Do nations fight wars because men are naturally violent? Or do societies condition men to embrace violence so they’ll fight the nation’s wars?
Along with co-hosts John Biewen and Celeste Headlee, this episode features reporting by Barry Lam of the Hi-Phi Nation podcast, with scholars Joshua Goldstein of American University, Tom Digby of Springfield College, and Graham Parsons of the United States Military Academy, aka West Point.
Music by Alex Weston, and Evgueni and Sacha Galperine. Music and production help from Joe Augustine at Narrative Music. Song fragment, “Men,” by Loudon Wainwright III.
Bonus: Long Shadow, In Guns We Trust
S6 E5: A Way Forward
S6 E4: The Forgetting
S6 E3: A Day of Blood
S6 E2: Crying "Negro Rule"
S6 E1: What Was Lost
Season 6 Trailer: Echoes of a Coup
Update: Scene on Radio status report
"The Excess of Democracy": Rebroadcast
White Affirmative Action: Rebroadcast
Losing Ground: Rebroadcast
Bonus: Introducing Hot Take
Himpathy: Rebroadcast
Things I'm Afraid to Say: Rebroadcast
Prince and Philando and Futures Untold: Rebroadcast
S5 E11: Change Everything
S5 E10: The Power Structure, Not the Energy Source
S5 E9: Pachamama
S5 E8: Last Orders
S5 E7: Deluges and Dreams
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