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A marathon Paul English Live that begins as the scheduled two-hour WBN324 broadcast and then keeps rolling into an extended Rumble after-show. Paul is joined chiefly by Lark in Texas and Joss, with Paul B joining later, for a long discussion of communitarianism, language, law, family life, schooling, technology and local resistance.
The first part is dominated by Lark's account of communitarian law and its links, in his telling, to public health, global governance, social engineering and legal language. Paul and Joss repeatedly bring the conversation back to how ordinary listeners might understand abstraction-heavy subjects, what language does to communities, and why family, beauty and local belonging matter to them.
After the radio hour ends, the after-show broadens into Tartarian-history speculation, Roger Scruton, alternative education, the internet's loss of decentralisation, Covid-era law, Plato's line about stories ruling society, local parishes, 15-minute cities, cybernetics and resources for further reading. The tone moves between dense legal-political claims, sceptical pushback, dark humour and practical questions about how to rebuild local communication.
Lark in Texas · Joss · Paul B · Niki Raapana · Harold J. Berman · C.S. Lewis · T.S. Eliot · Roger Scruton · George Land · Klaus Schwab · Francis Boyle · Reiner Fuellmich · Todd Callender · Mary Holland · George Land · Neil Postman · Peter Jackson · C. Wright Mills · Diogenes · Joel Kramer · Diana Alstad · Martin Buber · Amitai Etzioni
paulenglishlive.com: show site and Rumble call-in information.WBN324.zil: World Broadcasting Network stream named during the show.Freefall Radio and Speak Free Radio: partner streams mentioned on air.Niki Raapana: anti-communitarian writing referenced by Lark.Harold J. Berman: legal historian discussed by Lark.C.S. Lewis: The Abolition of Man.T.S. Eliot: The Hollow Men.Bailiwick News on Substack: Covid-era legal analysis recommended by Lark.Forbidden Knowledge TV: Great Wall of China / Silk Road video mentioned by Paul B.Law as Legalized Slavery: e-book named in the communitarian-law discussion.NeilPostman.org and Neil Postman: Amusing Ourselves to Death.Peter Jackson: They Shall Not Grow Old.C. Wright Mills: The Power Elite and White Collar.LarkinTexas.blogspot.com and tinyurl.com/LarkinTexas: Lark's sites named in the after-show.Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad: The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power.Martin Buber: I and Thou.Amitai Etzioni: Reclaiming Patriotism.