My guest is former Ambassador Alberto Miguel Fernandez. Alberto served as US Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea, and also served in various diplomatic roles around the world including in Afghanistan, Syria, and Sudan. He currently serves as vice president of the Middle East Media Research Institute.
Alberto shares his early introduction to Russell Kirk’s writings, his family’s history with his native Cuba, his career as a US diplomat, and thoughts about disappearing cultures around the world with his recent article in The Lamp magazine as a jumping off point.
This interview was recorded just prior to the rapid collapse of Afghanistan this past week, but Alberto discusses his time in Kabul and the role of the US there. Plus, stick around for some book recommendations at the end.
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Bookish Questions - Alan Noble
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CD 42 - Feasting With Caitlin Smith Gilson
CD 41 - Laird Mackintosh: The Last Phantom
CD 40 - Dale Ahlquist on G.K. Chesterton
CD 39 - Ferenc Horcher On Roger Scruton
CD 38 - John Herreid & Contemporary Catholic Art
CD 37 - Eduard Habsburg & The Habsburg Way
CD 36 - Kathryn Wehr On Dorothy Sayers and ’The Man Born to Be King’
CD 35 - Eric Twardzik & American Ivy Style
CD 34 - Holly Ordway & Sharing the Gospel Through Literature
CD 33 - Kevin Gutzman on The Jeffersonians
CD 32 - Raj Bhakta & (Very) Old Armagnac
CD 31 - Os Guinness & The Great Quest
CD 30 - Annette Kirk: From Long Island to Mecosta
CD 29 - Luke Sheahan on The University Bookman and Academic Freedom
CD 28 - Jason M. Baxter & The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis
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