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Power LineThe Three Whisky Happy Hour: Special Mid-Week Episode on the Trump IndictmentOur normal weekend rendezvous at the whisky bar was convened early this week to get out our fresh reactions to the Trump indictment for his role in the events of January 6, and our general reaction after reading the filing is—is this all there is? Where is incitement? Where is conspiring with violent groups like the Proud Boys and Barbie and Ken? There is very little if any new evidence or facts in the filing, and there are some stunning assumptions of fact that will surely fall apart in the courtroom.More seriously, John Yoo rightly describes this fi...2023-08-021h 08
New HumanistsLincoln with the Bard, feat. Ted J. Richards | Episode XLISend us a textAbraham Lincoln spent less than 1 year of his life going to school. Nevertheless, he became a lawyer, a surveyor, and one of the greatest statesmen in American history. He also carried on correspondence with one of the country's leading Shakespearean actors about the relative merits of different plays and speeches in Shakespeare's dramatic oeuvre. In no speech is the self-educated Lincoln's close attention to the Bard more in evidence than in his political comeback speech, the Peoria Address denouncing the Kansas-Nebraska Act. What do the veiled Shakespearean references in that speech reveal about...2023-02-151h 08
Live a Larger Life12. James on Why We Should Read Both SidesWith his co-hosts away for Thanksgiving, James FitzGerald flies solo, sharing what he’s been reading and listening to, making a case for always looking at both sides of any story.
00:26 Introduction to the episode
06:00 All American Award
10:18 The podcasts James hosts
12:45 James’ fitness update including the podcasts he’s been listening to
38:15 What James has been reading
46:48 How we can create a national conversation around fitness
50:26 Wrap-Up
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Conservative Conversations with ISIHow should we teach American History? Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 20 - How should we teach American History?In this episode... A listener question on Edmund Burke.An interview with Jeffrey Sikkenga the Executive Director of the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University.Links: Professor Sikkenga’s USA Today Op-EdThe Ashbrook CenterTeaching American History SourceBooks Mentioned:Reflections on The Revolution in France, Edmund BurkeA Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Edmund BurkeThe Conservative Mind, Russell KirkEdmund Burke: A Genius Rediscovered, Russell KirkStatecraft as Soulcraft, George WillOn Conciliation with the Colonies, Edmund Burke...2021-10-0544 min