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Montana Classical College
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A new institution in a time of trouble that is promoting noble deeds, the understanding of nature, and nationalism. montanaclassicalcollege.substack.com
Episodes
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On Michael Anton’s Dispatches from the Late Republic
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College! Today we are joined by Dr. Yiftach Ofek, a scholar of political philosophy and modern Jewish history who specializes in the history of political thought and the contemporary crisis of liberalism. He is a former officer in the Israel Defense Forces…
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Epic and the Problem of the Universe
Here is lecture to kick off a reading group on Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. In the first part, I talk about epic poetry and what in particular might make Moby-Dick an epic in a strict sense (for more on what an epic is, see this). In the second half, Ishmael’s “problem of the...
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I Shot the Albatross
Melville alludes in very direct ways to Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” in chapters 42 and 52 of Moby-Dick. In an effort to better understand Melville and to understand poetry more broadly, I asked Stephen Pimentel and Byronic Heroine if they would help me understand this…
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Dissident Teacher
Here is the second conversation in a series interviewing outstanding educators. I had the great good fortune to speak with Dissident Teacher, who is a veteran public school teacher, currently a classical school teacher, and who writes about K-12 education on her outstanding Substack: The first…
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The Lyceum Institute
It was a delight to talk with Brian Kemple, the founder and executive director of the Lyceum Institute. In the first half, we discussed the structural problem in most universities and the purpose of the Lyceum Institute. In the second half, Brian explained his paradoxical interest in Thomas…
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On Leo Strauss on Plato's Euthyphro
In this lecture, I walk through Leo Strauss’s unpublished lecture on Plato’s Euthyphro, as a prelude to offering a careful, line-by-line interpretation of the dialogue which will soon follow. One might object to paying such close attention to an unpublished writing, but Strauss considered…
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What is Religious
The painting above, Uccello’s “Hunting in the Forest,” is the image that Mrs. MCC refers to at the beginning of the conversation. Mrs. MCC and I read and discussed the first half of Part Three, “What is Religious.” Mrs. MCC did a lot of digging into some of the peripheral figures that Nietzsche...
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Nietzsche's Free Spirit
This time, Mrs. MCC and I finished up part two, The Free Spirits. Mrs. MCC offers some very helpful birds-eye view thoughts on this part in addition to our usual reading and discussion. Nietzsche’s most direct account of will to power is discussed along with the difficulty that the free spirits...
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Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid: Book Three
Before we begin, please be sure to see William’s essay on this book of the Aeneid over on his stack. Last time we heard Aeneas tell the tale of the destruction of Troy and the deaths of both Priam and Aeneas’ wife Creusa—events that Homer did not get to in the Iliad. Today we will read and…
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An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid: Book Two
We made a small change to the format, breaking the reading into three parts and having discussions after each part. My interpretive notes are below. You should go check out William’s stack for his essay on the reading. 1) Lines 1 – 305 To take the horse or not to take the horse? Sinon’s deception...
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Intro to Nietzsche's BGE Aph. 30 - 35
Mrs. MCC and I continue our discussion of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil. Aphorism 30, on esotericism and exotericism, is one of the most important in the book for highlighting Nietzsche’s emphasis on human typology. We see as well in these sections Nietzsche embark on two different miniature...
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Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid: Book One
Today William and I will begin a series on Virgil’s Aeneid. The basic plan of each session: William will read, both beautifully and elegantly (stopping to add summary remarks), a book of John Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid. Then, as he rests his seared vocal cords, I’ll offer a short...
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Moby-Dick: Tragedy, Encyclopedism, and Philosophy
I discussed Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick with my friends Alejandro and Byronic Heroine. Since links to X / Twitter have been breaking and spaces on the site have been crashing, I downloaded the audio to put here for convenience as well as to outmaneuver the capricious crashes that X spaces have...
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Intro to Nietzsche's BGE Aph. 24 - 29
Mrs. MCC and I begin Part Two of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, “The Free Spirit”! Previous Discussions: Aphorisms 1 - 9 Aphorisms 10 - 17 Aphorisms 18 - 23 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...
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Intro to Nietzsche's BGE Aph. 18 - 23
We discussed aphorisms 18 - 23, on psychology as the queen of the sciences! X sadly nuked the conversation on the preface; trying to see if it is possible to recover. Previous discussions: Aphorisms 1 - 9 Aphorisms 10 - 17 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...
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Intro to Nietzsche's BGE Aph. 10 - 17
Today Mrs. MCC and I discussed aphorisms 10 - 17 of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil! What you have here is the audio of our prepared comments. If you want to hear the live Q and A portion, where our wonderful friend, Ancient Philosophy, asks us a series of pointed and very helpful questions…
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McKinley, Tariffs, and Trump
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College! Today I’m joined by Will Tanner and Big Tuna to discuss the American founders on economics, President McKinley and how he serves as a good example for Trump to follow, and Trump’s plan to introduce tariffs today. Both of these guys really know how…
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C.S. Lewis and Modernity
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College! Today, I am joined again by my friend BigTuna. Today, we are going to discuss C.S Lewis; his essay “Willing Slaves of the Welfare State”, and his books, The Abolition of Man and The Screwtape Letters. * Tuna has big news! He is a launching a…
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Intro to Nietzsche's BGE Aph. 1 - 9
Mrs. MCC and I read out loud aphorisms 1 - 9 from Part One of Beyond Good and Evil, “On the Prejudices of the Philosophers” and comment on each. We hope that this will be an ongoing series. We had a previous conversation about the preface to BGE here. We tried to carry over the most important...
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On Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
I was joined by my friend Phocaean to discuss The Scarlet Letter. It is nice capstone for MCC’s Introduction to Literature course which features lectures on Ray Bradbury, Jack London, Harper Lee, William Golding, Charles Dickens, and Jane Austen. Phocaean and I have also discussed Nietzsche and...
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When Did U.S. Decline Begin?
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College. Today I am lucky to be joined by my friend Big Tuna. He has a substack called the Crux of the Matter, where you can find his podcasts / essays on politics, the human condition, and Christian ethics. I joined him for a discussion on the Christian...
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Matthew Peterson Interview
Today I am joined by Matt Peterson, the founder of Claremont’s American Mind journal, he’s worked with New Founding, and he is the Editor in Chief at Blaze Media. In my opinion, and I’m not saying this to flatter him because he is here, but I think that Matt has done more to work to help...
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Who Should Rule? Shakespeare's The Tempest
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College. Today I’ll be discussing Shakespeare’s The Tempest. This is part of our course, Shakespeare as Political Philosopher. Previously I covered Much Ado about Nothing with King Bolingbroke and then we did a 5 part series on King Lear. He won’t be with me...
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Enlightenment, in the Nietzschean Style
I promised a commentary on the Preface to Beyond Good and Evil but am really only commenting on one aspect of the Preface, namely, Nietzsche’s simultaneous disdain for conservative dogmatism and the democratic Enlightenment. The question of this essay is: How did Nietzsche preserve the high...
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Philosophy's Task
The Division Between Good and Bad Every philosopher produces a division between good and bad. This is what (I think) is meant in Plato’s Republic when Socrates says the Philosopher is compelled to return from the Realm of The Sun to the world of shadows: it’s impossible to speak about what has…
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Interview with Ancient Gardener
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College! Today I will be talking to Ancient Gardener. He is an X poster and I heard him on Lance Legion’s podcast when I was preparing for what was fun discussion with him, where Lance made the strongest case possible for why Agamemnon has a case to make for...
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Right-Wing Thought and the Reemergence of Philosophy
1. Introduction The re-emergence of genuine rightwing thought has coincided with the reemergence of philosophy. In the Modern West, i.e., in the Liberal West, politicians and men of action have treated philosophy as outdated; perhaps philosophy was historically necessary for the advent of modern...
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LIT 101: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a masterpiece and I learned a tremendous amount from a recent re-read of it. Because of that, I decided to record a short lecture on it as an extra part of the Introduction to Literature Course (which has grown to 10 lectures!) Here is an outline of the talk…
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Kruptos Interview
I am joined by my friend Kruptos! He is the author of the website Seeking the Hidden Thing, the leader of a powerful group chat called the Christian Ghetto, and an illuminating twitter effort thread poaster. He has been on more podcasts than I can count, but I will link a couple that I…
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Nobody Interview
Leo Strauss re-invigorated the quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns within the history of political philosophy. Nobody reveals the fruits of his investigation into the quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns in the history of poetry. He traces key developments from epic, to Chaucer…
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An Introduction to Homer's Iliad Bk 10
In book 8, the Achaeans found themselves on the back foot and the resurgent Trojans are feeling so much confidence that they camp outside of their mighty walls. This leads Nestor to pick out an embassy of Odysseus, Phoenix, and Ajax to try and persuade Achilles to return. They are only partially...
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Lance Legion Interview
Lance is a former military man who has learned a lot about war, the classical world, and the possible bridge we should build between vitalist men and Christian men. The conversation was a lot of fun and I think that you will learn a lot from Lance! Links to Lance’s materials: Twitter…
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An Introduction to Homer's Iliad Bk 9
Book nine is simply extraordinary. As Malcolm Willcock says, “In many ways it is the finest in the Iliad and is a self-contained whole.” To look at Book Nine from a bird’s eye view, we see Nestor propose that Agamemnon make amends with Achilles; Ag agrees and puts together a staggering shining...
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MCC Manifesto
If ever there was a post to like, share, and comment on, this would be it! I draw on the essays I’ve written over the last three years that focus on my vision for what the in-person school should be like. Essays on MCC’s mission and vision for the future: An Introduction to Montana Classical...
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Jeremy Carl Interview
Cool things that Jeremy has done related to our conversation: Twitter: @jeremycarl4 Website: https://www.jeremycarl.com/ He has a new book on anti-white racism that is coming out soon! Keep an eye out for it. Articles and Talks: Open Borders and the Refugee Crisis under the Biden Administration...
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Space Age Maximalist Interview
Other cool stuff that SAM has done so far: Substack: Jungle Bunker Telemetric Funk Twitter: @spaceageherr Articles: For Space Age Maximalism (see page 48), The Hierarchy of Power An appearance on the Meta Prime Project Here is the set of questions that I initially sent SAM: 1. Your third podcast...
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William Wheelwright Interview
William Wheelwright joined me to discuss agriculture, education, and Homer! Here is a sample of some of his wonderful essays: A Recipe for the American Dream (Ice Cream Nationalism) Agriculture as Art (the quote on Left-wing environmentalism is here) Dear Mr. Thiel (on a plan for a school)...
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Aristocratic Christianity: Power and Motive
Phocaean joined me for a second conversation on recovering an aristocratic understanding of Christianity. Here are his essays that we discussed: What Motivates Christians Christianity and Power An Aristocratical Christianity Other links: Our first conversation on the subject: Nietzsche and...
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An Introduction to Homer's Iliad Bk 8
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College! Today we will pick up our series of lectures on the Iliad with Book 8. Robert Fagles gives a title to this book: The tide of battle turns. Zeus becomes proactive about answering Thetis’ supplication—Achilles will be honored through the slaughter of...
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An Introduction to Homer's Iliad Bk 7
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College! Today we will be discussing Book Seven of Homer’s Iliad. We will focus on two things: 1) Nestor, who comes to sight not as a stodgy old blustering traditionalist, but as a man a great of great prudence who is able to make the necessary thing seem…
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An Introduction to Homer's Iliad Bks 5 and 6
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College! Today we will be discussing Books 5 and 6 of Homer’s Iliad with a focus on three things: 1) Diomedes;’ aristeia, which is to say, his moment of excellence in which he attempts to transcend human limitations 2) Diomedes’ discussion with Glaucus and...
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"Discoveries and Revelations": A Commentary on Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
Here is the fourth and final discussion of Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine. We consider whether or not Doug has actually qualitatively changed in light of his education in loss. If to philosophize is to learn how to die, how philosophic has Doug become? Has he accepted his mortality? First Session...
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King Lear Act Five: Justice and Wisdom
King Bolingbroke and I put a bow on our King Lear series! Previous discussions are linked below. He recently started a substack as well. You should read and subscribe to it! Act One Act Two Act Three Act Four I was compelled to head out of town last week, so the re-launch is off to a late start....
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"Discoveries and Revelations": A Commentary on Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
Here is part one on chapters 1-10 and part two on chapters 11-20. In this discussion, on chapters 21-30, Bradbury orients us toward thinking about whether the world is enchanted or disenchanted. Which of these accounts is true? What does it mean to be mature in the strictest sense? Is love about...
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King Lear Act Four: Edgar, Education, and Justice
Here are our earlier conversations: Act One Act Two Act Three King Bolingbroke and I walk through each scene and try to show how even the short ones seemingly designed to “just move the plot forward,” are artfully constructed and highly revealing. We discussed Edgar’s different approaches to...
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"Discoveries and Revelations": A Commentary on Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
I discuss chapters 11-20. Bradbury explores happiness and its relationship to how different human beings understand the past. We discussed chapters 1-10 here. This is such a wonderful book! Summer isn’t over yet. Go read it! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...
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King Lear Act Three: Lear and the Pagan-Christian Collision
Here are our discussions on Act One and Act Two. You might also enjoy a panel discussion that Bolingbroke contributed a lot to on Hamlet. Are you following his Shakespearean exhortations on twitter? Whereas we focused a lot on Kent last time, this time we relentlessly focused on the psychology of...
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King Lear Act Two: Kent, Accelerationism, and the Coup
Hello and welcome to Montana Classical College! I was joined again by the charming and intelligent King Bolingbroke who by this point holds the endowed chair of Anonymous Shakespeare studies at MCC. We discussed Kent’s arc of action in both Act One and Act Two. Here is the article that we often...
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Nietzsche and Aristocratic Christianity
Here are Phocaean’s essays that we discuss: “The Mystery Behind Philosophy” “An Aristocratical Christianity” I also quoted from this essay on Nietzsche. Outline: We start with a brief account of Nietzsche’s blame and praise of Christianity as a way to introduce a more aristocratic or noble vision...
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King Lear Act One: Nature, Politics, and Self-Knowledge
Here is the first of five sessions on King Lear! This was conducted with the noble King Bolingbroke who you should follow. You can find a recent new interview of his right here. We discussed Much Ado About Nothing here. Here is an outline: * Bolingbroke exhorts you to read Shakespeare. * I...
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