Gratitude, Institutions as Safeguards, and the Need for Teaching Enlightenment

Sleep-deprived and disoriented in his shrinking ghetto of the egghead-osphere, Jonah’s in desperate need of a euphonious English accent to help him collect his thoughts. Fortunately, prolific author Daniel Hannan is on hand to provide exactly that, and to offer some erudite insights into a wide range of political and philosophical topics. How should we define republican virtue, and what does that have to do with fighting wokeism? Is Britain’s conservative movement a stable force or a hot mess? Has Russia always been awful? And do Europeans think America has gone insane? 

Show Notes:

- Daniel’s webpage

- Inventing Freedom, Daniel’s oft-plugged book

- Kevin Carroll: “An Unthinkable Choice”

- Orlando Figes’ The Story of Russia

- Joseph Henrich’s The WEIRDest People in the World

- George Orwell: “Second Thoughts on James Burnham”

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