The Gutenberg Podcast

We absolutely need more of this in this country. We are not able to govern ourselves if we do not understand who we are and where we come from. We need far more people who develop the mental musculature of HOW to think rather than passively being told (sometimes by people with not the most noble intentions and ambitions) WHAT to think. This is our intellectual and historical heritage. If we don’t know it, aren’t even aware that it exists, the entire body politic risks becoming so diseased that it may not be able to withstand the next infection that comes along. How does something like this podcast break through, though, given how utterly cluttered the information landscape has become? There is a certain segment of the youngest generation that has been nearly “entertained to death” and cannot focus on any one idea long enough to truly understand it, but we need to help them because they (along with their peers around the world) are the future. Whether that future is a new renaissance of knowledge and civic virtue or a dystopian hellscape depends upon what we as a society are doing right now. I applaud this podcast effort and I hope it finds a way to scale up. We need you!

As a graduate from Gutenberg College I suffered from “drinking out of a firehouse” syndrome during my four years as a student. This podcast would be great for current students, non students, and alumni alike! It has been such a wonderful refresher, and challenged me to reread books I didn’t finish or struggled to understand. Gil is the perfect man for the job too! He consistently asks questions I am wondering and helps tease out deeper explanations! Well done guys!

I really enjoyed the first episode so far. I miss these kind of conversations from my two very formative years at Gutenberg long ago. Looking forward to more episodes.

Thank you for this timely and helpful inaugural podcast!