The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Graham McAleer joins in to discuss his new book, The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition.
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Image by César Mascarelli, provided by Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain. Image cropped.
Мusic by Jack Bauerlein.
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