The Tom Woods Show, episode 782.

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Hi everybody, Tom Woods here.

I'm talking today to another professor who's gotten himself in trouble with the social justice warriors. I'm going to let

him tell the story. It's Professor Anthony Esselen of Providence College, where he teaches

Renaissance English literature and the development of Western civilization. Professor Esselen

holds his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Princeton University and got his Ph.D. at the

University of North Carolina. He's best known for his widely acclaimed translation of Dante's

Divine Comedy. He's also the author of the politically incorrect guide to Western civilization,

and Life Under Compulsion, Ten W to destroy the humanity of your child,

among other books.

Now, I want to tell you, this is one of my favorite conversations I've had on this show.

And it's true that at times we talk about some Catholic topics.

I know not all my listeners are Catholic, but I know

some of them at least are curious about those sorts of things. Don't let that make you say,

I don't want to listen to this. You're going to want to listen through the whole way. Because if you're

like me, and frankly, if you're not at least a little like me, why would you be listening to

the show? You're going to say, I'm glad I was present for

this. It's a really, really great discussion. So I'm going to turn things over to my conversation

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