Joel Miller on The Idea Machine - Bookish Questions
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Host Alan Cornett interviews author Joel Miller about his new book The Idea Machine. The Idea Machine Joel Miller Substack | X
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Cultural Debris is a podcast hosted by Alan Cornett who interviews guests and explores culture in the tradition of Russell Kirk, Wendell Berry, the Inklings, the Agrarians, and the Distributists.
Alan Cornett hosts Cultural Debris, a society show with 63 episodes published.
Host Alan Cornett interviews author Joel Miller about his new book The Idea Machine. The Idea Machine Joel Miller Substack | X
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Joel Miller
author of The Idea Machine, veteran publisher, Chief Content Officer at Full Focus · Flames Financial Planning
2 appearances on this show
Rod Dreher
1 appearance on this show
Eduard Habsburg
Archduke of Austria, Ambassador of Hungary to The Holy See, Sovereign Order of Malta · Holy See
1 appearance on this show
Chris Arnade
1 appearance on this show
Dale Ahlquist
president · Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Holly Ordway
author of Tolkien’s Faith
1 appearance on this show
Alan Noble
associate professor of English · Oklahoma Baptist University
1 appearance on this show
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