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Lesson 12. Make eye contact and small talk (podcast)

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2021/12/08

Lesson 12. Make eye contact and small talk. This is not just polite. It is part of being a citizen and a responsible member of society. It is also a way to stay in touch with your surroundings, break down social barriers, and understand whom you should and should not trust. If we enter a culture of denunciation, you will want to know the psychological landscape of your daily life. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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Lesson 11: Investigate (podcast)

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2021/12/02

Lesson 11: Investigate. Figure things out for yourself. Spend more time with long articles. Subsidize investigative journalism by subscribing to print media. Realize that some of what is on the internet is there to harm you. Learn about sites that investigate propaganda campaigns (some of which come from abroad). Take responsibility for what you communicate to others. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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Lesson 10: Believe in Truth (podcast)

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2021/12/01

Lesson 10: Believe in Truth. To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe

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Lesson 9: Be Kind to Our Language (podcast)

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2021/11/30

Lesson 9: Avoid pronouncing the phrases everyone else does. Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey that thing you think everyone is saying. Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. Read books. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe

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Lesson 8: Stand Out (podcast)

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2021/11/28

Lesson 8: Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. Remember Rosa Parks. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit snyder.substack.com/subscribe

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7:40

Lesson 7. Be reflective if you must be armed (podcast).

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2021/11/21

Lesson 7. “If you carry a weapon in public service, may God bless you and keep you. But know that evils of the past involved policemen and soldiers finding themselves, one day, doing irregular things. Be ready to say no.”In the podcast, I go into greater depth about the sources of this lesson: the mass atrocities carried out by German policemen and soldiers during the Second World War. I also spend some time on what might help all of us to be more reflective about the past and present. This is a

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Lesson 6. Be wary of paramilitaries.

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2021/11/18

Dear All, It’s been one of the great pleasures of my life as a writer to speak about the new graphic edition of On Tyranny with its illustrator, Nora Krug. Her interpretation of the book is astounding and beautiful, and in our public conversations I have much enjoyed making contact with her and with our new public. There has also been a good deal of discussion of the book on television. I am now getting back to these podcasts, and will get them all out to you by Christmas (not by Hanukkah, which

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Lesson 5. Remember professional ethics (podcast).

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2021/10/24

As you know, I am releasing new discussions of the twenty lessons from On Tyranny, first as videos (notifying subscribers) and then as podcasts (for everyone). We have reached the fifth of twenty podcasts. In the book, the fifth lesson reads: “Remember professional ethics. When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become more important. It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law state without lawyers, or to hold show trials without judges. Authoritarians

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11:53

Lesson 4. Take responsibility for the face of the...

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2021/10/19

The text of lesson four reads:“Take responsibility for the face of the world. The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Do not look away, and do not get used to them. Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so.”Now that Nora Krug has made On Tyranny a deeper and better book with her transformative art, this lesson is even closer to me than it was in the past. Like much of On Tyranny, lesson four is about recognition

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Lesson 3. Beware the one-party state (podcast).

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2021/10/12

“Lesson 3. Beware the one-party state. The parties that remade states and suppressed rivals were not omnipotent from the start. They exploited a historic moment to make political life impossible for their opponents. So support the multiple-party system and defend the rules of democratic elections. Vote in local and state elections while you can. Consider running for office.”This is the third of twenty podcasts, discussing the twenty lessons of On Tyranny. This one, about the one-party state,

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Lesson 2. Defend institutions (podcast)

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2021/10/09

The last podcast was about lesson one, not obeying in advance. That is the first lesson of On Tyranny because all of the others depend upon it. If we do obey in advance, if we normalize what is coming before it even arrives, we are part of the problem of tyranny. If we can preserve our own sense of values, if "normal” for us means what is good and right and not just whatever happens, then we have a chance to follow some of the other lessons. Number two is about defending institutions, and this

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Lesson 1. Do not obey in advance (podcast)

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2021/10/05

Today is the publication day of a new graphic edition of my book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. Thanks to the extraordinary artwork of Nora Krug, it is now a deeper and better book. I have kept the lessons exactly as they were, but changed some of the supporting text to account for experiences of the past five years, and for the challenges of the years to come. In that spirit, I have also made new recordings discussing each of the twenty lessons. As promised, I will be

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Culture of Worry (audio)

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2021/07/19

Dear Friends, this essay elicited touching and interesting reactions, and I am encouraged to think and write more about our melancholy politics of parenting. This was also my most widely read essay at the time it was published, which was 20 May. Because it is very personal, I liked reading it. I hope you appreciate this version, which I am sending to everyone. In general, the writing will be for everyone, and the podcasts for subscribers. If you are not a subscriber and would like access to all

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Collage (audio)

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2021/07/10

Dear Friends, this is one of my favorite posts. I think some of it works better in the spoken language. I hope you enjoy it. I am sending this one out to everyone, although in general the podcasts are for subscribers. If you would like to have access to all of the podcasts, as well as to an archive of all of the posts, please do sign up. This text was published on 17 April 2021. TS This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,

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9/11 and 1/6 (audio)

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2021/06/08

This is my most recent post, read aloud by me. I chose to record it first, and to send it to everyone, because it deals with the preservation of democracy in the United States.If you would like to receive podcast versions of my other posts, please subscribe, if you have not already done so. Subscribers will receive audio as well as text versions of all past and future posts. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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