The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

By Charles HaywoodSociety & Culture Education

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The Worthy House (Charles Haywood) episodes

September 25 The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West (Alexander Karp and Nicholas Zamiska)
A book not about Palantir, or even about maintaining American power, but rather primarily a right-wing philosophical demand for national unity.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/09/25/the-technological-republic-hard-power-soft-belief-and-the-future-of-the-west-alexander-karp-and-nicholas-zamiska/).
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32 min
September 11 Falange: A History of Spanish Fascism (Stanley G. Payne)
A classic study of a bona fide fascist party, back a hundred years ago when fascism actually existed.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/09/11/falange-a-history-of-spanish-fascism-stanley-g-payne/).
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41 min
September 04 The Timerman (Theodore Judson)
The latest from the fantastic Theodore Judson, an exploration of the future history of America. And of whether we should ever give charity to foreigners.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/09/04/the-timerman-theodore-judson/).
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28 min
August 24 Dispatches from the Late Republic: The Culture, Politics, and Prophets of American Greatness, Decline, and Rebirth (Michael Anton)
A brilliant set of engaging essays.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/08/24/dispatches-from-the-late-republic-the-culture-politics-and-prophets-of-american-greatness-decline-and-rebirth-michael-anton/).
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17 min
August 18 A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness (Michael Pollan)
A rambling, but interesting, set of ruminations on consciousness, showing the total failure of materialism.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/08/18/a-world-appears-a-journey-into-consciousness-michael-pollan/).
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23 min
August 12 The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (Rick Atkinson)
How America was born in war.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/08/12/the-british-are-coming-the-war-for-america-lexington-to-princeton-1775-1777-rick-atkinson/).
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21 min
July 10 Red State Mars (Travis Corcoran)
A compelling, perhaps prescient, work about future American glory.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/07/09/red-state-mars-travis-corcoran/).
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15 min
May 16 The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations (Christopher Lasch)
A famous, but somewhat strange, book from 1979. Of the decline of American society from the perspective of fifty years ago.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/05/16/the-culture-of-narcissism-american-life-in-an-age-of-diminishing-expectations-christopher-lasch/).
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28 min
April 27 Rome and Persia: The Seven Hundred Year Rivalry (Adrian Goldsworthy)
An excellent examination of ancient Persia, in its relations with the Roman Republic and Empire, with lessons for today's dumb war against Iran, that is, Persia.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/04/27/rome-and-persia-the-seven-hundred-year-rivalry-adrian-goldsworthy/).
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26 min
April 13 The Nomos of the Earth in the International Law of the Jus Publicum Europaeum (Carl Schmitt)
Carl Schmitt's detailed thoughts, after World War II, about the collapse of the pre-World War I order, and what might replace it--not that anything has yet, which is why the globe exists in disorder.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/04/13/the-nomos-of-the-earth-in-the-international-law-of-the-jus-publicum-europaeum-carl-schmitt/).
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32 min

About The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

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I am here to give you back your future. Human flourishing in the coming post-liberal West. The hour is late, and Moloch is within the gates. Foundationalism. Reality-focused writings, often on history…