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Episode 89: The Popol Vuh

June 25, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by Michael Bazzett to discuss The Popol Vuh, the epic poem of the Mayan people.

Episode 88: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

June 18, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by Lorraine Murphy of Hillsdale College to discuss Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

Episode 87: The Book of Isaiah

June 11, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by Spencer Klavan to discuss the book of Isaiah.

Episode 86: The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

June 4, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by Natalie Taylor to discuss Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady.

Episode 85: The Idea of a University by John Henry Newman

May 28, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by David Deavel to discuss John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University.

Episode 84: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

May 21, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by Amy Sturgis to discuss Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

Episode 83: Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

May 14, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by Haley Stewart to discuss Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter.

Episode 82: King John by William Shakespeare

May 7, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by Khalil Habib to discuss William Shakespeare's 'King John.'

Episode 81: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

April 30, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by Dedra Birzer of Hillsdale College to discuss Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

Episode 80: My Early Life by Winston S. Churchill

April 23, 2019

John J. Miller is joined by Richard Langworth of Hillsdale College to discuss Winston S. Churchill's My Early Life.

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Law & the Courts

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By Kyle Smith

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By Matthew Continetti

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Law & the Courts

The New York Times Still Doesn’t Understand What It Did

By David French

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Thanks to Michigan’s New Vaping Rules, It Looks Like I’m Going to Prison

By Katherine Timpf

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Pelosi Strongly Criticizes Nadler in Fight over Impeachment Process

By Zachary Evans

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U.S.

How to Bend the News

By Charles C. W. Cooke

This, from ABC, is a nice example of a news organization deliberately bending the truth in order to advance a narrative that it wishes were true but is not: Venerable gun manufacturer Colt says it will stop producing the AR-15, among other rifles, for the consumer market in the wake of many recent mass ... Read More

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Peanut Butter Falcon: A Film with a Conservative Soul Teaches Three Great Truths of Manhood

By David French

This weekend, I watched one of the most deeply conservative movies I’ve seen in a very long time. At its heart, it’s a movie about a boy becoming a man — and becoming that man through ancient forms of tradition and ritual that are disguised behind the modern frame of the unconventional, accidental ... Read More

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Trump’s Total Culture War

By Victor Davis Hanson

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