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Thinking Class

John Gillam
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Western Civilization
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Motherhood
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Thinking Class is a weekly long-form interview podcast exploring the cultural, historical, and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, and the Western world.

Hosted by John Gillam, the show brings together historians, philosophers, theologians, economists, and public intellectuals for conversations that go beyond the news cycle by examining the deep roots of the West's present predicament ... more

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Theodore Dalrymple is the pen name of Dr. Anthony Daniels — physician, psychiatrist, and social diagnostician. He spent years working in the hospitals and prisons of Birmingham before his essays for City Journal established him as the foremost chroni... more

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Michael Lind is a political theorist, historian, and one of America's most rigorous independent analysts of class, democracy, and political economy. He is a Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Aus... more

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Dr. Carl R. Trueman is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania and currently a visiting Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. His most recent books are The Rise and Triumph of the Mo... more

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Richard IV is a writer, cultural commentator and men's mentor whose work has helped thousands of men in Britain and across the West understand what has gone wrong and what can still be recovered.

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Recent Guests

Michael Lind
Political theorist, essayist
Episode: #124 - Michael Lind: Why Britain And America Keep Betraying Their Working Class
Richard IV
Writer, cultural commentator, and men's mentor
Episode: #122 - Richard IV - Britain Stopped Giving Men Heroes And This Is What Fills The Vacuum
Kathleen Stock
Philosopher, contributing editor at UnHerd, author
UnHerd; author of Do Not Go Gentle
Episode: #121 - Kathleen Stock - The West Is Offering Death As A Solution — Do Not Go Gentle
Nigel Biggar
Lord, Anglican priest, theologian and moral philosopher; Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology at Oxford
University of Oxford, House of Lords
Episode: #120 - Lord Nigel Biggar & Tirthankar Roy: Britain's Empire Was Not What You Were Taught — An Indian Historian Has The Evidence
Tirthankar Roy
Professor of economic history at LSE; specialist in South Asian history, colonialism and industrialisation
London School of Economics
Episode: #120 - Lord Nigel Biggar & Tirthankar Roy: Britain's Empire Was Not What You Were Taught — An Indian Historian Has The Evidence
John Waters
Irish journalist, author, columnist; author of John Waters Unchained
Independent journalist
Episode: #119 - John Waters - Ireland's Moral Revolution And The Crisis Of Authority
Michael Reiners
Barrister, architectural historian, and founder of the Reiners Project
Reiners Project
Episode: #118 - Michael Reiners - The Laws That Quietly Abolished England: Blair's Constitutional Settlement And What Can Be Done About It
Lord Jonathan Sumption
Former Justice of the United Kingdom Supreme Court, medieval historian, and author
Author of The Challenges of Democracy
Episode: #115 - Lord Jonathan Sumption - Can Democracy Survive the Britain We’re Becoming?
Dr. Carrie Gress
Philosopher, theologian, cultural critic, bestselling author, and editor of Theology of Home.
Theology of Home
Episode: #114 - Dr Carrie Gress - How Feminism Became the West’s New Moral Authority

Host

John Gillam
Host of a long-form interview series focused on history, culture, and the political challenges facing the West, with a notable focus on serious conversations with leading thinkers.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 54 ratings
  • Wisdom not just knowledge

    In the vast ocean of information, there seems to be little truth and even less interest in wisdom. This podcast, the excellent guests, and the judicious interviewer, are all illuminating and inspiring.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Reflect101
    United Statesa year ago
  • One of the Best

    One of the most thoughtful, insightful podcasts out there. Each episode is thought provoking and a reinforcement of civilised debate.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Richiemorgan59
    United Kingdoma year ago
  • First-rate podcast.

    Quality content, quality guests. Discovered by mistake.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Www.compton
    United Kingdoma year ago

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#124 - Michael Lind: Why Britain And America Keep Betraying Their Working Class
Q: What does AI disruption mean for the working class and the future of work?
AI and automation threaten routine clerical and lower-level professional roles, potentially concentrating advantage among capital owners and top technocrats who can deploy capital-intensive systems. Yet this disruption could also create opportunities for smaller-scale, high-skill production and new forms of entrepreneurship, if communities mobilize to organize, reskill, and build local economic ecosystems that leverage advanced technologies.
#124 - Michael Lind: Why Britain And America Keep Betraying Their Working Class
Q: How do you define the 'managerial elite' and why do you think it persists across the US and UK?
The managerial elite comprises credentialed professionals who run vast organizations—corporate, nonprofit, and government—where power rises from exams, appointments, and technocratic authority rather than inherited status or traditional land-based wealth. It persists because these elites control the levers of modern governance and economic coordination, often coordinating with or overshadowing traditional elites, and because large-scale organizations require specialized management that can fragment and centralize decision-making.
#122 - Richard IV - Britain Stopped Giving Men Heroes And This Is What Fills The Vacuum
Q: At a high level, when you look at men in the modern West today, what do you think most people are missing?
Richard suggests an ontological understanding of who men are, arguing men lack a rooted sense of identity and initiation; without a path or ritual guidance, they drift toward superficial markers of success, while traditional paths once provided a clear place to belong and become part of a larger order.
#121 - Kathleen Stock - The West Is Offering Death As A Solution — Do Not Go Gentle
Q: What distinguishes the moral weight of an individual act from the systemic policy of assisted death?
An individual act involves interpersonal ethics and can be context-dependent, whereas a state-sponsored system creates rules, safeguards, and societal expectations that have wide-ranging secondary effects on the whole fabric of society.
#121 - Kathleen Stock - The West Is Offering Death As A Solution — Do Not Go Gentle
Q: Kathleen, a bill is moving through the British Parliament right now that would allow doctors to help their patients die. How would you summarize the core concern here?
The core concern is that turning end-of-life decisions into a state-facilitated system risks altering how society values life, raises coercion risks, expands who can be eligible, and shifts dignity from a personal, relational realm to an administrative policy.

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1. Michael Lind
2. Richard IV
3. Kathleen Stock
4. Nigel Biggar
5. Tirthankar Roy
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7. Michael Reiners
8. Lord Jonathan Sumption

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