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The Book Club

The Book Club

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Michael Knowles and special guests discuss great literature that has shaped Western Civilization.
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Derryck Green: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Once required reading for high school students, To K... more
Apr 16 2024 27m
The Role of Taboos in Literature
Chapter 1 7 mins
Mockingbird Summary and Discussion
Chapter 2 10 mins
'Themes in to Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter 3 8 mins
Racial Reconciliation and Moral Integrity
Chapter 4 32 sec
Book Club Appreciation and Donation Request
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Pastor Rob McCoy: Sermon on the Mount
Michael Knowles is joined by Pastor Rob McCoy to dis... more
Jan 17 2024 39m
The Spiritual Nature of the Beatitudes
Chapter 1 7 mins
The Sermon on the Mount
Chapter 2 12 mins
The Beatitudes and Finding True Happiness
Chapter 3 6 mins
Teachings on Murder, Adultery, and Love
Chapter 4 12 mins
Teachings on Prayer, Fasting, and Judging
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Charles Kesler: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Is the purpose of life happiness, and if so, how can... more
Nov 21 2023 30m
The Formula for Happiness
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Julie Hartman: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
What if your sins were on display for all the world... more
Sep 19 2023 36m
Sin and Consequences in 'The Scarlet Letter
Chapter 1 14 mins
Exploring "The Scarlet Letter" and Its Themes
Chapter 2 5 mins
The Power of Sin and Redemption
Chapter 3 15 mins
Scarlet Letter's Political and Moral Ambiguities
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Andy Puzder: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
How do you stay true to yourself in a world that de... more
Aug 16 2023 35m
Life Under Soviet Collectivism
Chapter 1 13 mins
Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" Discussion
Chapter 2 3 mins
Power, Compromise, and Controversy in Literature
Chapter 3 11 mins
The Virtue of Selfishness and Capitalism
Chapter 4 6 mins
Analyzing Iranian Literature and Promoting Capitalism
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Owen Anderson: The Book of Job
If you lost every good thing in your life, would you... more
Jul 18 2023 33m
Job Confronted by God
Chapter 1 9 mins
Job and the Problem of Suffering
Chapter 2 8 mins
Suffering's Purpose and Knowing God
Chapter 3 11 mins
Fear, Wisdom, and Redemption in Job
Chapter 4 4 mins
Exploring God's Existence and Providence
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Solveig Gold: The Cave by Plato
How do you know if you’re trapped in a false reality... more
May 16 2023 25m
The Allegory of the Cave
Chapter 1 12 mins
Plato's Republic and Cave Allegory
Chapter 2 12 mins
Philosophers and the State of Mankind
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The Book Club: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer with Catherine Illingworth
What makes The Canterbury Tales the most popular wor... more
Apr 19 2023 38m
Power of Speech in Tale
Chapter 1 6 mins
Exploring Chaucer's Tales
Chapter 2 13 mins
Exploring Chaucer's Characters
Chapter 3 5 mins
The Nasty Woman of Chaucer's Tales
Chapter 4 11 mins
Marriage
Chapter 5 1 min
Exploring the Complexities of Human Life
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John Yoo: Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Life is “nasty, brutish, and short.” That’s why we n... more
Mar 21 2023 28m
The Cycle of Government
Chapter 1 7 mins
Hobbes
Chapter 2 13 mins
The Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes
Chapter 3 6 mins
Hobbes and Revolution
Chapter 4 57 sec
The Power of Reading
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The Book Club: The Iliad by Homer with Joshua Katz
What can we learn from ancient Greek poetry? A found... more
Feb 22 2023 33m
Political Effects of Speech and Sound
Chapter 1 6 mins
Achilles' Rage in Iliad
Chapter 2 8 mins
Gods and Fate in Iliad
Chapter 3 7 mins
Exploring the Iliad
Chapter 4 10 mins
Power of Speech and Sacrifice
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The Book Club: The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan with Allie Stuckey
Christians have been mocked, humiliated, and persecu... more
Jan 19 2023 31m
Chapter 1 12 mins
The Pilgrim's Progress
Chapter 2 4 mins
Pilgrims Progress
Chapter 3 8 mins
Christian's Pilgrimage
Chapter 4 6 mins
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
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The Book Club: Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud with Stephen Marmer
Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud—th... more
Jan 3 2023 25m
The Concept of Conscience and Guilt
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The Book Club: Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville with Pete Peterson
Could anyone have predicted the future of America 20... more
Dec 16 2022 33m
The Concept of Democracy in America
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The Book Club: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy with Inez Stepman
What happens if you follow your heart, pursuing love... more
Dec 16 2022 33m
The Virtue of Anna Correnna
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The Book Club: Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke with Yoram Hazony
The American Revolution led to the birth of a new, f... more
Sep 30 2022 34m
Burke's Philosopher of Guardrails
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The Book Club: The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom with Max Eden
Something is deeply amiss in contemporary American c... more
Jul 22 2022 21m
The Title of the Book
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The Book Club: Lord of the Flies by William Golding with Lauren Chen
In a world without consequences, are humans naturall... more
Jun 21 2022 28m
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The Book Club: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens with Allen Estrin
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... more
May 24 2022 21m
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The Book Club: The Book of Exodus with Dennis Prager
Why should Biblical literacy matter today? What happ... more
May 24 2022 28m
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The Book Club: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë with Madeleine Kearns
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is one of the most bel... more
Dec 22 2021 31m
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The Book Club: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler with Brad Thompson
George Orwell and Aldous Huxley warned of the evils ... more
Sep 23 2021 37m
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The Book Club: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand With Eric Daniels
Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, named by readers in 1991 ... more
Sep 1 2021 35m
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The Book Club: Race and Culture by Thomas Sowell With Farah Jimenez
On this episode of The Book Club, Michael Knowles an... more
Sep 1 2021 32m
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The Book Club: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with Gina Bontempo
The first science fiction novel ever written (over 2... more
Jun 29 2021 28m
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The Book Club: The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis with Seth Dillon
What if you could listen in on a conversation betwee... more
Jun 29 2021 32m
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