meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Andrew Klavan Show

Why Men Should Be Reading More Books w/Shilo Brooks

The Andrew Klavan Show

The Andrew Klavan Show

Society & Culture

4.822.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Shilo Brooks, SMU professor, CEO of George W. Bush Presidential Center, and host of the Old School podcast, joins me for a riveting conversation on the power of books and why people–particularly men–should be reading them more prolifically. Check out Shilo's podcast "Old School" about great books here: https://www.thefp.com/s/old-school-with-shilo-brooks https://podcasts.apple.com/ag/podcast/old-school-with-shilo-brooks/id1841566275 - - - Today's Sponsor: Rho Nutrition - Try Rho Nutrition today and experience the difference of Liposomal Technology. Use code KLAVAN for 20% OFF everything at https://rhonutrition.com/discount/KLAVAN - - - Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 🍿 The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is here. Episodes 1 & 2 are now streaming exclusively on DailyWire+         Episodes: https://dwplus.watch/ThePendragon 📙 My NY Times best-selling non-fiction book, "The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness" has been nominated for an Edgar Award! Available for purchase here: https://dwplus.shop/KingdomofCain 📘 My latest novel, "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark 📚 Save the Klavan by shopping my merch here: https://dwplus.shop/AndrewKlavanMerch - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Redeem your lab bucks on free bet spins or even cash in for real money.

0:04.6

That's satisfaction from Lab Brooks.

0:06.4

And for extra satisfaction, here's the T's and C's.

0:08.6

Let's rock.

0:09.8

18 plus participates in selected promotions to get LabBucks.

0:15.3

Go get lap bucks.

0:17.5

With evening four, offers or rewards, lap bucks expire for Austin, I am not a woman.

0:34.6

I mean, I'm not a woman, you can see.

0:36.6

And yet I found myself living the life of Elizabeth Bennett.

0:41.3

And I felt like I was a girl, I felt like I was a woman falling in love, I know this sounds weird,

0:45.3

with Mr. Darcy. In other words, I got a perspective on the world

0:49.3

that I myself would not have been able to provide, and therefore I began to feel feelings.

1:16.3

Hi, everyone, it's Andrew Claven with this week's interview with Shiloh Brooks, who's got a great new podcast at the free press about great books.

1:18.7

And it's called Old Schools about great books.

1:27.2

And I have to say, last week, I just finished rereading Anna Karenina, which I consider possibly one of the three greatest books ever.

1:28.7

It may be the greatest book ever.

1:34.4

It's an amazing, amazing novel. And it's so, it's been years since I read it and it was so changed my perceptions and lifted me up that I was almost sorry that nobody reads books anymore.

1:42.3

So I wanted to bring Shiloh on and talk about that and all of the things that we do get from

1:47.1

these great books because it's a lot.

1:48.8

He is president and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

1:53.2

He's a professor of practice in the Department of Political Science at SMU.

1:56.7

And as I say, he's got a podcast called Old School at Free Press about great books and how reading them can make stronger, better men. Shiloh, it's nice to meet you. Thank you for coming on. Thank you. It's good to meet you, too. So this is a subject, obviously, very dear to my heart. I mean, when I started out, I've been a novelist all my life, and when I started out, the novelists were like rock stars. They had one name, you know,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Andrew Klavan Show, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Andrew Klavan Show and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.