The Patriot Philosopher

In this episode I chat with writer, novelist, and lawyer, Scott J. Bloch about hisconversion to the Catholic faith, the pedagogical influence of John Senior and the Integrated Humanities program at the University of Kansas chronicled in his most recent novel, 'Mount Wonder,' the  intellectual legacy of Hilaire Belloc, and the future of Catholic higher education. Scott's bio and writings can be found in the links below:https://scottbloch.com/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mount-wonder-scott-j-bloch/1141676690https://www.christianbook.com/essential-belloc-prophet-our-times-ebook/scott-bloch/9781935302957/pd/84954EB

In this episode, I interview Dr. Scott Yenor, Professor of Political Science at Boise State University, about his works and writings on the recovery of  family life, the dangers of creeping feminism to traditional family values, the rise of wokeism and cancel culture in academia, and the future of the family in relation to rapid technological advancement.Links to Scott's website and book can be located below:https://www.boisestate.edu/sps-politicalscience/faculty/scott-yenor/https://www.amazon.com/Recovery-Family-Life-Exposing-Ideologies/dp/B08LZVKBNX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R9P9AGLCS537&keywords=recovery+of+the+family+yenor&qid=1664589381&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjE3IiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=recovery+of+the+family+yenor%2Caps%2C80&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc

In this episode, I chat with my friend, coach, and teammate, Ryan White, of South Shore Sport Fighting about the values and virtues of fighting and mixed martial arts. We talk about the main reasons that got Ryan into fighting and fight training, what values and virtues mixed martial arts cultivates, the evolution and future of MMA, and the connection between MMA and larger culture.You can find out more about Ryan's work and training services below:https://www.southshoresportfighting.com/https://www.instagram.com/ryanthegreatwhite85/

In this interview I chat with Dr. Jonathan Gottschall about his path from literature professor to cage-fighter. We also talk about the history of male violence in culture and throughout history, dueling and honor cultures, toxic masculinity, and what MMA says about present society and the human condition. Here is more info on Jonathan and his various works: https://www.jonathangottschall.com/Jonathan is a Distinguished Fellow in the English Department at Washington & Jefferson College. His writing at the intersection of science and art has been covered in-depth by The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Oprah Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Science, Nature, and on shows like Radiolab, Morning Edition, National Geographic's StarTalk with Neal de Grasse Tyson, and The Joe Rogan Experience. Jonathan is the author or editor of eight books, including The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human (Houghton 2012), The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch (Penguin 2015), and The Story Paradox: How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears them Down (Basic Books, November 2021), which is a about the dark side of humanity's storytelling instincts. 

In this episode I chat with my friend Brad Barlow, former US Air Force officer, US Air Force Academy grad, lawyer, and Theology PhD candidate at Oxford. In particular we talk about the American Constitutional tradition and the various competing and overlapping obligations this tradition  entails for American Christians, citizens, and officers.Here is a link the Kevin Gutzman text Brad mentions in the interview below:https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Incorrect-Guide-Constitution-Guides/dp/1596985054

In this episode, I talk with my cousin, Dan Lozzi, founder of the death metal band, Branch Davidian, about his unique commitments to Catholicism, pro-life activism, straight-edge, animal rights, and veganism as well as what it was like growing up in blue state Massachusetts. Dan and I also talk about the importance of music as a political vehicle as well as the withering of traditional male/female relationships in the present societal decline.Links to Dan's Music and Bands can be found below:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysq9Xj2Nz24https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HReT1B-wjG4https://exsanguination.bandcamp.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4fGAQf--0WENhItkzTp3dA

In this episode, I sit down to interview Dr. Hy Rothstein, retired faculty member at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California, retired Special Forces officer for over 26 years, and West Point graduate. Here we talk about the changing face and character of modern warfare, aspects of military leadership and theory, and the dangers of creeping 'wokeism' in the armed forces.More of Hy's Bio and works can be found below:https://www.hoover.org/profiles/hy-rothsteinhttps://www.amazon.com/Afghanistan-Troubled-Future-Unconventional-Warfare/dp/159114745X

In this episode I talk with Norman J. Fulkerson, one of the senior leaders of the lay Catholic organization, The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property, popularly known as TFP. In particular, we talk about the founding and mission of TFP, the importance of chivalry and patriarchy in contemporary American and Western culture, as well as Norman's biographical work, 'An American Knight: The Life of Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC)'. We close by talking about the importance of merit, humility, and noblesse oblige in a thriving society.For more information about TFP, see the links below.https://www.tfp.org/https://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Counter-Revolution-Plinio-Correa-Oliveira/dp/1877905178/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GJRP6F2PJX75&keywords=REVOLUTION+AND+COUNTER+REVOLUTION&qid=1655283843&sprefix=revolution+and+counter+revolution%2Caps%2C110&sr=8-1For more information about Norman's work on Colonel Ripley, see the link below.https://www.amazon.com/American-Knight-Life-Col-Ripley/dp/1877905437/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RTVAC41TIFFQ&keywords=norman+fulkerson&qid=1655283361&sprefix=norman+fulkerson%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-1

In this episode I interview Oxford scholar, theologian, and recent Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Nigel Biggar. Here we discuss Nigel's academic and Christian upbringing, his road to Oxford, his eventual encounter with 'woke' academia in 2017, and his efforts since then at the leading edge of the present culture war.Nigel's previous works can be found here.https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/staff/professor-nigel-biggarHis forthcoming work, "Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning," can be pre-ordered at the link below.https://www.amazon.com/Colonialism-Moral-Reckoning-Nigel-Biggar-ebook/dp/B09R94BS6WHe can be found on Twitter at: @NigelBiggarhttps://twitter.com/NigelBiggar 

Here is a recent public Zoom talk I gave on the many moral and philosophical problems intrinsic to transgenderist ideology.

In this episode I chat with Michael Voris, Catholic author, apologist, and founder of Saint Michael's Media and Church Militant. Here we talk about his falling away and return to the faith, the present and future state of Catholic media, and some predictions for America's uncertain future.Michael's work can be found at www.churchmilitant.com

In this episode I interview philosopher and public intellectual, Dr. Stephen Hicks, about his thoughts on the present state of 'woke' academia, woke society, and the future of classical liberalism and the West.Dr. Hicks is the author of such works as,Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault Nietzsche and the NazisThe Art of Reasoning: Readings for Logical AnalysisEntrepreneurial Living  (with Jennifer Harrolle) Liberalism Pro and Con The rest of his works can be found at, http://ethicsandentrepreneurship.org/

In this episode I interview Thomist philosopher, Christopher Tomaszewski. Christopher is a professor of philosophy at Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina. Here we talk about elements of Aristotelianism, Thomism, and Catholicism and how they bleed over into considerations between church and state in the present age.Christopher's writings can be found below,https://firstphilosophy.weebly.com/https://twitter.com/adorientem

LIVE NOT BY LIESOn the day Solzhenitsyn was arrested, February, 12, 1974, he released the text of “Live Not by Lies.” The next day, he was exiled to the West, where he received a hero's welcome. This moment marks the peak of his fame. Solzhenitsyn equates “lies” with ideology, the illusion that human nature and society can be reshaped to predetermined specifications. And his last word before leaving his homeland urges Soviet citizens as individuals to refrain from cooperating with the regime's lies. Even the most timid can take this least demanding step toward spiritual independence. If many march together on this path of passive resistance, the whole inhuman system will totter and collapse.-- by Edward E. Ericson, Jr. and Daniel J. Mahoney, The Solzhenitsyn Readerhttps://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies

In this episode, I talk with my co-author, Timothy J. Gordon about our forthcoming book,               Don't Go to College (Regnery Publishing) as well as some of Tim's other writings and thoughts in the areas of religion, politics, and culture.Tim's other writings and courses can be found in the links below.https://www.timothyjgordon.com/https://twitter.com/timotheeology

In this episode, I interview American historian, Vietnam veteran, and career Armor officer, Professor Andrew Bacevich, about his various works focusing on civil/military relations, American foreign policy (past and present), and veteran and geopolitical concerns heading into the 2020s.Andrew's Bio can be found here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_BacevichHis latest work, "After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed can be found here:https://www.amazon.com/After-Apocalypse-Americas-World-Transformed/dp/B08KHX3455/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UKKQRP3N3S9A&keywords=bacevich&qid=1650937604&sprefix=bacevich%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1And his other influential work discussed, 'Breach of Trust" can be found here:https://www.amazon.com/Breach-of-Trust-Andrew-Bacevich-audiobook/dp/B00EAZH68A/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VO05NO0M1RUC&keywords=bacevich+breach&qid=1650937729&s=audible&sprefix=bacevich+breach%2Caudible%2C130&sr=1-1

In this episode, I interview Will Knowland, host of 'Knowland Knows' and former Eton teacher of English who was sacked last year from Eton because of his controversial Youtube video defending aspects of patriarchy and traditional masculinity (link below). In this episode we talk about cancel culture, how Western civilization got here, why we need to return to tradition and the Cardinal virtues, and what it will take for the West to be saved. Will is also a father of 6 and an amateur powerlifter.'Knowland Knows' Youtube Channel & 'The Patriarchy Paradox':https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTHgMxQEoPI&t=139sKnowland Knows Substack:https://knowlandknows.substack.com/

In this episode, I interview Rusty Reno, chief editor at First Things magazine, the leading Catholic & conservative intellectual magazine dealing with issues of politics and culture.Specifically, we talk about Rusty's excellent essay 'Return of the Strong Gods' concerning issues of faith, family, and nation heading into the 2020s  and featured in the link below.https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/05/return-of-the-strong-gods

An audio reading of my exit letter from academia published last June on Substack giving more of an explanation as to the motivation behind this podcast.https://michaelrobillard.substack.com/p/how-i-left-academia-or-how-academia?s=w

-Vision and Purpose of this podcast.-Definitions and classic accounts of ‘Patriotism' and ‘Philosopher.'-Planned Format and Frequency.-About the author, Dr. Michael Robillard, his transition from military officer, to Oxford philosopher, to Catholic revert & independent podcaster/author.*PODCAST LAUNCH scheduled for APRIL 23, 2022.