The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)
Charles Haywood
I am here to give you back your future. Human flourishing in the coming post-liberal West. The hour is late, and Moloch is within the gates. Foundationalism. Reality-focused writings, often on history and politics.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 30, 2021 • 30min
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning (René Girard)
René Girard's exposition of the mechanisms of societal violence. Deeply insightful, and with potent lessons for the present moment. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Mar 27, 2021 • 20min
The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World That He Made (Phillip Bobbitt)
Phillip Bobbitt's interpretation of Machiavelli's world view and attempted synthesis of his works, along with the unlikely use of Machiavelli to claim virtue for the the modern neoliberal, consumerist state. (The written version of this review was first published August 23, 2018. Written versions are available here.)
Mar 23, 2021 • 39min
On the January 2021 Electoral Justice Protest
On one of the seminal events of modern history, the January 6, 2021 Electoral Justice Protest—and of the friend/enemy distinction, and of what flows from it. (The written version of this analysis can be found here.)
Mar 17, 2021 • 15min
The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity (Timothy Ware)
On a classic introductory work on Eastern Orthodoxy, with thoughts on Orthodoxy's relation to the West, especially the Crusades, and to the modern Turks. (The written version of this review was first published August 18, 2018. Written versions are available here.)
Mar 13, 2021 • 16min
The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States (Jeffrey Lewis)
From 2018, but both my core predictions here, that history will return (even if it returned in 2020 as clown show), and that the deplatforming of conservatives from social media was just beginning, have been fully borne out. (The written version of this review was first published August 8, 2018. Written versions are available here.)
Mar 10, 2021 • 30min
The Recovery of Family Life: Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies (Scott Yenor)
An examination of the pernicious ideology of feminism, and of what can and should be done to combat it by future rulers. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Mar 3, 2021 • 27min
Dark Emu (Bruce Pascoe)
Of Australia, Australian cultural politics, and the ludicrous racial-religious cult surrounding Australia's first inhabitants. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Feb 26, 2021 • 12min
From Plato To NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents (David Gress)
A hugely erudite work of historiography, in my thoughts about which I also explain my admiration for Hernán Cortes, man of glory and contradiction, and what is necessary for a restoration of Western achievement. (The written version of this review was first published August 7, 2018. Written versions are available here.)
Feb 23, 2021 • 1h 6min
On the Brawndo Tyranny
A discussion of the tyranny under which we now live, combined with thoughts on what to do about it, primarily through the lens of analyzing the CDC's orders on evictions and masks, along with the proposed Emmett Till Antilynching Act. (The written version of this analysis can be found here.)
Feb 15, 2021 • 42min
Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die (Tom Gallagher)
A detailed analysis of a successful Right authoritarian leader, the largely-forgotten António Salazar, who should not be forgotten. And, of course, my own thoughts, in this case on corporatism as a political system, both in general and as possibly applied to a remade America. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
