Ill Literacy: Books with Benson

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Ill Literacy: Books with Benson Podcast

The Heartland Institute's podcast discussing notable new works with their authors. Hosted by Tim Benson.

  1. The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry (Guest: Tevi Troy)

    5 DAYS AGO

    The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry (Guest: Tevi Troy)

    Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Tevi Troy, Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center, Senior Scholar at Yeshiva University’s Straus Center, and a Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, to discuss his new book, The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry. They chat about how the vast reach of the federal government became a critical fact of life for every business, how companies find themselves navigating a competitive landscape defined by stringent regulations, and how CEOs must influence the legislative and regulatory system. They also discuss how much the modern presidency relies on CEOs for personnel, policy insights, campaign cash, and as potential foils. Get the book here: https://www.regnery.com/9781684515400/the-power-and-the-money/

    55 min
  2. The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918 (Guest: Nick Lloyd)

    SEP 9

    The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918 (Guest: Nick Lloyd)

    Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Nick Lloyd, Professor of Modern Warfare at King’s College London, to discuss his new book, The Eastern Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918. They chat about the scale of the conflict, how the most radical aspect of the struggle in the east was that the violence was not confined to combatants, and how the repercussions of the war in the east, including the fall of three great empires and the rise of Bolshevism, were much more profound than the war in the west. Get the book here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324092711 Show Notes: Financial Times: Margaret MacMillan – “The Eastern Front by Nick Lloyd — truth bombs”https://www.ft.com/content/8e29eba7-a91a-40a6-a5e5-47369a7c70eb Literary Review: Jonathan Boff – “Graveyard of Empires”https://literaryreview.co.uk/graveyard-of-empiresThe Spectator: Tessa Dunlop – “The horrors of the Eastern Front”https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-horrors-of-the-eastern-front/The Telegraph: Simon Heffer – “How the carnage on the Eastern Front transformed the First World War”https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fiction/review-eastern-front-nick-lloyd/The Times: Dominic Sandbrook – “The Eastern Front by Nick Lloyd review: a fresh take on the First World War”https://www.thetimes.com/culture/article/the-eastern-front-a-history-of-the-first-world-war-nick-lloyd-review-fm2z0kkznTimes Literary Supplement: Hew Strachan – “Suicide of empires”https://www.the-tls.co.uk/history/twentieth-century-onwards-history/the-eastern-front-nick-lloyd-book-review-hew-strachanThe Wall Street Journal: William Anthony Hay – “‘The Eastern Front’ Review: The Battle Far From the Trenches”https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-eastern-front-review-the-battle-far-from-the-trenches-e09b3580

    1h 16m
  3. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower(Guest: Michel Paradis)

    SEP 3

    The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower(Guest: Michel Paradis)

    Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Michel Paradis, fellow at the Center on National Security and the National Institute for Military Justice and lecture in law at Columbia Law School, to discuss his new book, The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower. They chat about how Eisenhower’s rise both reflected and was integral to America’s rise as a global superpower, his unique facility as a teambuilder, and just what exactly was on the line with Operation Overlord. Get the book here:https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-light-of-battle-michel-paradis?variant=41106434326562Show Notes:Wall Street Journal: Paul Kennedy – “‘The Light of Battle’ Review: Eisenhower’s Road to Normandy”https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-light-of-battle-review-eisenhowers-road-to-normandy-55a76a2f

    1h 12m
  4. Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability (Guest: Michael Kimmage)

    AUG 26

    Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability (Guest: Michael Kimmage)

    Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Michael Kimmage, Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and non-resident Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, to discuss his new book, Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability. They chat about the origins of the war, how it has transformed multiple centers of power and has shifted the direction of major macro-trends in world politics, contributing to the fragmentation of international politics, higher inflation, greater food insecurity, and the general collapse of arms control. Get the book here:https://global.oup.com/academic/product/collisions-9780197751794?cc=us&lang=en&Show Notes:Foreign Affairs: Liana Fix & Michael Kimmage – “Putin’s Last Stand”https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russian-federation/putin-last-stand-russia-defeatWall Street Journal: Michael Kimmage – “Trump Is Unlikely to Abandon Ukraine—and Might Dangerously Escalate the War”https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-is-unlikely-to-abandon-ukraineand-might-even-escalate-the-war-356a2825Wall Street Journal: Michael Kimmage – “Putin’s Rogue State”https://www.wsj.com/articles/putins-rogue-state-140d876fWashington Times: Martin Di Caro – “BOOK REVIEW: ‘Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability’”https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/7/book-review-collisions-origins-of-war-in-ukraine-a/

    1h 6m
  5. A Wonderful Career in Crime (Guest: Frank W. Garmon Jr.)

    AUG 21

    A Wonderful Career in Crime (Guest: Frank W. Garmon Jr.)

    Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Frank W. Garmon Jr., assistant professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University, to discuss his new book, A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age. They chat Cowlam’s career as convict, spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, con artist, and serial bigamist and how his life managed to intersect with Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Ulysses S. Grant. They also discuss the mid-19th Century’s economic system that was dependent upon trust and personal relationships and how Cowlam exposed the liabilities of the political system constructed on the same foundations. Get the book here:https://lsupress.org/9780807182666/a-wonderful-career-in-crime/

    1h 10m
  6. Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis

    AUG 13

    Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis

    Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by James Davison Hunter, LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, to discuss his new book, Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis. They discuss how our historic sources of national solidarity have now largely dissolved, why a deepening political polarization is the most obvious sign of this, how the true problem is not polarization per se but the absence of cultural resources to work through what divides us, and how all political regimes require some level of unity, and if it cannot be generated organically, it will be imposed by force. They also chat about whether this problem can be fixed and whether or not the Enlightenment-era institution that is liberal democracy survive in a post-Enlightenment world. Get the book here:https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300274370/democracy-and-solidarity/Show Notes:City Journal: Fred Bauer – “A Renewed Union?”https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-renewed-unionThe Hedgehog Review: James Davison Hunter – “Dissent and Solidarity”https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/america-on-the-brink/articles/dissent-and-solidarityNational Catholic Reporter: Michael Sean Winters – “New book examines cultural roots of our political crisis” & “From 'culture wars' to 'cultural exhaustion': James Davison Hunter diagnoses our cultural ills”https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/new-book-examines-cultural-roots-our-political-crisis-0https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/culture-wars-cultural-exhaustion-james-davison-hunter-diagnoses-our-culturalNew York Times: David Brooks – “The Deep Source of Trump’s Appeal”https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/opinion/trump-biden-authoritarianism.html

    1h 23m
  7. Ill Literacy, Episode 156: The Hollow Parties (Guest: Sam Rosenfeld)

    AUG 7

    Ill Literacy, Episode 156: The Hollow Parties (Guest: Sam Rosenfeld)

    In Episode 154 of Ill Literacy, Tim Benson talks with Sam Rosenfeld, co-author of The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Sam Rosenfeld, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative at Colgate University, to discuss his new book, co-authored with Daniel Schlozman, The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics. They discuss how party hollowness lies at the heart of our democratic discontents and how the nation’s parties became so dysfunctional. They also chat about the history of the party system in the United States, how today’s fractious party politics arose from the ashes of the New Deal order in the 1970s, how the 1968 DNC transformed presidential nominations but failed to lay the foundations for robust, movement-driven parties, and how, in Rosenfeld’s estimation, modern American conservatism hollowed out the party system, deeming it a mere instrument for power. Get the book here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691248554/the-hollow-parties Show Notes: Capital Research Center: Michael E. Hartmann – “Donors, The Hollow Parties, Distance, And Democracy” https://capitalresearch.org/article/donors-the-hollow-parties-distance-and-democracy/ The New Republic: Ben Metzner – “The Decay of America’s Political Parties” https://newrepublic.com/article/184302/decay-americas-political-parties-schlozman-rosenfeld-interview New York Times: Sam Rosenfeld and Daniel Schlozman – “The Republican Party Has Devolved Into a Racket” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/opinion/politics/republican-party-trump-racket.html Politico: Ian Ward – “Democrats Are Feckless and Republicans Are Chaotic. Here’s Why.” https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/01/hollow-political-parties-donald-trump-00155297 Reason: J.D. Tuccille – “Hollow Major Parties Preside Over a Politics of 'Fear and Loathing'” https://reason.com/2023/08/07/hollow-major-parties-preside-over-a-politics-of-fear-and-loathing/ Semafor: Davie Wiegel – “Why political parties desperately need to make a comeback” https://www.semafor.com/article/05/10/2024/why-political-parties-desperately-need-to-make-a-comeback Washington Examiner: Ben Jacobs – “Political party crashers” https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-life-arts/3010630/political-party-crashers/

    1h 22m
  8. We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus (Guest: Sean A. Mirski)

    JUL 29

    We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus (Guest: Sean A. Mirski)

    Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Sean A. Mirski, Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, to discuss his new book, We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and the Rise of the American Colossus. They discuss how the United States became a regional hegemon in the century following the Civil War, which no other great power in the modern era has managed to achieve. They also chat about what America’s rise to hegemon status can teach us about the United States faces from China, Russia, and Iran today. Get the book here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sean-a-mirski/we-may-dominate-the-world/9781541758438/?lens=publicaffairs Show Notes:The Spectator: David J. Garrow – “Visiting a forgotten chapter in American history”https://thespectator.com/book-and-art/visiting-forgotten-chapter-american-history-sean-mirski/ Washington Examiner: Jackson Lopez – “Review: We May Dominate the World by Sean Mirski”https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2441248/review-we-may-dominate-the-world-by-sean-mirski/

    1h 20m
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The Heartland Institute's podcast discussing notable new works with their authors. Hosted by Tim Benson.

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    2020 - 2024
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