Introduction

My guest today is Spencer Klavan – classicist, Associate Editor at the Claremont Institute, Features Editor at the American Mind, host of the Young Heretics podcast, and the author of How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises. We spoke about how the classical worldview differs from the modern one, including on questions of enchantment: magic, angels, demons, all of it! In the extended version of the episode we also spoke about classical and Christian perspectives on sexuality and gender, and what we moderns can learn from these ancient ideas.