Cultural Debris

When talking about classic men’s clothing particularly the American variety, one can’t talk long without bringing up Brooks Brothers. In 2018 Brooks Brothers celebrated its 200th anniversary. In 2020 Brooks filed for bankruptcy.

My guest today, like me, is a decades long customer of Brooks Brothers, Dr. Samuel Goldman of George Washington University is executive director of the John L. Loeb, Jr. Institute for Religious Freedom and director of the Politics & Values Program. He not only is the literary editor of Modern Age, a journal founded by Russell Kirk, but he recently published an essay on the bankruptcy of Brooks Brothers in First Things magazine called ‘Lamb to the Slaughter.’ Join Dr. Goldman and me as we discuss his article, the history of Brooks Brothers, and its possible future.

Samuel Goldman - 'Lamb to the Slaughter'

Alan Flusser - 'Alan's Thoughts on Reconstructing Brooks Brothers'

Bruce Boyer - 'Boyer On Brooks, 1981'

The Triangle Club - The Ivy League Look

Spencer Reece - 'The Clerk's Tale'

Cultural Debris on Twitter

Welcome to the first episode of Cultural Debris, released on Russell Kirk's 102nd birthday!

Dr. Bradley Birzer of Hillsdale College is my guest as we discuss Russell Kirk, Brad's other projects, and end up chatting about Batman.

Dr. Bradley Birzer on Twitter

Cultural Debris on Twitter

'Cultural Debris' by Russell Kirk

If you like Russell Kirk, Wendell Berry, the Inklings, the Agrarians, and the Distributists then you may like this podcast.

I will interview guests and share books and poems and other bits of cultural debris, flotsam that the culture at large may not value, but some of us in the row boat still do.

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'Cultural Debris' - Russell Kirk