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The Optimistic Curmudgeon

OptimisticCurmudgeon2021

An interview show advancing the conversation of intellectual conservatism in Education, Politics, Economy, Business, Leadership, Philosophy, and Great Books.

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119 episodes

  1. Nietzsche: Morality, Philosophy, Relevance, Controversy 1:38:27
  2. Total Boomer Luxury Communism with Russ Greene 1:06:15
  3. Against the Machine with C.R. Wiley, Annie Crawford, and Josh Herring 1:53:09
  4. He Man and the Masters of the Universe, with Sharkbait and Pla-Doh 56:53
  5. Classical Educators Responds to AI (The Alpha School) 1:57:23
  6. Book Launch: The American Book of Fables, by Dr. Matthew Mehan 1:03:44
  7. Eulogy for Charlie Kirk, Assessment Design, and Phonics: Dr. Tracy Gardner (10x9) 1:04:05
  8. Creating Classroom Culture with Mandi Gerth (10x8) 1:21:08
  9. Stranger Things Series Finale, with Brad Birzer (10x7) 1:23:47
  10. Annie Crawford and Ashley Lande: Psychedelics and the Incarnation (10/6) 1:13:21
  11. The Ciceronian Society - with Josh Bowman (10x5) 1:09:56
  12. Only a Conservative Military Wins: Chase Spears (10x4) 1:11:30
  13. Culture: Procreative or Decreative (10x3) 58:25
  14. Death, Sex, and Birth: Nathan Gwinn on Biology Education (10x2) 53:16
  15. Classical Education and Christian Banking: Frank Clement of America's Christian Credit Union (10x1) 1:11:33
  16. Logic, Classical Education, and Memoria Press - with Martin Cothran (9x10) 48:17
  17. The Faerie Queene: A Conversation with Junius Johnson (9x9) 1:06:37
  18. Remember Remember the 5th of November (Bonus) 18:55
  19. Read Plato's Republic: A Conversation with Dr. Thaddeus Kozinski (9x7) 1:03:05
  20. Timothy Knotts: Reasoning Together Philosophy (9x6) 1:17:26
  21. Failures of Modern Feminism - with Larissa Phillips (9x3) 1:36:52
  22. In the House of Tom Bombadil - with C.R. Wiley (9x2) 1:07:10
  23. Greta Gerwig, Narnia, and the Culture War: Joseph Holmes (9x1) 1:05:12
  24. Wrapping the Re-Enchanting Inklings - Season 8 Finale (8x13) 19:50
  25. C.S. Lewis' Skepticism & The Silver Chair: A Conversation with Annie Crawford (8x12) 1:10:42
  26. Till We Have Faces: A Conversation with Fr. Andrew Lazo (8x11) 1:14:12
  27. Medieval Cosmology, Enjoyment, and Feminine Identity: A Conversation with Christiana Hale (8x10) 1:03:16
  28. Arthuriana in C.S. Lewis: A Conversation with Dr. Holly Ordway (8x9) 1:09:26
  29. Owen Barfield, Language, and Meaning, with Dr. Landon Loftin (8x8) 1:01:34
  30. Tolkien & Theology - with Austin Freeman (8x7) 1:22:25
  31. Faith, Fantasy, and the Imagination, with Brent Weeks (8x6) 1:37:20
  32. C.S. Lewis and Communication - with Dr. Steve Beebe (8x5) 34:58
  33. Marriage, Contraception, and Modernity: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Ward on C. S. Lewis and THS (8x4) 57:33
  34. Lewis, Love, and Lear: A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Waters (8x3) 54:18
  35. Life on the Silent Planet - with Rhys Laverty (8x2) 1:04:31
  36. The Re-Enchanting Inklings, with Dr. Josh Herring (8x1) 28:57
  37. The Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation - with James Orr (7x10 - season finale!) 1:14:41
  38. God and Science - with Spencer Klavan (7x9) 1:01:13
  39. Choosing to Have Children and Defying the Birth Dearth - with Catherine Pakaluk (7x8) 1:19:16
  40. America's Nuclear Future - with Emmet Penney (7x7) 1:04:22
  41. Educational Entrepreneurship - With Bob Luddy (7x6) 37:19
  42. Money and the Deep State - Tyler O'Neil (7x5) 53:01
  43. Transhumanism, P**n, Loneliness, and Big Tech - With Emily Jashinsky (7x4) 51:20
  44. Forming the Moral Imagination - feat. Sean Hadley (7x3) 1:28:41
  45. Ministry in a Hostile World - Urie Brito of the CREC (7x2) 57:49
  46. Beauty and Aesthetics: Mike Young (7x1) 1:05:15
  47. SECCE - Kristen Rudd: Stop Leaving your Students in Hell, or Read the Whole Comedia! 47:40
  48. SECCE - Marc Fusco: Shakespeare is Still the One 51:02
  49. SECCE - Jim Ranieri: Re-Enchant the World by Reading Tolkien 34:15
  50. SE Consortium: Jason Jewell - The Canon as an Antidote to Contemporary Rootlessness 42:59