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Episode 8 Critics of the West

For more than two millennia, Westerners have criticized their own culture. Some of these homegrown critics object that Western civilization is unjust because its fruits are not evenly distributed. Others fear that the West has become decadent, having lost touch with the virtues that made it great. These self-critiques are beneficial up to a point, because they prod the West toward greater progress. But when the critics get out of hand, the results can be catastrophic.

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Geert Wilders, one of the fiercest defenders of political and cultural sovereignty and certainly one of the most courageous politicians in the world was our guest speaker in Los Angeles on January 10th 2026, here is his speech in full.

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It's become a sort of rule of thumb: the more viciously the media and mainstream politicos attack an individual, the more worthy that individual is of our respect and admiration.

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Episode 7 Why Did America Win Its Wars, And Can It Still? 

The American way of war is an especially potent offshoot of the Western military tradition, one that traditionally has deployed overwhelming power to annihilate the enemy and bring the conflict to a quick conclusion. But Americans are restless and impatient, which gives an opening to enemies who can avoid pitched battles. They can defeat us by outlasting us – as happened in Vietnam, and may happen in Afghanistan.

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Episode 6 The Genres of Western Learning 

The Greeks, as the saying goes, had a word for it – and rules to go with it. Classical authors who worked within a given literary genre always followed those rules, which governed their vocabulary, meter, style, form, content and length. The modern world has rejected these rules in the name of freedom, but this has not served so much to free the author as to confuse him, and his audience too.

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Episode 5 The Rise of Islam and its Wars with Europe 

The current tensions between Muslims and the West comprise simply the latest chapter in a long story. Islam spread with extraordinary speed during the first century of its existence, at Christianity’s expense. Later, Islam reached its apogee when the Ottoman sultans pushed their armies to the gates of Vienna. But the tide turned when Christianity came to terms with rationalism, while Islam turned back to fundamentalism when challenged by progress and change.

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"A Republic... if you can keep it:" Ben Franklin's words are often cited as a warning regarding the fragility of the nation our Founders had crafted, and at this moment, even as we have so much to celebrate, the fragility is feeling particularly acute.

Dr. Bradley Thayer is a Fellow of the American Freedom Alliance and Founding Member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, and in that capacity has contributed to countless events including several AFA conferences. Formerly, he was a Special Governmental Employee in the Department of Homeland Security where he contributed to the January 2021 report DHS Strategic Action Plan to Combat the Threat Posed by the People’s Republic of China. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, and Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. His research focuses on the existential threat to the U.S. from Marxism-Leninism and the Chinese Communist Party.

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Episode 4 The Synthesis of Judaism, Christianity and Classical Learning

Why did Western civilization survive the fall of Rome? The answer, in part, is that Rome had become Christianized, thus infusing Western civilization with a Judeo-Christian spirituality that appealed to the Northern European “barbarians.” In embracing Christianity, the barbarians embraced Rome too, even as they destroyed its empire. The synthesis with Judaism and Christianity assured the West’s survival.

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Episode 3 Can Democracy Be Dangerous?

The Greeks invented democracy, but they never perfected the formula. Unrestrained democracy leads to mob rule, so the Romans instituted a republic with checks and balances. But placing too many checks on democracy leads to oligarchy and tyranny. Modern-day Americans want equality and liberty, but can we have both in equal measure? We’re still tinkering with the formula, trying to get it right.

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In this episode of Parresia, Dr. Karen Siegemund hosts Peter McIlvenna, founder of the Hearts of Oak podcast and a board member and fellow of the American Freedom Alliance. They discuss the history and scale of grooming gangs in the UK—emerging publicly in the 1970s, involving over 500 convictions across more than 40 towns—and the institutional reluctance to address them due to concerns over social unrest. McIlvenna draws parallels to similar issues in Sweden, Germany, and France, while highlighting demographic shifts as a cautionary note for the United States. The conversation explores broader cultural differences between Islamic and Western values on topics like human rights, women's status, and martyrdom, before examining the UK's loss of national identity, the influence of cultural Marxism in education, and the church's shift toward contemporary social issues. A sobering examination of societal vulnerabilities and lessons for preserving freedoms.

Peter McIlvenna is the co-founder and host of Hearts of Oak, a UK-based podcast on topics related to Western Civilization, freedom of speech and other aligned issues. Mr. McIlvenna is a guest on many high-profile broadcasts, has been a sought-out commentator and international correspondent and is also a frequent speaker including at the American Freedom Alliance and the Council for National Policy. He has also been published in The Federalist and many other publications. 

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In this episode of the Parresia podcast, host Karen speaks with filmmakers and journalists Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer about their verbatim play based on survivor testimonies from the October 7 attacks in Israel. They recount their decision to travel to Israel shortly after the events to record firsthand accounts, discuss the challenges of staging the production amid security concerns, and examine the media's early framing of the conflict, including debates on proportionality and historical patterns of bias. The conversation also touches on their broader work in investigative storytelling through film and theater.

Ann McElhinney is an investigative journalist and filmmaker whose projects include the documentaries FrackNation, Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer, and My Son Hunter. She co-hosts the podcast The Scoop with her husband and frequently collaborates on verbatim theater productions that draw directly from real-life transcripts and interviews.

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