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The General Eclectic

Mar 25, 2021

In The General Eclectic #11 Rod and Kale recap more of the Woke March, but pivot to a larger discussion about more field notes from the emergent Soft Totalitiarianism. Rod's book Live Not By Lies continues to sell well, though with a virtual legacy media blackout. They move on to discuss the necessity to be unafraid of...


Mar 19, 2021

In episode #11, we discuss the return of Jordan Peterson, both in the form of his new book Beyond Order (Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life: Peterson, Jordan B.: 9780593084649: Amazon.com: Books) but to the world of Podcasting.
 
In particular, his episode with Jonathan Pageau: (43) The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast -...


Mar 11, 2021

In #10 Rod and Kale discuss the normalization of cultural nihilism and the capture of the modes of production. We discuss: 
-The California Enshrinement of Throuples: The Whale And The Net | The American Conservative
-The capture of the Civil Rights movement and Justice Kennedy's infamous establishment on...


Mar 9, 2021

In this episode we talk about the continued "long march through the institutions" of all things woke and the looming specter of Gramsci. They discuss Wokeness as a neo-religion, and the frustrations of its relentless advance. They go on to discuss the regular and consistent mis-reading of Rod's The Benedict Option, and...


Mar 5, 2021

Welcome to The General Eclectic, a new podcast from The American Conservative featuring Rod Dreher, hosted by Kale Zelden