Episode 126: Vejas Liulevicius - Western Civilization in 60 Minutes

Vejas Liulevicius is a historian, an author, and a professor whose "Great Courses" lectures include "Turning Points in Modern History" and "War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500–2000."------------Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(01:00) Rome, Greece, and the Enlightenment(12:57) Contrasting the Enlightenment to other political philosophies of its time(22:07) The American Revolution and the American Experiment(30:47) Alexis de Tocqueville and "Democracy in America"(34:24) The Weimar Republic and the Rise of Nazism(46:41) How Hitler rose and what culturally preceded dictatorship in Germany(54:16) The 2024 U.S. Presidential election and our point in history(58:20) The Great Courses