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The Book Club

PragerU

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Frequency: 1 episode/43d. Total Eps: 48

Michael Knowles and special guests discuss great literature that has shaped Western Civilization.

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🇨🇦 Canada - books
21/07/2025
#90
🇺🇸 USA - books
18/07/2025
#89
🇬🇧 Great Britain - books
17/07/2025
#83
🇺🇸 USA - books
17/07/2025
#87
🇩🇪 Germany - books
13/07/2025
#92
🇨🇦 Canada - books
08/06/2025
#74
🇨🇦 Canada - books
07/06/2025
#53
🇨🇦 Canada - books
05/04/2025
#67
🇫🇷 France - books
02/03/2025
#90
🇨🇦 Canada - books
27/01/2025
#91

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Will Witt: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

mardi 20 août 2024 • Duration 30:34

Would you sell your soul to stay young forever? In Oscar Wilde’s famous novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, a handsome young man’s wish for eternal youth is granted while his portrait ages in his place. As Dorian indulges in a life of hedonism, his portrait reveals the grotesque toll of his moral corruption. Join Michael Knowles and Will Witt as they discuss this beloved novel and explore its insights into the dangers of vanity, immorality, and the ultimate cost of a life without virtue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Libby Emmons: A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

mardi 18 juin 2024 • Duration 32:03

Is Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House the feminist landmark it’s often portrayed to be? Or is it a critique of radical individualism and the undermining of traditional societal roles? The Post Millennial’s Libby Emmons joins Michael Knowles to discuss this groundbreaking 19th-century play and explore its insights into our intrinsic selfish nature and tendency to lie for self-preservation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Yoo: Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

mardi 21 mars 2023 • Duration 30:41

Life is “nasty, brutish, and short.” That’s why we need a social contract—an exchange of freedom for security to avoid a dog-eat-dog state of nature. At least, that’s what Thomas Hobbes posited in Leviathan. Michael Knowles and guest John Yoo, Professor of Law at UC Berkeley, discuss how Hobbes’s seminal work has shaped political philosophy for centuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book Club: The Iliad by Homer with Joshua Katz

mercredi 22 février 2023 • Duration 35:36

What can we learn from ancient Greek poetry? A foundational text of Western Civilization—The Iliad by Homer—is one of the oldest pieces of literature still read by modern audiences. Why? Because we recognize ourselves in its timeless themes of war, love, fate, and free will. Ivy League classicist Joshua Katz joins Michael Knowles to discuss this 2,800-year-old poem embodying the human condition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book Club: The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan with Allie Stuckey

jeudi 19 janvier 2023 • Duration 33:29

Christians have been mocked, humiliated, and persecuted for their faith for hundreds of years. The Pilgrim’s Progress, written by Puritan preacher John Bunyan while he was in prison for holding religious services, is an encouraging reminder that difficulties and hardships are part and parcel with a life of faith. Allie Stuckey joins Michael Knowles to discuss how this seminal 17th-century work can embolden and strengthen Christians to endure the hardships of today. Donate today to help keep PragerU podcasts and videos free! PragerU.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book Club: Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud with Stephen Marmer

mardi 3 janvier 2023 • Duration 27:37

Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud—the father of psychoanalysis—explores the perpetual struggle between self and society. Clinical psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at UCLA Dr. Stephen Marmer joins Michael Knowles for a deep dive into Freud’s anti-utopian work that calls for individuals to take responsibility for themselves. Donate today to help keep PragerU podcasts and videos free! PragerU.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book Club: Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville with Pete Peterson

vendredi 16 décembre 2022 • Duration 34:58

Could anyone have predicted the future of America 200 years ago? Alexis de Tocqueville foresaw a society fraught with materialism and “soft despotism" in his classic study of self-governance, freedom, and equality, Democracy in America. Pete Peterson, Dean of the Pepperdine School of Public Policy, and Michael Knowles discuss what we can learn from de Tocqueville’s prophetic words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book Club: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy with Inez Stepman

vendredi 16 décembre 2022 • Duration 35:24

What happens if you follow your heart, pursuing love and happiness above all else, devoid of duty or virtue? Nothing good according to Leo Tolstoy, author of Anna Karenina. Inez Stepman, senior policy analyst at Independent Women’s Forum, joins Michael Knowles for a deep dive into this great literary work about fidelity, marriage, and betrayal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book Club: Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke with Yoram Hazony

vendredi 30 septembre 2022 • Duration 35:56

The American Revolution led to the birth of a new, free nation, while the French Revolution led to blood and terror. What was the difference and what can we learn from history before it’s rewritten or forgotten entirely? Political theorist and Bible scholar Yoram Hazony joins Michael Knowles for a discussion about Edmund Burke’s treatise “Reflections on the Revolution in France.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Book Club: The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom with Max Eden

vendredi 22 juillet 2022 • Duration 22:54

Something is deeply amiss in contemporary American culture. Young people have lost touch with reality and have become trapped by moral relativism. Is post-modern education to blame? Education expert Max Eden joins Michael Knowles for an eye-opening discussion of Allan Bloom’s unexpected bestseller The Closing of the American Mind. Donate today to help keep PragerU podcasts and videos free! PragerU.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices