Can the West Survive? Douglas Murray

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 What happens when a civilization begins to doubt its own foundations, dismissing facts, evidence, and even reason for not being woke enough? In an age where biology, history, warfare, and even science are increasingly shaped by ideology, what does it mean to defend truth at all? Douglas Murray, one of the most influential public intellectuals worldwide, has spent his career warning us that the West is in trouble, not because of external threats, but because we ourselves have begun to question the values that built our ideals, our history, our culture, our civilization, and our sense of identity. His latest work, “On Democracies and Death Cults,” which we’ll discuss today, applies this warning to one of the most politically and morally charged conflicts of all time. It also leads us into the fundamental question of the very purpose of Western civilization. At its core, Douglas Murray’s work explores a universal issue: the battle over what counts as truth. From journalism to biology, we continue to return to the most profound question: how do we guard and protect our most sacred truths in a world that no longer agrees on what reality itself is? — Key Takeaways: 00:00 Intro 01:25 My trip to Israel and death cults 06:09 Judging a book by its cover 12:35 Academic institutions and political activism 28:27 The impact of projection and guilt 34:46 Science, progress, and Western civilization 48:39 The possibility of peace in the Middle East 53:31 How to find courage 55:41 Outro — Additional resources: ➡️ Learn more about Douglas Murray: 📚 On Democracies and Death Cults: https://a.co/d/c7y845h 💻 Website: https://douglasmurray.net/ ➡️ Follow me on your fav platforms: ✖️ Twitter:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating⁠⁠ 🔔 YouTube:⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1⁠⁠ 📝 Join my mailing list:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://briankeating.com/list⁠⁠ ✍️ Check out my blog:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://briankeating.com/cosmic-musings/⁠⁠ 🎙️ Follow my podcast:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://briankeating.com/podcast⁠⁠ — Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to follow so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.3	What happens when a civilization begins to doubt its own foundations?
1:04.1	It starts dismissing facts, evidence, and even reason itself for not being woke enough.
1:09.2	In an age where biology, history, warfare, and even
1:12.8	science are increasingly shaped by ideology, what does it mean to defend truth? Douglas
1:18.0	Murray has spent his whole career warning us that the West is in trouble, not because of
1:23.4	enemies from without foreign threats, but because we ourselves have begun to question the values
1:29.2	that built our ideals, our history, our culture, our civilization, our sense of identity.
1:34.3	His latest work applies that warning to one of the most politically and morally charged conflicts
1:38.5	of all times. He's an associate editor at The Spectator, a prolific columnist, and the author
1:43.0	of several best-selling books, including
1:44.8	The Madness of Crowds.
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