Uncommon Knowledge
For more than two decades the Hoover Institution has been producing Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, a series hosted by Hoover fellow Peter Robinson as an outlet for political leaders, scholars, journalists, and today’s big thinkers to share their views with the world. Guests have included a host of famous figures, including Paul Ryan, Henry Kissinger, Antonin Scalia, Rupert Murdoch, Newt Gingrich, and Christo
102 episodes
Why Churchill Still Matters: Andrew Roberts on Great Men in History
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Andrew Roberts
he may be best known for his twenty eighteen volume churchill walking with destiny ▶ tap to play from here
The Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II
Ferdinand Braudel
he writes a nineteen forty nine classic the mediterranean world in the age of philip the second ▶ tap to play from here
The Holy Fox: A Biography of Lord Halifax
Andrew Roberts
your first book is nineteen ninety one the holy fox a biography of lord halifax ▶ tap to play from here
Eminent Churchillians
Andrew Roberts
and your second book is the nineteen ninety four volume eminent churchillians ▶ tap to play from here
The River War
Winston Churchill
the river war for example there's a there's a a paragraph about uh about essentially islamism ▶ tap to play from here
The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich Hayek
after he read road to serfdom um he he read hayek in nineteen forty five ▶ tap to play from here
Napoleon and his Marshals
Andrew Roberts
your next book is napoleon and his marshals uh it's being published in america in november ▶ tap to play from here
The Lapsed Atheist: Charles Murray Makes the Case for God
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Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980
Charles Murray
dr murray is the author of a number of books including his classic work on welfare losing ground ▶ tap to play from here
The Bell Curve
Charles Murray
and his intensely controversial book the bell curve ▶ tap to play from here
Taking Religion Seriously: My Meandering Pilgrimage to Believe
Charles Murray
doctor murray's latest book taking religion seriously ▶ tap to play from here
Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010
Charles Murray
coming apart the state of white america ▶ tap to play from here
Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis
c s lewis's mere christianity played a big role and i went out and bought bear christianity ▶ tap to play from here
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony
Richard Bauckham
a book by the richard balcom who i mentioned earlier called jesus and the eyewitnesses ▶ tap to play from here
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Christopher Hitchens
remember that was the name of his atheist boyfriend mother teresa anyway of th aggressive atheism was on the rise and it's not anymore instead you have in the new york times op ed page uh ross dalfitt a devout catholic who it was not shy about mentioning that uh until recently had david brooks who's become converted to christianity you have over at the atlantic you had arthur brooks a devout catholic who uh would you you have a lot more people who are visible now who are openly ▶ tap to play from here
The City of God
Saint Augustine
he loves all that rome stood for he's watching across the mediterranean from north africa and he sits w down and writes this long meditation on what is ephemeral and what is eternal and it's called the city of god ▶ tap to play from here
Make IPOs Great Again: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Ending Regulation by Enforcement
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The Mystery of Capital
Hernando de Soto
one of my favorite is hernanda de soto with his ▶ tap to play from here
The Declaration of Independence and the Fight For America’s Future with Victor Davis Hanson
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
Victor Davis Hansen
including his classic study of the peloponnesian war a war like no other ▶ tap to play from here
The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won
Victor Davis Hanson
his history of the second world war which is titled the second world wars ▶ tap to play from here
The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the American Idea
Victor Davis Hanson
and his book on contemporary america the dying citizen ▶ tap to play from here
Letters from an American Farmer
John de Crèvecœur
like john de crevacourt letters from an american farmer ▶ tap to play from here
The Spirit of the Laws
Montesquieu
moscu was you know the spirit of laws he and so that was very influential on on our founders ▶ tap to play from here
De Republica
Cicero
one was cicero's philosophical works devi publica where he outlined different types of government ▶ tap to play from here
Parallel Lives
Plutarch
and then they would have read plutarch's live probably in latin that had been translated ▶ tap to play from here
Frank Dikötter and the True History of Communist China
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Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
Frank Dikötter
and now professor dick cotter has published a book that represents a kind of prequel a history of the communists rise to power red dawn over china how communism conquered a quarter of humanity ▶ tap to play from here
Red Star Over China
Edgar Snow
this is the 1935 work red star over china by the american journalist edgar snow ▶ tap to play from here
Five More Questions With Stephen Kotkin: Can America Still Lead The World?
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Palmer Luckey Wants America to Win | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Governor Ron DeSantis and The Free State of Florida | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Stephen Meyer, John Lennox, and James Tour: Three Scientists on the Origins of Everything | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Ben Shapiro and The Battle For The Soul of Conservatism | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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How Israel Fights: Inside the Mossad with Zohar Palti | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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“They’re Not Like Us”: Michael McFaul on Autocrats vs. Democrats and the Fight for the Twenty-First Century | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Basketball in the Last 60 Seconds: Ben Sasse on Mortality, Meaning, and the Future of America | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Thomas Sowell on School Choice and the Price Our Children Pay for Bad Ideas | Peter Robinson | Thomas Sowell | Hoover Institution
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Why Does 2 + 2 = 4? What Math Teaches Us About Deep Reality | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Russian Soul, American Life: A Conversation with Ignat Solzhenitsyn | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Teaching Gorbachev Capitalism: Jerome Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Michael Boskin Discuss George Shultz, the Economist | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Why the Cold War Still Matters with John Lewis Gaddis | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Listening to the Law: How Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Does Her Job | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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Thomas Sowell: A Free Man | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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