Citizen Podcast

In this episode, Dan continues the series on conservatism, this time focusing on Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, and the arguments for and against conservatism in Victorian England and after. 

In this episode, Dan begins the discussion on conservatism and what means at its core by reviewing Burke’s contribution and many other personalities.

In this episode, Dan discusses the controversy surrounding the “Heritage American” moniker, what the Constitution says on the issue, and how the Fathers of American thought rejected the premise.  https://takeultra.com/ https://kalshi.com/

In this episode, Dan discusses what the Ancient Greeks thought about human liberty.  https://takeultra.com/

In this episode, Dan discusses the SAVE Act and what the Founders thought about elections, particularly who should control them, the states or the federal government. 

In this episode, Dan discusses the Founders’ greatest fear - not a king, not an oligarchy, but a tyrannical mob.

In this episode, Dan discusses Tocqueville’s warning about soft despotism and what happens to a society when men start allowing someone else- in this case, the State or tech companies- to manage their responsibilities. 

In this episode, Dan discusses historical definitions of what a nation is, from Ancient Greece through the Founders, and applies the standard to our present situation to determine if the United States is still a nation or… something else. 

In this episode, Dan discusses Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, his thesis that America succeeded where others failed because of small associations, and his warning that abandoning those small associations for polite bureaucracies would be the end of our Republic. 

In this episode, Dan discusses the entire Stoic Chain, where the Stoics eventually hit a wall, how the Stoic Chain shows up in the New Testament, and how Jesus became the perfect example of each of these elements.

In today’s episode, Dan discusses Kairos, the final element of the Stoic Chain, which tells us that frank information is good, but without the proper timing, it turns from medicine into a punitive action. 

In today’s episode, Dan explores the third of the four elements of the Stoic Chain, Parrhesia, which states if people are indeed my tribe, my family, I owe them the frank truth. 

In today’s episode, Dan explores the Stoic Chain principle Sympatheia, which states that the people who are my family, my tribe, always were and instead of forming those relationships, I discovered them.

In this episode, Dan begins a five-part series on the Stoic Chain: four ideas in a single argument about what your responsibility is to this world. The first, Oikeiosis, is about who is in your “household”, or who you consider family. 

In this episode, Dan revisits Living with the Logos and Pattern in the Wood to discuss the four tenets of masculine character: moral clarity, strength, leadership, and sacrifice. In the episode, there are four real-world challenges for you to complete and report back on your experience. 

In this episode, Dan links the four cardinal virtues, Phronesis, Dikaiosyne, Andreia, and Sophrosyne, showing the Ancient Greek concept of a whole person, aligned with the Logos. 

Dan discusses the third cardinal virtue in Greek Philosophy, Andreia, or courage. Courage is not just what we see on the battlefield; it’s best exemplified in the daily choices we make.

In this episode, Dan continues the Cardinal Virtue series that began with Phronesis with the concept of Dikaiosyne, or justice, the virtue that holds the rest together. The root word means something like “the right order of things”, which connects to our discussions on Logos as well. 

Dan interviews Dan Rickert COO of ASI, who talks about the need for modern software in critical industry.

In this episode, Dan discusses the contribution of the Scottish Enlightenment’s scholarship and the Scotch-Irish attitude, which were fundamental parts of the creation of America, and how we can save our country by following their lead.

In this episode, Dan breaks down how Jesus of Nazareth is the ultimate example of perfect alignment with natural law, both spiritually and philosophically, by drawing on the writings of John and the Ancient Greeks. 

In Part 2 of A Tale of Two Speeches, Dan discusses the 2nd Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln, widely-regarded as one of the best speeches in Western history and a perfect example of the Rhetorical Triangle used appropriately. 

In this episode, Dan uses the rhetorical triangle to dissect Zohran Mamdani's recent speech for America’s 250th Birthday. Using the triangle, he shows how no argument is actually made, opting instead for deceptive persuasion. 

Dan uses what we’ve learned from the Appeals of Persuasion to break down the lies of Marxism in its originalist, Frankfurt School, and modern critical theory forms.