In Defense of Women is H. L. Mencken’s 1918 book on women and the relationship between the sexes. Some laud the book as progressive while others brand it as reactionary. While Mencken didn’t champion women’s rights, he described women as wiser in many novel and observable ways, while demeaning average men. According to Mencken’s biographer, Fred Hobson: Depending on the position of the reader, he was either a great defender of women’s rights or, as a critic labelled him in 1916, ‘the greates ...
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To paraphrase the late, great HL Mencken, "For every complex problem there is a train-of-thought this is logical, efficient, and completely misguided." Analytical thinking is a subconscious Western philosophy that often gets us into trickiest of pickles leading to a kind of logical insanity. But if we are mindful of this subconcious philosophy of top-down Deductive-Analytical thinking then we can better make sense of the world around us allowing us to take more control of our lives and caree ...
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Welcome to the Chronicles podcast, a production of Chronicles Magazine, the original outlet for paleoconservative thought and a bastion of the authentic Right in America.
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Essay Questions is the podcast in which your hosts, Joe & Josh, read an essay that's interesting to them and/or of historical importance, and then talk about it. Pretty simple, right? Well, we like to think we're using these essays as a starting point for conversations that end up going in strange and surprising directions. Nothing makes us happier than dragging luminaries like Mencken, Orwell, Adorno, and Didion into our own long-standing obsessions with conspiracy theories, the National Se ...
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Think About It engages today's leading thinkers in conversations about powerful ideas and how language can change the world.
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Ep 42 Renaud Camus: Enemy of the Disaster
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We are joined by guests Louis Betty and Ethan Rundell to discuss a new collection of essays by Renaud Camus--who famously coined the phrase "Great Replacement."Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 41 Does the First Amendment Ban the Ten Commandments in Schools?
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Dave Benner helps us answer a timely question!Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 40 The Radicalization of Normies
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Joined by Nate Hochman to talk about the rightward shift of Middle AmericaPar Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 39 Can South Asians Assimilate?
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We welcome Jayant Bhandari to talk about his understanding of Indian and South Asian culture and the difficulty Western culture has with integrating them into our society.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 38 Is There a Woke Right?
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I am joined by Paul Gottfried to talk about the essence of the Right Wing, and its relation to Critical TheoryPar Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 37 What Really Happened at Watergate?
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We are joined by Geoff Shepard, and we get into the nitty-gritty of the Watergate scandal.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 36 The Specter of Noticing
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The man, the myth, the legend. Chief of Noticers Steve Sailer talks his new book and his experience as a man of stats.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 35 The Civil Rights Regime and its Consequences
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John Doyle joins us today to talk about the Civil Rights Movement and the long term effect it has had on the United States and its political culture.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 35 Who Fights for Legacy Americans?
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Jeremy Carl joins us to talk about his new book The Unprotected ClassPar Chronicles Magazine
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Book Talk 63: Nietzsche Now! with Glenn Wallis
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What would Nietzsche say… about today’s divisive issues and debates? I spoke with Glenn Wallis, author of the new book, Nietzsche Now!, on how the Great Immoralist guides us in understanding democracy, identity, civilization, consciousness, religion, and other urgent topics of our time. Wallis identifies six guiding principles in Nietzsche’s work t…
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Book Talk 62: Stefanos Geroulanos on "The Invention of Prehistory"
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What does it mean to be human? What do we know about the true history of humankind? In this episode, I spoke with historian and NYU professor Stefanos Geroulanos to discuss his new book, The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins (Liveright, 2024) to discover how claims about the earliest humans and humankin…
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Ep 34 HL Mencken and the Fight Against Progressivism
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Darryl Hart joins us to talk about the Sage of Baltimore and his war against the progressive, centralizing spirit of the early twentieth century.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 33 In Celebration of the American South
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Brion McClanahan joins us for a conversation on the American South and its role in the American experience. He defends the South and its culture, explicating what the Southern tradition means and why its important.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 32 Religion and the Right Wing
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Buck Johnson joins the Chronicles Podcast for a discussion about the crisis of secularity in the West and the phenomenon of the Right rediscovering traditional Christianity.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 31 Jacques Ellul and Technological Society
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We are joined by Kruptos to engage in a reflection on the meaning of the technological society as described by the French writer Jacques Ellul. Kruptos' Substack: https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/ Ellul books mentioned: The Technological Society Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes The Political Illusion…
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Ep 30 The Life and Contributions of George F. Kennan
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Lee Congdon joins us to introduce one of America's greatest foreign policy voices in the twentieth century. A critic of Communism and Liberal Democracy both, Kennan was always slightly out of step with the foreign policy establishment. And his dissent has now been vindicated.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 29 Remembering John Taylor of Caroline
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Bill Watkins joins us to talk about the life and views of John Taylor of Caroline. You can read Watkins' piece here: https://chroniclesmagazine.org/remembering-the-right/remembering-john-taylor-of-caroline/Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 28: Remembering Paul Elmer More
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James Kalb joins us to give an overview of the life and contributions of Paul Elmer More. Kalb's Chronicles Magazine piece can be found here: https://chroniclesmagazine.org/remembering-the-right/remembering-paul-elmer-more/Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 27 Michael Millerman on Dugin and Russia
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Michael Millerman on Dugin and RussiaPar Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 26 Charles Haywood - Accelerationism and Radicalizing the Right
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Charles Haywood - Accelerationism and Radicalizing the RightPar Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 25 Sean Davis on Washington's Corruption
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Sean Davis on Washington's CorruptionPar Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 24 Logan Hall on Immigration and the Elites that Hate Us
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Logan Hall on Immigration and the Elites that Hate UsPar Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 23 Paul Gottfried on Current Events
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Paul Gottfried talks about immigration and other miscellaneous current eventsPar Chronicles Magazine
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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02 The War Between the Sexes (Part 1)
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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03 The War Between the Sexes (Part 2)
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comPar Henry L. Mencken
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Book Talk 61: Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Threats to Democracy and H.L. Mencken’s "Notes on Democracy"
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A century ago, journalist H. L. Mencken provocatively stated in Notes On Democracy (new edition by Warbler Press, 2023) that anti-democratic behavior is not only not shocking but that we should in fact expect democracies to give rise to un- and even anti-democratic forces. Mencken doubted that such the evils of democracy will be cured by more democ…
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Ep 22 Jared Lovell on Liberalism and Conservatism
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Jared Lovell joins us to talk Burke vs. Paine, traditionalism in religion, and the failures of secular liberalism.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 21 We're Back! Paul Gottfried on the Postwar Presidency
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We are back after a hiatus and excited to start a livestream version of the podcast, and shift to two a week starting next week. In this episode, Paul Gottfried goes in depth on his understanding of the postwar presidency, from Truman to Ford. Part reflective, part analysis, this is Paul at his Thank you for being a Tom Woods supporting listener!st…
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Ep 20 Charles Haywood on Post-Liberalism
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Charles Haywood, who blogs at The Worthy House, joins us to review several themes from Patrick Deneen's new book Regime Change.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 19 The Hobbesian Revolution, with Paul Gottfried
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Paul Gottfried talks with us about the thought of Thomas Hobbes. We get into Hobbes' anticipation of Carl Schmitt, and his views on political sovereignty. We also get an introductory discussion about Napoleon!Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 18 Stanley Payne on the Spanish Civil War
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Paul Gottfried joins us to welcome Professor Stanley Payne, the eminent historian of twentieth century Spain. We talk about the context of the war, some of the myths, and Dr. Payne and Dr. Gottfried reflect on Franco's time at the helm of Spanish politics.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 17 Paul Gottfried and Ed Welsch: Are We Right Wing Marxists?
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In this special episode, we have a discussion about a recent review of Gottfried's newly edited The Paleoconservative Anthology. The review, written by Michael Lucchese, was published at LawLiberty.org.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 16 Doug Wilson on Social Contract Theory
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Great conversation with Paul Gottfried and Doug Wilson on Doug's May 2023 Chronicles Magazine essay "Social Contract Theory as Feathered Serpent."Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 15 James O'Keefe on Citizen Journalism
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We were pleased to welcome James O'Keefe on the podcast today and we talked about his various projects and got his take on the state of journalism.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 14 The Spiritual Death of the West, with Nathan Pinkoski
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We are joined today by Nathan Pinkoski to discuss his essay on the controversial book of fiction The Camp of the Saints. We talk about the unwillingness of Western leaders to defend their peoples and the loss of cultural heritage that is ensuing.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Book Talk 60: Cleo McNelly Kearns on Mark Twain’s "Huckleberry Finn"
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Celebrated, censored, canceled: Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn cannot be avoided. William Faulkner called Twain “the father of American literature.” Toni Morrison explained that “the brilliance of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is that it is the argument it raises…. The cyclical attempts to remove the novel from classrooms extend Jim’s…
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Ep 13 Paul Gottfried on After Liberalism
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Paul Gottfried fields some listener questions and then moves into a discussion of themes from his books After Liberalism and Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 12 The Prudentialist on Joe Sobran
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The Prudentialist joins us to talk about Joe Sobran and the insights he has for today.Par Chronicles Magazine
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Free Speech 69: Campus Misinformation with Bradford Vivian
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State censorship and cancel culture, trigger warnings and safe spaces, pseudoscience, First Amendment hardball, as well as orthodoxy and groupthink: universities remain a site for important battles in the culture wars. What is the larger meaning of these debates? Are American universities at risk of conceding to mobs and cuddled “snowflake” student…
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Book Talk 59: Reading the Classics with Louis Petrich
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Why read the Classics, and how to do it best? Louis Petrich teaches at St. John’s College, the third-oldest college and “the nation's most contrarian college” (according to the New York Times, meant as a compliment). St. John’s takes a remarkable approach to the liberal arts: students and teachers read and discuss 3,000 years of Great Books over fo…
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