10 Books that Screwed Up the World
A Podcast Series about the old ideas that've shaped the Western Worldview
If you want to understand the culture, you need to understand philosophy. But if that task seems overwhelming, this podcast series is just for you.
Benjamin Wiker’s book, 10 Books that Screwed Up the World, is easy to read and allows anyone to engage with some of the most destructive ideas in Western philosophy. To help you out, I’ve recorded a special episode of raZe the roof to go along with each chapter. Together, the book and the podcast offer you a great way to understand how these thinkers (whether you know it or not) have shaped your worldview.
Ep 7 - Machiavelli and the Art of Power
Based on his study of Popes and Kings, The Prince by Machiavelli offers strategies for taking and keeping power. Machiavelli’s ideal of ruthless pragmatism has profoundly influenced political theory and leadership models in the West. Some of his advice includes the importance of appearing virtuous while being willing to act immorally and the effectivene…
Ep 12: Descartes and Dualist Identity
If we as Christians hope to Cultivate the Culture and sow the seed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then we must understand the big ideas that have shaped the worldview of the people around us. Today Owen Anderson joins Joe and Leroy to explore how Rene Descartes’ old ideas on reason and reality have shaped the waters of identity we swim in. If you want …
Ep 15: The Leviathan of Christian Atheism
If we as Christians hope to Cultivate the Culture and sow the seed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then we must understand the big ideas that have shaped the worldview of the people around us. Today, R. Scott Smith joins Joe and Leroy to explore how Thomas Hobbes'’ old ideas have shaped our political philosophy of power, leadership, and ethical narcissi…
Ep 18: Rousseau and the Happy Beast
Ideas have consequences and so today Joe Miller and Leroy Hill are joined by Dr. Owen Anderson to offer a biblically sound and philosophically robust discussion of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s book, Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men. They show how this book you’ve never read is behind many of today’s headlines, cultural conflict…
Ep 21: Confronting the Communist Manifesto
Ideas have consequences and so today Joe Miller and Leroy Hill are joined by George Haraksin to offer a biblically sound and philosophically robust discussion of The Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. They’ll show how this treatise is behind many of today’s biggest headlines. Through their witty banter, the guys till the…
Ep 23: John Stuart Mill's Loveless Atheism
Ideas have consequences, and so today Joe Miller and Leroy Hill offer a biblically sound and philosophically robust discussion of John Stuart Mill’s 1863 essay titled Utilitarianism. They’ll show how Mill’s loveless atheism stands behind many of today’s moral conflicts, shaped the Western worldview, and maybe even deformed the worldview of many Christia…
Ep 25: Darwin's Descent of Man into Inhumanity
Ideas have consequences and so today Joe Miller and Leroy Hill are joined by Richard Weikart to offer a biblically sound and philosophically robust discussion of Darwin's 1871 book, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. They’ll show how Darwin’s embrace of the godless philosophy of human evolution stands behind many of today’s moral confl…
Ep 27: Morality is Dead and We have Killed It
Ideas have consequences so today Joe Miller and Leroy Hill are joined by Owen Anderson to offer a biblically sound and philosophically robust discussion of Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 book Beyond Good and Evil. They’ll show how Nietzsche’s atheist morality lies beneath many of today’s social conflicts. Through their witty banter, the guys till the soil of …
Ep 30: The State is Dead and We have Killed It
Ideas have consequences and so today Joe Miller and Leroy Hill are joined by the president of Ratio Christi Corey Miller to offer a biblically sound and philosophically robust discussion of Vladimir Lenin’s 1917 book The State and Revolution. They’ll show how Lenin applied the philosophy of Marx and Engels to justify the killing of millions and how many…
Upcoming Episodes
⏺️ June 23 - Sanger, The Pivot of Civilization (w/Kevin Briggins)
⏺️ July 21 - Hitler, Mein Kampf (w/Richard Weikart)
⏺️ Aug 25 - Freud, The Future of an Illusion (w/Kat Elias)
⏺️ Sep 29 - Margaret Mead, Coming of Age in Samoa (w/TBD)
⏺️ Oct 27 - Kinsey, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) )w/Alex Fogassy)
⏺️ Nov 17 - Friedman, The Feminine Mystique (w/Lanell Mason)
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