Miles Smith on The Destruction of Statues, Civic Friendship, and Classic Texts for Kids

In this episode:

• Miles Smith joins the podcast to discuss the destruction of American statues and the political endgame that motivates it
• a lesson against civic contempt for average people and a story about the wisdom and erudition of country folk
• a listener question about good books to introduce kids to the “great tradition”

Texts Mentioned:

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• The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
• The Great Tradition by Richard Gamble
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• Aesop’s Fables by Aesop
• Blessed Charles of Austria by Charles Coulombe
• The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
• The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon
• Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
• The Beginner’s Bible
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• Lee: A Biography by Clifford Dowdey
• King James Bible
• Book of Common Prayer
• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
• Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
• “What Happens When a Poor State Guts Its Public University” by Michael Powell

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