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Members-Only Essays

Tolkien's Guide to Defeating Evil

Why your fight always matters

Apr 11 • The Culturist and Evan Amato

How to Reclaim Your Imagination

G.K. Chesterton on regaining agency

Apr 4 • The Culturist

Tolkien's Guide to Re-Enchantment

Learn to love things, not control them

Mar 28 • The Culturist

Dostoevsky's Warning About Loneliness

And the dangers of the imagination

Mar 21 • The Culturist and Evan Amato

Weekly Newsletter

The Essentials of Italian Literature

5 you've (probably) never read

Apr 15 • The Culturist

How Language Shapes Your Thinking

Everyone knows that language shapes your thinking.

Apr 8 • The Culturist

Is It Ever Okay to Lie?

The philosophy of Dietrich von Hildebrand

Apr 1 • The Culturist

Why Do Certain Numbers Keep Appearing?

The mystery of 3, 7, and 12

Mar 25 • The Culturist

Book Club

1:42:25

Book Club Recap: The Sun Also Rises

Introduction (Session 1 of 2)

Apr 9 • The Culturist

Book Club: The Sun Also Rises (Session 1)

Here's the link to join

Apr 7 • The Culturist

Book Club Recap: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Reflections (Session 2 of 2)

Mar 25 • The Culturist

1:30:23

Book Club Recap: The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Introduction (Session 1 of 2)

Mar 12 • The Culturist

1:19:42

Book Club Recap: Screwtape Letters

Reflections (Session 2 of 2)

Feb 26 • The Culturist

1:32:46

Podcasts

44:19

Dante & the Evolution of Consciousness

Interview w/ Mark Vernon

Aug 11, 2025 • The Culturist, Mark Vernon, and Evan Amato

Was Aristotle Right About Happiness?

Conversation with Classical Wisdom

Mar 27, 2025 • Evan Amato, The Culturist, and Classical Wisdom

50:11

Who From History Inspires You Most?

We ask Niall Ferguson & Joe Lonsdale...

Mar 17, 2025 • Niall Ferguson, Joe Lonsdale, and Evan Amato

45:05

The Truth About Churchill

Andrew Roberts explains

Nov 16, 2024 • The Culturist and Evan Amato

1:09:24

How to Make Architecture Great Again

Chatting with Michael Diamant

Oct 30, 2024 • The Culturist and Evan Amato

2:04:21

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