Episode 37: Masters of Our Fate — with Andrew Roberts

The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

National Review

News, Politics, Music, Arts, Books, Music History

5 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On episode 37, Charles talks to the historian, Andrew Roberts, about Winston Churchill, Napoleon Bonaparte, King George III, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and others. Among the topics discussed: Where did Churchill get his literary ability? What would have happened if Britain had made peace with the Nazis in 1940? Why wasn't Napoleon a 'tyrant'? Is the U.S. uninvadeable? Was George III a good king? Is the Declaration of Independence accurate?

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 37 of the Charles C.W. Cook podcast. It's now August, and you all know what that means.
0:30.4	And if you don't, well, you're on your own. For those of you who have received the manganese ion biofilter, please do plug them in now.
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0:45.3	And if you will, set your tantulum bracket to zero.
0:49.3	And before I came online today, I did notice a slight variance in the ceramic fragmenter,
0:56.4	but the readings were stable, so I let it go.
0:59.8	But if you do notice symptoms, make sure you ask your doctor if you need degousing.
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2:27.8	My guest today is the historian Andrew Roberts, who's actually now Baron Roberts of Belgravia, which is a great title.
2:39.6	And in keeping with my nobility-only policy on this podcast, Andrew is the author of a whole host of books, including biographies of Churchill and Napoleon and George the third.
2:52.7	Andrew Roberts, welcome to the Charles C.W. Cook podcast.
2:56.1	Thank you very much indeed, Charlie.
2:59.0	So I want to start by talking about indispensable men, or dispensable men, if that's the case,
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