Podcast: Before Chronicles
Former managing editor Katherine Dalton Boyer interviews her former boss on the days before Rockford, in this the first part of a series.
Category: Interviews
The Best Revenge: Biscuits Without Gravy
A podcast interview with Chef Garret Fleming on the great American biscuit.
Audio Book Club: As You Like It
Frank Brownlow joins Thomas Fleming and friends for a discussion of one of Shakespeare’s most delightful plays.
Petrarch the Moralist, with Jim Easton and Dr. Thomas Fleming
In this podcast we introduce Petrarch, speak briefly about his life and work, and proceed to discuss his recommendations on how to lead a private life.
“You Shall Be As Gods.”
Pico della Mirandola’s “Oration on the Dignity of Man” is celebrated by leftists and conservatives as a classic statement on human dignity. In fact, this confused product of a a brilliant young mind is one of the opening shots in the rebellion against God and human nature. There is, however, a happy ending.
Westerns Episode 18: Wind River (2017)
In the final episode of our 1990-present day section, Dr. Fleming examines the Taylor Sheridan written-and-directed film Wind River. The final episode in the series will be The Long Riders.
Westerns Episode 8: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
A singular movie among John Ford’s work, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance showcases the American West and questions narratives about heroes, politics, and America itself.Homework for next episode will be to watch Howard Hawks’ El Dorado.
Podcast: Prof. E.C. Kopff Podcast with John Yost, 13 Min.
This podcast on the importance of humane studies was recorded during the Fleming Foundation’s 2023 Summer School on The Wrong of Rights. In a week or so, the lectures will be on sale.
Anterus Smith Interviews the Philosopher Proclus
I knew this early on and watched, as every decade went by, people—not just Americans—growing duller and dumber, ruder and more indifferent to all the little customs and courtesies that had separated us from savages.
Roger McGrath on Guns and Violence, continued
TJF: What do you think of arming teachers? What qualifications would you impose? What other approaches might be taken, apart from saving the family and destroying consolidated schools. Finally, what went wrong with the sheriff’s deputies? Should Sheriff Israel be forced to resign? It’s unfortunate that it has come to arming teachers, but I suppose that before we can remake our society I think that certain qualified personnel on school grounds be permitted concealed carry. Probably most of the faculty, administrators, and staff wouldn’t want to do so, and that’s fine because if only a few were armed, rigorously trained, and...
