Listen to this chapter on any podcast app, at YouTube, at Substack, or here: Last time, we explored music as an example of how it’s possible to think meaningfully without thinking rationally. The meaning of a piece of music can make us shiver, cry, exult, or even change how we live our lives. And yet even great musicians struggle to explain that meaning. That’s not … [Read more...] about The Art of Politics: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 14
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Escape From the Iron Cage: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 13
Listen to this chapter on any podcast app, at YouTube, at Substack, or here: Escape from the iron cage of alienation appears to be impossible: You’ll never think of a way out, because it’s thinking that locks you in. Unless you discover a different way to think. Or rather, rediscover. Humans have always practiced multiple ways of … [Read more...] about Escape From the Iron Cage: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 13
How to Lose in One Word: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 12
Listen to this chapter on any podcast app, at YouTube, at Substack, or here: As we’ve seen, a glance can be enough for us to decide whether we trust someone. So can a single word. Every politician, or anyone trying to persuade anyone else of anything, faces two make-or-break moments: the moment before they say a word, and the moment they do. We turn to that … [Read more...] about How to Lose in One Word: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 12
It’s the Alienation, Stupid: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 11
Listen to this chapter on any podcast app, at YouTube, at Substack, or here: The fiendish thing about the iron cage is that the harder you try to escape, the harder that gets. The cage, after all, is the way you think. So the more you try to think your way out, the more surely you lock yourself in. A case in point: The Democratic Party … [Read more...] about It’s the Alienation, Stupid: The Liberal Backbone, Chapter 11
A Hollow Man Vacates the Chair & Other Leadership Lessons, Cautionary & Otherwise, with Kevin Lewis & Zach Friend
Something new this episode: our first video podcast is up at YouTube. You can also listen as always on any podcast app. If you like the video version, please give it a thumbs up and/or click to subscribe. The format’s different this time too: more of a conversation than an interview, with two of my favorite people from the worlds of politics and communications, Kevin … [Read more...] about A Hollow Man Vacates the Chair & Other Leadership Lessons, Cautionary & Otherwise, with Kevin Lewis & Zach Friend