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Do you like your gravy sick and rich and loaded with creamy mushrooms?

If no one was looking, would you chug the whole gravy boat?

Chug, chug, chug, chug.

Stay tuned.

Here comes Mr. Chug-a-Lug himself, Eric Mat, Texas.

Hey there, folks.

Welcome to the show.

Yeah, it's just a show.

It's not real.

My name's Eric Mataxis, and I usually have the joy of talking to interesting people, many of whom have written books.

Today is no exception.

The book I'm holding in my hand is called How to Save the West, Ancient Wisdom for Five Modern Crises by Spencer Claven.

Who is Spencer Claven, you ask, other than the son of Andrew?

And we're going to get to that, don't you worry?

Spencer Claven is a scholar, writer, podcaster, lifelong devotion to the great works and

principles of the West.

After studying Greek and Latin as an undergraduate at Yale, I don't normally read book copy, but this is so good.

After studying Greek and Latin as an undergraduate at Yale, he spent five years at Oxford earning his doctorate in ancient Greek literature.

Now he's an editor for the Claremont Institute.

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