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Ep4 REVIVED: "The Glorious Cause" is the best book on the American Revolution (that I've found)
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Ep4 REVIVED: "The Glorious Cause" is the best book on the American Revolution (that I've found)

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In honor of July 4th, my review of Robert Middlekauf’s The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789.

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Discussion about this episode

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Swagaman's avatar

Gang weed

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Swagaman's avatar

I listened to this book you should too.

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jackson's avatar

Free subscribers will be expelled to England but be ostracized by the social gentry

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Belte's avatar

Has anyone ever seen Conundrum and Brandon in the same room? It’s been a week from a Conundrum broadcast, and I started to ask very important questions about whether the podcast was with an actual voice filter.

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Eric Brancard's avatar

Happy Independence Day everyone!

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Belte's avatar

Hey Eric, I gave this film rec below for you in an earlier post, so reupping it in case you didn’t see it. Substack is great but not good for direct communication.

Last week, I saw the film “A Quiet Place: Day One.” I highly recommend it (which feels weird to do as it is now in theaters and new movies generally are terrible). I had not seen the original films, so I went in knowing just the basics of the premise. It was really gripping with characters you begin to actually care about, along with showing not telling or being too heavy handed (a benefit of the plot device about noise). Of course the idiots are all white males, but it’s not in your face annoying and even the dude from “Amistad” showed up. That man has an immense stage presence and actually is an excellent actor (used pretty well in this film).

I think there is strong symbolism within the film for many topics of interest to the #1 Mad Max/Dunc podcast. The isolation and fear of others captures the feeling of Covid hysteria along with the fear of someone intervening in urban violence. Your fellow man becomes a liability and a vector for danger. The message is: keep silent, don’t draw attention to yourself. I’d be interested in hearing yours and any Paid subscribers’ thoughts on it (free subscribers are as always not welcome here…see the PUGBro chest tattoo).

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Eric Brancard's avatar

I didn’t see that post but will check it out. Thanks.

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Tex's avatar

Damn, when I hear that music at the start of the show it makes me wanna run through a brick wall. Must be what my dad felt when the music for NFL Films or the Masters came on

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J. Riley's avatar

We need a new book review soon, reapplying for a Civil War a Narrative review. When we win American men will be given a copy of the book when they turn eighteen.

Also have you read A Country of Vast Designs? Most of the reading I've done in my my life has been about antebellum America and I have to say this is the best book for understanding the Mexican-American War and Manifest Destiny.

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Payload's avatar

Payload Movie Review Demand Part #2: Q&A (1990) I find viewing this one in 2024 a profound example of how the Multicultural Utopia of the Progressive Left is a retarded pipe dream. While I’m sure this is not what Sidney Lumet intended when it was made it’s obvious viewing it today. Nick Nolte and Armand Assante are excellent as well.

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Kaka4kookoopuffs's avatar

Hope everyone had a blessed 4th!

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Daniel V. Gaglio's avatar

I should go back and re-listen to some older episodes. These are great. What's not great is free subscribers. I hope they all realize how lucky they are to be hearing this episode right now and just click that subscribe button

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