Context with Brad Harris

Into the Trenches Once More

May 17, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Why The Host Disappeared

  • Brad Harris explains his year away from the podcast due to major life changes like a new child and moving across the country.
  • He frames this absence as continued observation of societal decline while seeking refuge in books.
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Book As A Mirror For Society

  • All Quiet on the Western Front offers an unflinching look at trench warfare and psychological trauma from World War I.
  • Brad uses the novel as a lens to compare past propaganda-driven enlistment to modern societal manipulation.
INSIGHT

Recurring Rule Of The Powerful

  • Brad argues ruling classes habitually deceive to preserve power and siphon wealth from citizens across history.
  • He links that pattern to the novel's exposure of propaganda selling patriotic myths that lead to catastrophe.
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