#240: The Making of Winston Churchill

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Philosophy, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 October 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On today’s show Candice Millard and I discuss the supreme confidence Winston Churchill had as a young man that he was destined for greatness and how he intentionally sought after dangerous military missions that would catapult him to fame.
We also discuss the compelling leadership and persuasion ability Churchill displayed during the Boer War that would later propel his political career, as well as the similarities between Churchill and Teddy Roosevelt.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:13.9	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:14.7	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.3	So when we hear the name Winston Churchill,
0:20.2	images of the cigar champion overweight,
0:22.6	elderly aristocrat who led England through their finest hour,
0:25.5	probably come to mind.
0:27.6	What few people realize, however, is that as a young man,
0:30.4	Churchill lived a life of romantic adventure and daring
0:33.6	by fighting at the battlefront in three different wars in 40s, 23 years old.
0:38.0	And he capped off his military career by serving as a 24-year-old war
0:41.6	correspondent in the Borer War in Southern Africa,
0:44.6	where he was taken prisoner, made an audacious escape,
0:47.7	and returned home to England as a national hero.
0:50.9	My guest day on the podcast has just published a detailed account of Churchill's
0:54.3	capturing escape during the Borer War and how it launched his career as a
0:57.2	the statesman we remembered today.
0:59.3	Her name is Candace Malard. You probably read her previous book, The River of Doubt,
1:03.2	about Thierry Roosevelt's exploration of the Amazon.
1:05.8	Her latest book is called Hero of the Empire, the Borer War, a daring escape
1:10.1	in the making of Winston Churchill.
1:12.4	On today's show, Candace and I discussed Supreme confidence Churchill had as a young man
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