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It's our last regular episode of 2021, but fear not! We'll be back...
With us today is historian Andrew Roberts, author of The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III. Roberts takes us through the many inaccuracies that have captivated modern imagination and loomed over his legacy. We get into George, the man; why Great Britain lost; how the Georgian records are relevant to contemporary culture war debates; as well as some fascinating 'What ifs?'
Also, the fellas go over Progressive leaders beginning to talk tough on crime; they wonder why after two years, nobody really knows much about Covid; and they look ahead to 2022 with some hope.
And be sure to join our co-founders Peter Robinson and Rob Long on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT for a members-only Q&A! For those of you who haven't already, join the party by signing up here!
Music from this week's podcast: You'll Be Back by Jonathan Groff and Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton and Happy Holidays by Bing Crosby from the 1942 film, Holiday Inn.
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Andrew Roberts
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Really? Not Yule Be Back?
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Rob thinks COVID is the biggest world conversation etc, since WW II? Did he forget how many people around the world died from AIDS? The figure I find is over 36 million.
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The world was not shut down by AIDS.
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Are you saying it should have been, or what?
I do remember lots of people claiming that EVERYONE - even married couples who wanted children - would have to practice "safe sex" in the future, FOREVER. Because EVERYONE was at EQUAL RISK.
Sounds like masks and stuff, doesn't it?
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Big fan but Andrew R. still won't say how he can write STORM OF WAR and not ever mention Gen. Curtis LeMay, not even a reference...at least be critical---NO?
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