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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 418 The Writers’ Bloc with Endeavour on George Grant’s Lament for a Nation

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February 23, 2022

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On another exciting episode of The Writers’ Bloc, longtime friend of the show Endeavour joined host Nick Jeelvy to discuss the classic of Canadian nationalism, George Grant’s Lament for a Nation, also touching on current events in Canada and elsewhere, and it is now available for download and online listening.

Topics discussed include:

00:04:00 George Grant, Lament for a Nation
00:07:00 JFK and John Diefenbaker
00:15:00 Endeavour’s Indian heritage
00:25:00 Capitalism worse than socialism
00.30:00 Yahooism
00:43:00 The fault of populism
00:51:00 The role of economics
01:01:00 French Canadians
01:13:00 The ethnic composition of Canada
01:20:00 Should globohomo be lamented?
01:27:00 Hockey
01:35:00 Avro Arrow
01:39:00 The first color revolution
01:49:00 Final thoughts on the book
01:54:00 The trucker protest

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