Interview with Scott Powell

The Secular Foxhole

Happy New Year everyone! Our first guest of the year is Scott Powell. Homeschooler, historian and self-described, "nomad capitalist."

He is the author of three books, most notably, The History of Now, and The History of Tomorrow. We cover these topics and more. Give it a listen!

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Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Anchor facts of American history - Knowable World dot com
• Johann Gustav Droysen - Britannica
• The Early Ayn Rand: A Selection from Her Unpublished Fiction - Wikipedia
• Ideas and Revolution Locke and America; Rousseau and France by Scott McConnell, John Ridpath. Presented at: Lyceum, August 9, 1997. - Objectivist Media dot com
• John Ridpath - York University
• VanDamme Academy
• 4 Benefits of Teaching History Present-Centrically
• The 4-Hour Historian: An Anti-Textbook Volume 1: The World We Live In 1.0 - The Roots of Progress blog
• History Detectives
• Luc Travers - History At Our House
• Books by Scott Powell
• President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points (1918) - The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
• Hari Seldon - Wikipedia
• The Fourteen Points reading group
• The Fourteen Points on YouTube
• Interview with Warren Fahy - Episode 45 of The Secular Foxhole podcast
• Jack Vance - Wikipedia
• To Live Forever (Clarges)
• Scott Powell on Twitter (X)

Episode 93 (55 minutes) was recorded at 1700 Central European Time, on January 2, 2025, with Alitu's recording feature. Martin did the editing and post-production with the podcast maker, Alitu. The transcript is generated by Alitu.

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