Host: Joshua Noyer

Participants: Ryan Massey, Siri Khalsa, and Brett Bartlett.

Topics: A. Importance of the NRP

B. American policy towards Russia and the Ukraine

C. Canadian Trucker's Blockade

D. Legacy of Woodrow Wilson 

Free me from my fellows, let me alone to work out the salvation of my own glorious self, and surely (so I may fancy) I shall now for the first time show who I am. No, not so; on the contrary I merely show in such a case who I am not. I am no longer friend, brother, companion, co-worker, servant, citizen, father, son; I exist for nobody; and erelong, perhaps to my surprise, generally to my horror, I discover that I am nobody.

Written by Josiah Royce

Narrated by Joshua Noyer

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Royce, Josiah. Essay. In The Spirit of Modern Philosophy, 207–8. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1892.

No one has thus far defined the “middle of the road.” We inscribe it on our banners and yet if you will ask a man for a definition no two will agree. As I understand “middle of the road,” it means that the old party methods of corruption, fraud and ballot-box stuffing, which have been resorted to in securing elections, must be abandoned and a course that is pure, that is lofty, patriotic and just shall be adopted. That is “the middle of the road,” as I understand it.

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William Allen Address at the Populist National Convention, July 22, 1896 William Jennings Bryan, Pp. 264-270 The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896, W. B. Conkey Company, 1896

Host: Ryan Massey

Participants: Siri Khalsa, Brandon Lenig, and Joshua Noyer

"Idealism starts from the opposite principle, namely, that the good of the individual is identical with the good of the community. It is held to be man's nature that he cannot find permanent satisfaction except in identifying his personal good with the good of the community."

Written by John Watson

Narrated by Joshua Noyer

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Watson, John. In The State in Peace and War, 212–218. Glasgow: J. Maclehose, 1919

Rights are not creatures of the physical laws of the universe. Instead, we must recognize them for what they are- social constructs, socially negotiated. And, like most things in our society, the discussion around rights has become extremely imbalanced, shallow, and incurious.

Written and Narrated by Siri Khalsa

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American history is full of its brutalities and negative aspects. However, if the contemporary world has taught us anything, it's that present day Americans believe in absolutely nothing.

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