Nature and the Nation

Mar 07 2025 140 ep. 66 mins 130
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Nature and the Nation explores politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology and economics from a naturalistic, paleoconservative perspective, using the format of a book review. I examine books published in a wide array of time periods, with a special emphasis on the early to middle 20th century, the ancient Greeks, and of course the present.

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Review: History of Political Philosophy (Aristotle) edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey

Mar 07 2025 64 mins  
In this episode I review Aristotle's political and ethical premises with a focus on eudaimonia, arete, and the mixed regime, as described by Carnes Lord in Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey's essay collection, History of Political Philosophy.

Review: Aristotle's Way by Edith Hall

Mar 01 2025 61 mins  
In this episode I examine various forms of happiness, the difference between happiness and eudaimonia, and the basics of Aristotelian virtue ethics as described by Edith Hall in Aristotle's Way.

Review: Industrial Policy for the United States by Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher

Feb 22 2025 75 mins  
In this episode I cover Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher's new, massive, authoritative tome on industrial policy, Industrial Policy for the United States. I look particularly at the qualities of advantageous industries, England's initiation of industrial policy under Henry VII, and Sematech's creation and development.

Review: The Death of the West by Pat Buchanan

Feb 19 2025 77 mins  
In this episode I look at how birthrates and population prompt replacement migration, and how it all ties to feminism as described in another Pat Buchanan masterpiece, The Death of the West.

Review: Men Among the Ruins by Julius Evola

Feb 08 2025 78 mins  
In this episode I examine Evola's impression of the nation and it's constrast to the state, as well as his discussion of population and birth rates, as described in his primary political work, Men Among the Ruins.

Review: Immigration and the American Identity edited by Thomas Fleming

Feb 01 2025 92 mins  
In this episode I look at the immigration crisis is terms of population control and the environment, as well as the long failure of politicians to respond to the overwhelming opposition of the American public to the ongoing flood of both legal and illegal immigration, as detailed in Immigration and the American Identity from Chronicles Magazine and Thomas Fleming.

Review: The Conservative Movement by Paul Gottfried

Jan 26 2025 80 mins  
In this episode I look at the Goldwater campaign, the battle over human nature in academia, and the revival of antiestablishment fusionism among the paleocons and paleolibertarians, as described by Paul Gottfried in The Conservative Movement.

Review: The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America by George Nash

Jan 11 2025 67 mins  
In this episode I look at the birth of National Review, its controversies, and the resolution provided by Fusionism, all described in George Nash's expansive Conservative Intellectual Movement in America SInce 1945.

Review: The Betrayal of the American Right by Murray Rothbard

Jan 05 2025 71 mins  
In this episode, I look at the Old Right, its birth in the lead-up to World War 2, and its death at the hands of Wall Street Republicans, Dwight Eisenhower, and National Review as described in the fantastic book, The Betrayal of the American Right by Murray Rothbard.

Review: The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James (Part 2)

Dec 26 2024 64 mins  
In this episode I continue my exploration of William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience, with a focus on the conversion process and the subconscious mind.