Dr Lola Salem is a musicologist, cultural critic, and Catholic convert. She is the author of the forthcoming Artless (Polity Press) and writes for The Critic and the Catholic Herald.In this conversation we think out loud about: • The boycott crisis in the arts and how it works in the shadows  • Why the right keeps winning elections and losing the civilisation  • The left as high-functioning alcoholics of culture  • The post-cultural state — institutions remain, the spirit has left  • The collapse of the managerial elite  • The education pipeline that reproduces institutional capture  • Whether the recovery of culture requires the recovery of faith •  Verdur_in — small, serious, uncompromising spaces outside the captured institutions Follow Lola's work: - https://x.com/SalemLola - http://salemlola.substack.comSponsored by Aquinas Tuition: https://aquinastuition.co.uk/ Related: <ul><li>Pierre d’Alancaisez — The Custodians Of Beauty Became Its Gravediggers: https://youtu.be/KXn2z3mfCDk </li><li>The Base — They Were Trained By The Best In British Theatre: https://youtu.be/sNQ6ank7quI</li><li>Iain McGilchrist — There Is A Great Deal Of Ruin In The Western World: https://youtu.be/yrlmkVl86-0</li></ul> Watch The Call of England: <a href='https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ'>https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ</a> Albion Institute: <a href='https://albioninstitute.org'>https://albioninstitute.org</a>Thinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam. ▶ <a href='https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass'>YouTube</a> ✍ <a href='https://thinkingclass.substack.com/'>Substack</a> 🎧 <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH'>Spotify</a> 🍎 <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615'>Apple</a> 🐦 <a href='https://x.com/thinkingclasses'>X</a>New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

Dr Lola Salem is a musicologist, cultural critic, and Catholic convert. She is the author of the forthcoming Artless (Polity Press) and writes for The Critic and the Catholic Herald. In this conversation we think out loud about: • The boycott crisis in the arts and how it works in the shadows • Why the right keeps winning elections and losing the civilisation • The left as high-functioning alcoholics of culture • The post-cultural state — institutions remain, the spirit has left • The collapse of the managerial elite • The education pipeline that reproduces institutional capture • Whether the recovery of culture requires the recovery of faith • Verdur_in — small, serious, uncompromising spaces outside the captured institutions Follow Lola's work: - https://x.com/SalemLola - http://salemlola.substack.com Sponsored by Aquinas Tuition: https://aquinastuition.co.uk/ Related: Pierre d’Alancaisez — The Custodians Of Beauty Became Its Gravediggers: https://youtu.be/KXn2z3mfCDk The Base — They Were Trained By The Best In British Theatre: https://youtu.be/sNQ6ank7quIIain McGilchrist — There Is A Great Deal Of Ruin In The Western World: https://youtu.be/yrlmkVl86-0 Watch The Call of England: https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ Albion Institute: https://albioninstitute.org Thinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam. ▶ YouTube ✍ Substack 🎧 Spotify 🍎 Apple 🐦 X New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

Dr Lola Salem is a musicologist, cultural critic, and Catholic convert. She is the author of the forthcoming Artless (Polity Press) and writes for The Critic and the Catholic Herald.In this conversation we think out loud about: • The boycott crisis in the arts and how it works in the shadows&nbsp; • Why the right keeps winning elections and losing the civilisation&nbsp; • The left as high-functioning alcoholics of culture&nbsp; • The post-cultural state — institutions remain, the spirit has left&nbsp; • The collapse of the managerial elite&nbsp; • The education pipeline that reproduces institutional capture&nbsp; • Whether the recovery of culture requires the recovery of faith • &nbsp;Verdur_in — small, serious, uncompromising spaces outside the captured institutions Follow Lola's work: - https://x.com/SalemLola - http://salemlola.substack.comSponsored by Aquinas Tuition: https://aquinastuition.co.uk/ Related:&nbsp;<ul><li>Pierre d’Alancaisez — The Custodians Of Beauty Became Its Gravediggers: https://youtu.be/KXn2z3mfCDk&nbsp;</li><li>The Base — They Were Trained By The Best In British Theatre: https://youtu.be/sNQ6ank7quI</li><li>Iain McGilchrist — There Is A Great Deal Of Ruin In The Western World: https://youtu.be/yrlmkVl86-0</li></ul> Watch The Call of England: <a href="https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ</a> Albion Institute: <a href="https://albioninstitute.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://albioninstitute.org</a>Thinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam.&nbsp;▶ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a> ✍ <a href="https://thinkingclass.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack</a> 🎧 <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a> 🍎 <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple</a> 🐦 <a href="https://x.com/thinkingclasses" rel="noopener noreferrer">X</a>New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

#146 - Lola Salem - You Can Win Every Election In The West But If The Whole Of Culture Is Against You Nothing Will Change

Oliver Bennett and Morgan Watkins are the co-founders of The Base and RADA-trained actors with nearly twenty years of experience in British film, television, and theatre.In this conversation, we think out loud about:<ul><li>What The Base is and why it exists</li><li> The campification of British theatre and the shame around the Western canon</li><li>The Edinburgh Fringe as a monument to progressive capture and why the RSC is rehearsing a lesbian Othello set against the climate crisis</li><li>Meeting Shakespeare on his own terms (the third position beyond progressive deconstruction and conservative nostalgia)</li><li>The working men’s club with a library, what the working class built and what was taken from them </li><li>Why not a single pro-Brexit play was produced in a country that voted 52% to leave</li><li>Why today’s rebels know nothing about the past they claim to be rebelling against</li><li>Whether counter-institutions like The Base can survive without funding</li><li>The return of masculinity and the need for men to stand up</li></ul>Find The Base: <ul><li><a href='http://thebasecreates.com '>thebasecreates.com </a></li><li>X: <a href='https://x.com/thebasecreates'>@thebasecreates</a></li><li><a href='https://tr.ee/8TOCpJS916'>Substack</a></li><li><a href='https://tr.ee/qrS8V6Irv1'>YouTube</a></li></ul>Related: <ul><li><a href='https://youtu.be/KXn2z3mfCDk'>Pierre d’Alancaisez — The Custodians Of Beauty Became Its Gravediggers: https://youtu.be/KXn2z3mfCDk</a></li><li><a href='https://youtu.be/zwhbWVc1PgU'>Carl Trueman — The West Killed God. Then It Killed Man: https://youtu.be/zwhbWVc1PgU</a></li><li><a href='https://youtu.be/qTdxAR40T4E'>Frank Furedi — In Defence of Populism: https://youtu.be/qTdxAR40T4E</a></li></ul><a href='https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ '>Watch The Call of England: https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ </a><a href='http://albioninstitute.org'>Albion Institute: albioninstitute.org</a>Thinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam. ▶ <a href='https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass'>YouTube</a> ✍ <a href='https://thinkingclass.substack.com/'>Substack</a> 🎧 <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH'>Spotify</a> 🍎 <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615'>Apple</a> 🐦 <a href='https://x.com/thinkingclasses'>X</a>New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

Oliver Bennett and Morgan Watkins are the co-founders of The Base and RADA-trained actors with nearly twenty years of experience in British film, television, and theatre. In this conversation, we think out loud about:What The Base is and why it exists The campification of British theatre and the shame around the Western canonThe Edinburgh Fringe as a monument to progressive capture and why the RSC is rehearsing a lesbian Othello set against the climate crisisMeeting Shakespeare on his own terms (the third position beyond progressive deconstruction and conservative nostalgia)The working men’s club with a library, what the working class built and what was taken from them Why not a single pro-Brexit play was produced in a country that voted 52% to leaveWhy today’s rebels know nothing about the past they claim to be rebelling againstWhether counter-institutions like The Base can survive without fundingThe return of masculinity and the need for men to stand upFind The Base: thebasecreates.com X: @thebasecreatesSubstackYouTubeRelated: Pierre d’Alancaisez — The Custodians Of Beauty Became Its Gravediggers: https://youtu.be/KXn2z3mfCDkCarl Trueman — The West Killed God. Then It Killed Man: https://youtu.be/zwhbWVc1PgUFrank Furedi — In Defence of Populism: https://youtu.be/qTdxAR40T4EWatch The Call of England: https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ Albion Institute: albioninstitute.org Thinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam. ▶ YouTube ✍ Substack 🎧 Spotify 🍎 Apple 🐦 X New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

Oliver Bennett and Morgan Watkins are the co-founders of The Base and RADA-trained actors with nearly twenty years of experience in British film, television, and theatre.In this conversation, we think out loud about:<ul><li>What The Base is and why it exists</li><li>&nbsp;The campification of British theatre and the shame around the Western canon</li><li>The Edinburgh Fringe as a monument to progressive capture and why the RSC is rehearsing a lesbian Othello set against the climate crisis</li><li>Meeting Shakespeare on his own terms (the third position beyond progressive deconstruction and conservative nostalgia)</li><li>The working men’s club with a library, what the working class built and what was taken from them&nbsp;</li><li>Why not a single pro-Brexit play was produced in a country that voted 52% to leave</li><li>Why today’s rebels know nothing about the past they claim to be rebelling against</li><li>Whether counter-institutions like The Base can survive without funding</li><li>The return of masculinity and the need for men to stand up</li></ul>Find The Base:&nbsp;<ul><li><a href="http://thebasecreates.com " rel="noopener noreferrer">thebasecreates.com&nbsp;</a></li><li>X: <a href="https://x.com/thebasecreates" rel="noopener noreferrer">@thebasecreates</a></li><li><a href="https://tr.ee/8TOCpJS916" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack</a></li><li><a href="https://tr.ee/qrS8V6Irv1" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a></li></ul>Related:&nbsp;<ul><li><a href="https://youtu.be/KXn2z3mfCDk" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pierre d’Alancaisez — The Custodians Of Beauty Became Its Gravediggers: https://youtu.be/KXn2z3mfCDk</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/zwhbWVc1PgU" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carl Trueman — The West Killed God. Then It Killed Man: https://youtu.be/zwhbWVc1PgU</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/qTdxAR40T4E" rel="noopener noreferrer">Frank Furedi — In Defence of Populism: https://youtu.be/qTdxAR40T4E</a></li></ul><a href="https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ " rel="noopener noreferrer">Watch The Call of England: https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ&nbsp;</a><a href="http://albioninstitute.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">Albion Institute: albioninstitute.org</a>Thinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam.&nbsp;▶ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a> ✍ <a href="https://thinkingclass.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack</a> 🎧 <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a> 🍎 <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple</a> 🐦 <a href="https://x.com/thinkingclasses" rel="noopener noreferrer">X</a>New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

#145 - Oliver Bennett & Morgan Watkins - They Were Trained To Perform The Greatest Works In Western Civilisation And They Say The Whole Thing Has Now Been Captured By Cowards And Liars

Dr Ben Jones is the Director of Case Management at the <a href='https://freespeechunion.org/'>Free Speech Union</a> and author of <a href='https://link.amazon/B06heUOEr'>Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline & Free Speech In Crisis</a>In this conversation, we think out loud about:<ul><li>When saying “it’s a free country” died in Britain and what replaced it</li><li>6,000 people punished for speaking in five years, and what the Free Speech Union’s caseload reveals about modern Britain</li><li>How hyperdiversity and the decline of Christianity have destroyed the shared moral universe</li><li>Why the ethno-nationalist vs civic-nationalist debate is irrelevant — both will be swept away by events</li><li>Britain’s pre-revolutionary state: the last time this happened, we executed a king</li><li>Why Islam poses a distinct challenge that cannot be reconciled with Western liberal values</li><li>The ruling class has seceded from the nation and treats the population as an obstacle</li><li>The psychological toll of cultural dispossession and why he now has to spell “Ben Jones”</li><li>The state is sponsoring an invasion inflicted primarily on women and girls, which has created a crisis of legitimacy</li><li>Why 2029 may be the last chance to turn this around</li></ul>Find Ben Jones: <ul><li><a href='http://x.com/BenBarryJones '>X</a></li><li><a href='https://link.amazon/B06heUOEr'>Island of Strangers</a></li></ul>Related episodes: <ul><li>Nathan Pinkoski — France Sacrificed Free Speech To Keep The Peace: https://youtu.be/ztpqjZq9h4M?si=DtQxUi4K84cPYapg</li><li>Auron MacIntyre — The West Has Already Become A Total State: https://youtu.be/GbTU7HrQlU8?si=zg8pwO_MVhPor9qo</li><li>R.R. Reno — What Happens When The West’s Strong Gods Return: https://youtu.be/U_cXZnkU-JI?si=shQ2C4lKRNP5sBqN</li><li>Lionel Shriver — Immigration, Demography, And Belonging: https://youtu.be/IWG6zPX0EpE?si=CJ_W1ogZtHbhzCJk</li></ul><a href='https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ'>Watch The Call of England:</a> https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQThinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam. ▶ <a href='https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass'>YouTube</a> ✍ <a href='https://thinkingclass.substack.com/'>Substack</a> 🎧 <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH'>Spotify</a> 🍎 <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615'>Apple</a> 🐦 <a href='https://x.com/thinkingclasses'>X</a>New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

Dr Ben Jones is the Director of Case Management at the Free Speech Union and author of Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline & Free Speech In Crisis In this conversation, we think out loud about:When saying “it’s a free country” died in Britain and what replaced it6,000 people punished for speaking in five years, and what the Free Speech Union’s caseload reveals about modern BritainHow hyperdiversity and the decline of Christianity have destroyed the shared moral universeWhy the ethno-nationalist vs civic-nationalist debate is irrelevant — both will be swept away by eventsBritain’s pre-revolutionary state: the last time this happened, we executed a kingWhy Islam poses a distinct challenge that cannot be reconciled with Western liberal valuesThe ruling class has seceded from the nation and treats the population as an obstacleThe psychological toll of cultural dispossession and why he now has to spell “Ben Jones”The state is sponsoring an invasion inflicted primarily on women and girls, which has created a crisis of legitimacyWhy 2029 may be the last chance to turn this aroundFind Ben Jones: XIsland of StrangersRelated episodes: Nathan Pinkoski — France Sacrificed Free Speech To Keep The Peace: https://youtu.be/ztpqjZq9h4M?si=DtQxUi4K84cPYapgAuron MacIntyre — The West Has Already Become A Total State: https://youtu.be/GbTU7HrQlU8?si=zg8pwO_MVhPor9qoR.R. Reno — What Happens When The West’s Strong Gods Return: https://youtu.be/U_cXZnkU-JI?si=shQ2C4lKRNP5sBqNLionel Shriver — Immigration, Demography, And Belonging: https://youtu.be/IWG6zPX0EpE?si=CJ_W1ogZtHbhzCJkWatch The Call of England: https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ Thinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam. ▶ YouTube ✍ Substack 🎧 Spotify 🍎 Apple 🐦 X New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

Dr Ben Jones is the Director of Case Management at the <a href="https://freespeechunion.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Free Speech Union</a> and author of <a href="https://link.amazon/B06heUOEr" rel="noopener noreferrer">Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline &amp; Free Speech In Crisis</a>In this conversation, we think out loud about:<ul><li>When saying “it’s a free country” died in Britain and what replaced it</li><li>6,000 people punished for speaking in five years, and what the Free Speech Union’s caseload reveals about modern Britain</li><li>How hyperdiversity and the decline of Christianity have destroyed the shared moral universe</li><li>Why the ethno-nationalist vs civic-nationalist debate is irrelevant — both will be swept away by events</li><li>Britain’s pre-revolutionary state: the last time this happened, we executed a king</li><li>Why Islam poses a distinct challenge that cannot be reconciled with Western liberal values</li><li>The ruling class has seceded from the nation and treats the population as an obstacle</li><li>The psychological toll of cultural dispossession and why he now has to spell “Ben Jones”</li><li>The state is sponsoring an invasion inflicted primarily on women and girls, which has created a crisis of legitimacy</li><li>Why 2029 may be the last chance to turn this around</li></ul>Find Ben Jones:&nbsp;<ul><li><a href="http://x.com/BenBarryJones " rel="noopener noreferrer">X</a></li><li><a href="https://link.amazon/B06heUOEr" rel="noopener noreferrer">Island of Strangers</a></li></ul>Related episodes:&nbsp;<ul><li>Nathan Pinkoski — France Sacrificed Free Speech To Keep The Peace: https://youtu.be/ztpqjZq9h4M?si=DtQxUi4K84cPYapg</li><li>Auron MacIntyre — The West Has Already Become A Total State: https://youtu.be/GbTU7HrQlU8?si=zg8pwO_MVhPor9qo</li><li>R.R. Reno — What Happens When The West’s Strong Gods Return: https://youtu.be/U_cXZnkU-JI?si=shQ2C4lKRNP5sBqN</li><li>Lionel Shriver — Immigration, Demography, And Belonging: https://youtu.be/IWG6zPX0EpE?si=CJ_W1ogZtHbhzCJk</li></ul><a href="https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer">Watch The Call of England:</a> https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQThinking Class is a long-form interview podcast on the cultural, historical and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, the Anglosphere and the wider West. Hosted by John Gillam.&nbsp;▶ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a> ✍ <a href="https://thinkingclass.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack</a> 🎧 <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spotify</a> 🍎 <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615" rel="noopener noreferrer">Apple</a> 🐦 <a href="https://x.com/thinkingclasses" rel="noopener noreferrer">X</a>New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

#144 - Ben Jones - Britain Has Become An Island Of Strangers And You’re Not Allowed To Say So

Auron MacIntyre is the host of <a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/auronmacintyre'>The Auron MacIntyre Show on Blaze TV</a> and the author of <a href='https://link.amazon/B0fCMJp6R'>The Total State</a>. Auron previously taught high school before leaving education to build his media platform, writes the Substack <a href='https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/'>The Total State</a>, and appears across conservative and heterodox media.In this conversation, we think out loud about:<ul><li>Why every Western state is becoming total and why the HR department is the new political commissar</li><li>How bureaucracies automatically recognise one another as authoritative and create a self-reinforcing system</li><li>Why it’s not a state-run media but a media-run state and that distinction changes everything</li><li>Why Britain is further along the path to total control than any country in the West </li><li>The First Amendment and American federalism as defence mechanisms  and whether they will hold</li><li>Why Texas told the federal government no and the federal government backed down</li><li>Why the system doesn’t need boxcars it just closes your bank account</li><li>Why constitutions don’t make people, people make constitutions  and what happens when you change the people </li><li>John Adams at Edgehill: the English foundations of American liberty </li><li> R.R. Reno’s strong gods: will they return, and whose gods will they be? </li><li>Why the right cannot govern when it wins and what formation institutions must be built</li></ul>Find Auron MacIntyre:<ul><li><a href='http://x.com/AuronMacintyre'>X</a></li><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/auronmacintyre'>YouTube</a></li><li><a href='http://instagram.com/auronmacintyre'>Instagram</a></li><li><a href='https://link.amazon/B0fCMJp6R'>The Total State</a>: https://link.amazon/B0fCMJp6R</li></ul>Sponsored by <a href='https://aquinastuition.co.uk/'>Aquinas Tuition</a> - bespoke academic tutoring for children who deserve to be stretched, not managed: https://aquinastuition.co.uk/ Related: <ul><li><a href='https://youtu.be/ztpqjZq9h4M'>Nathan Pinkoski - France Sacrificed Free Speech To Keep The Peace</a></li><li><a href='https://youtu.be/U_cXZnkU-JI'>R.R. Reno - What Happens When The West’s Strong Gods Return</a></li><li><a href='https://youtu.be/zwhbWVc1PgU'>Carl Trueman - The West Killed God. Then It Killed Man</a></li></ul><a href='https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ'>Watch The Call of England:</a> https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ ▶ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass  ✍ Substack: https://thinkingclass.substack.com  🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH  🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615  🐦 X: https://x.com/thinkingclasses  New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

Auron MacIntyre is the host of The Auron MacIntyre Show on Blaze TV and the author of The Total State. Auron previously taught high school before leaving education to build his media platform, writes the Substack The Total State, and appears across conservative and heterodox media. In this conversation, we think out loud about:Why every Western state is becoming total and why the HR department is the new political commissarHow bureaucracies automatically recognise one another as authoritative and create a self-reinforcing systemWhy it’s not a state-run media but a media-run state and that distinction changes everythingWhy Britain is further along the path to total control than any country in the West The First Amendment and American federalism as defence mechanisms and whether they will holdWhy Texas told the federal government no and the federal government backed downWhy the system doesn’t need boxcars it just closes your bank accountWhy constitutions don’t make people, people make constitutions and what happens when you change the people John Adams at Edgehill: the English foundations of American liberty R.R. Reno’s strong gods: will they return, and whose gods will they be? Why the right cannot govern when it wins and what formation institutions must be builtFind Auron MacIntyre:XYouTubeInstagramThe Total State: https://link.amazon/B0fCMJp6RSponsored by Aquinas Tuition - bespoke academic tutoring for children who deserve to be stretched, not managed: https://aquinastuition.co.uk/ Related: Nathan Pinkoski - France Sacrificed Free Speech To Keep The PeaceR.R. Reno - What Happens When The West’s Strong Gods ReturnCarl Trueman - The West Killed God. Then It Killed ManWatch The Call of England: https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ ▶ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass ✍ Substack: https://thinkingclass.substack.com 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615 🐦 X: https://x.com/thinkingclasses New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

Auron MacIntyre is the host of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/auronmacintyre" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Auron MacIntyre Show on Blaze TV</a> and the author of <a href="https://link.amazon/B0fCMJp6R" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Total State</a>. Auron previously taught high school before leaving education to build his media platform, writes the Substack <a href="https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Total State</a>, and appears across conservative and heterodox media.In this conversation, we think out loud about:<ul><li>Why every Western state is becoming total and why the HR department is the new political commissar</li><li>How bureaucracies automatically recognise one another as authoritative and create a self-reinforcing system</li><li>Why it’s not a state-run media but a media-run state and that distinction changes everything</li><li>Why Britain is further along the path to total control than any country in the West&nbsp;</li><li>The First Amendment and American federalism as defence mechanisms&nbsp; and whether they will hold</li><li>Why Texas told the federal government no and the federal government backed down</li><li>Why the system doesn’t need boxcars it just closes your bank account</li><li>Why constitutions don’t make people, people make constitutions&nbsp; and what happens when you change the people&nbsp;</li><li>John Adams at Edgehill: the English foundations of American liberty&nbsp;</li><li>&nbsp;R.R. Reno’s strong gods: will they return, and whose gods will they be?&nbsp;</li><li>Why the right cannot govern when it wins and what formation institutions must be built</li></ul>Find Auron MacIntyre:<ul><li><a href="http://x.com/AuronMacintyre" rel="noopener noreferrer">X</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/auronmacintyre" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a></li><li><a href="http://instagram.com/auronmacintyre" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://link.amazon/B0fCMJp6R" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Total State</a>: https://link.amazon/B0fCMJp6R</li></ul>Sponsored by <a href="https://aquinastuition.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Aquinas Tuition</a> - bespoke academic tutoring for children who deserve to be stretched, not managed: https://aquinastuition.co.uk/ Related:&nbsp;<ul><li><a href="https://youtu.be/ztpqjZq9h4M" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nathan Pinkoski - France Sacrificed Free Speech To Keep The Peace</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/U_cXZnkU-JI" rel="noopener noreferrer">R.R. Reno - What Happens When The West’s Strong Gods Return</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/zwhbWVc1PgU" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carl Trueman - The West Killed God. Then It Killed Man</a></li></ul><a href="https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ" rel="noopener noreferrer">Watch The Call of England:</a> https://youtu.be/muBQWIP6ZQQ ▶ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkingClass&nbsp; ✍ Substack: https://thinkingclass.substack.com&nbsp; 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/37vvzrlxpo8eORDoTDRtbH&nbsp; 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/thinking-class/id1717021615&nbsp; 🐦 X: https://x.com/thinkingclasses&nbsp; New episodes every Thursday at 3pm.

#143 - Auron MacIntyre - The West Has Already Become A Total State And Most People Inside It Have No Idea

Tom Hancocks is an ethics and compliance and ESG consultant, currently working professional services. An academic ethicist by background, Tom has lectured and consulted widely on the topics of business ethics, ESG, professional standards and corporate governance. His doctoral work applied legal and political philosophy to the context of political transition. Today we talk about technocracy, its limits and its future, the misunderstanding of ethics in business, the role of religion in shaping ethics, and liberalism and its fate. This episode is the inaugural episode of the show. See you next time.  Shownotes <a href='https://unherd.com/2022/10/the-revenge-of-the-technocrats/'>The revenge of the technocrats - UnHerd</a> <a href='https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Leviathans-Thoughts-After-Liberalism/dp/0241554950/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LQ11EW85WEAM&keywords=new+leviathans+john+gray&qid=1700203401&sprefix=New+Leviatha%2Caps%2C162&sr=8-1'>The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism : Gray, John: Amazon.co.uk: Books</a> <a href='https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/esg-sustainability-technocracy-and-just-transition-part-1'>ESG, sustainability, technocracy and just transition (I/II) (illuminem.com)</a> <a href='https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/esg-sustainability-technocracy-and-just-transition-iiii'>ESG, sustainability, technocracy and just transition (II/II) (illuminem.com)</a>

Tom Hancocks is an ethics and compliance and ESG consultant, currently working professional services. An academic ethicist by background, Tom has lectured and consulted widely on the topics of business ethics, ESG, professional standards and corporate governance. His doctoral work applied legal and political philosophy to the context of political transition. Today we talk about technocracy, its limits and its future, the misunderstanding of ethics in business, the role of religion in shaping ethics, and liberalism and its fate. This episode is the inaugural episode of the show. See you next time. Shownotes The revenge of the technocrats - UnHerd The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism : Gray, John: Amazon.co.uk: Books ESG, sustainability, technocracy and just transition (I/II) (illuminem.com) ESG, sustainability, technocracy and just transition (II/II) (illuminem.com)

Tom Hancocks is an ethics and compliance and ESG consultant, currently working professional services. An academic ethicist by background, Tom has lectured and consulted widely on the topics of business ethics, ESG, professional standards and corporate governance. His doctoral work applied legal and political philosophy to the context of political transition. Today we talk about technocracy, its limits and its future, the misunderstanding of ethics in business, the role of religion in shaping ethics, and liberalism and its fate. This episode is the inaugural episode of the show. See you next time.&nbsp; Shownotes <a href="https://unherd.com/2022/10/the-revenge-of-the-technocrats/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The revenge of the technocrats - UnHerd</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Leviathans-Thoughts-After-Liberalism/dp/0241554950/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LQ11EW85WEAM&amp;keywords=new+leviathans+john+gray&amp;qid=1700203401&amp;sprefix=New+Leviatha%2Caps%2C162&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer">The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism : Gray, John: Amazon.co.uk: Books</a> <a href="https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/esg-sustainability-technocracy-and-just-transition-part-1" rel="noopener noreferrer">ESG, sustainability, technocracy and just transition (I/II) (illuminem.com)</a> <a href="https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/esg-sustainability-technocracy-and-just-transition-iiii" rel="noopener noreferrer">ESG, sustainability, technocracy and just transition (II/II) (illuminem.com)</a>

#001 - The Foundation Of Ethics And The Limits Of Liberalism And Technocracy

Thinking Class is a weekly long-form interview podcast and documentary series exploring the cultural, historical, and civilisational forces shaping Britain, the Anglosphere, and the wider West. 20,000 subscribers and 2 million plays across all platforms. Hosted by John Gillam, founder of the Albion Institute (Lord Nigel Biggar CBE serves as Advisory Board Chair) and creator of The Call of England and the forthcoming Call of America documentary series. Each episode brings together historians, philosophers, theologians, economists, and public intellectuals for conversations that go beyond the news cycle. Guests have included David Starkey, Lord Jonathan Sumption, Lord Nigel Biggar, Iain McGilchrist, Peter Hitchens, R.R. Reno, Auron MacIntyre, Patrick Deneen, Lionel Shriver, David Goodhart, Carl Trueman, Eric Kaufmann, Carrie Gress, Katharine Birbalsingh, Kathleen Stock, Frank Furedi, Rob Henderson, Robert Tombs, and many more. If you value serious conversation about England, Britain, the Anglosphere, and the forces shaping our civilisation, this is the show for you. New episodes every Thursday. Albion Institute: albioninstitute.org Substack: thinkingclass.substack.com YouTube: youtube.com/@ThinkingClass X: x.com/thinkingclasses Contact: <a href="mailto:thinkingclasspod@gmail.com">thinkingclasspod@gmail.com</a>

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Thinking Class is a weekly long-form interview podcast and documentary series exploring the cultural, historical, and civilisational forces shaping Britain, the Anglosphere, and the wider West. 20,000 subscribers and 2 million plays across all platforms. Hosted by John Gillam, founder of the Albion Institute (Lord Nigel Biggar CBE serves as Advisory Board Chair) and creator of The Call of England and the forthcoming Call of America documentary series. Each episode brings together historians, philosophers, theologians, economists, and public intellectuals for conversations that go beyond the news cycle. Guests have included David Starkey, Lord Jonathan Sumption, Lord Nigel Biggar, Iain McGilchrist, Peter Hitchens, R.R. Reno, Auron MacIntyre, Patrick Deneen, Lionel Shriver, David Goodhart, Carl Trueman, Eric Kaufmann, Carrie Gress, Katharine Birbalsingh, Kathleen Stock, Frank Furedi, Rob Henderson, Robert Tombs, and many more. If you value serious conversation about England, Britain, the Anglosphere, and the forces shaping our civilisation, this is the show for you. New episodes every Thursday. Albion Institute: albioninstitute.org Substack: thinkingclass.substack.com YouTube: youtube.com/@ThinkingClass X: x.com/thinkingclasses Contact: thinkingclasspod@gmail.com

Thinking Class is a weekly long-form interview podcast and documentary series exploring the cultural, historical, and civilisational forces shaping Britain, the Anglosphere, and the wider West. 20,000 subscribers and 2 million plays across all platforms. Hosted by John Gillam, founder of the Albion Institute (Lord Nigel Biggar CBE serves as Advisory Board Chair) and creator of The Call of England and the forthcoming Call of America documentary series. Each episode brings together historians, philosophers, theologians, economists, and public intellectuals for conversations that go beyond the news cycle. Guests have included David Starkey, Lord Jonathan Sumption, Lord Nigel Biggar, Iain McGilchrist, Peter Hitchens, R.R. Reno, Auron MacIntyre, Patrick Deneen, Lionel Shriver, David Goodhart, Carl Trueman, Eric Kaufmann, Carrie Gress, Katharine Birbalsingh, Kathleen Stock, Frank Furedi, Rob Henderson, Robert Tombs, and many more. If you value serious conversation about England, Britain, the Anglosphere, and the forces shaping our civilisation, this is the show for you. New episodes every Thursday. Albion Institute: albioninstitute.org Substack: thinkingclass.substack.com YouTube: youtube.com/@ThinkingClass X: x.com/thinkingclasses Contact: <a href="mailto:thinkingclasspod@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">thinkingclasspod@gmail.com</a>

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