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Podcast: Capitalism and contemporary poetry
Micah Mattix is joined by guest James Matthew Wilson to discuss the state of contemporary poetry and the shutting down of literary magazines.
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Podcast: The complexity of the Middle Ages
Micah Mattix is joined by guests Matthew Gabriele and David Perry to discuss their new book, The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe.
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Podcast: Cormac McCarthy’s ‘All the Pretty Horses’ at 30
Micah Mattix is joined by guest Dr. Michael Crews, author of Books Are Made Out of Books: A Guide to Cormac McCarthy’s Literary Influences, to discuss Cormac McCarthy’s novel, All the Pretty Horses.
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Podcast: The origin of New England’s stone heaps
Micah Mattix is joined by guest Dr. Timothy Ives to discuss his controversial book on the history of New England’s stone heaps, Stones of Contention.
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Podcast: Understanding Tolkien’s Tom Bombadil
Micah Mattix is joined by guest C.R. Wiley to discuss his new book, In the House of Tom Bombadil.
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Podcast: The West’s war on tradition
Micah Mattix is joined by guest Tim Stanley to discuss his new book, Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West.
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Podcast: Can American self-governance be saved?
Micah Mattix is joined by guest Tony Woodlief to discuss his new book, I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance.
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Podcast: On detective fiction
Micah Mattix is joined by John Wilson to discuss detective fiction and the supposed distinction between genre fiction and literary fiction.
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Podcast: The first Thanksgiving
Micah Mattix is joined by guest Dr. Thomas Kidd to discuss how the pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
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Micah Mattix
Micah Mattix is a senior editor of The Spectator’s World edition and the author of the Prufrock newsletter. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, the New Criterion, the Atlantic and many other publications.
