Fatal Conceits Podcast
Fatal Conceits Podcast
Bonner Private Research
Joel Bowman and Addison Wiggin discuss The Idea of America
48 minutes Posted Dec 10, 2021 at 11:42 pm.
Time stamps - A rough guide...
- Intro
- Addison’s intro...
- Omicron and the wrong way to learn the Greek alphabet
- Morris, Alive - A novel investigation into the “Idea of America”
- All fiction is, in the end, autobiographical - Jorge Luis Borges
- Why it has become fashionable to denigrate America
- A look inside American culture... from an outsider’s perspective
- America as the home of the individual
- From Walt Whitman to Bob Dylan, a legacy of literary independence
- The uniqueness of the American project
- Clear and Present Danger: A look at the threats to American culture
- Why literature? Why draw the line in the sand here?
- What’s wrong with Marxism anyway?
- The second coming of Neo-Wilsonian progressivism
- Progressivism through the 20th Century... and what’s next
- Breaking out of the echo chamber
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Time stamps - A rough guide...(00:50) - Intro(01:30) - Addison’s intro...(02:50) - Omicron and the wrong way to learn the Greek alphabet(03:50) - Morris, Alive - A novel investigation into the “Idea of America”(04:50) - All fiction is, in the end, autobiographical - Jorge Luis Borges(05:50) - Why it has become fashionable to denigrate America(08:05) - A look inside American culture... from an outsider’s perspective(10:20) - America as the home of the individual(11:20) - From Walt Whitman to Bob Dylan, a legacy of literary independence(12:20) - The uniqueness of the American project (16:20) - Clear and Present Danger: A look at the threats to American culture(19:50) - Why literature? Why draw the line in the sand here?(24:20) - What’s wrong with Marxism anyway?(31:35) - The second coming of Neo-Wilsonian progressivism (37:20) - Progressivism through the 20th Century... and what’s next(39:20) - Breaking out of the echo chamber(47:50) - END This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/subscribe