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Dead philosophers. Fresh takes.
Ever wonder what it would be to listen to
Karl Marx read Elon Musk’s Tweets?
Adam Smith walk into a Walmart?
John Locke debate the vaccine mandate?
Ever wonder... WWKMD?
Thread 1
The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Ch. 1: Beginnings, from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
Episode 1: If Thucydides Could Watch Ukraine: Ancient Lessons for
Modern War
Episode 2: What Would Machiavelli Say About the Russia–Ukraine War?
Episode 3: Montesquieu in Kyiv: Liberty Versus Despotism
Episode 4: Hegel on War: Freedom, Recognition, and the Russia‑Ukraine Drama
Ch. 2: Voices from the Early Republic
Including George Washington and James Monroe
Ch. 3: Mid-19th Century American Minds
Including James K. Polk, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, and William Seward
Ch. 4: Imperialists, Progressives, and Yellow Journalists
Including Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Randolph Hearst
Ch. 5: Radicals! Anarchists!
Including Johann Most, Albert Parsons, and Emma Goldman
Ch. 6: in Isolation and World War
Including Charles Lindbergh, FDR, Truman, and Douglas MacArthur
Ch. 7: Civil Rights
Including WEB DuBois and Malcom X
Ch. 8: From the Cold War to the Modern Era
Including Walter Kennan, Dean Acheson, Edward R. Murrow, and Ronald Reagan
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