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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A freethinker, and curious citizen with the primary goal of awakening the “curiosity” in as many people as possible. “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable.” H.L. Mencken
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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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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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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."By 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!By Chronicles Magazine
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Joined by Nate Hochman to talk about the rightward shift of Middle AmericaBy Chronicles Magazine
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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.By Chronicles Magazine
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I am joined by Paul Gottfried to talk about the essence of the Right Wing, and its relation to Critical TheoryBy 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.By Chronicles Magazine
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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.By 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.By Chronicles Magazine
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Jeremy Carl joins us to talk about his new book The Unprotected ClassBy 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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It’s time to pivot a bit. I would love to know what the soldiers in our armed forces think. Let's have some constructive and "solution" focused conversations about the current state of affairs. We have much to discuss.
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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.By 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.By Chronicles Magazine
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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.By 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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We spend so much time focused on the presidency that we miss a potential far greater foe of the common citizen. Let’s talk about our country’s least effective and most destructive branch of government in my opinion.
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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.By 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/By Chronicles Magazine
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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/By Chronicles Magazine
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Ep 27 Michael Millerman on Dugin and Russia
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Michael Millerman on Dugin and RussiaBy 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 RightBy Chronicles Magazine
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158. What does it mean to be a “good citizen”?
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It’s time to put our thinking caps on to discuss what makes for a “good citizen” in 2024. Let’s ignore the mainstream media noise for a moment to focus on something that matters.
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Ep 25 Sean Davis on Washington's Corruption
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Sean Davis on Washington's CorruptionBy 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 UsBy 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 eventsBy Chronicles Magazine
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Henry L. Mencken
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Henry L. Mencken
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157. Is Christmas Pagan commercialized shenanigans?
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It’s that time of the year again. Time to analyze another holiday consumed by consumerism. Some say “keep Christ in Christmas” but I believe he was never meant to be a part of it. Let’s talk about it.
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy 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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In recent years I have noticed the citizens using words like patriot and freedom in counter intuitive ways. Let's talk about it.
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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.By Chronicles Magazine
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With my military deployment to the middle east behind me it’s time to get back to my old “normal”. Let’s catch up!
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Race obsession is destroy our country while the race hustlers run like a thief in the night. (24 Apr 2021)
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22. The Nearly Forgotten Ideal: Personal Responsibility
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The two words that could get this country back on track. The key for true liberation lies within. (25 Apr 2021)
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23. The Soft Bigotry of Lower Expectations
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We’ve allowed the bar to be set so low for us that continuous exploitation was an inevitability. It’s time to rethink everything. (26 Apr 2021)
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24. Father Absence: A Conversation Worth Having
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The father absence crisis in America can no longer be downplayed or ignored. This epidemic crosses all racial groups and must be addressed. (27 Apr 2021)
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25. The Anti-Racism Cult...I mean movement! 🤔
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The 2020s has shown us just how cult-like this so called movement has become. Lets talk about it. (28 Apr 2021)
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26. White Supremacy: The Useful Boogieman
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Every election cycle in recent years white supremacy is presented as the greatest threat to our nation. I can assure you this is grossly exaggerated. (30 Apr 2021)
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Life gives us chances to ask relevant questions and self-reflect. Will you sieze the oppurtunity to refine your path. (1 May 2021)
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