THE SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH - #742

THE SAVAGE NATION

Michael Savage

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Professor Savage embarks on a captivating lecture on the human condition, drawing inspiration from literature and poetry. He shares his personal experiences with discovering the works of Tennessee Williams and other literary legends, which helped him understand mortality and the importance of dignity. He centers on his connection to Williams' play "The Sweet Bird of Youth," exploring themes of loss, fear, and vulnerability. He recalls his college days when he was first exposed to poetry and classical literature. In discussing Williams, he relates it to the current topic of LGBT Pride events. Why have public displays of sexuality dominated the modern era? Moving to mortality, he contemplates the realities of aging and the departure of youth. Why is it vital to cultivate a life worth living outside the confines of youth? He shares personal stories of loss, including good friends who suffered untimely deaths as a result of heroin use. He cautions against drug use and explores the cultural shifts that have made substance abuse more common today. Join Savage in this thought provoking journey only available on the SAVAGE NATION! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now the world's most exciting podcast, The Savage Nation, home of borders, language, culture.
0:15.0	Here he is, Michael Savage.
0:19.6	I know this was off the wall in a time of politics
0:22.3	and Joe Biden's
0:23.8	and himself in public which we've all seen for years and of course the left is
0:29.1	acting astonished like they didn't know it we knew it it. Now they know it. I mean we could talk about
0:34.1	politics but I'm not going to do it. Today is a day of inspiration for a number of
0:39.2	reasons. I know it's know-hat I wanted you to see actually have hair and now I'm going to put my hat
0:45.0	on no I like hats thanks Tony I'm gonna put on my I think this is the best hat for tonight. It sort of matches. It's a little too
0:55.3	formal actually for this outfit and although this is a gray one we could use
1:01.2	the chapeau it works. I like my chapeaus. It's a beautiful night and as
1:07.3	usual I'm in my own thoughts. I know many of you are in your own thoughts and today is going to be somewhat of a
1:14.7	discursive discussion as announced earlier on on Twitter of what I was going to talk
1:21.2	about I didn't intend to talk about gay or pride parades today, by the way,
1:26.0	but I've been reading today, I've been reading Tennessee Williams Sweet Bird of Youth, and I'll tell you about that in a moment. And then I started to
1:34.6	think wait a minute there's gay pride parades to San Francisco probably around
1:38.4	America and you've got millions of people obsessed with this subject of gayness and how it's
1:45.2	dominating Western nations and I thought maybe there's a relationship between
1:49.4	Tennessee Williams who absolutely was one of my literary heroes.
1:55.0	I only found that he was gay later.
1:57.0	I didn't read him because he was gay.
1:59.0	I read it because he was great.
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