Martin Delany was the would-be founding father of a West African colony who secretly supported John Brown’s treasonous raid on Harpers Ferry—only to ally himself with Southern Confederates after the Civil War. Why did endorse a Democrat for governor? Should he have been canceled from history?由Will Pflaum, of sunshineonthehudson.com

Looking into the distant past, we see people fighting over arcane differences. Are our fights any less trivial?由Will Pflaum, of sunshineonthehudson.com

In this episode we consider Warrior Culture.由Will Pflaum, of sunshineonthehudson.com

Edmund Burke (18th century) and Karl Popper (20th century) were two political philosophers who failed to see the danger of the status quo and moderation. Audio on audio.由Will Pflaum, of sunshineonthehudson.com

The principle of generosity in a debate or dialogue: don't ignore or mischaracterize your opponent's argument. In this podcast, we consider Churchill and the Bengal famine of 1943-44 versus Stalin and collectivization. Here are some of the sources we consider:Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age Arthur He…

A call about the Federal Reserve's Main Street lending program.由Will Pflaum, of sunshineonthehudson.com

in the subreddit r/changemyview I battled an army of neoliberal billionaire's boots lickers and whooped them. They had no argument, just a bunch of irrational hypotheticals and nonsensical arguments about something being "arbitrary" and in fact eliminating all science and law as "arbitrary" in the process without realizing. No argument. The revolut…

BBC History Extra Podcast interview with Steven Clark critiqued. If you want to debunk myths of the French Revolution, beating up the Jacobins is not the way to do it. Rather, if the French revolution failed, the flaw was the increase in state power.由Will Pflaum, of sunshineonthehudson.com