Ill Literacy: Books with Benson
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Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by James Davison Hunter, LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, to discuss his new book, Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis. They discuss how our historic […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 154: The Hollow Parties (Guest: Sam Rosenfeld)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Sam Rosenfeld to discuss how party hollowness lies at the heart of our democratic discontents and how the nation’s parties became so dysfunctional. -
We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus (Guest: Sean A. Mirski)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Sean A. Mirski, Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, to discuss his new book, We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus. They discuss how the United States became a regional hegemon in the century following the Civil War, which […] -
An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South (Guest: Robert K.D. Colby
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Robert K.D. Colby, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi, to discuss his new book, "An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South." -
Who Is Big Brother? A Reader’s Guide to George Orwell (Guest: D.J. Taylor)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by award-winning novelist, critic, and biographer D.J. Taylor to discuss his new book, Who Is Big Brother? A Reader’s Guide to George Orwell. They discuss Orwell’s books, life and thought, including his conflicted relationship with religion to his competing anti-imperialism and fascination with empire. They also discuss Taylor’s recently released, […] -
Democracy’s Resilience to Populism’s Threat (Guest: Kurt Weyland)
Podcast -Tim Benson is joined by Kurt Weyland, Mike Hogg Professor in Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss his new book, Democracy's Resilience to Populism's Threat: Countering Global Alarmism. -
Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000 (Guest: David Blackbourn)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by David Blackbourn, Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Chair of History Emeritus at Vanderbilt University, to discuss his new book, Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000. They discuss the existence of a distinctly German presence in the world centuries before its unification. -
Hitler’s Panzer Generals (Guest: David Stahel)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by David Stahel, senior lecturer in history at the University of New South Wales, to discuss his new book, Hitler’s Panzer Generals: Guderian, Hoepner, Reinhardt and Schmidt Unguarded. They discuss the significance of the unpublished wartime correspondence of these generals and what it reveals about their personalities, their private fears, […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 147: Colonialism (Guest: Nigel Biggar)
Podcast -In Episode 147 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Nigel Biggar, author ofColonialism: A Moral Reckoning. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Nigel Biggar, Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, to discuss his new book, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. They discuss whether the British Empire was driven […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 146: Arabella (Guest: Scott Walter)
Podcast -In Episode 146 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Scott Walter, author ofArabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Scott Walter, president of the capital Research Center, to discuss his new book, Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America. They […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 145: The Myth of Left and Right (Guest: Hyrum Lewis)
Podcast -In Episode 145 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Hyrum Lewis, co-author ofThe Myth of Left and Right: How the Political Spectrum Misleads and Harms America. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Hyrum Lewis, associate professor of history at Brigham Young University-Idaho, to discuss his new book (co-authored with his brother, Verlan), The Myth […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 144: The Ecology of Nations (Guest: John M. Owen IV)
Podcast -In Episode 144 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with John M. Owen IV, author ofThe Ecology of Nations: American Democracy in a Fragile World Order. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by John M. Owen IV, Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute for […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 143: The Middle Kingdoms (Guest: Martyn Rady)
Podcast -In Episode 143 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Martyn Rady, author ofThe Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Martyn Rady, Masaryk Professor Emeritus of Central European History at University College London, to discuss his new book, The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe. […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 142: To The End of the Earth (Guest: John C. McManus)
Podcast -In Episode 142 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with John C. McManus, author ofTo the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of U.S. military history at Missouri University of Science and Technology, to discuss his […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 141: Christendom (Guest: Peter Heather)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Peter Heather, chair of medieval history at King’s College, London, to discuss his new book, Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300. They chat about how a small sect of isolated and intensely committed congregations became a mass movement centrally directed from Rome, the Church’s chameleonlike capacity for […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 140: Founding Partisans (Guest: H.W. Brands)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is once again joined by friend of the podcast H.W. Brands, the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss his new book, Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics. They chat about how, while the Framers viewed […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 140: The Collaborators (Guest: Ian Buruma)
Podcast -The Heartland Institute’s Tim Benson is joined by Ian Buruma, Paul W. Williams Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, to discuss his new book, The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II. They chat about the backstory behind the three subjects of the book—Felix Kersten, Yoshiko Kawashima, and […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 140: The Collaborators (Guest: Ian Buruma)
Podcast -The Heartland Institute's Tim Benson is joined by Ian Buruma, Paul W. Williams Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, to discuss his new book, The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II. -
Ill Literacy, Episode 139: On Great Fields (Guest: Ronald C. White)
Podcast -In Episode 139 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Ronald C. White, author of On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by return guest Ronald C. White, senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, to discuss his new book, On Great Fields: The Life and […] -
The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England (Guest: Joanne Paul)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Joanne Paul, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Sussex, to discuss her new book, The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England. They chat about who were the Dudleys, how they gained prominence, then lost it all, then gained prominence once again, and […] -
Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical (Guest: Laurie Winer)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Laurie Winer, founding editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books, to discuss her new book, Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical. They chat about why Winer believes Hammerstein more than anyone else invented the musical. They also discuss his relationship with collaborators Jerome Kern and […] -
The World That Wasn’t: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century (Guest: Benn Steil)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Benn Steil, senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss his new book, The World That Wasn’t: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century. They discuss Wallace’s brilliance as a geneticist, his odd obsession with mysticism, and his naivete toward […] -
Ill Literacy, Episode 135: The Race to Zero (Guest: Paul H. Tice)
Podcast -In Episode 134 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Paul H. Tice, author of The Race to Zero: How ESG Investing Will Crater the Global Financial System. -
Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon (Guest: Joel Selvin)
Podcast -Heartland’s Tim Benson is once again joined by Joel Selvin, long-time rock critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, to discuss his new book, Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon. They chat about why Selvin thinks Gordon is the greatest rock drummer of all time, what makes Gordon so unique as a musician, […]