Westerns Episode 19, The Long Riders (1980)
In this final episode in the series, Dr. Fleming looks at Walter Hill’s 1980 film The Long Riders, which offers a look-in at the James-Younger gang and their exploits in Missouri and elsewhere.
Category: Podcasts
Podcast: America From Pete Rose to Kamala Harris
America, once the land of opportunity for ambitious men is now dedicated to incompetence.
Six Crises: The Ocean of Pigs
Rex and Dr. Fleming look back on the foreign policy/natural security blunders that have defined the regime
The 6 Crises, “The U-2”
President Eisenhower’s response to the downing of the U-2 spy plane in 1960 exposed the dishonesty and incompetence of the government agency that never never never operates on American soil.
Learning Italian: Lesson One Audio
This is a crude first attempt. In future I hope to insert the audio into the lesson text If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments section.
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 17: Sicario (2015)
In this episode, Dr. Fleming critiques the Denis Villeneuve-directed, Taylor Sheridan-written film Sicario, which he characterizes as a comic book take on some of the themes of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. Homework for the next episode: Wind River.
Westerns Episode 16: The Last Samurai (2003)
Dr. Fleming comments on the (thankfully) only Tom Cruise film in our series, though his thoughts on it as a whole may surprise you. Homework for the next episode in the series is Sicario.
