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Dr David Butterfield is Provost of Ralston College (https://www.ralston.ac/), Editor-in-Chief of Antigone (antigonejournal.com/), and Literary Editor of The Critic (thecritic.co.uk/). He recently hosted a YouTube tour of his Classics library with @timothykenny: youtube.com/watch?v=EuHYBFh3K30
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Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.
00:00 - Trailer
00:44 - What Actually Is Civilization?
05:54 - Why Western Tradition Beats Western Civilization
08:59 - The Greek Miracle That Created Our World
12:39 - The Shocking Birth of Democracy
16:03 - Ad: AG1
17:37 - How Athens Turned Tyranny Into Power
22:32 - Inside Athens’ Radical Democracy
31:32 - Ostracism, Free Speech & Cancel Culture 2.0
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36:03 - Why Athenian Democracy Was Doomed
42:59 - How 300 Spartans & Athenian Navy Saved the West
49:28 - Ad: Sheath
51:03 - Hubris, Sicily & Athens’ Brutal Fall
59:40 - The Harsh Lessons Athens Has for Us Today
01:02:34 - Britain’s Broken Democracy in 2026
01:07:17 - Why I Quit Cambridge
01:08:08 - Ad: Hims
01:09:32 - The Death of Meritocracy
01:20:33 - My Truth vs Reality — The Sophists Return
01:25:52 - The One Thing We’re Not Talking About
01:28:55 - Final Warning: Read or Perish
01:29:34 - What’s The One Thing We’re Not Talking About
Triggernometry is proudly independent. Thanks to the sponsors below for making that possible:
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Dr David Butterfield is Provost of Ralston College (https://www.ralston.ac/), Editor-in-Chief of Antigone (antigonejournal.com/), and Literary Editor of The Critic (thecritic.co.uk/). He recently hosted a YouTube tour of his Classics library with @timothykenny: youtube.com/watch?v=EuHYBFh3K30
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About TRIGGERnometry:
Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.
00:00 - Trailer
00:44 - What Actually Is Civilization?
05:54 - Why Western Tradition Beats Western Civilization
08:59 - The Greek Miracle That Created Our World
12:39 - The Shocking Birth of Democracy
16:03 - Ad: AG1
17:37 - How Athens Turned Tyranny Into Power
22:32 - Inside Athens’ Radical Democracy
31:32 - Ostracism, Free Speech & Cancel Culture 2.0
34:06 - Ad: Shopify
36:03 - Why Athenian Democracy Was Doomed
42:59 - How 300 Spartans & Athenian Navy Saved the West
49:28 - Ad: Sheath
51:03 - Hubris, Sicily & Athens’ Brutal Fall
59:40 - The Harsh Lessons Athens Has for Us Today
01:02:34 - Britain’s Broken Democracy in 2026
01:07:17 - Why I Quit Cambridge
01:08:08 - Ad: Hims
01:09:32 - The Death of Meritocracy
01:20:33 - My Truth vs Reality — The Sophists Return
01:25:52 - The One Thing We’re Not Talking About
01:28:55 - Final Warning: Read or Perish
01:29:34 - What’s The One Thing We’re Not Talking About
