Drawing on Plato's highly sophisticated account of the relationship between psychology and politics, Spencer Klavan delivers an important message for the ages: turn off your dang phone! At least before bed. In Book IX of the Republic, Plato's Socrates explores what it means to be tyrannical?to be enslaved to your own desires?and how we can avoid that fate. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS. -- Rocket Money is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://rocketmoney.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If your ship of state really is sinking, what can you possibly do about it? As we reach the conclusion of our series on Plato's Republic, psychology and politics converge upon some striking answers to this very pressing question. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan talks through Socrates's survey of kinds of state and kinds of people, and reveals why you should turn off your durn phone if you want to save the world. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS. -- Rocket Money is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://rocketmoney.com/heretics. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 13th century, the world held its breath as it waited for a new kind of art to be born. Then came Cimabue?or was it Duccio? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan walks through the fascinating and complicated history of early Florentine Renaissance art, asking along the way what it might mean for us to seek rebirth out of a dark age. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How dark were the middle ages, really? And are we living through our own period of decline today? By studying the good and the bad of how art developed after the fall of the Roman Empire, Spencer Klavan reflects on our own time of fracture and uncertainty. It may be we are due for our own rebirth, and sooner than we think. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today begins a journey through Florence, the hub of rebirth in what Giorgio Vasari called the "rinascita" and we call the Renaissance. Vasari will be our tour guide through this explosive period of transformation. Much like movies and TV in our day, the art of the Medieval period had exhausted its possibilities. Then as now, we might ask: what comes next? -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does history only ever move in one direction? Is decay inevitable? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan argues that it is not, using the example of America's greatest founding figure?George Washington. Washington's refusal to seize more power than he needed made him the anti-Caesar, and the perfect hero for our nation. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Bambee is an HR platform built for small businesses. Automate the most important HR practices and get your own dedicated HR Manager. Get your FREE HR audit right now at https://bambee.com/heretics. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shakespeare's great tragedy, Julius Caesar, carries the story of Caesar forward beyond the Rubicon and beautifully dramatizes the tragic machinery of history that led Rome's republic to its downfall. Did Caesar have a choice? Do we? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan discusses all this and more in the latest installment of the Shakespeare series. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When was Rome doomed? What about America? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan tells the famous story of Julius Caesar's choice to invade Rome, but with a twist: since no one knows exactly what happened in that fateful moment, the story becomes an opportunity for reflection on the great conflict between destiny and free will. This is the first of a series on the fall of Rome and the future of America. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Bambee is an HR platform built for small businesses. Automate the most important HR practices and get your own dedicated HR Manager. Get your FREE HR audit right now at https://bambee.com/heretics. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's often said that our politics has become "post-truth." But how far back does that problem go, really, and what are its deeper causes? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan examines these questions with the help of Plato's Republic, bringing our series on Athens, democracy, relativism, and virtual reality to a close. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a lot of hype around Web 3 and the Metaverse. But what can the sales pitches for these new technologies tell us about the governing philosophy of our elites? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan applies Platonic insight to modern tech proposals to show what's really going on behind the news cycle. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Bambee is an HR platform built for small businesses. Automate the most important HR practices and get your own dedicated HR Manager. Get your FREE HR audit right now at https://bambee.com/heretics. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Athens' late-stage democracy to the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. Why should that be so? In a discussion ranging from the quadrivium, to Dante's Paradiso, on into Star Trek, Spencer Klavan explores the close connection between lies and violence. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plato's cave is one of the most famous metaphors ever. But what does it really mean? At long last, this Young Heretics series on the Republic has gotten us far enough to understand what Plato is saying about Athenian society?and our own?in book 7. Plus: how do you find your purpose in life? BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Pre-order your copy of Spencer Klavan's new book, "How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises" today: https://www.amazon.com/How-Save-West-Ancient-Wisdom/dp/1684513456 -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Bambee is an HR platform built for small businesses. Automate the most important HR practices and get your own dedicated HR Manager. Get your FREE HR audit right now at https://bambee.com/heretics. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you find the truth in a world designed to keep it from you? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan talks through statesmanship, philosophy, and the relationship between the two in a culture that rewards power, but not truth. From the cave to Twitter, most of what passes for philosophy is just regime enforcement?Spencer unpacks Plato's advice for turning the mind toward the true, the beautiful, and the good. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the final installment of his Young Heretics series on rights, Spencer Klavan asks how we can ever make changes and reforms to longstanding laws without hurtling down the slippery slope. Can we advance to meet the challenges of the day without dissolving into madness? Using Chesterton, Newman, Burke, Lewis, and the Seneca Falls declaration, Spencer shows how the tree of tradition can bear new fruit without cutting off the roots that feed it. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Matt Walsh recently embarked on a journey around the world to ask one, simple question: ?What is a woman?? Now, this exclusive documentary is available to watch only for members of The Daily Wire. Check it out at https://whatisawoman.com. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're so used to talking about "human rights" and "human dignity" that it's easy to just nod along when people start declaring the brotherhood of man. But how did we get here? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan argues that God is a load-bearing pillar?cut him out, and sooner or later the whole building comes crashing down. From the Enlightenment to the present day, if your rights are going to be secure, they have to come from God. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. -- Bambee is an HR platform built for small businesses. Automate the most important HR practices and get your own dedicated HR Manager. Get your FREE HR audit right now at https://bambee.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If all men are brothers, then who is their father? If we have rights, who gives them to us? In today's episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan embarks on a series of episodes to trace the history of natural law and natural right that underlies our modern debates about abortion, euthanasia, and so much more. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS through March 31st. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Joe Biden your president? Was Donald Trump? Whatever your political outlook, bad leadership is a crisis. Shakespeare's Richard II is one of the West's most profound meditations on what happens when a human leader doesn't live up to his country's divine mandate. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature have taken action against Disney in the battle over parents' rights. But are conservatives betraying their free-market values? What even are those values, and why do conservatives hold them? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan explores the history behind corporate law in America and the deeper truths that underlie free enterprise. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- The Spectator believes that life is bigger than politics, which is why it covers arts, culture, food, wine, travel, and life all around. Sign up today and receive three free months, plus a free hat with promo code HERETICS: https://spectatorworld.com/specialoffer. -- Ralston College is a new institution of higher education that is both a revival and a reinvention of the university, an intellectual home for all those who seek the truth with courage. Ralston College is launching its first in-person degree program for an MA in the Humanities, and the application deadline is May 21st. Apply at https://ralston.ac/heretics. -- Bambee is an HR platform built for small businesses. Automate the most important HR practices and get your own dedicated HR Manager. Get your FREE HR audit right now at https://bambee.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an era of emotional partisanship, it's tempting to retreat into pure, cold reason. But that way madness lies?Spencer Klavan discusses rationalism throughout the ages, from Plato and Bacon to Bayes, Aella, and Slate Star Codex. We need our minds, but we need our hearts too?they have their reasons that reason knows not of. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- The Spectator believes that life is bigger than politics, which is why it covers arts, culture, food, wine, travel, and life all around. Sign up today and receive three free months, plus a free hat with promo code HERETICS: https://spectatorworld.com/specialoffer. -- Bambee is an HR platform built for small businesses. Automate the most important HR practices and get your own dedicated HR Manager. Get your FREE HR audit right now at https://bambee.com/heretics. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there such a thing as too much justice? How about too much reason? In Plato's Republic, Book V, Socrates follows the constraints of his argument to conclude that the ideal city would be one of eugenics and sexual communism. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan discusses some of Plato's most controversial arguments, and the danger of snuffing out your gut instincts. -- Bambee is an HR platform built for small businesses. Automate the most important HR practices and get your own dedicated HR Manager. Get your FREE HR audit right now at https://bambee.com/heretics. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS through March 31st. -- The Spectator believes that life is bigger than politics, which is why it covers arts, culture, food, wine, travel, and life all around. Sign up today and receive three free months, plus a free hat with promo code HERETICS: https://spectatorworld.com/specialoffer. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Romantic poets lived in an age much like ours: science was ascendant, religion was collapsing, and revolutions in mores and politics were tearing down everything that seemed certain. How did they find their way through their turbulent time?and how can we find our way through ours? In this episode of Young Heretics, Andrew Klavan joins Spencer Klavan to discuss his new book on the subject, "The Truth and Beauty." -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. -- The Spectator believes that life is bigger than politics, which is why it covers arts, culture, food, wine, travel, and life all around. Sign up today and receive three free months, plus a free hat with promo code HERETICS: https://spectatorworld.com/specialoffer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are officially 100 episodes into the Young Heretics journey. Looking back with gratitude at the growth of the show during its lifetime, Spencer Klavan gives an assessment of where the West currently stands, where hope lies, and why a classical education is more urgent than ever. Plus: a secret Locals announcement. To get access to Spencer?s secret announcement only on Locals, use promo code ANNOUNCEMENT for a 3-month free trial, valid only through the end of April: https://youngheretics.com/locals. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- The Spectator believes that life is bigger than politics, which is why it covers arts, culture, food, wine, travel, and life all around. Sign up today and receive three free months, plus a free hat with promo code HERETICS: https://spectatorworld.com/specialoffer. -- If you like great books that people will be discussing 100 years from now, then you need to order "The Sufferings and Glory of Christ," a publication by the Albertus Magnus Institute. Get your copy today at https://magnusinstitute.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If women ran the world...Aristophanes' Assemblywomen is a play about the abolition of the family, the imposition of matriarchy, and communism of absolutely everything?including sex. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan explains the play's raunchy humor and its surprising significance for today. To get access to live chats, the Young Heretics mailbag, and more exclusive content, use promo code ASSEMBLY for a one-month free trial of the Young Heretics community: https://youngheretics.com/locals. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. -- If you like great books that people will be discussing 100 years from now, then you need to order "The Sufferings and Glory of Christ," a publication by the Albertus Magnus Institute. Get your copy today at https://magnusinstitute.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

God is not ashamed of the female body: that is Christine de Pizan's simple yet radical assertion. It was radical when she made it in the 1400s, and it is radical now, when a new kind of rhetoric is reducing women to "menstruators" and turning human beings generally into collections of parts for sale. Spencer Klavan concludes his series on womanly virtues with a reflection on Christine's enduring message for the age of transhumanism. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- Don?t let the stress of daily life weigh on your body. Make it through the day tension-free with Theragun. Try it for 30 days starting at $199: https://therabody.com/heretics. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. -- If you like great books that people will be discussing 100 years from now, then you need to order "The Sufferings and Glory of Christ," a publication by the Albertus Magnus Institute. Get your copy today at https://magnusinstitute.org.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Misogyny is a real thing, even though the word has lost all meaning. But what does it really mean to be pro-woman, and what are the highest womanly virtues? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan introduces Christine de Pizan, a Medieval advocate for the excellence of women who puts modern feminists to shame. -- To get access to live chats, the Young Heretics mailbag, and more exclusive content, use promo code WOMANHOOD for a one-month free trial of the Young Heretics community: https://youngheretics.com/locals. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS through March 31st. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With his country hemorrhaging money and its leadership too weak to function (sound familiar?) William the Marshal, a man of seventy, had to lead English forces against the French at the Battle of Lincoln. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan discusses the courage that took, and how we can learn from it today. To get access to live chats, the Young Heretics mailbag, and more exclusive content, use promo code MARSHAL for a one-month free trial of the Young Heretics community: https://youngheretics.com/locals. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Once you know the comfort, the pain relief, the improved performance enhancement and injury prevention benefits of Sole foot beds, you will want them in every shoe you own. Get 50% off your first order at http://yoursole.com/heretics. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Headlines across America have been unanimously proclaiming the death of chivalry for decades?10 out of 10 tastemakers agree, it's sexist, hippocrytical, and probably somehow racist to aspire to manly excellence. So why won't chivalry stay dead? Using the biography of England's greatest knight, William Marshal, Spencer Klavan uncovers the true meaning of chivalry, and its enduring importance for today. To get access to live chats, the Young Heretics mailbag, and more exclusive content, use promo code CHIVALRY for a one-month free trial of the Young Heretics community: https://youngheretics.com/locals. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Stop throwing your tea into the harbor, and start celebrating America?s tea heritage with Gold River Trading Co.?s specialty blends. Get 10% off your order with promo code HERETICS: https://goldriverco.com. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS through March 31st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, Spencer Klavan explored the crucial role of first principles in debates of every kind. This week on Young Heretics, he applies those ideas to one of America's most heated public discussions?the discussion about abortion. Why can't we stop fighting? A look at the first principles involved shows why. To get access to live chats, the Young Heretics mailbag, and more exclusive content, use promo code PISTIS for a one-month free trial of the Young Heretics community: https://youngheretics.com/locals. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS through March 31st. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American public discourse is breaking down. On abortion, on coronavirus, on war, we just seem to be talking past each other?why? Using the abortion debate as an example and Aristotle as a guide, Spencer Klavan gets at the philosophical heart of America's first principle problem in this episode of Young Heretics. To get access to live chats, the Young Heretics mailbag, and more exclusive content, use promo code AXIOM for a one-month free trial of the Young Heretics community: https://youngheretics.com/locals. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS through March 31st. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. -- Once you know the comfort, the pain relief, the improved performance enhancement and injury prevention benefits of Sole foot beds, you will want them in every shoe you own. Get 50% off your first order at http://yoursole.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why can't we come to terms with the horrors of Gulag? Why were so many of us taught about the Holocaust, but not about Stalin? In this next installment of his series on Solzhenitsyn's masterwork, Spencer Klavan describes the dark shadow-religion that swept over Russia and created concentration camps in the archipelago. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Once you know the comfort, the pain relief, the improved performance enhancement and injury prevention benefits of Sole foot beds, you will want them in every shoe you own. Get 50% off your first order at http://yoursole.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shakespeare's As You Like It is a reflection on social roles: how they work, and what happens when they don't. Escape with Spencer Klavan to the Forest of Arden, where you can be free from the expectations of society, MAN. Or can you? -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Take the guesswork out of taking care of your skin with Disco. Check out Disco and try their incredible skincare products for 30% off your first order with promo code HERETICS: https://letsdisco.com. -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS through March 31st. -- Ned offers a natural remedy for some of life?s most common health issues. To get 15% off plus a FREE De-Stress Blend Sample on orders over $40 use the promo code HERETICS: https://www.helloned.com/HERETICS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In The Apology of Socrates, Plato exposes the pretensions of self-styled experts and authorities. Socrates was the only man in Athens who admitted he was not wise?and neither was anyone else. This didn't make him very popular, but he was willing to die rather than give up the truth. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- Once you know the comfort, the pain relief, the improved performance enhancement and injury prevention benefits of Sole foot beds, you will want them in every shoe you own. Get 50% off your first order at http://yoursole.com/heretics. -- The Magnus Fellowship is the college to end colleges and serves as a tuition-free alternative for those who need an online resource that is equally as rigorous. Apply to the Magnus Fellowship today and receive a free gift at https://magnusinstitute.org/heretics. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fight for life is a crucial issue that touches on the deepest principles of the West. Without the right to life, there are no other rights. In a Young Heretics special, Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins joins Spencer Klavan to discuss her bold new campaign to restore and preserve the most fundamental right for the most vulnerable members of society. It?s the Final Fight for Freedom. The pair examines why this moment is so crucial both for the pro-life and conservative movement, and what we can do to make abortion both illegal and unthinkable. Get your copy of Students for Life?s battleplan at https://studentsforlife.org/fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Experts hate to be laughed at, especially when they have something to hide. Aristophanes, the genius of Old Attic Comedy, shows us how it's done in Clouds, his goofy satire of an education system in decline. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan explores the question, was Socrates part of the problem?or part of the solution? -- Indeed is the hiring partner where you can attract, interview, and hire all in one place. Get a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/HERETICS through March 31st. -- Diversify your savings and get up to $1,500 of free silver today with American Hartford Gold: text HERETICS to 6-5-5-3-2. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the year of our Lord 2022 and Spencer Klavan is here to spoil your fun. Not really, but since the Marvel Cinematic Universe has become such an enormous cultural touchstone, it makes sense to ask: where do its ideas come from? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan takes a deep dive into the multiverse, an ancient concept that is now gaining currency in art and physics alike. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- The Magnus Fellowship is the college to end colleges and serves as a tuition-free alternative for those who need an online resource that is equally as rigorous. Apply to the Magnus Fellowship today and receive a free gift at https://magnusinstitute.org/heretics. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- Take the guesswork out of taking care of your skin with Disco. Check out Disco and try their incredible skincare products for 30% off your first order with promo code HERETICS: https://letsdisco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the new year rolls in, most of us think about how to be better?but what does that even mean? Luckily, our journey through Plato's Republic has taken us to the perfect book for thinking about excellence of all kinds. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan discusses the cardinal virtues and how to cultivate them. NEW YEARS SALES ARE HERE: Become a Young Heretics VIP at a limited-time discounted rate between now and January 15 at https://youngheretics.com/locals. Get your exclusive Young Heretics merch at 20% off with the promo code CHEERS at https://youngheretics.com/shop. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- Once you know the comfort, the pain relief, the improved performance enhancement and injury prevention benefits of Sole foot beds, you will want them in every shoe you own. Get 50% off your first order at http://yoursole.com/heretics. -- Take the guesswork out of taking care of your skin with Disco. Check out Disco and try their incredible skincare products for 30% off your first order with promo code HERETICS: https://letsdisco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final installment in the Space Trilogy, "That Hideous Strength," is a perfect allegory for our Fauci-worshiping times. In this episode of ?Young Heretics,? Spencer Klavan describes the logic which Lewis reveals in his myth of megalomania and satanism?a logic which is still at work today. NEW YEARS SALES ARE HERE: Become a Young Heretics VIP at a limited-time discounted rate between now and January 15 at https://youngheretics.com/locals. Get your exclusive Young Heretics merch at 20% off with the promo code CHEERS at https://youngheretics.com/shop. -- Once you know the comfort, the pain relief, the improved performance enhancement and injury prevention benefits of Sole foot beds, you will want them in every shoe you own. Get 50% off your first order at http://yoursole.com/heretics. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- The Magnus Fellowship is the college to end colleges and serves as a tuition-free alternative for those who need an online resource that is equally as rigorous. Apply to the Magnus Fellowship today and receive a free gift at https://magnusinstitute.org/heretics. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second book of the Ransom trilogy, C.S. Lewis imagines what it would have been like if Eve got a second chance in the Garden of Eden. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan reads from this rip-roaring tale of demonic possession and space travel to tell a Christmas story about the cosmic power of one human choice to change the world. NEW YEARS SALES ARE HERE: Become a Young Heretics VIP at a limited-time discounted rate between now and January 15 at https://youngheretics.com/locals. Get your exclusive Young Heretics merch at 20% off with the promo code CHEERS at https://youngheretics.com/shop. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Take the guesswork out of taking care of your skin with Disco. Check out Disco and try their incredible skincare products for 30% off your first order with promo code HERETICS: https://letsdisco.com. -- The Magnus Fellowship is the college to end colleges and serves as a tuition-free alternative for those who need an online resource that is equally as rigorous. Apply to the Magnus Fellowship today and receive a free gift at https://magnusinstitute.org/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes to see earth clearly, you have to look down on it from mars. C.S. Lewis's space trilogy is a classic of sci-fi literature but it's also, weirdly, the perfect thing to read at Christmas. In "Out of the Silent Planet," Lewis takes his place alongside Dante and Milton with a Christian vision of the worlds beyond our world. CHRISTMAS SALES: Become a Young Heretics VIP at a limited-time discounted rate between now and Christmas at https://youngheretics.com/locals. Get your exclusive Young Heretics merch at 20% off with the promo code SANTA at https://youngheretics.com/shop. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Once you know the comfort, the pain relief, the improved performance enhancement and injury prevention benefits of Sole foot beds, you will want them in every shoe you own. Get 50% off your first order at http://yoursole.com/heretics. -- Achieve gifting greatness with Omaha Steaks! Incredible flavor, incredible value and 100% guaranteed. Get 8 free steaks at https://omahasteaks.com keyword HERETICS. -- The Magnus Fellowship is the college to end colleges and serves as a tuition-free alternative for those who need an online resource that is equally as rigorous. Apply to the Magnus Fellowship today and receive a free gift at https://magnusinstitute.org/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We say "never forget"...but do we really mean it? We deceive ourselves if we think that murderous tyrants like Stalin are uniquely evil in some way that we ourselves could never be. Reading through Volume 1 of the Gulag Archipelago, Spencer Klavan shows how ordinary people can consent to terrible things. CHRISTMAS SALES: Become a Young Heretics VIP at a limited-time discounted rate between now and Christmas at https://youngheretics.com/locals. Get your exclusive Young Heretics merch at 20% off with the promo code SANTA at https://youngheretics.com/shop. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- The Magnus Fellowship is the college to end colleges and serves as a tuition-free alternative for those who need an online resource that is equally as rigorous. Apply to the Magnus Fellowship today and receive a free gift at https://magnusinstitute.org/heretics. -- Achieve gifting greatness with Omaha Steaks! Incredible flavor, incredible value and 100% guaranteed. Get 8 free steaks at https://omahasteaks.com keyword HERETICS. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan begins a journey through Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's masterwork, "The Gulag Archipelago," which exposed the horrors of Lenin's and Stalin's Russia to the West. Describing how Russia's Empire was overthrown and replaced with a socialist state, Spencer explains the nightmare philosophy behind it all and reveals what really made Stalin's rule so gruesome. CHRISTMAS SALES: Become a Young Heretics VIP at a limited-time discounted rate between now and Christmas at https://youngheretics.com/locals. Get your exclusive Young Heretics merch at 20% off with the promo code SANTA at https://youngheretics.com/shop -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Achieve gifting greatness with Omaha Steaks! Incredible flavor, incredible value and 100% guaranteed. Get 8 free steaks at https://omahasteaks.com keyword HERETICS. -- Truebill is the new app that helps you identify and stop paying for subscriptions you don?t need, want, or simply forgot about. Save thousands of dollars a year: https://truebill.com/heretics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You've heard about the "first Thanksgiving," but have you heard about the miraculous sea crossing that made it possible in the first place? In this Young Heretics Thanksgiving special, Spencer Klavan talks about the journey of faith that gave birth to the American spirit. -- The Magnus Fellowship is the college to end colleges and serves as a tuition-free alternative for those who need an online resource that is equally as rigorous. Apply to the Magnus Fellowship today and receive a free gift at https://magnusinstitute.org/heretics. -- Take the guesswork out of taking care of your skin with Disco. Check out Disco and try their incredible skincare products for 30% off your first order with promo code HERETICS: https://letsdisco.com. -- Everyone wants a beard that looks like Spencer Klavan's. Visit https://minimoustachery.com/heretics and use the code HERETICS to get 25% off men's grooming and shave kits. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are video games art? What about a urinal? And how about splotches of paint on a wall? We all have instinctive answers to these questions, but it can be hard to articulate the logic behind them. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan discusses one of the West's oldest and most sophisticated books on the topic and how it can help us solve modern problems about censorship and cancel culture. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Achieve gifting greatness with Omaha Steaks! Incredible flavor, incredible value and 100% guaranteed. Get 8 free steaks at https://omahasteaks.com keyword HERETICS. -- The Magnus Fellowship is the college to end colleges and serves as a tuition-free alternative for those who need an online resource that is equally as rigorous. Apply to the Magnus Fellowship today and receive a free gift at https://magnusinstitute.org/heretics. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want a perfect state, you have to seize the means of artistic production. That's something that both the Right and the Left now instinctively understand... which is why we're fighting so hard over things like Netflix. Plato saw to the heart of the matter in the third book of his Republic, which is why that book has caused, shall we say, quite a bit of trouble. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan explains. -- Take the guesswork out of taking care of your skin with Disco. Check out Disco and try their incredible skincare products for 30% off your first order with promo code HERETICS: https://letsdisco.com. -- The Magnus Fellowship is the college to end colleges and serves as a tuition-free alternative for those who need an online resource that is equally as rigorous. Apply to the Magnus Fellowship today and receive a free gift at https://magnusinstitute.org/heretics. -- Everyone wants a beard that looks like Spencer Klavan's. Visit https://minimoustachery.com/heretics and use the code HERETICS to get 25% off men's grooming and shave kits. -- Get exclusive access to more truth, beauty, and the stuff that matters by becoming a Young Heretics VIP. Claim your one-month, risk-free trial with promo code HERETICS: http://youngheretics.com/locals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone's talking about mob rule these days?but why is it happening now? In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan explains insights into mob rule from the French anthropologist, philosopher, and literary critic René Girard. Using Girard's brilliant exposition of the Gospels, Spencer explains everything that's going on in our politics... and what to do about it. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Ned offers a natural remedy for some of life?s most common health issues. To get 15% off plus a FREE De-Stress Blend Sample on orders over $40 use the promo code HERETICS: https://www.helloned.com/HERETICS. -- Take the guesswork out of taking care of your skin with Disco. Check out Disco and try their incredible skincare products for 30% off your first order with promo code HERETICS: https://letsdisco.com. -- Get exclusive access to more truth, beauty, and the stuff that matters by becoming a Young Heretics VIP. Claim your one-month, risk-free trial with promo code HERETICS: http://youngheretics.com/locals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

W.W. Jacobs was a one-hit wonder, but his one hit is a Halloween masterpiece: The Monkey's Paw. In this Young Heretics holiday special, Spencer Klavan reads the story and reveals the theological truths behind it?without which, many of our modern ghost stories are doomed to fall flat. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Take the guesswork out of taking care of your skin with Disco. Check out Disco and try their incredible skincare products for 30% off your first order with promo code HERETICS: https://letsdisco.com. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- Get exclusive access to more truth, beauty, and the stuff that matters by becoming a Young Heretics VIP. Claim your one-month, risk-free trial with promo code HERETICS: http://youngheretics.com/locals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an age when everyone wants us to think we are bound to our time, our race, and our place, Henry James's story "The Great Good Place" reminds us of the brotherhood of man. In this episode of Young Heretics, Spencer Klavan reads from this gem of a story and joins it with the witness of Machiavelli, Raphael, and DuBois to show that we are more than the here and now. -- Ned offers a natural remedy for some of life?s most common health issues. To get 15% off plus a FREE De-Stress Blend Sample on orders over $40 use the promo code HERETICS: https://www.helloned.com/HERETICS. -- The Spectator believes that life is bigger than politics, which is why it covers arts, culture, food, wine, travel, and life all around. Sign up today and receive three free months, plus a free hat with promo code HERETICS: https://spectatorworld.com/specialoffer. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- Get exclusive access to more truth, beauty, and the stuff that matters by becoming a Young Heretics VIP. Claim your one-month, risk-free trial with promo code HERETICS: http://youngheretics.com/locals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your right to make your own choices is under assault. But where does that right come from anyway? Conscience is one of the oldest and deepest ideas in the Western tradition, developed by millennia of thought stemming from both Athens and Jerusalem. Spencer tells the story of conscience and defends your right to choose. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- Ned offers a natural remedy for some of life?s most common health issues. To get 15% off plus a FREE De-Stress Blend Sample on orders over $40 use the promo code HERETICS: https://www.helloned.com/HERETICS. -- Get exclusive access to more truth, beauty, and the stuff that matters by becoming a Young Heretics VIP. Claim your one-month, risk-free trial with promo code HERETICS: http://youngheretics.com/locals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Young Heretics, we follow St. Thomas More to his death, and ask how it can be that he managed to find the strength for martyrdom. Spencer Klavan offers comfort and guidance from the great Saint for a moment when the powers of the world seem both powerful and threatening. -- Ned offers a natural remedy for some of life?s most common health issues. To get 15% off plus a FREE De-Stress Blend Sample on orders over $40 use the promo code HERETICS: https://www.helloned.com/HERETICS. -- How can you learn Latin, Ancient Greek, or Biblical Hebrew in order to read the classics of the ancient western world, in their original language? Get 10% off of your Ancient Language Institute course with promo code HERETICS: https://ancientlanguage.com/heretics. -- Everyone wants a beard that looks like Spencer Klavan's. Visit https://minimoustachery.com/heretics and use the code HERETICS to get 25% off men's grooming and shave kits. -- Take the guesswork out of taking care of your skin with Disco. Check out Disco and try their incredible skincare products for 30% off your first order with promo code HERETICS: https://letsdisco.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an age when anxieties about state persecution are running high, Spencer Klavan looks to the ironclad perseverance of Saint Thomas More. More lived in a far more dangerous time than our own, and his confidence in the reality of the hereafter kept him firm in the face of tyranny. This episode of Young Heretics is the first of two on how one man gave it all rather than buckle under pressure. -- Celebrate the moments that matter most with a professional, hand-painted portrait from Paint Your Life. Get 20% off your painting right now if you text the word HERETICS to 64-000. -- Public Goods is the one stop shop for sustainable, high quality everyday essentials made from clean ingredients. Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order at https://publicgoods.com/HERETICS. -- The Spectator believes that life is bigger than politics, which is why it covers arts, culture, food, wine, travel, and life all around. Sign up today and receive three free months, plus a free hat with promo code HERETICS: https://spectatorworld.com/specialoffer. -- The Young Heretics community on Locals is THE place to be, with workout tips, Q&As, and ad-free episodes. Get a one-month free trial of the annual VIP membership, completely risk-free with the promo code HERETICS: https://youngheretics.com/locals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices