In this episode, we're bringing you a presentation that was delivered as part of the 2021 <a href="https://www.acton.org/lecture-series">Acton Lecture Series</a> featuring Jessica Hooten Wilson speaking on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and his fight against propaganda using art to force "even an opposing heart to surrender." Through fiction, Solzhenitsyn provides a way to love our so-called enemies, encourage conversation rather than silencing, and, even when all appears despairing, open the door to hope. <a href="https://www.acton.org/religion-liberty/volume-33-number-1/solzhenitsyn-prophet-america">Solzhenitsyn: Prophet to America</a><a href="https://www.acton.org/publications/transatlantic/2019/07/15/solzhenitsyns-advice-free-world">Solzhenitsyn's advice to the free world</a><a href="https://blog.acton.org/archives/110322-solzhenitsyn-freedoms-habits-and-hindrances-video.html">Solzhenitsyn: Freedom's habits and hindrances</a><a href="https://www.acton.org/alexander-solzhenitsyn">Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Religion &amp; Liberty</a><a href="https://blog.acton.org/archives/105195-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-the-dragon-slayer.html">Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the dragon slayer</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Modern parallels to the fall of Rome

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