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  • Season 4, Episode 16: Digressions on the Historical Tensions Between Civil Society, Revolutions, and Baroque Excess

    Season 4, Episode 16: Digressions on the Historical Tensions Between Civil Society, Revolutions, and Baroque Excess
    Oct 28 2026
    Spencer and Laurie finish up their discussion of Abbé Sieyès’ famous essay “What is the Third Estate,” and begin an interestingly related and not digressive conversation on the excessive and luxurious expressions of the Baroque period.
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    1 h et 36 min
  • Season 4, Ep. 15: This Just In! Third Estate Still Out to Satisfy Its Desires Without Losing Its Pretensions

    Season 4, Ep. 15: This Just In! Third Estate Still Out to Satisfy Its Desires Without Losing Its Pretensions
    Sep 26 2026
    Laurie and Spencer discuss Abbé Sieyès' famous essay "What is the Third Estate," which lit a match under the French Revolution. Was the third estate up to the task of civil society?
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    1 h et 28 min
  • Season 4, Ep. 14: Kingsnorth On How Cooked We Are in the Age of the Machine

    Season 4, Ep. 14: Kingsnorth On How Cooked We Are in the Age of the Machine
    Aug 29 2026
    Laurie and Spencer interview Paul Kingsnorth, author of New York Times bestseller Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity, about what we're up against.
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    1 h et 4 min
  • Season 4, Episode 13: How We’re Learning to Stop Worrying & Love the AI Buildout

    Season 4, Episode 13: How We’re Learning to Stop Worrying & Love the AI Buildout
    Jul 31 2026
    Spencer and Laurie discuss AI, data centers and the possibility of ethical guidelines from the Church and other sources in this July 2026 episode of Dustbowl Diatribes. The "Secret Grange," for patrons of the Maurin Academy only, followed.
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    1 h et 6 min
  • Season 4, Episode 12: Chris Smaje on How and Why Communities Ain’t Publics

    Season 4, Episode 12: Chris Smaje on How and Why Communities Ain’t Publics
    Jun 3 2026
    Spencer and Laurie interview Chris Smaje, author of (most recently) Finding Lights in a Dark Age.
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    1 h et 24 min
  • Season 4, Episode 11: Is Liberal Nationalism Acceptable?

    Season 4, Episode 11: Is Liberal Nationalism Acceptable?
    May 10 2026
    Spencer and Laurie discuss Isaiah Berlin's liberal nationalism and ask whether liberalism can be held in balance with nationalism, and even whether this uncomfortable mix is inevitable.
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    1 h et 17 min
  • Season 4, Episode 10: Gilmore Girls as Allegory for WASP Civilizational Decline

    Season 4, Episode 10: Gilmore Girls as Allegory for WASP Civilizational Decline
    Apr 1 2026
    For April Fools this year, we cover a millennial touchstone television series about growing up, or at least about trying to.
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    4 h et 53 min
  • Season 4, Ep. 9: Why and How Patriotism Ain’t Nationalism

    Season 4, Ep. 9: Why and How Patriotism Ain’t Nationalism
    Mar 13 2026
    Spencer and Laurie discuss the topic of patriotism, which was touched upon briefly in the last Dustbowl episode, and also in the Secret Grange episode that followed (for patrons only), on their interview with Charles Coulombe, a monarchist and author of multiple books, including The Compleat Monarchist. The discussion involves the value of patriotism, what ... Read more
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    1 h et 28 min