Hillsdale Dialogues 05-28-21 American Heritage: The American and the French Revolutions
Hillsdale Dialogues
Hillsdale College
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🗓️ 28 May 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Coming soon, on the Larry Arn Show, writer and novelist, Chagosi Obiyama. |
| 0:06.0 | I found it going back to my mom who hates to talk about the war, just like every other person. |
| 0:11.0 | Witnessed, you know, aspects of it. |
| 0:14.0 | And I asked, I'm like, you know what, what are you like? It's another I'm going to write this novel. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm about to be a friend of war. |
| 0:20.0 | And she was like, okay, if you want to do that, go ahead. |
| 0:23.0 | But remember something, those who often tell the story of a thing like a war, |
| 0:28.0 | I usually believe in, but what is the purpose of war, basically to kill? |
| 0:34.0 | But the dad never speak about it. |
| 0:37.0 | If you are going to write a novel about a war, then make sure that all voices are heard. |
| 0:43.0 | Don't miss the conversation between Chagosi Obiyama and Hillsdale College President Larry Arn. |
| 0:49.0 | Subscribe now to the Larry Arn Show at podcast.hillsdale.edu slash subscribe. |
| 0:55.0 | That's podcast.hillsdale.edu slash subscribe. |
| 1:25.0 | Morning glory, America. Bonjour. Hi, Canada. That music means it's time for the Hillsdale dialogue. |
| 1:31.0 | This week, not just on Friday, but a special edition of the UQH Show talking to Larry Arn, President of Hillsdale College. |
| 1:37.0 | It's a two-parter. It's when revolutions go wrong and when they go right. |
| 1:41.0 | And to do this, I asked Dr. Arn to bone up on the readings in the American Heritage Reader that Hillsdale uses for all of its freshmen. |
| 1:48.0 | On the French Revolution, the American Revolution, George Washington, the inaugural address and his farewell address. |
| 1:53.0 | For the simple reason that some revolutions don't turn out well, Dr. Arn, do they? |
| 1:59.0 | Well, the French, who are of course still very proud of themselves, might dispute that. |
| 2:04.0 | But there was a bloody thing and it did not lead to stability for a very long time. |
| 2:09.0 | Well, let's go back. When we do our annual New Year's Day and New Year's Eve Show, we talk about the history of ideas. |
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