Finneran's Wake

Finneran's Wake

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  • The Death of Boring History | The Pop Historian

    The Pop Historian is a general historian with an exciting, eclectic new channel on YouTube. 


    “The historian must serve two masters: the past and the present”. 


    In compliance with Fritz Stern, the late German-American professor of history at Columbia University by whom the above statement was issued, the Pop Historian has undergone to do just that. In a highly original, accessible, and entertaining way, he has packaged fascinating bits of history in a series of compelling videos, using the technology of today to tell great stories from the past. 


    From this episode, you’ll learn…


    The advantages of homeschooling for the curious mind; the importance of learning about different faiths as a child; the role that video games (like Assassin’s Creed) can play in instructing you in history; the potential of virtual reality, both for education and entertainment; the reliability of Wikipedia; the necessity of “transhistorical” sympathy; the difficulties in becoming a documentarian; Hitler and the Third Reich; George Washington and whether he should be celebrated or condemned, and much more! 


    TIMESTAMP

    0:00 Introduction

    2:54 Home School v. Private School

    5:15 Passover in a Universal Church 

    9:56 Assassin’s Creed: Do video games have a role in teaching history? 

    15:12 Virtual Reality: Entertainment and education 

    21:17 Wikipedia: is it a reliable source? 

    23:15 Becoming a documentarian 

    26:46 Hitler and the rise of the Third Reich 

    28:25 “Trans-historical” empathy and the moral superiority of today

    33:06 Slavery

    34:29 George Washington: Do we condemn or celebrate him? 

    39:22 A Christian outlook on history

    42:01 How one becomes interested in different subjects

    46:02 The history of Tourism

    49:51 Traveling the world

    53:08 Book recommendations

    56:43 How to begin making content on YouTube


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    The Pop Historian’s Page: 

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSNRm4gFx9BSqWDzECdTD6w/featured


    Works mentioned: 

    The World at War (Documentary) 

    Assassin's Creed (Game) 

    All Tomorrows (Book) 

    The Children of Men (Book)


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    Finneran’s Wake

    Listen to this and all episodes on your favorite podcast streaming service: 

    Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/74eUg83Q8zOgaRA5EBuzyl?si=871b6aa8082146af. 

    Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finnerans-wake/id1560923796. 


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    Please, don’t hesitate to leave a comment or send me a message (to which, I assure you, I’ll promptly respond!) 

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080972774597

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/

    Twitter: @DanielEFinneran


    Email me at [email protected] 


    1 hr 7 min
  • Is Libertarianism Alive in Florida? | Hector Roos

    Hector Roos is a candidate representing the Libertarian Party in Florida’s gubernatorial race. 


    For all intents and purposes, your choice of political party in America is binary: Republican or Democratic, or so you’re told. Doubtless, this preserves us from the pitfalls of a parliamentary system, but isn’t it frustrating to know that, in this freest of lands, your options are so narrowly constrained? 


    Libertarianism offers a much-desired alternative. Hector Roos is here to offer exactly that. 


    From this episode, you’ll learn…


    Whether or not government is necessary; the difference between libertarianism and anarchism; between having ordered liberty and being an untamed libertine; what distinguishes the Libertarian Party from the Republican and the Democratic Parties; if our Founding Fathers were truly libertarians at heart; the morality of shipping illegal aliens out of your state; Patrick Henry’s forgotten message, “Give me Liberty or…”; the constitutionality of abortion; the Maoist mind; and much more! 

    TIMESTAMP 

    0:00 Introduction

    01:19 Is government Necessary? 

    04:07 Difference between Liberty and Anarchy

    09:55 How is the Libertarian Party different from the Republican and Democratic Parties? 

    14:42 Were our Founding Fathers Libertarians? 

    19:18 DeSantis’ shipment of illegal aliens to Martha’s Vineyard

    33:08 Florida’s authoritarian approach to the pandemic

    44:18 How to win (fellow Florida resident!) Donald Trump’s vote

    46:00 Is DeSantis the new Beto? 

    49:52 Give me Liberty, or give me…nevermind. You can take my liberty. 

    55:55 Abortion: How should it be legislated? 

    1:15:30 Is Abortion Constitutional? 

    1:20:28 Should the state be involved in Education? 

    1:29:00 The Maoist Mind

    1:30:13 Rapid Fire Questions! 


    CORRECTION

    1:16:22:  “Dred Scot v. Sanford” should be “Plessy v. Ferguson”

    **To err is human, to forgive, divine** – Alexander Pope 

    (Do forgive me, all you gods and goddesses out there!) 

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    Links to Hector’s stuff


    http://www.roosforflorida.com/


    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=hector%20roos%20for%20florida%20governor.


    Top Lobsta Shirts

    https://www.toplobsta.com/


    Hans-Hermann Hoppe Article, What Must Be Done

    https://mises.org/library/what-must-be-done-0


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    Listen to this and all episodes on your favorite podcast streaming service: 

    Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/74eUg83Q8zOgaRA5EBuzyl?si=871b6aa8082146af. 

    Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finnerans-wake/id1560923796. 


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    Please, don’t hesitate to leave a comment or send me a message (to which, I assure you, I’ll promptly respond!) 

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080972774597

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/

    Twitter: @DanielEFinneran


    Email me at [email protected] 

    1 hr 43 min
  • Discovering the Truth About America's Past | Carrie Gibson

    Carrie Gibson is an American-born, Cambridge-trained historian, journalist, and author. 


    America, a wild outpost for British Puritans, speculators, merchants, and malcontents began in the year 1776, no? And it wasn’t until the year 1863, on whose dawn Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, that we all began thinking about slavery, right? While these are, no doubt, important dates to remember, the real history of America (what we might call, Spanish America!) stretches much further back in time. 


    From this episode, you’ll learn…


    The historical significance of the British monarchy and whether it’s been, on the whole, an evil visited, or a good conferred upon the rest of the world; imperialism old and new, as practiced variously by the British, French, Americans, and Chinese; if, in our studies and national myths, we overemphasize the role played by Christopher Columbus; the Valladolid Debate and the earliest arguments against slavery; Manifest Destiny and Karl Marx; Why conspiracies are so alluring; and if America suffers from a delusion of innocence. 


    #history #columbus #america


    TIME STAMPS

    0:00 Introductory Remarks 

    1:39 The Death of Queen Elizabeth and the state of the monarchy

    6:07 Carrie’s Biographical Info 

    8:32 Has the British Empire been a net benefit or detriment? 

    10:18 Asian vs European Imperialism 

    13: 55 Differences between American and British schools, how they produce their scholars

    21:29 Do we care too much about Christopher Columbus? 

    30:10 With whom would YOU sail? 

    32: 27 The Valladolid Debate and Slavery

    44:30 American Expansionism and Manifest Destiny; Marx, Hegel

    55:10  Bad history and reasons we’re drawn to conspiracies

    1:00;33 America’s delusion of innocence, Reinhold Niebuhr

    1:07:50 Rapid Fire questions


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    Links to purchase Carrie’s books: 


    Empire’s Crossroads: https://www.amazon.com/Empires-Crossroads-History-Caribbean-Columbus-ebook/dp/B00JLQ4QJA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=16N0B4C5D59EM&keywords=empire%27s+crossroads&qid=1663272871&sprefix=empire%27s+crossroads%2Caps%2C77&sr=8-1. 


    El Norte: https://www.amazon.com/El-Norte-Forgotten-Hispanic-America/dp/0802148360/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2APVU17HXJ292&keywords=carrie+gibson&qid=1663269078&sprefix=carrie+gibson%2Caps%2C161&sr=8-2. 


    Get in touch or keep up to date with Carrie here: 


    https://carriegibson.co.uk. 


    https://twitter.com/carrieegibson.


    https://www.facebook.com/cegibson. 


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    Listen to this and all episodes on your favorite podcast streaming service: 

    Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/74eUg83Q8zOgaRA5EBuzyl?si=871b6aa8082146af. 

    Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finnerans-wake/id1560923796. 


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    Please, don’t hesitate to leave a comment or send me a message (to which, I assure you, I’ll promptly respond!) 

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080972774597

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/

    Twitter: @DanielEFinneran


    Email me at [email protected] 

    1 hr 22 min
  • A Cuban Immigrant Answers: Is America Worth It? | Ernesto Crespo
    Mil gracias to my brother and friend, Ernesto Crespo, for accompanying me on my first recorded and filmed interview/conversation (of which, in the coming weeks, I hope to have many more!)
    His remarkable story, to which hundreds of thousands of Americans can doubtless relate, will always be a source of inspiration to me.
    From him, you'll learn what it was like to grow up in Cuba in the 1980s under the regime of Fidel Castro; how the island struggled during the "Periodo Especial" when the Soviet Union fell; how he assuaged his hunger with a filling concoction (water mixed with sugar); what it was like to be educated in a state-run school bearing the name of "Lenin"; what it was like to feel the pinch of poverty, and the sweetness of socialist "equality"; to aspire to a better future; to dream of a better life; and, finally, to become, an American.
    If you or someone you know has a story to tell and would like to join me on a conversation, please send me an email at [email protected]. All voices are welcome.
    Subscribe to this channel, like this video, and comment below with advice on better recording techniques (I think it's time for something more sophisticated than Skype).
    54 min
  • What President Biden (And All Of Us) Can Learn From Lincoln
    "With malice toward none; with charity for all".
    It was with magnanimity, solemnity, and humility that President Abraham Lincoln addressed a wearied nation divided in two. He was careful not to cover his political opponents (of whom he had many) in opprobrium. He sought, instead, a higher, nobler road toward unity and reconciliation.
    President Biden, in his speech on the "Soul of America" chose a different, lower path. In the process, he succeeded in inverting Lincoln's precept: "With charity for none; with malice toward all".
    17 min
  • Is Government Necessary?
    Given all the dysfunction, ineptitude, profligacy, venality, shortsightedness, and unscrupulousness with which our political institutions are rife, we have to ask ourselves: is government necessary? Can we get along just as well without it?
    In this episode, the first in a series on the “Great Ideas”, we address the question in a dispassionate, philosophical way.
    This series is inspired by the work of Mortimer Adler, one of America’s foremost public intellectuals and educators with whose countless works, you’d do well to spend some time.
    What do you think? Is government necessary? Comment below or email me at [email protected] with your response!
    This podcast is available on my YouTube channel, (Finneran's Wake) as well.
    For mindfulness, meditation, and wellness, visit my sister channel, Pneuma by Daniel Finneran.
    20 min
  • Up From Liberalism by William F. Buckley Jr. | Book Review
    A book review of "Up From Liberalism" by famed Conservative thinker, William F. Buckley Jr. I spend a few minutes tracing my political inspirations: Aristotle, Cicero, Tocqueville, Jefferson, Hitchens and, yes, Buckley.
    Subscribe, leave a rating, and visit my sister podcast, Pneuma by Daniel Finneran and Finneran's Wake for Kids
    29 min
  • Concise Recap Ep. 9 - Al Qaeda Emir Killed; Pelosi Visits Taiwan; Kansas Abortion Proposition Fails; Inflation Reduction Act Passes
    Quite a week!
    Ayman Al Zawahiri, the Egyptian physician-terrorist by whom Osama Bin Laden was succeded, was killed by an American drone strike. He was living large at the time in the heart of Kabul. Nancy Pelosi, undeterred by warnings from both the White House and the CCP, visited Taiwan. In Kansas, a ballot initiative to move the issue of abortion from the judicial to the legislative branch fails, while, in the Senate, the "Inflation Reduction" Act passes.
    Subscribe to this channel for more content! Visit my sister podcasts, Pneuma and Finneran's Wake For Kids for even more!
    34 min
  • Thomas Jefferson and Joe Biden - A Contrast Of Two Presidents at 79
    While reading Thomas Jefferson's collected writings, I realized that, until the very end of his life, his mental acuity never suffered. The same brilliance with which he dazzled the Continental Congress in 1776 sustained itself (and perhaps grew even brighter) until the first quarter of the next century when, on the Fourth of July in 1826, he died. I contrast, in this recorded essay, Jefferson's eloquence at the age of 79 years with the inarticulacy of our current president, Joe Biden, by whom the English language is, each time he opens his mouth, severely abused. The examples I provide are shocking.
    Be sure to subscribe to this channel, and visit my other projects, "Finneran's Wake For Kids", and "Pneuma"
    23 min

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