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Last week, Rob Long and Peter Robinson found themselves in a disagreement about --not kidding-- The Crusades. Well, one of the great things about having a very popular podcast is that you can get just about anyone to show up and adjudicate any dispute or question one might have. It's basically like having Wikipedia on call. But more about that in a moment. Up first, independent journalist Michael Tracey had a radical idea: there was a lot of talk about the riots in the mainstream media, but almost no reporting on the aftermath and the human cost of the unrest. So he got in his car and did it himself. His story is very much worth your time, as is this conversation with him (thanks to Ricochet member @Concretevol for the suggestion!). Then, as mentioned, we tracked down Professor Thomas Madden, aka the world's foremost authority on The Crusades to determine who got it right. You'll have to tune in to get the results. Also, @BossMongo wins the coveted LPoW badge this week, and are movie theaters history? We discuss.
Music from this week's show: Ourselves To Know by Warren Zevon
James Lileks
Peter Robinson
Rob Long
Michael Tracey
Thomas Madden
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With that graphic, EJ has outdone himself. Which is saying something. The man is a genius.
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Hadn’t heard that tune before and just listened to it in full. Holy cow that’s a great song.
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I said this on another thread, but The American Story is really wonderful. At least half of the episodes have made me cry. It’s like the unwoke answer to The Memory Palace, which used to be good until (probably inevitably) Nate DiMeo decided that his listeners needed to learn specific lessons from his stories (instead of just, you know, enjoying them).
I am delighted that they are sponsoring Rico podcasts. I sent them a donation a month or two ago, and within ten days I received a handwritten thank you card from host Christopher Flannery. It's a class operation all the way around.
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Good lord, was Thomas Madden sitting next to an industrial hydraulic press? What the heck was that noise?
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I remember Prof. Madden from an old episode of Uncommon Knowledge!
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