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Apr 2022
1h 25m

Episode #104 - Matt Ehret and the Proper...

TOM LUONGO
About this episode
Historian and geopolitical commentator Matt Ehret joins me for a wide-ranging discussion on the current state of of world politics and what it means in a philosophical and metaphoric sense.

Ultimately, the theme of the day is how do we as idea men lead people out of the wilderness to see the false reality that's been constructed for us.
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