The Book Club

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The Book Club: The Pilgrim'...

01.19.2023

Christians have been mocked, humiliated, and persecuted for their faith for hundreds of years. The Pilgrim’s Progress, written by Puritan preacher John Bunyan while he was in prison for holding religious services, is an encouraging reminder that difficulties and hardships ...

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01.19.2023 The Book Club: The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan with Allie Stuckey Christians have been mocked, humiliated, and persecuted for their faith for hundreds of years. The Pilgrim’s Progress, written by Puritan preacher John Bunyan while he was in prison for holding religious services, is an encouraging reminder that difficulties and hardships ...
01.03.2023 The Book Club: Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud with Stephen Marmer Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud—the father of psychoanalysis—explores the perpetual struggle between self and society. Clinical psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at UCLA Dr. Stephen Marmer joins Michael Knowles for a deep dive into Freud’s anti-utopian work that ...
12.16.2022 The Book Club: Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville with Pete Peterson Could anyone have predicted the future of America 200 years ago? Alexis de Tocqueville foresaw a society fraught with materialism and “soft despotism" in his classic study of self-governance, freedom, and equality, Democracy in America. Pete Peterson, Dean of the ...
12.16.2022 The Book Club: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy with Inez Stepman What happens if you follow your heart, pursuing love and happiness above all else, devoid of duty or virtue? Nothing good according to Leo Tolstoy, author of Anna Karenina. Inez Stepman, senior policy analyst at Independent Women’s Forum, joins Michael ...
09.30.2022 The Book Club: Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke with Yoram Hazony The American Revolution led to the birth of a new, free nation, while the French Revolution led to blood and terror. What was the difference and what can we learn from history before it’s rewritten or forgotten entirely? Political theorist ...
07.22.2022 The Book Club: The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom with Max Eden Something is deeply amiss in contemporary American culture. Young people have lost touch with reality and have become trapped by moral relativism. Is post-modern education to blame? Education expert Max Eden joins Michael Knowles for an eye-opening discussion of Allan ...
06.21.2022 The Book Club: Lord of the Flies by William Golding with Lauren Chen In a world without consequences, are humans naturally good or is there darkness within us all? Lauren Chen sits with Michael Knowles to discuss the classic novel Lord of the Flies about a group of British schoolboys who become stranded ...
05.24.2022 The Book Club: The Book of Exodus with Dennis Prager Why should Biblical literacy matter today? What happens to society when people fear public opinion more than God? Joining Michael Knowles in this episode of The Book Club is the author of the best-selling Bible commentary in America, Dennis Prager. ...
05.24.2022 The Book Club: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens with Allen Estrin “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Is history repeating itself? Set during the French Revolution, Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities offers parallels to American Society today. PragerU’s Allen Estrin joins Michael Knowles ...
12.22.2021 The Book Club: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë with Madeleine Kearns Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is one of the most beloved books in literature. In this episode of The Book Club, Michael Knowles and Madeleine Kearns take you through the pages of the Victorian novel to examine the themes of ...
09.23.2021 The Book Club: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler with Brad Thompson George Orwell and Aldous Huxley warned of the evils of communism in the pages of 1984 and Brave New World; however, Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon is a lesser-known but impactful novel that describes the horrors of the Stalinist USSR. ...
09.01.2021 The Book Club: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand With Eric Daniels Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, named by readers in 1991 as the most influential book after the Bible, is a novelized warning about the allure and evils of socialism. What happens when the most productive members in society give up? How ...
09.01.2021 The Book Club: Race and Culture by Thomas Sowell With Farah Jimenez On this episode of The Book Club, Michael Knowles and Farah Jimenez discuss Race and Culture, Thomas Sowell’s powerful analysis on why culture has a profound impact on the socioeconomic outcomes of different minority groups. Is systemic racism really to ...
06.29.2021 The Book Club: The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis with Seth Dillon What if you could listen in on a conversation between two devils? C.S. Lewis’s "The Screwtape Letters" takes you through letters between Screwtape, a high-ranking demon in the underworld, and his inexperienced nephew, Wormwood, and their plan to deceive man ...
06.29.2021 The Book Club: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with Gina Bontempo The first science fiction novel ever written (over 200 years ago), Frankenstein is a tragic and cautionary tale about failed humanity, the dangers of scientific knowledge, an overreaching scientist playing “God,” and the universal desire for a sense of belonging. ...
04.20.2021 The Book Club: The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy with Matt Walsh Leo Tolstoy’s novella speaks volumes on mortality, conformity, societal expectations, and what it means to live an authentic life. Ivan Ilyich suffers on his deathbed until he is able to fully confront his mortality. This same denial of death and ...
03.23.2021 The Book Club: King Lear by Shakespeare with Douglas Murray Broken families are detrimental to society— it’s been proven throughout history. Douglas Murray and Michael Knowles summarize William Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear, and its themes of power, justice, blindness, and chaos played out through the severed relationship between a father ...
02.16.2021 The Book Club: Middlemarch by George Eliot with Heather Mac Donald Is a life of duty and self-sacrifice noble or ridiculous? What can 21st-century readers take away from Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life, one of the great English novels? Heather Mac Donald joins Michael Knowles for a discussion of George ...
01.19.2021 The Book Club: Galileo with Brian Keating Galileo proved that the Earth revolved around the sun and was punished for challenging existing scientific theory. Are we seeing parallels today? Brian Keating and Michael Knowles discuss Galileo’s The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems and how modern ...
12.15.2020 The Book Club: Genesis with Bishop Robert Barron Biblical illiteracy is at an all-time high. Many Americans believe the Bible is archaic, even irrelevant to the changing culture. In this episode, Bishop Robert Barron and Michael Knowles take you through Genesis, the first book of the Bible, to ...
11.17.2020 The Book Club: Symposium by Plato with Spencer Klavan Love is an innate desire of every human being, but how do you define it and what is its purpose in relationships? Michael Knowles and Spencer Klavan take you through one of the most collective philosophical texts on love in ...
10.20.2020 The Book Club: Divine Comedy by Dante with Catherine Illingworth A man who has nothing left to lose is led through hell, purgatory, and heaven in this incomparable masterpiece. Dante scholar Catherine Illingworth joins Michael Knowles to discuss his favorite work of art ever composed: Dante’s Divine Comedy. Subscribe so ...
09.15.2020 The Book Club: Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington with Carol Swain What is the key to racial reconciliation in our nation? Dr. Carol Swain joins Michael Knowles on this month’s episode of The Book Club to examine the life of Booker T. Washington, a former slave turned educator, as seen through ...
08.20.2020 The Book Club: 1984 by George Orwell with Dave Rubin George Orwell’s novel, 1984, portrays a dystopian world where Big Brother reigns supreme. Today, however, Orwell’s warning against totalitarianism reads more like a newspaper than a work of fiction. Dave Rubin, host of The Rubin Report, joins Michael Knowles to ...
08.18.2020 The Book Club: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley with Sen. Ted Cruz Sen. Ted Cruz joins Michael Knowles this month for a very special episode of The Book Club! They discuss Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World and why it is an indictment of tyranny and totalitarianism. Don’t miss it. In ...
06.16.2020 The Book Club: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham with Larry Elder How do you find meaning in a world filled with cruelty? Michael Knowles and Larry Elder discuss the universal search for unconditional love as seen in the pages of W. Somerset Maugham’s fictional novel, Of Human Bondage. In our fast-paced ...
05.19.2020 The Book Club: The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison with Ben Shapiro Do you understand the Constitution? What makes America different? Ben Shapiro joins Michael Knowles to discuss The Federalist Papers, a collection of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. They discuss the founders’ vision for a limited ...
04.21.2020 The Book Club: Intellectuals by Paul Johnson with Allen Estrin Thinkers from Karl Marx to Noam Chomsky have shaped political thought and transformed societies. In this episode of The Book Club, Michael Knowles and PragerU’s executive director, Allen Estrin, discuss Intellectuals by Paul Johnson and how the book highlights both ...
03.18.2020 The Book Club: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen with Abigail Shrier Pride and Prejudice is one of the most famous and most beloved romantic novels of all time. In this episode of The Book Club, Michael Knowles and Abigail Shrier explore the themes of love, virtue, and social hierarchy discovered in ...
02.19.2020 The Book Club: Hamlet by William Shakespeare with Andrew Klavan William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is the greatest play ever written. In this episode of The Book Club, Michael Knowles and Andrew Klavan discuss the themes of this classic work — inaction, appearance versus reality, doubt and truth — and how they ...
01.20.2020 The Book Club: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl with Dennis Prager What is mankind’s greatest pursuit? In the world premiere of The Book Club, Michael Knowles and Dennis Prager take you through psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s moving memoir of life in a Nazi death camp, and how this experience shaped his thinking. ...

The Book Club

What's The Book Club about?

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The Book Club episodes:

The Book Club: The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan with Allie Stuckey

The Book Club: Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud with Stephen Marmer

The Book Club: Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville with Pete Peterson

The Book Club: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy with Inez Stepman

The Book Club: Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke with Yoram Hazony

The Book Club: The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom with Max Eden

The Book Club: Lord of the Flies by William Golding with Lauren Chen

The Book Club: The Book of Exodus with Dennis Prager

The Book Club: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens with Allen Estrin

The Book Club: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë with Madeleine Kearns

The Book Club: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler with Brad Thompson

The Book Club: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand With Eric Daniels

The Book Club: Race and Culture by Thomas Sowell With Farah Jimenez

The Book Club: The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis with Seth Dillon

The Book Club: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with Gina Bontempo

The Book Club: The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy with Matt Walsh

The Book Club: King Lear by Shakespeare with Douglas Murray

The Book Club: Middlemarch by George Eliot with Heather Mac Donald

The Book Club: Galileo with Brian Keating

The Book Club: Genesis with Bishop Robert Barron

The Book Club: Symposium by Plato with Spencer Klavan

The Book Club: Divine Comedy by Dante with Catherine Illingworth

The Book Club: Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington with Carol Swain

The Book Club: 1984 by George Orwell with Dave Rubin

The Book Club: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley with Sen. Ted Cruz

The Book Club: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham with Larry Elder

The Book Club: The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison with Ben Shapiro

The Book Club: Intellectuals by Paul Johnson with Allen Estrin

The Book Club: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen with Abigail Shrier

The Book Club: Hamlet by William Shakespeare with Andrew Klavan

The Book Club: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl with Dennis Prager

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