EPISODE · Dec 11, 2020 · 56 MIN
Kevin D. Williamson
from Success Made to Last Legends · host Success Made to Last
Today’s guest is one of the leading and finest contemporary current events and culture writers in the US. He is from the Great State of TX, worked for newspapers in India and around the US, has been a longtime columnist for National Review, and has written a handful of books—most notably, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics, and most-recently published in October, Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dark Woolly Wilds of the “Real America”. He not only writes broadly on politics, culture, and history, he is a sometime book and theater critic. Last on the writing front, Kevin writes a fabulous newsletter on Tuesdays for NRO about politics, culture, and language, called, well: The Tuesday. Finally, Kevin and his colleague, Charles Cooke host a must-listen podcast, called Mad Dogs and Englishmen. To live my best version, I have tapped into blinkist.com. I'm getting a burst of micro learning from over 3000 books in their non fiction library. My favorites have been Super Thinking by Gabe Weinber and Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neal Postman. Take advantage of blinkist.com/success and save 25% on the subscription.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support.
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Today’s guest is one of the leading and finest contemporary current events and culture writers in the US. He is from the Great State of TX, worked for newspapers in India and around the US, has been a longtime columnist for National Review, and has written a handful of books—most notably, The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics, and most-recently published in October, Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dark Woolly Wilds of the “Real America”. He not only writes broadly on politics, culture, and history, he is a sometime book and theater critic. Last on the writing front, Kevin writes a fabulous newsletter on Tuesdays for NRO about politics, culture, and language, called, well: The Tuesday. Finally, Kevin and his colleague, Charles Cooke host a must-listen podcast, called Mad Dogs and Englishmen. To live my best version, I have tapped into blinkist.com. I'm getting a burst of micro learning from over 3000 books in their non fiction library. My favorites have been Super Thinking by Gabe Weinber and Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neal Postman. Take advantage of blinkist.com/success and save 25% on the subscription.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support.
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