Destined for Greatness | Interview: Shilo Brooks

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🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Jamie is joined by Dr. Shilo Brooks, executive director of Princeton’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, to discuss how looking to the past can save the next generation. Agenda: — Five Thinkers: Xenophon, Niccolo Machiavelli, Theodore Roosevelt, Sandra Day O’Connor, Frederick Douglass — Restoring honorable ambition — Rebuffing criticisms of Western classical tradition — Getting ideology out of classrooms — Why pro-Hamas demonstrators are on elite campuses — Don’t be safe, don’t be boring — Is there a leader alive worth admiring? Show Notes: — James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions — Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince — Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus — Frederick Douglass’ “Self Made Men” — Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil — Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and weekly livestreams—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dispatch podcast. I'm Jamie Weinstein. My guest today is Shiloh Brooks. Shiloh
0:07.0	is the executive director of Princeton's James Madison program in American ideals and
0:12.3	institutions in a lecturer in its
0:14.4	Department of Politics. He came to my attention but from our friends at the
0:19.7	Free Press who did a profile on him. He is a fascinating figure,
0:23.6	fascinating intellectual.
0:25.4	I think you're going to find this conversation
0:28.2	incredibly rich about statesmanship,
0:31.0	what makes a great leader, what's happening on college campuses, and so much more.
0:37.2	Without further do, I give you Professor Shiloh Brooks. Charle Brooks, thank you for joining the dispatch broadcast.
0:58.0	Hey, thanks for having me.
0:59.6	Charle, you are the executive director of the James Madison program in American ideals and
1:06.0	ambition at Princeton.
1:07.8	We had the founder of that Robbie George on not too long ago the show but for those who might not
1:14.2	understand what this program is that Princeton what what is it explain
1:19.1	explain to the audience what what the purpose of this program.
1:22.6	Yeah I love that you call it American ideals and ambition.
1:25.2	It's American ideals and institutions, but I teach on ambition.
1:28.4	So, you know, it's a great slip because it's true.
1:33.0	You know, the James Massard program is a program where we invite students in to get an education in the best that's been thought and said in Western history.
1:44.6	We study, you know, Professor George teaches legendary courses on constitutional law and civil liberties.
1:49.9	I teach courses on statesmanship and ambition.
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