Today’s guest is my good friend Mauricio Rodriguez. You may remember Mauricio from my three-part conversation about Colombia some months back. He is one of my dearest and oldest friends, and we share a passion for history and reason. He has a background in international relations, and has worked for many NGOs as well as private industry.

This discussion is a lot about the history of Latin America, and particularly the absurd nature of how many people have been taught to look back in time as moralistic crusaders. The reason this is a relevant topic in the arts, is because the perceived injuries that this generation believes they have suffered is fueling a whole group of people with very distorted grievances, making art and questioning institutions in a way that makes little sense in the long arc of history.

Further Reading: https://www.amazon.com/Unpopular-Essays-Routledge-Classics-27/dp/0415473705/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=unpopular+essays+bertrand+russell&qid=1641510426&sprefix=unpopular+essays%2Caps%2C222&sr=8-1