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Listen to This Article: The New Radical Chic
Narrated Version | Ahead of America’s 250th, the beautiful people have brought anti-patriotism fully back into style
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Zohran Mamdani and the Nitwit Revolution
New York's Mayor proved he's a generational political talent this week, re-shaping the Democratic Party and setting America up for a referendum on its…
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“Get Lit" June 25, 2026: Finishing Up Machiavelli's "Discourses on Livy," and Looking Ahead to "Demons."
Brad and Matt go over parallels between Rome and America, and look ahead to Fyodor Dostoyevsky's prophetic book, Demons."
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Machiavelli on Women, Virtue, and Fighting on "Get Lit"
A recording from Monday's live video
Jun 24
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The New Radical Chic
Ahead of America's 250th, the beautiful people have brought anti-patriotism fully back into style
Jun 23
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Livestream at 4:30 PM ET Today: Machiavelli on Women, Virtue, and Fighting on "Get Lit"
Brad and Matt's last livecast on "Discourses of Livy" has lessons for both Democrats and Republicans
Jun 22
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Listen to This Article: Post-Trump, Will Snobbism Still Work as an Electoral Strategy?
Narrated Version | The New York Times keeps setting new records for snootiness
Jun 19
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“Get Lit” Takes on Immigration, Foreign Wars, and other themes of “Discourses on Livy”
A recording from Monday's live video: Machiavelli had plenty of advice for current politicians on the subject of how, or whether, to maintain an empire.
Jun 18
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“Get Lit" June 18, 2026: Machiavelli's "Discourses on Livy," Book Two.
Watch now | Brad and Matt on how the Roman Empire was and was not like America.
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Listen to This Article: To an Ivy League Professor, Who Doesn't Understand "Equality"
Narrated Version | A Columbia professor writes a dumb column, in anticipation of what will likely be humorously bad book
Jun 17
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Editor's Note on the UFC Bash
Substack's own contribution to the snobbism epidemic is classic.
Jun 16
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Post-Trump, Will Snobbism Still Work as an Electoral Strategy?
The New York Times keeps setting new records for snootiness
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