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Sir Roger Scruton was one of the most influential philosophers of the last century. His work spans nearly 40 books and thousands of articles and has been the intellectual heavyweight on issues as conservatism, theology, and politics. 

In this episode, I speak to his son, Sam Scruton about what Sir Roger was like behind the books. I wanted to cover the topics that Sir Roger wrote prominently such as architecture, localism, hunting, and beauty. 

I also wanted to discover what Sir Roger was like as father, what was his parenting style, how did he structure his day, did he really teach Sam Greek aged 6 similar to John Stuart Mill? 

Sam shares personal anecdotes, touching stories, and lifts a lid on the one of Britain’s most respected philosophers. 

Books We Mentioned: “On Hunting”, “Gentle Regrets”, & “How To Be A Conservative” 

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0:00 - Coming Up...0:21 - “Raising Master Scruton” Guardian Article 3:49 - Lessons Happened Around The Dinner Table 6:47 - His Work On Architecture 15:46 - City vs. Country 19:24 - Love Of The Countryside?22:30 - Goose Farmers? 24:44 - On Hunting30:11 - What Was His Conservatism? 34:46 - Temporal vs. Transcendental Works37:51 - Love Of Writing 40:27 - A Day In His Life 44:26 - Work In Eastern Europe 47:51 - How Sir Roger & Sophie Met49:23 - Scrutopia Summer School52:24 - Book Recommendations

Alistair Miller is the editor of the Salisbury Review, a magazine dedicated to conservative thought.

We discuss the origins of the magazine, how it was set up by the Salisbury Group as an antidote to Thatcherism and how it differs in it conservatism from liberal markets.

We cover the Reviews"s thoughts on protectionism, localism, and how as a nation we may of lost our national identity - and therefore culture. We discuss the Salisbury Review, its conservative ideals, and the importance of balancing market efficiency with community values.

Alistair discusses the essence of conservatism as a philosophy of love. He explores the rise of a meritocratic elite and the implications of social cohesion, emphasising the importance of cultural inheritance and learning from the past to shape a better future. 

The Salisbury Review - https://salisburyreview.com/

0:00 - Coming Up…

0:20 - What Is The Salisbury Review? 

4:01 - Different Sorts of Conservatism 

6:35 - The Politics of Home 

9:35 - Value in Protectionism? 

12:05 - Nationalising Parenthood? 

14:34 - From When Should We Conserve? 

15:50 - The Conservative Philosophy 

16:13 - Future of The Review 

20:42 - Have We Lost Our Culture?

24:00 - Modern Architecture 

29:07 - The Meritocratic Elite 

32:30 - “White Flight” 

38:35 - What Thatcherism Got Wrong 

40:22 - What Is The SDP?  

44:25 - Classical Liberalism vs. Modern Conservatism 

50:20 - Future of Conservatism

Andrei Stoica is a content creator and car collector who documents his up-and-down journey owning and maintaining Land Rovers.

In this episode we discuss the ride in popularity of the Range Rover L322 (2002-12), discuss if it really was "peak Range Rover", and where would be the best place to buy one. Is the Ineos Grenadier is actually worth or can you just buy a Discovery 4 for half the price?

We touch on other models such as the demise of the P38 and the future popularity in the Classic.

We also rank all of the current models of Land Rover/ Range Rover and have a wide-ranging chat about different aspects of the brand.

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0:39 - Intro 

0:39 - The Appeal Of Older Range Rovers

04:00 - Terrible Reliability 

11:01 - The Popularity of the L322

17:05 - Land Rover’s Change Of Role

18:44 - Defender vs. Discovery 

19:44 - Jeremy Clarkson’s L322

23:10 - Ineos Grenadier Thoughts

29:20 - Electric Car’s Lifespan

34:03 - Restoring Old Range Rovers

37:01 - Andre’s Range Rover P38

39:42 - Andre’s Range Rover Classic 

42:25 - Ranking All Current Land Rovers

46:00 - Insurance Difficulties 

49:08 - Perfect Two Car Garage?

Richard Bassett is an author and historian whose latest book charts the extraordinary life and legacy of Queen Maria Theresa.

Maria was Empress who reigned from 1740 - 178 and strengthened the Austrian Empire through military and bureaucratic reforms, including modernising the army, centralising administration, and establishing a unified legal system, while also focusing on health, economic, and educational improvements.

From having personal audiences with members of the public, giving birth to sixteen children, to abolishing torture and serfdom, there is much to learn about this 18th-century powerhouse and her shaping of modern Europe.

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Coley Stephens is an online content creator who works in Christian ministry. He recently came to notoriety debating Alex O’Connor on the popular Jubilee Channel about whether Jesus claimed to be God. 

In this episode, we dive into his experience at the debate, his thoughts on both his and Alex’s arguments, and offers an insight into the production and guest selection Jubilee deploy for each of their videos.

We go on to discuss the difference between the historical Jesus and the Jesus we read in the Gospels, explore the Gospel of Mark, and delve into the ethics of animal suffering.

Coley unpacks the term Yahweh, gives different scholarly views on the divinity of Christ, and presents why the local church - not Instagram or TikTok - should be the central hub of discipleship. 

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0:00 - Introduction 

0:42 - Coley’s Recent Notoriety 

3:20 - Is John’s Gospel Historically Accurate? 

5:23 - Experience Debating On Jubilee 

7:40 - Rating Alex O’Connor’s Debating

9:21 - What Is “Q”? 

13:00 - Who Is The Historical Jesus? 

18:25 - Unpacking The Term Yahweh

26:59 - Theory That Jesus Was Just Endowed, But Not God

32:15 - Jesus’s Divinity Hidden In Mark 

34:21 - Unpacking Each Gospel

40:27 - Ethics Of Animal Suffering

45:00 - Biblical Answer For Animal Suffering

46:10 - Apologetics vs. Evangelism 

53:00 - Why The Local Church?  

Connor McLaughlin is a film and online content creator who enlightens and educates his audience on different aspects of the Catholic Church, faith, and sainthood. 

But how does the Catholic Church differ from the Non-Denominational, Baptists, and Lutherans? In this episode, Connor lays out the key differences, explains the Catholic Church's key beliefs, explores whether they actually removed books from the Bible, and expounds on the Church’s view on purgatory, contraception, and infant baptism. 

Connor also gives the history behind the Ecumenical Councils, Faith vs. Works, Apologetics vs. Evangelism, and so much more.

This episode aims to equip you with the basic knowledge of the Catholic Church: its teachings, history, and similarities—and differences—to other churches across the world. 

Follow Connor on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connormclaughlin__/ 

0:00 - Introduction 

0:30 - Evangelism vs. Apologetics   

3:40 - What Do People Actually Need? 

6:56 - Rise of Latin Mass

11:29 - What Does A New Testament Church Look Like? 

16:25 - What Is The Lutheran Church? 

24:17 - What Were The Ecumenical Councils?

27:15 - Did The Catholic Church Remove Books From The Bible?

31:05 - Who Removed The Books? 

32:10 - How To Become Scripturally Knowledgable 

36:10 - Catholics View On Contraception 

38:02 - Faith vs. Works 

40:50 - Catholics View On Baptism 

43:50 - What Is Purgatory? 

46:36 - Why Do Catholics Use Incense? 

50:03 - Why You Should Go To Church 

Donald Robertson is an author, ancient philosophy expert, and Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist.

0:00 - 0:29 - Introduction 

0:29 - 06:15 - Why Did Socrates Wear No Shoes

06:15 - 13:00 - Did He Actually Exist? 

13:00 - 18:00 - Is There A Link Between Manual Labour & Deep Thought? 

18:00 - 26:50 - Socrates Advise On Chasing Wealth & Fame 

26:50 - 29:03 - The Most Important Thing In Socrates Eyes 

29:03 - 38:04 - What Stoics Got Wrong 

38:04 - 47:01 - How Do You Become Wise? 

47:01 - 51:20   Know Thyself 

51:20 - 57:40 - What Modern Philosophers Got Wrong 

57:40 - Friends vs. Sheep 

1:02:00 - 1:06:21 - Why Socrates Didn’t Like Books 

1:06:21 - 1:16:25 - Socrates on Death 

1:16:25 - Socrates Workout Routine

1:20:40 - Do We Really Need To Examine Life? 

1:27:15 - 1:39:49 - What Alexander the Great Got Wrong 

Nick Ridley is a professional gundog trainer, photographer, and author. For several decades, he's written about working dogs for all the prominent fieldsports magazines. He also runs and operates a photography business and posts videos about his days spent shooting with his cocker spaniels on YouTube.

But why did he choose cocker spaniels? A breed that is harder to train and control than the reliable springer or Labrador? We discuss if cockers are the Land Rovers of the canine world, why they're unvalued in shooting compared to a peg dog - and yet need far more training, and why Nick doesn't pick up anymore.

Nick also shares his thoughts on dogs vs. bitches, how many dogs are the right amount of dogs, and why rough shooting is more akin to hunting.

We also discuss "Practical Gundog Training" which is the name of Nick's new book, coming out in July. All that and so much more, if you're interested in gundogs or fieldsports, this is the episode for you.

Pre-order Nick's Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Gundog-Training-Nick-Ridley/dp/1846894085

Watch Nick's Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ1IeEGEImftzvnvrVMHchw

The Video That Made Me Want A Cocker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCzSRpaGaNQ

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0:00 - 0:21 - Introduction 

0:21 - 3:55 - Why Cocker Spaniels? 

3:55 - 5:05 - Cockers & Land Rovers 

5:05 - 9:10 - Better Than Labs & Springers? 

9:10 - 15:05 - Spaniels Are Undervalued In Shooting 

15:05 - 23:50 - The Real Thing vs. Training

23:50 - 27:20 - Fake Social Media Videos 

27:20 - 29:21 - Why Nick Doesn’t Pick Up Anymore

29:12 - 35:23 - Rough Shooting Is Actually Hunting

35:23 - 44:29 -Practical Gundog Training: Nick’s New Book

44:29 - Dogs vs. Bitches 

49:10 - 58:40 - Nick’s Training Stories 

58:40 - 1:04:08 - How Many Days Does Nick’s Dogs Work? 

Nikolai Schirmer is a professional skier and filmmaker whose videos have been watched by tens of millions of people online. Only a cursory glance through his social media feed will suggest there is more to the man than content creation, and so in this conversation, I wanted to get to know the man behind the skiing. 

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Professor Ken Dark is a British archeologist with honorary professorships from several European and American universities, has written over 11 books and multiple academic articles, and has directed and co-directed many excavations and survey projects on the 1st millennium AD.

From Roman and post-Roman Britain and the Byzantine Middle East to the Archeology of early Christian Israel, Ken is a global expert on all these matters. 

In his most recent book, The Archaeology of Jesus’s Nazareth, Ken puts forward a popular account of what the town of Nazareth would have been like in the time of Jesus. He asks if Jesus was really a carpenter, or if it is a mistranslation. Ken discovered what many believe was Jesus’s childhood home, but was it? 

We also discuss if the Empress Helena actually found the Cross, what was we learn from Jesus’s youth, the Christian Pilgrimage, why Nazareth was so different to it’s surrounding areas in that time, if the lack of certainty frustrates Ken, and why we still use BC/ AD given that most of the archaeology work undertaken is secular. 

All that, and so much more. Enjoy the episode and please do give the show a five-star review. 

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More About Ken: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ken-dark 

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0:00 - 0:54 - Intro 

0:54 - 4:33 - Why Dig In Nazareth? 

4:33 - 7:54 - Did Empress Helena Really Find The Cross & Nails? 

7:54 - 12:41 - Frustrated At Lack Of Historical Certainty 

12:41 - 23:29 - Archeology Of Nazareth 

23:29 - 30:40 - Why Is First Century Roman History So Popular?

30:40 - 32:20 - Is Nazareth’s Rocky Nature Why Jesus Said To Build Your House Upon The Rock? 

32:20 - 37:21 - Tektōn: Jesus Isn’t A Carpenter? 

37:21 - 44:32 - Jesus The Construction Worker? 

44:35 - 55:24 - Jesus’ Youth From An Archaeological Perspective 

55:25 - 58:59 - Why Do We Use BC/ AD