There’s a reason so many libertarians are Rush fans, and even if for some reason you don’t care for their brand of music, you should know about them for the sake of libertarian literacy. Brad Birzer, author of a new book on drummer and writer Neil Peart, joins me for a fantastic discussion!
About the Guest
Brad Birzer holds the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in history at Hillsdale College.
Guest’s Websites
Progarchy (Brad is editor-at-large)
The Imaginative Conservative
Sponsor
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Book Discussed
Neil Peart: Cultural Repercussions
Other Books by the Guest
Russell Kirk: American Conservative
American Cicero: The Life of Charles Carroll
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle Earth
Sanctifying the World: The Augustinian Life and Mind of Christopher Dawson
Albums Mentioned
(a bunch were mentioned, but these were the key ones)
Snakes and Arrows
Clockwork Angels
2112
Grace Under Pressure
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech
Previous Appearances
Ep. 504 Trails West: How Freedom Settled the West
Ep. 310 The Year in (Progressive) Music
Ep. 74 The Episode of the Year
Ep. 50 The Conservative Mind
Related Episodes
Ep. 110 The First Money Bomb – March 05, 2014 – Steve Hogarth
Ep. 3 Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
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Enjoy the Tom Woods Show? You’ll love my once-a-week podcast with Bob Murphy, Contra Krugman!
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