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In this crazy time we’re living in, what’s the most accurate historical parallel? 1968? The 1420s? UMass Boston historian and all-around smart dude Vincent Cannato returns to the show for the second time to remind us of the scary-but-true reality: we are actually living in an unprecedented era. As the ancient faux-Chinese curse says, “May you live in interesting times.”


Show Notes:

–Vin’s books

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    James Spiller

    Just a small quibble. Prof. Cannato uses WWI as an example of the losers writing history with devastating consequences.
    WWI was one of the first instances of white woke writers from the winning side engaging in early revisionist history, with devastating consequences, led by Keynes. It is often the radical white allies who inject the most harmful toxins into these things, not the “losers” themselves, or their descendants.

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  2. Charles Winters

    Your rundown on the many conservative pundits in history makes me think that we are more individualists and have unique viewpoints which are formed by our personal experiences. Thus we have a very fluid concept of conservatism and the like.

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  3. Joe Curtis

    Glad to find out it's Zoe groaning at the opening; it sounds a lot like me waking up from a nap. Play whatever music you want, Pardner - it's your podcast.

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  4. William Bond

    Jonah - regarding the intro music . . . after great deliberation, I've concluded that this is not why I tune in . . . play whatever you want provided it's not Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (i.e., really long). Thanks for your perspective - it's always appreciated.

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  5. Mark F

    Knowing that Zoe is responsible for the sound at the beginning makes it much more understandable. Alright with keeping it.

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    Kevin Johnson

    This was great, and he is a fabulous guest. Keep him coming. And get Heather McDonald on, please.

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    Nancy Matocha

    I love the new theme music including the contribution from the dingo!

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    Angie

    As a frustrated history major and history buff, I really enjoyed it, though I admit to getting lost as I didn't know a lot of those names and anything about them

    I did like your guest, he was interesting and love his voice

    As to theme music...to be honest, it doesn't really matter to me...play whatever you want, not like it is on that long, even if it bothered me...and I wondered if that was one of your dogs

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    Mkapnick

    At the end you wondered if folks would like this podcast....if one is a fan of The Remnant then it goes without saying that listening to Jonah nerd out with a buddy is what we listeners call "a good time"........who listens to this podcast and doesn't enjoy that and to the extent such listeners exist, do we care what those people think anyway???...I mean they are like the Grateful Dead fans who only went to shows to hear Touch of Grey (which I think makes Jonah Jerry Garcia in this analogy??)...but I digress....both pods this week were fun and informative which is why we listen.......Cannato defense of "First Things" made me a little queasy as did his dismissal of Paul Ryan's brand of conservatism (which is a brand of conservatism that I kind of like)....maybe there is not a large constituency for it at the moment but that is not a reason to abandon it it if you think those are in fact the best policies. Jonah you often scoff at those who believe they should "lead by following" so I was a little surprised you did not push back on that at all unless you are in agreement with Vincent that traditional conservatism promulgated by Paul Ryan is appropriately irrelevant. Regarding the theme music, I will be honest at first I did not like the new theme music but now I love it.....so for the love of god don't change it now...

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  10. Cecilia

    Jonah please tell some Ben Wattenberg stories. I love anecdotes about crazy bosses

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