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S4E15 To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: A Conversation with Dr. Benjamin Nathans
In this episode of Madison’s Notes, host Laura Laurent sits down with historian Benjamin Nathans to explore his groundbreaking new book, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement. Nathans offers a deep dive into the history of Soviet dissent, tracing the courageous efforts of Soviet citizens who risked everything to challenge the system from within, spanning from Stalin’s death to the collapse of communism. By invoking the very laws of the Kremlin, these dissidents exposed the regime’s internal contradictions, playing a pivotal role in its eventual downfall.
The discussion focuses on key figures in this movement, from well-known Nobel laureates like Andrei Sakharov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn to lesser-known but equally vital contributors. Nathans also touches on the broader implications of their struggles for modern authoritarian societies today.
Benjamin Nathans, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is a distinguished expert in Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union, Jewish history, and the history of human rights. His previous acclaimed works include Beyond the Pale: The Jewish Encounter With Late Imperial Russia. Nathans is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and is recognized for his expertise on Russian and Eastern European history.
Madison’s Notes is the podcast of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.
Contributions to and/or sponsorship of any speaker does not constitute departmental or institutional endorsement of the specific program, speakers or views presented.
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S4E13 The Impeachment Power: A Conversation with Keith Whittington
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In this week’s episode we step into conversation with Keith Whittington about his new book, The Impeachment Power, we explored the historical and constitutional dimensions of impeachment in American politics. Whittington provided a detailed account of how the Founders intended impeachment to function as a safeguard against executive overreach. We discussed the evolution of impeachment cases, fr...
S4E14 Our Enemies Will Vanish: A Conversation with Yaroslav Trofimov
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Join us as we discuss Yaroslav Trofimov’s recent publication, “Our Enemies Will Vanish”. We dive into the history of his journalism, the personal account of his reporting, and the ongoing war on Ukraine. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has spent months on end at the heart of the conflict, very often on its front lines. In this authoritative account, he traces th...
S4E13 The Impeachment Power: A Conversation with Keith Whittington
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In this week’s episode we step into conversation with Keith Whittington about his new book, The Impeachment Power, we explored the historical and constitutional dimensions of impeachment in American politics. Whittington provided a detailed account of how the Founders intended impeachment to function as a safeguard against executive overreach. We discussed the evolution of impeachment cases, fr...
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams with Stacy Schiff
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On October 29, 2024, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosted a Pulitzer Prize-winner, Stacy Schiff. She is the author, most recently, of The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, hailed as “enthralling” by The New York Times, a “tour de force” by The Wall Street Journal, “superb” by NPR, and as “wildly entertaining” by The New Yorker. The Revolutionary appeared on most 2022 ...
S4E12 The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: A Conversation with Grahm McAleer and Alexander Rosenthal-Pubul
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Based on The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition, this week’s conversation with authors Dr. Grahm McAleer and Dr. Alexander Rosenthal-Publu focus on the enduring relevance of classical and Enlightenment-era thought for modern political and ethical debates. The book explores into how the traditional wisdom of the west still provides insight into contemporary ...
Saving Democracy, Looking to Lincoln with Allen Guelzo
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On October 9th, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosted a lecture with its very own Allen Guelzo, Director, James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship. The lecture was titled "Saving Democracy, Looking to Lincoln", and was part of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship. Can democracy in America be saved? One way to answer that question is t...
S4E11 Religion and Republic: A Conversation with Miles Smith
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In our latest podcast episode, we sat down with historian Miles Smith, who teaches at Hillsdale College, to discuss his new book, Religion and Republic. In this insightful conversation, we explored the book's themes, which examine the complex relationship between religion and politics in shaping the American republic. Smith delves into how religious beliefs influenced the political ideologies a...
Student Orientation Event: Making the Most of Your Princeton Education
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On September 9, 2024, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosted a first-year orientation event with Solveig Gold '17 (Senior Fellow in Education and Society, American Council of Trustees and Alumni; Princeton University Class of 2017 Alumna), Matthew X. Wilson '24 (Public Discourse Fellow at the Witherspoon Institute; Research Assistant to Professor Robert George; Pri...
The Forgotten Responsibilities of the First Amendment with Stephen Collis & Keith Whittington
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On October 1, 2024, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosted Stephen Collis, Clinical Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law; Director, Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center, UT Austin; Director, Law and Religion Clinic, UT Austin, and Keith Whittington, David Boies Professor of Law, Yale Law School, for a discussion on "The Forgotten Respon...
S4E10 The Social Contract in the Ruins: A Conversation with Dr. Paul DeHart
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In the latest episode of Madison’s Notes, we sit down with Dr. Paul DeHart, professor of Political Science at Texas State University and author of The Social Contract in the Ruins. In this illuminating discussion, Dr. DeHart challenges the prevailing belief that social contract theory and classical natural law are fundamentally incompatible. His book offers a bold argument: political authority ...
S4E9 The Fragility of China: A Conversation with Dennis Unkovic
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In this episode of Madison's Notes, we sit down with Dennis Unkovic to discuss his latest book, The Fragility of China. Unkovic delves into the complex forces shaping China's political, economic, and social landscape. From the country's rising internal challenges to its evolving role on the global stage, Unkovic offers a nuanced perspective on why China's future may be more uncertain than it ap...
First-Year Families Weekend: Liberal Arts and the Examined Life
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On September 28, 2024, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosted a First-Year Families Weekend event titled, "Liberal Arts and the Examined Life." What does it mean to live an examined life? How can you learn to think for yourself about the deepest and most profound human questions? What sorts of studies encourage wonder, intellectual vitality, and patient reflection?...
Government Corruption and Private Power with Julia Mahoney
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On September 18, 2024, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions hosted its annual Antonin Scalia Constitution Day Lecture with Julia Mahoney, John S. Battle Professor of Law and the Joseph C. Carter, Jr. Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. The event was titled, "Government Corruption and Private Power." The founding generation sought to bu...
S4E8 From Tribalism to Common Humanity: A Conversation with Dr. John Ellis
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For most of recorded history, neighboring countries, tribes, and peoples everywhere in the world regarded each other with apprehension-if not outright fear and loathing. Tribal or racial attitudes were virtually universal, with no one group being much better or worse in this respect than any other-understandable, given the conditions of life before the modern era. However, over the past 500 yea...
S4E7 Ethical Machines: A Conversation with Reid Blackman
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S4E7 Ethical Machines: A Conversation with Reid Blackman
S4E6 Celebrating Constitution Day Pt. 2: A Conversation with Julia Mahoney
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S4E6 Celebrating Constitution Day Pt. 2: A Conversation with Julia Mahoney
S4E5 Celebrating Constitution Day Pt. 1: A Conversation with Cass R. Sunstein
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S4E5 Celebrating Constitution Day Pt. 1: A Conversation with Cass R. Sunstein
S4E4 In Defense of Bad Science and the Philosophy of Being
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S4E4 In Defense of Bad Science and the Philosophy of Being
S4E3 The Human Advantage: A Conversation with Jay Richards
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S4E3 The Human Advantage: A Conversation with Jay Richards
S4E2 Lost in Ideology: A Conversation with Jason Blakely
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S4E2 Lost in Ideology: A Conversation with Jason Blakely
S4E1 James Madison and the Spirit of Self-Government: A Conversation with Colleen Sheehan
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S4E1 James Madison and the Spirit of Self-Government: A Conversation with Colleen Sheehan
Meet the New Host of "Madison's Notes"
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Meet the New Host of "Madison's Notes"
What and Why are Political Beliefs? A Conversation with Oliver Traldi
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What and Why are Political Beliefs? A Conversation with Oliver Traldi
Citizen Soldiers, Republican Virtues, and the Roman Way of War: A Conversation with Steele Brand
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Citizen Soldiers, Republican Virtues, and the Roman Way of War: A Conversation with Steele Brand
Great Minds Matter: Western Civilization and the Liberal Arts with Ben Sasse
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Great Minds Matter: Western Civilization and the Liberal Arts with Ben Sasse
Constitutional Integrity in the Thought of Keith Whittington - Afternoon Session (3 of 3)
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Constitutional Integrity in the Thought of Keith Whittington - Afternoon Session (3 of 3)
Constitutional Integrity in the Thought of Keith Whittington - Morning Sessions (1 and 2 of 3)
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Constitutional Integrity in the Thought of Keith Whittington - Morning Sessions (1 and 2 of 3)
The History of Washington D.C., America’s New Rome
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The History of Washington D.C., America’s New Rome
American Innovation, American Vitality A Conversation with Chris Buskirk
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American Innovation, American Vitality A Conversation with Chris Buskirk

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  • @gregoryvanikiotis3214
    @gregoryvanikiotis3214 20 годин тому

    Eberstadt is a propagandist for corporate interests.This fool is absolutely clueless.

  • @stevebrennan1309
    @stevebrennan1309 3 дні тому

    OH YEAHHHHH!

  • @MOOREENGAGING
    @MOOREENGAGING 8 днів тому

    A master historian and writer. Wonderful conversation. If you don’t appreciate history after watching this, make sure to check your pulse.

  • @ozguraslan1440
    @ozguraslan1440 11 днів тому

    the connection is wrong/failed is there any more information about this?

  • @richardpearson4169
    @richardpearson4169 13 днів тому

    The one thing that analysts are not assessing is the fact that Trump only wins when he is going against a woman. Each race and class of people have men and women who only want a man in leadership. Therefore, if as alleged by Pelosi that Newsom would have entered the race, there is a possibility that Newsom would have won.

  • @ljanderson3858
    @ljanderson3858 18 днів тому

    Garbage Trumper

  • @ms.aguilar4077
    @ms.aguilar4077 23 дні тому

    I'm so happy to have found this thoughtful and approachable academic treatment of Tolkien's masterpiece. Very insightful and enjoyable! Thank you both for sharing this. I hope more Tolkien/LOTR fans find it. There is now much Tolkien content out there, but it is rare to find this depth!

  • @tristan7216
    @tristan7216 27 днів тому

    34:00 well maybe Keynes was right after all. Automation didn't uniformly reduce everyone's hours, it drove some people's to zero, which you would expect since you can't automate everything at the same pace. Outsourcing had the same effect, sending work to "robots" in developing countries.

  • @BirthingBetterSkills
    @BirthingBetterSkills 27 днів тому

    This is the most valuable conversation I've heard about conversing. It's so important right now. And, I'd like to address an issue. I have worked for over 50+ years with very religious families, including conservative christians. Fortunately, I work in an area that is universal ... pregnancy/birth ... 100% of pregnant women will give birth. However, I have found that when these conservative christians start asking 'have you taken christ as your savior' and I say 'no' ... then they spend heaps and heaps and heaps of time trying to explain to me that if I don't take christ as my savior that I am going to hell. ln other words, their 'book' prevents them from seeing anything other than 'good (them) and evil (others). I have only discovered this phenomena with conservative christians and not conservative other religion. Presently, we are now facing over 50+ years of this group of conservative/radical christians who have been taking over the '7 mountains of society. They absolutely ONLY want their world view. I'd love to get some help here.

  • @jliang70
    @jliang70 Місяць тому

    When you talked about demographic problem in China even if we are to believe their population be halved, they would still have 770 million people, but the same demographic problem exist in the US. The US has more people in the 65+ bracket than China, there is 16% of the American in US that are older than 65 and in China there is 14% for the same age bracket. Talking about workers there are 770 million in its work force and that compare to 160 million in the US. When China's economy was growing at 12% and size of its economy was around 3 trillion and today if it is growing at 5% with economy of nearly 19 trillion that is a significant difference when you have an economy that grows by 360 billion over with an economy that grows by 950 billion. Is demographic important not necessarily and it will depend on what a country can produce and make and sell to the world, if your industry is only selling shirts, clothing, boots then what you are going to get in return is much less than you are selling ships, trains carriages, electronic components, telecommunication equipment, cars and a wealth of products that associate with it, countries that produced valued added products are going to earn more even with a decrease population.

  • @abhishekmhatre1554
    @abhishekmhatre1554 Місяць тому

    Christ he spoke about pretty much everything except Columbus. Could you've gotten a Columbus expert instead.

  • @ИринаКим-ъ5ч
    @ИринаКим-ъ5ч Місяць тому

    White Eric Jones John Harris Larry

  • @jasonrichardson0369
    @jasonrichardson0369 Місяць тому

    This podcast should be required listening for high school students in the U.S. Thank you for letting his ideas take center stage.

  • @ДмитрийДепутатов
    @ДмитрийДепутатов Місяць тому

    Robinson Brenda Taylor Ronald Rodriguez Brian

  • @helenmary9416
    @helenmary9416 Місяць тому

    this is so very disturbing, thank you for carrying on...

  • @metu5818
    @metu5818 Місяць тому

    So tell us your war story! How did you get your medals?

  • @unknownnetwork1
    @unknownnetwork1 Місяць тому

    John marshal is me Are fearing geroge? Obama ? Trump for trying to manipulating me? Witch hunt? So they don't teach us morals And they dumb us down and our govt officials don't take care of their people who served United States? That too meee who saved America?! Born in a shitty country where they don't teach you right way to behave Just because they know who I am Did they win I conquered sun with righteousness King Of Jerusalem Will I conquer sun everyday? But you all who cheated by taking oaths You know what's gonna happen to you Murder by numbers

  • @ДмитрийДепутатов
    @ДмитрийДепутатов Місяць тому

    Hall Barbara Hall Eric Taylor Kimberly

  • @clemfarley7257
    @clemfarley7257 2 місяці тому

    Wonderful, comprehensive, intelligent book. He does such a terrific job at such a high level with great thinkers. He makes it so easy to understand the intellectual history and why we’re here. Masterful.

  • @MrTomV
    @MrTomV 2 місяці тому

    Get these people back to the countries of their cultural origin - starting with this guy.

  • @hueycaesar
    @hueycaesar 2 місяці тому

    Would like to see Eugene Volokh address does First Amendment jive with doxing, cyberbullying? In today's social media age this is becoming a very prevalent topic, but he never seems to address it.

  • @msomayya2828
    @msomayya2828 2 місяці тому

    With out fear and favour

  • @msomayya2828
    @msomayya2828 2 місяці тому

    Rule of law is the ultimate

  • @tarikabaraka2251
    @tarikabaraka2251 2 місяці тому

    Keith E. Whittington es un politólogo y jurista estadounidense. Ha sido profesor de política William Nelson Cromwell en la Universidad de Princeton desde 2006. En julio de 2024, se incorporó a la facultad de Derecho de Yale.

  • @jasonrichardson0369
    @jasonrichardson0369 2 місяці тому

    Best one so far this season.

  • @lamontcranston3177
    @lamontcranston3177 2 місяці тому

    Kudlow is a flake, a coke head and a drunk. Just look at him! Listen to him slurring his words. He's always wasted; just like Giuliani and dozens of other Republican traitors.

  • @steveradford9168
    @steveradford9168 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for your continuing perseverance in support of the truth. Your efforts are vitally important in the struggle of what is right and what is wrong………it is good work that you do❤.

  • @helenreich713
    @helenreich713 3 місяці тому

    Dr. Jay, thanks for continuing to speak out so eloquently on the substantial mistakes of Covid policy. I hope that someday, the people who still fervently believe that they did the right thing, come to understand how misled they have been.

  • @JoanMcDermott-rj8vb
    @JoanMcDermott-rj8vb 3 місяці тому

    Soviet Union: Gulag Archipelago. USA: Covid Archipelago.

  • @msomayya2828
    @msomayya2828 3 місяці тому

    Nial whatever you do you cannot top the pity of war

  • @RaymondBARTEESr-qu7hr
    @RaymondBARTEESr-qu7hr 3 місяці тому

    Great work 😊

  • @LibertyTutors
    @LibertyTutors 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for the excellent interview!

  • @debbieramsey-hanks3757
    @debbieramsey-hanks3757 4 місяці тому

    Exceptional

  • @jong3404
    @jong3404 4 місяці тому

    The recipe analogy is apt.

  • @jong3404
    @jong3404 4 місяці тому

    A brilliant explanation of originalism.

  • @kevinhodge1221
    @kevinhodge1221 4 місяці тому

    No Ben sasse is a great man. Not crazy about trump. I respect him much. Tell me anyone that doesn’t flip-flop.

  • @whatisthepointofthis1
    @whatisthepointofthis1 4 місяці тому

    >we're not a real nation >We have no American ethnicity What immensely disgusting statements

  • @HappyGuy11
    @HappyGuy11 4 місяці тому

    Some really nice guitar accompaniment by Dan on this one! Nice sounding mahogany guitar, too.

  • @leonardwilliams7772
    @leonardwilliams7772 4 місяці тому

    No one comes to the father, but through me - JESUS. It matters NOT who does not believe it.

  • @kevinhodge1221
    @kevinhodge1221 4 місяці тому

    Flip flops. Lol

  • @HappyGuy11
    @HappyGuy11 4 місяці тому

    As a singer, finger-style guitarist, and an online student in Prof. George's "Civil Liberties" class at Princeton, I enjoyed seeing this other facet of his personality. I liked the video and I highly recommend his class, available free from edX. It's great to see a famous scholar who is willing to show his other talents.

  • @Unchainedboar
    @Unchainedboar 4 місяці тому

    32 years old, i live alone and almost never leave the house

  • @farzana6676
    @farzana6676 5 місяців тому

    Princeton is overrun with radical leftists like all the rest...

  • @chasemorello60
    @chasemorello60 5 місяців тому

    🗳

  • @paulschultz2751
    @paulschultz2751 5 місяців тому

    Good discussion, keep speaking against what was done. AstraZenica was finally hauled into the federal court in Australia and forced to disclose the clinical trial data on adverse reactions to their product line and just withdrew it from global markets . Next is the case in Canada against Moderna. Progress is being made.

  • @richardmourdock2719
    @richardmourdock2719 5 місяців тому

    I loved that Dr. Guelzo made the point that Lincoln did not see vengeance as a principle of democracy. We should all remember that in 2024 as we go to the polls.

  • @marycollins8215
    @marycollins8215 5 місяців тому

    Thank you for hosting this guest whom I respect.

  • @BTC_Patriot
    @BTC_Patriot 5 місяців тому

    💪💪💪

  • @TheRootedWord
    @TheRootedWord 5 місяців тому

    31:00 What you are describing as your take on Marx is counter-Protestant (sinful nature concept), but it is in line with the state of human beings in the way they were created. Remember they did not have the knowledge of good and evil and therefore there was no inherent knowledge of ways internally, either good or evil. In that sense, humans indeed do not have a moral bearing within themselves. And indeed, we must derive that moral bearing from our relationship with the source and meaning of morality, God himself.

  • @TheBrainvision
    @TheBrainvision 5 місяців тому

    Hi, I'm Joe Rogan