There’s No Place Like Rome

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Dispatch

Politics, News

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Why do men really think about the Roman Empire? If that question has been keeping you up at night in recent weeks, you’ll want to tune in to the latest Remnant for some conclusive answers. Jonah’s away again on a wild expedition through the commonwealth, which means it’s up to Chris Stirewalt to host today’s crash course in Ancient Roman politics and history. His guest—making an eagerly anticipated return to the program—is Mike Duncan, host of the oft-plugged Revolutions podcast, bestselling historical author, and noted influencer for the toga community. If you don’t know your Caesar from your Caligula, their conversation will get you up to speed. And it’ll also help you appreciate what relevance Rome has to the contemporary United States. Show Notes: - Mike’s Revolutions podcast - The Storm Before the Storm, Mike’s history of the Roman Republic - Hero of Two Worlds, Mike’s biography of the Marquis de Lafayette Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh
0:02.0	Can I please have your attention?
0:25.0	Oh greetings gentle remnant listeners.
0:31.5	I am sorry to inform you that Jonah Goldberg is absent today, but I, Chris Steyerwalt,
0:38.5	his understudy is here for you and because Jonah is not here.
0:44.8	I am free to exploit cultural and social media trends for fun and profit.
0:52.6	So of course, our guest today is Travis Kelsey and he's going to talk about his, no, you
0:58.6	know that's not true.
1:00.1	That's not true.
1:01.4	You have seen, I want to read you a few headlines that occurred in actual news outlets.
1:09.2	How often do you think about the Roman Empire?
1:11.9	The TikTok trend that exposed the way we think, what fascinates men about the Roman Empire?
1:17.8	We asked experts about the TikTok trend.
1:20.6	Do men really think about the Roman Empire?
1:24.0	Experts and students weigh in and my favorite perhaps men can't stop thinking about the
1:28.7	Roman Empire.
1:30.1	It's because of the masculinity poly crisis.
1:33.6	So you know how much people have been talking about how much we're talking about the Roman
1:38.3	Empire and there are a lot of reasons.
1:41.6	We live in what many people believe is the late stages of a republic.
1:47.7	There's a ton of comparisons between the United States and Rome always including the architecture
1:54.1	of the buildings that I'm sitting eight blocks away from here in Washington, DC.
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