The Grand Prize Vin-ner
In this crazy time we’re living in, what’s the most accurate historical parallel? 1968? The 1420s? UMass Boston historian and all-around smart dude Vincent Cannato returns to the show for the second time to remind us of the scary-but-true reality: we are actually living in an unprecedented era. As the ancient faux-Chinese curse says, “May you live in interesting times.” Show Notes: -Vin’s books -Just in case you’d like to get admitted to the Vatican archives -Blue check-mark Twitter in an uproar over a Tom Cotton op-ed -Jonah’s review of A Return to Modesty -The Power Broker by Robert Caro -The Confucius Institute, quite literally on the dole of their Chinese paymasters -If you have a subscription, read the wonderfully-named Francois Furstenburg in the Chronicle -Is Bill Barr right that history is written by the winners? -Ronald Radosh’s Prophets on the Right
The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg
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Show Notes
In this crazy time we’re living in, what’s the most accurate historical parallel? 1968? The 1420s? UMass Boston historian and all-around smart dude Vincent Cannato returns to the show for the second time to remind us of the scary-but-true reality: we are actually living in an unprecedented era. As the ancient faux-Chinese curse says, “May you live in interesting times.”
Show Notes:
-Just in case you’d like to get admitted to the Vatican archives
-Blue check-mark Twitter in an uproar over a Tom Cotton op-ed
-Jonah’s review of A Return to Modesty
-The Power Broker by Robert Caro
-The Confucius Institute, quite literally on the dole of their Chinese paymasters
-If you have a subscription, read the wonderfully-named Francois Furstenburg in the Chronicle
-Is Bill Barr right that history is written by the winners?
-Ronald Radosh’s Prophets on the Right
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