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Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Sunday Fireside Chat: When Childish Worldviews Take Over w/Douglas Murray

Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Salem Podcast Network

Politics, News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode of Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager, Dennis is joined by Douglas Murray, a British author and independent voice in Britain. They dive into the importance of courage, the role of lies in shaping our society, and the dangers of critical theory. Douglas shares his insights on how the West's intellectual elite has become morally defective and how this has led to the spread of lies and intolerance. They also discuss the need for a "tragic sense of life" and the importance of gratitude in countering the left's message of resentment.

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0:00.0

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0:08.7

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0:33.9

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0:39.9

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0:44.8

Hi, everybody. Welcome. I'm Dennis Prager. This is the fireside chat. That's the fireside.

0:49.3

I will chat, but not alone as you, does everybody see my guest already? Or is it only on me?

0:54.9

Good.

0:55.8

And of course, Otto is here.

0:57.9

And it is a very rare fireside chat that I have a guest.

1:02.7

So it's an immediate statement of my belief in the importance of what they have to say. And nobody has more important things to say

1:14.9

than Douglas Murray, who is British and who is an independent and courageous voice in Britain,

1:22.6

writes for The Spectator, has written major books. I've had them on my radio show. I quote your books. I learn now you

1:32.1

started writing at 18. Yeah. Well, you probably started earlier than that. You were published at 18.

1:38.5

Yes. Yeah, my first book was outrageously, precociously early. Yeah. Yes, it was. You know, I just want to say, for the record, my first book, I was 24, and I thought that was impressive. So that shatters that. This is, the purpose of life, I am convinced, is to be humbled on a regular basis. Oh, it's very easy when you think, I mean, by the age that both of us were doing that,

2:02.6

and it keeps had written everything.

2:04.0

Oh, yeah, or no, or, you know, Mozart had written 12 symphonies.

2:08.0

Exactly, right.

2:09.6

It's endless.

2:10.4

That's what I mean.

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