Britain, and why it’s hard to escape the feeling of civilisational decline in the country, how cultural identity is being undermined through ideological zeal, mass immigration, and multiculturalism, Britain’s immigration challenges and the SDP’s proposed solutions for immigration control, why the ruling class’s reluctance to align with public sentiment poses risks to societal...2024-09-271h 07Thinking Class#045 - Glen Scrivener - Why Human Dignity And Human Rights May Not Survive Without ChristianityGlen Scrivener is an ordained Church of England minister and evangelist who preaches through writing, speaking, and online media. Glen is also the director of Speak Life, and the creator of the 3-2-1 evangelism course.In this episode, Glenn and I talk about the profound impact of Christianity on Western values, the personal journeys that lead someone to faith, and the cultural shifts that have resulted in a meaning crisis, why it is important to understand the Christian story as foundational to human rights and societal values, how the Christian narrative provides a unique protection against...2024-09-201h 07Thinking Class#044 - Philip Pilkington - Why European Countries Face Economic Ruination Of Their Own MakingPhilip Pilkington is a macroeconomist and investment professional, and he's also the host of the Multipolarity Podcast. In this episode, Phil and I talk about why European nations are struggling so much economically, and why the macroeconomic environment shows that we're in for a scary ride, how the European Union and the European Central Bank are intervening in national elections, why central banks are increasingly intervening in democratic elections or political office, what is stopping the UK and European nations from re-industrialising, potential pathways to re-industrialisation, how to address labour shortages and low birth rates without giving m...2024-09-131h 03Thinking Class#043 - Peter Hitchens - How Britain Witnessed A Moral And Cultural RevolutionPeter Hitchens is a columnist for the Mail on Sunday and a contributor to many other publications. He has published several books, mainly on aspects of what he regards as a cultural revolution which has transformed Britain for the worse in the last half century, and these include The Abolition of Britain and The Rage Against God. Peter has been a journalist for nearly 50 years, has reported from 57 countries, and was a resident correspondent in Moscow and Washington. Peter is a former revolutionary Marxist, who now describes himself as a socially conservative social democrat. In this episode, P...2024-09-0655 minThinking Class#042 - Charlie Downes - Why British Zoomers Are Against Mass Immigration And MulticulturalismCharlie Downes is the co-founder of the think-tank Centre for Migration Control, which is "committed to controlling and reducing immigration to the United Kingdom". In this episode, Charlie and I talk about why there is only a hair's breadth between the Conservative Party and the Labour Party on immigration policy; how the negative impacts of mass immigration can be seen in the crime statistics, the performance of the National Health Service, living standards, the tax bill of Britain's, and the changing landscape; how a combination of mass immigration and multiculturalism has left young British people without a s...2024-08-301h 10
Nationalism and the Culture Wars podcastOn John Gillam, Thinking Classhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuJu-98_UTs
Hello class mates and welcome to the show. I'm John Gillam and today I'm speaking with Eric Kaufmann. Eric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at the University of Buckingham. He is the author of Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities (Penguin, 2018; Abrams, 2019), Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth (Profile, 2010), Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution (Forum, 2024) and numerous academic books and papers.
He is an editor of the journal Nations & Nationalism, and has written for New York Times, Times of London, Financial Times, Newsweek International, Foreign...2024-08-264h 33Thinking Class#041 - James Esses - Why I Stood Up Against Gender Ideology Despite The Personal CostsJames Esses is a social commentator and writer, the co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists and the coordinator of the Declaration for Biological Reality. In this episode, James and I talk about why he was expelled from a Masters in Psychotherapy three years ago, the personal consequences he suffered for airing his gender critical views, the extent of ideological capture of Britain's largest institutions, what compelled James to speak up and the nature of bravery, how the Overton window on transgenderism has shifted, but not for everyone, the need for CEOs and leaders of corporations to de-politicise their business, a...2024-08-2359 minThinking Class#040 - Lorenzo Warby - Why Our Genes And Cultures Undermine The Quest For EqualityLorenzo Warby writes the substack Lorenzo from Oz, and he contributes regularly to one of Substack's recommended publications, Helen Dale’s Not On Your Team, But Always Fair.In this episode, Lorenzo and I talk about what hereditarianism is, and whether it is compatible with our notions of equality, the pitfalls of making political decisions based on people's genes, cultures, and environment over considerations of equality, the current problems with making political decisions based on equality alone, why social justice ideals are so prevalent within our institutions, the core tenets of Western civilization and where they came fr...2024-08-161h 19Thinking Class#039 - Benjamin De Rebel - Anglofuturism Might Be The Governing Philosophy Britain NeedsBenjamin De Rebel is an Anglo-futurist and runs a popular X account. In this episode Ben and I talk about what Anglofuturism is and why it is becoming popular, what opportunities Anglofuturism offers the Anglosphere for cultural renewal, and how Anglofuturism may give those in the Anglosphere a positive identity and help cure the dislocation caused by multiculturalism, how the social contract has broken down between the elite class and those they govern, and the transformative effect of fatherhood, and much more. Benjamin is an endearing chap and is certainly trying to put some meat on...2024-08-091h 15Thinking Class#038 - Dr. John Rapley and Dr. Peter Heather - Why Barbarian Invasion Is Not The Only Reason For The Fall Of An EmpireDr. John Rapley is a political economist at the University of Cambridge and a senior fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies. His books include Understanding Development, Globalization and Inequality, and most recently, Twilight of the Money Gods, Economics as a Religion, and How It All Went Wrong.Dr. Peter Heather is a British historian of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Peter is Chair of the Medieval History Department and Professor of Medieval History at King's College London. His many books include The Fall of the Roman Empire, Empires and Barbarians, Migration, Development, and...2024-08-021h 23Thinking Class#037 - Chris Martz - Why We Must Say No To Climate AlarmismChris Martz is a meteorology student who interns at CFACT, the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, runs a hugely popular x profile, and writes the climate blog chrismartzweather.com. In this episode Chris and I talk about his passion for climate science and meteorology began and how he was concerned about the increasing talk of climate change, how his mind began to change as he was exposed to more data sets, how data shows a disconnect between the narrative on all-time high temperatures in the U S and the reality of historic weather data, the red herrings w...2024-07-261h 24Thinking Class#036 - Tobi Emonts-Holley - Family Comes First: 'I'm A Dad of Six And A CEO And I Love My Life'Tobi Emonts-Holley is a husband, a dad of six, and a CEO of Tipareth, a nonprofit organisation that provides support and opportunities to people with learning disabilities. In this episode, Tobi tells us what being a father has taught him about his relationship to time and, well, death; how parenting taught him the wisdom of the ages without having to read philosophy or theology from the last few thousand years; the importance of slowing down at work and at home, how becoming a father taught him what he should pay attention to and what he shouldn't; how h...2024-07-1958 minThinking Class#035 - Hilary White - The Philosophical Revolution Behind The West's Decline (And It Began Much Earlier Than You Think)Hilary White is the creator of the Sacred Images Project, which you can find on Substack, and which explores the Christian life, thought, history, and culture through the lens of the first 1, 200 years of sacred art.In this episode, Hilary and I talk about what classifies as sacred art and why it is so important, how the Renaissance led to sacred art's (and the West's) decline when man became the measure of all things (and lots of Florentine bankers money was thrown around in the 15th century onwards to support it), how Cosmo de Medici would have...2024-07-121h 13Thinking Class#034 - Garett Jones - Why We Need Selective Immigration Policies (People Make Countries They Move To Like The Ones They Left)Garett Jones lives in Washington D. C. and is Associate Professor of Economics and BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at George Mason University. Garett's research spans macroeconomics, political economy, and the foundations of economic growth.Along with many scholarly articles, Dr. Jones is the author of three books, his Singapore Trilogy, all published with the Stanford University Press - The Hive Mind, How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own, 10 percent Less Democracy, and The Culture Transplant, How Migrants Make The Economies They Move To A Lot Like The Ones They...2024-07-0558 minThinking Class#033 - Frank Furedi - The Beginning Of A Political Revolution: What The Populist Surge In The EU Tells UsFrank Furedi is an author, social commentator and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, author of more than 26 books, Frank's studies have been devoted to an exploration of the cultural developments in Western societies.And in recent years, he's published several studies on the impact of the culture wars on family life, socialisation, education, and public life. In this episode, Frank and I talk about what the recent shift toward populist, sovereigntist parties in the European parliament elections means for Europe, how it may be the beginning of a replacement of the c...2024-06-2858 minThinking Class#032 - Doug Stokes - Why We Must Understand What It Means To 'Decolonise' SomethingDoug Stokes is the Professor of International Relations at Exeter University and acts as the Director for its Strategy and Security Institute. Doug was a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for over a decade and is currently the Thomas Telford Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy and the senior advisor to the Legatum Institute's Sovereignty Unit.Doug is the author of Against Decolonisation: Campus Culture Wars and the Decline of the West and writes regularly for major news outlets, including the Times, the Telegraph, the Spectator, and the Daily Mail, and enjoys doing t...2024-06-211h 14Thinking Class#031 - Ben Cobley - We Are Suffering The Institutional Erasure Of The EnglishBen Cobley writes the blog, A Free Left Blog, and is author of The Tribe: The Liberal Left and the System of Diversity. Ben is a journalist by trade and a former Labour Party activist. In this episode, Ben and I talk about Being English and Englishness, what it is and how it has come under threat from the spread of progressive ideologies, what it means to be a part of a nation, why there might be a hostility toward the English and Englishness, the impact of liberalism on England and the world, the difficulty of finding t...2024-06-151h 03Thinking Class#030 - Connor Tomlinson - 'The Right Of Gen-Z Will Make Sure We Have A Healthy Civilisation Again'Connor Tomlinson is a writer and presenter at LotusEaters.com and Co-host of the Deprogrammed podcast by NewCultureForum. Connor has also frequently contributed to Talk TV and GB News, and writes for The European Conservative and The Critic.In this episode Connor and I talk about why Gen-Z are not so much being anti-civilisational insomuch as they didn't receive a cultural inheritance at all, the impact of the internet and the post 1960s education system on cultural identity, why not all of Gen-Z is woke, why individualism and consumer capitalism has made everyone miserable, why the topdown...2024-06-141h 01Thinking Class#029 - Lorenzo Warby - Forget The War Of The Sexes: Men And Women Were Made To Complement Each OtherLorenzo Warby writes for one of Substack's featured publications for 2024, Helen Dale's Not On Your Team, But Always Fair, as well as for his own Substack Lorenzo from Oz. Lorenzo writes frequently about evolutionary anthropology, evolutionary psychology, human nature, the institutional health of the West, the differences between civilisations, and the impact of political ideologies on public life. Lorenzo has a very interesting background, having worked in the Australian public service and non-profit sector, and now he puts on medieval and ancient days for schools. In this episode, Lorenzo tells us about human social dynamics and why w...2024-05-311h 21Thinking Class#028 - David Goodhart - Post-Brexit & Trump: The Anywhere Class Still Doesn't UnderstandDavid Goodhart is a journalist, writer and thinktanker. He worked for the Financial Times for 12 years before setting up Prospect magazine in 1995. He has been involved with issues relating to equality and discrimination for 20 years.In 2013 he published a book on race and immigration, 'The British Dream' (runner up for the Orwell prize). When director of the Demos think tank he set up the Integration Hub website as a focus for data and debate about ethnic minority integration and segregation. In his current role as Head of the Demography Unit at the Policy Exchange think...2024-05-241h 30Thinking Class#027 - Emma Wells - Building Beautiful To Save Our SoulsEmma Wells is an English church historian, academic, consultant author, and broadcaster, specialising in the ecclesiastical and architectural history of the late medieval and early modern age. Emma is the author of two books, including the 2021 book Heaven on Earth: Lives & Legacies of the world's greatest cathedrals; and the 2016 book Pilgrim routes of the British Isles. Emma is working on her third book at the time of recording.In this episode, Emma and I talk about why the medieval and dark ages gave us much more than we give them credit for, why so many cathedrals were...2024-05-1748 minThinking Class#026 - Carl Trueman - These Ideas Have Been Terrible For Our Humanity And Our CultureDr Carl Trueman is a Christian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. Carl is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He has written many books including, 'The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution.' He contributes to First Things), blogs regularly at Reformation21 and co-hosts the Mortification of Spin podcast.In this episode, Carl and I talk about the importance of our cultural elite in shaping how we see the world, what the four ages of man are and why...2024-05-101h 04Thinking Class#025 - Eric Kaufmann - The Taboos That Produced A Woke Cultural RevolutionEric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at the University of Buckingham. He is the author of Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities (Penguin, 2018; Abrams, 2019), Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth (Profile, 2010), Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution (Forum, 2024) and numerous academic books and papers.He is an editor of the journal Nations & Nationalism, and has written for New York Times, Times of London, Financial Times, Newsweek International, Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines.In this episode, Eric and I talk about why the spread of Woke ideas contributed...2024-05-031h 01Thinking Class#024 - Sebastian Milbank - We Think We Know What Freedom Is But We Don'tSebastian Milbank is the Executive Editor of The Critic magazine, and a journalist, writer and academic with a special interest in political theology.In this episode, Sebastian and I talk about why the changing media landscape is due to dissident energy, why liberalism has a dark side, why the concept of freedom itself is about more than just free choice, how the liberty won in the French Revolution continues to have an impact today, why the centre right has been losing so much over the years and the left has been winning, why Britain's governance and infrastructure...2024-04-2658 minThinking Class#023 - Helen Pluckrose - How To Keep Liberal Principles Alive In An Illiberal WorldHelen Pluckrose is a political and cultural writer and commentator, addressing current affairs from a liberal humanist perspective. Her particular focus is Critical Social Justice (woke) scholarship and activism. Helen took part in the Grievance Studies Affair (along with Peter Bogossian and James Lindsay) which submitted shoddy, ridiculous and ideologically biased papers to academic journals known for publishing Critical Social Justice scholarship. In 2020, she co-authored Cynical Theories with James Lindsay, which traced the evolution of postmodern thought into Critical Social Justice scholarship. In that same year, she co-founded Counterweight, an organization for helping individuals push back at a...2024-04-191h 05Thinking Class#022 - Dr. Paul Morland - Demography Is Destiny: What Future Have We Chosen?Dr. Paul Morland is an author and broadcaster who writes and speaks about population and the big demographic trends across the world, both contemporary and historic.Described as the 'UK's leading demographer' and 'one of the world's pre-eminent demographers', Paul has written three books: ‘Tomorrow’s People’, ‘The Human Tide’ and ‘Demographic Engineering’ and his work has been translated into nine languages. He has written for and been interviewed in many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines including the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Toronto Globe and Mail, Der Spiegel and the Jerusalem Post...2024-04-121h 04Thinking Class#021 - Elisabeth Braw - Goodbye Globalisation, Hello Divided WorldElisabeth Braw is a columnist at Foreign Policy, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and the author of "Goodbye Globalization. In this episode, Elisabeth and I talk about what globalisation is and why we are saying goodbye to it as we know it, why we should trade with countries similar in values, the different approaches taken across the West in dealing with the end of globalisation, why ESG is having a negative impact on the defense sector and Western countries' ability to defend themselves, and why the West's liberalism blinded it to other countries' cultures and p...2024-04-0538 minThinking Class#020 - Momus Najmi - Britain Is Suffering A Clash Of CivilisationsMomus Najmi is writer, commentator, and podcaster. Host of The World of Momus podcast and author of the Substack 'The World of Momus'. Momus has made appearances on broadcast media such as GB News and on podcasts such as New Culture, British Thought Leaders, and many more. In this episode, Momus and I talk about his experience of leaving Islam, why he chose to England and Britain as the place he wished to call home, the tension between British culture and Islam, and the impact of mass immigration on culture.Show notes...2024-03-291h 01Thinking Class#019 - Ian Williams: China's Influence Is Everywhere But It's Future Is Not GoldenIan Williams is an author and award-winning journalist who has reported from across the world. He covered business and technology for the Sunday Times before moving to television. He was a foreign correspondent, first for Channel 4 News in Moscow and Asia, and then for NBC news, based in Bangkok and Beijing. Ian has travelled and reported from across China and has also covered conflicts across the Balkans, the Middle East, and Ukraine. In this episode, Ian Williams and I talk about the political class’s response to China in recent decades, what Britain and the western world sho...2024-03-221h 07Thinking Class#018 - Lionel Shriver: Why I Left Britain (And Feel Guilty About It)Lionel Shriver is an author of 8 books, including, 'We Need To Talk About Kevin', which won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005 and a journalist, with a fortnightly column in The Spectator and a contributor to The Times. In this episode, Lionel and I talk about mass immigration to Britain and the subsequent demographic transformation, why populism is thriving even without political representation, the role complacency plays in a country's future, cultural decline and the prospect of renewal, and the fragility of order.Show notesI'm leaving Britain - and I feel...2024-03-151h 03Thinking Class#017 - Paul Embery - Why British Politicians Are Treating Citizens With ContemptPaul Embery is a firefighter, trade union activist, writer and broadcaster. Paul has been a member of the Labour party since 1994 and active in the wider labour movement for most of his adult life. He has served on the executive council of the Fire Brigades Union and as the national organiser of Trade Unionists Against the EU.Paul has written extensively about working-class politics and culture, including for UnHerd, The Huffington Post, The Spectator, Spiked and Compact. His first book is Despised: why the modern Left loathes the working class, which was published in 2020.2024-03-0859 minThinking Class#016 - Tom Jones - Betraying Britain's Future: "The Conservatives' Governing Strategy Is Bankrupt"Tom Jones is a writer and Councillor for Scotton and Lower Wensleydale, in North Yorkshire, England. Tom is the author of Substack 'The Potemkin Village Idiot' and he writes, for The Critic, Con Home, Cap X, Unherd, and The Guardian. Tom is concerned with winning back a conservative Britain fit for the 21st Century and engages is a commentator and critic of social policy, culture, and the political class.In this episode, we talk about his motivations for public service, the decline of conservatism in British political class, whether Gen-Z might possess a reactionary streak, what people...2024-03-011h 19Thinking Class#015 - Martina Macpherson - What ESG Is And Why There Is A BacklashMartina Macpherson has been recognised as a one of the ‘Top 50 Women in Finance’ (World Finance Forum 2022), and as a strategic engager and influencer (Commetric ESG Influencer Index, 2020, 2021; Modern Slavery Influencer Index, 2018) and by various organisations and bodies for her sustainable investing track record and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) work across industry and academia. Martina is Head of ESG Product Management at SIX - the Swiss Exchanges Group - and a Board Member of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets. She is a visiting fellow at Henley Business School and a guest lecturer at University of Zuri...2024-02-2355 minThinking Class#014 - Ed West - Lessons From History: Elites, Populists, and Cultural AmnesiaEd West is a columnist and author of the popular 'Wrong Side of History' Substack. Ed's work has appeared in many of Britain's biggest publications. He is also the author of many books, including Saxons versus Vikings: Alfred The Great, 1215 and all that, 1066 and before all that, and What We Got Wrong About Immigration and How To Set It Right. We talk about why why cultural elites (and the ideas they hold) matter, why having a shared common cultural narrative is important, whether we we need 'historical leaders, historic misalignments between rulers and ruled, examples of top-down...2024-02-161h 10Thinking Class#013 - Tomiwa Owolade: Why America's Culture War Should Not Be Britain'sTomiwa Owolade is a writer and critic and is the author of the book This Is Not America. Tom has written for The Times, The Sunday Times, The Spectator, The Financial Times, The Evening Standard, and the Literary Review. He is also a contributing writer at The New Statesman and has made appearances on GB News and BBC Radio 4.In this episode we talk about why Britain should not import America's racial politics, the complexities of identity, why social class is a bigger determinant of life outcomes in Britain than race is, and the impact of secularisation a...2024-02-091h 03Thinking Class#012 - Dr. Rakib Ehsan: Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies Do More Harm Than GoodDr. Rakib Ehsan is a research analyst and writer, specialising in matters of social cohesion, race relations, and public security and it's safe to say he has established himself as a prominent British authority on matters of racial identity and social integration. He is the author of the 'Beyond Grievance: What The Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities'. Rakib holds a PhD in Political Science in which he investigated the impact of social integration on the public attitudes of British non-white ethnic minorities. Currently a columnist at Sp!ked and a regular contributor for Mail Plus and The Telegraph...2024-02-021h 03Thinking Class#011 - Esmé Partridge: Why King Charles Could Improve Social Cohesion In Modern BritainEsmé Partridge is an MPhil student at the University of Cambridge and writer for publications including UnHerd, The Critic, and First Things. Esmé previously worked for a consultancy at the intersection of religion and politics where she was involved in several projects relating to religious freedom and interfaith relations.Today we talk about the shift in contemporary religion and spirituality with traditional religions versus a menu of options, the importance of elites and their attitudes, King Charles III's philosophical worldview and why it could matter for social cohesion in an ethnically diverse and multi-faith United Kingdom, tradition, or...2024-01-2656 minThinking Class#010 - Frank Furedi: The Elite Won't Reform Itself. We Have To Replace It.Dr. Frank Furedi is an author, social commentator and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. Author of more than 26 books, Furedi’s studies have been devoted to an exploration of the cultural developments in western societies. In recent years he has published several studies on the impact of the Culture Wars on family life, socialisation, education and public life. His most recent book, 100 Years of Identity Crisis, argues that it disrupts the socialisation of young people and encourages the estrangement of generations from one another.In this episode Frank and I talk about populism as...2024-01-1959 minThinking Class#009 - Tom Morris - Discover Ancient Wisdom And Take Control Of Your LifeDr. Tom Morris is a native of North Carolina in the United States, a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, and was the recipient of a double PhD from Yale University. He has gone from being the most popular professor at The University of Notre Dame, where he taught for 15 years, to now serving as one of the world's most active public philosophers, authoring over 32 books, including national business bestsellers, while bringing the wisdom of the ages to many of the biggest and most successful companies in the world in over 1,200 public talks. More r...2024-01-121h 03Thinking Class#008 - Iancu Daramus - Can Corporations Really Be Environmentalists?Iancu Daramus is the Head of Sustainability for Fulcrum Asset Management and has been working in the field of Sustainable Finance for a decade. Through shareholder engagements, Iancu has helped shaped the strategies of the world's largest companies. Iancu writes and publishes regularly on investment portfolio alignment, energy and investment stewardship, including as one of the lead authors in the CFA Institute's Certificate of ESG Investing. Described as a committed sustainability advocate with strong credentials by Investment Week, Iancu won the rising star award at the 2022 Sustainable Investment Awards and was selected on Brummel Magazine's Ones To Watch for 30...2024-01-051h 17Thinking Class#007 - Andreas Svanlund - The Civilisational Risk To The West In The Energy TransitionAndreas Svanlund is a board member of XBED, a Norwegian deep sea mining company that provides offshore companies with geo data to help them design, build, and operate offshore assets. Formerly an officer in the Norwegian Armed Forces, Andreas joined the defence industry as business developer with a special focus towards the special forces elements within NATO and Europol. Andreas was a proprietor of combat uniform equipment to the Norwegian Armed Forces and worked closely with the National Response, counter-terrorism and organised crime units. In this episode, we talk about the civilisational risk of the energy transition, h...2023-12-2945 minThinking Class#006 - Matthew Davis: Why Business School Students Need To Know The Limits Of Their KnowledgeMatthew Davis is the Business School Director of Culture and Values at the University of Leeds, England, and is a psychologist, researcher, educator, and consultant. Matt works with public and private sector organisations to develop strategies to support hybrid working, workplace design, and sustainability. Matt has worked with partners including Rolls Royce, Marks & Spencer, Arup Consulting, Leeds City Council and British Gas. Matt has been featured by the BBC, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, and The Telegraph.In this episode we talk about epistemic humility, what it is and why business schools need to learn it; the do...2023-12-2258 minThinking Class#005 - Bridget Ryder - The Dark Side Of Green EnergyBridget Ryder is a freelance writer based in Spain. She writes on a wide variety of topics from European Union and Spanish politics to environmental issues and religion. Her work has appeared in The European Conservative and America Magazine. An American, she grew up in the American heartland and has spent stints traveling and working in Latin America and Europe. She cut her teeth on journalism as a small town beat and general assignment reporter near Yellowstone National Park. As an American with two liberal arts degrees (one in Spanish and one in Catholic Studies) she has held a va...2023-12-1559 minThinking Class#004 - Ryan Hopkins - Why Is Wellbeing At Work So Low?Ryan Hopkins is Chief Impact Officer at JAAQ, author of '52 weeks of wellbeing: a no nonsense guide to a fulfilling work life' - published 03/01/24. Before joining Jaaq, Ryan led the Future of Wellbeing at Deloitte. He's a LinkedIn Top Voice for Work Life Balance, host of the Audacious Goals Club and Creator of Toilet Break Wellbeing. Ryan is also a TEDx Speaker - Shoreditch.Expect to hear about the impact of discovering philosophy in our lives, why business leaders need to read philosophy, the common reasons cited for a lack of wellbeing at work, the wellbeing cr...2023-12-0852 minThinking Class#003 - Katrin Gülden Le Maire - Why Business Leaders Need To Understand TheologyHello everybodyJoining me in Thinking Class today is Katrin Gülden Le Maire. Katrin is a trained theologian, a strategic advisor, and an independent scientific researcher with more than 20 years experience in various European markets. She works across all industries and sectors, with special expertise in finance. She has been nominated as board member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ESG in Westminster in 2022 and is a member of the board of the FIIT Institut at the Ruprecht Karls-Universität Heidelberg in Germany. Katrin conducts scientific research, focusing on Cyber Ethics, democracy development and social coh...2023-12-0136 minThinking Class#002 - Kahlil Corazo - The Nature Of Human Desire And Solving The Problem Of Meaningless WorkKahlil Corazo is the author of How to Turn Ideas Into Reality: Project Management for Entrepreneurship and Creative Work and the founder of Advenient.co, a Philippine-based outsourced partner of digital agencies handling the technical side of internet marketing. His current writing project is Explorations.ph, where he explores the applications of the ideas of thinkers such as René Girard and Venkatesh Rao to Philippine history and culture. Kahlil's Linkedin bio says that he is a "gentleman scholar." In the podcast, he explains what this means. Today we talk about the influence of Rene Girard, the three-city p...2023-11-241h 02Thinking Class#001 - The Foundation Of Ethics And The Limits Of Liberalism And TechnocracyTom Hancocks is an ethics and compliance and ESG consultant, currently working professional services. An academic ethicist by background, Tom has lectured and consulted widely on the topics of business ethics, ESG, professional standards and corporate governance. His doctoral work applied legal and political philosophy to the context of political transition.Today we talk about technocracy, its limits and its future, the misunderstanding of ethics in business, the role of religion in shaping ethics, and liberalism and its fate. This episode is the inaugural episode of the show. See you next time. S...2023-11-171h 05
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Home Inspector Podcast by InterNACHI150. The More You Know, The More You Grow with John GillamJohn Gillam will give a webinar on the value of home inspectors marketing their services to reduce liability for states that have licensure. He will also discuss how to coordinate with brokers / escrow officers in presenting the potential need for these services.2020-06-1957 min