Cornel West

Oh, no, no. I hear what you're saying, brother. But keep in mind what we mean by truth here, though, that, yes, the pursuit of truth ought to be central. But truth is a species of the good in the sense that the way to truth requires trust, integrity, humility, openness and respect for others saying what they say, even when you radically disagree.

Oh, no, no. I hear what you're saying, brother. But keep in mind what we mean by truth here, though, that, yes, the pursuit of truth ought to be central. But truth is a species of the good in the sense that the way to truth requires trust, integrity, humility, openness and respect for others saying what they say, even when you radically disagree.

So truth is not some abstraction that you're just trying to grab. It requires a process so that character formation, what I'd call soul craft, that's old language going back to medieval times, right? Your soul has to be shaped in such a way that you have an integrity, honesty, decency, so that your quest for truth is a genuine one, not just a rationalization of your own opinions and dogma.

So truth is not some abstraction that you're just trying to grab. It requires a process so that character formation, what I'd call soul craft, that's old language going back to medieval times, right? Your soul has to be shaped in such a way that you have an integrity, honesty, decency, so that your quest for truth is a genuine one, not just a rationalization of your own opinions and dogma.

That's crystallized in this way. I've been collaborating with my brother for 20 years. I'm telling you so that it depends on what form. Very, very much so. But certainly this text is a kind of crystallization because we've been on chocolate sides, vanilla sides of cities. We've been among the well-to-do, the working classes. We've been in Catholic churches. We've been in Baptist churches.

That's crystallized in this way. I've been collaborating with my brother for 20 years. I'm telling you so that it depends on what form. Very, very much so. But certainly this text is a kind of crystallization because we've been on chocolate sides, vanilla sides of cities. We've been among the well-to-do, the working classes. We've been in Catholic churches. We've been in Baptist churches.

We're just trying to bear witness, Brother Charlie. We're trying to bear witness.

We're just trying to bear witness, Brother Charlie. We're trying to bear witness.

I don't know if that would have killed a lot of my vote. He's taking a lot of grief for that. Most of them came from non-voters, but don't go there.

I don't know if that would have killed a lot of my vote. He's taking a lot of grief for that. Most of them came from non-voters, but don't go there.

I think we have narrow ideological lens and we're not willing to learn from a variety of perspectives. Lift every voice is the very anthem of black folk. When you lift every voice, you're like a jazz woman or a blues man. You're willing to go beyond being an echo and become a a voice. You know, you all were talking about Hillsdale College.

I think we have narrow ideological lens and we're not willing to learn from a variety of perspectives. Lift every voice is the very anthem of black folk. When you lift every voice, you're like a jazz woman or a blues man. You're willing to go beyond being an echo and become a a voice. You know, you all were talking about Hillsdale College.

I just want to shout out my dear brother Bradley Burtzer and his magisterial text on Russell Kirk as well as Christopher Dawson. Never met him. Learned much from him. Why? He's lifting his voice. I'm lifting my voice. We're bouncing off against each other. Never met him in the flesh. But why? Because we're involved in the quest for truth.

I just want to shout out my dear brother Bradley Burtzer and his magisterial text on Russell Kirk as well as Christopher Dawson. Never met him. Learned much from him. Why? He's lifting his voice. I'm lifting my voice. We're bouncing off against each other. Never met him in the flesh. But why? Because we're involved in the quest for truth.

Because love is the most profound force. in human life and in human history. And the last thing you ever want to do is to truncate any kind of flow of love because of a political or ideological issue. When you sit down at Thanksgiving around your family, with your mama and grandmother and aunts and uncles.

Because love is the most profound force. in human life and in human history. And the last thing you ever want to do is to truncate any kind of flow of love because of a political or ideological issue. When you sit down at Thanksgiving around your family, with your mama and grandmother and aunts and uncles.

Keep the love flowing, even though you might have political differences, because love is the fruit of the red, produces the fruit of the red joy that will help sustain you in your move from mama's womb to tomb.

Keep the love flowing, even though you might have political differences, because love is the fruit of the red, produces the fruit of the red joy that will help sustain you in your move from mama's womb to tomb.

Absolutely. Thank you so very much for having us. Yeah, thank you, Georgia.

Absolutely. Thank you so very much for having us. Yeah, thank you, Georgia.