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The book was mentioned in relation to discussing the currents of thought that had spread to the United States, and included a specific exegesis on the song 'Mack the Knife'.
I think another sort of lodestar here is Alan Bloom, closing of the American mind. You know, one of, he was very excited about, excited in a negative way, that is, about some of the intellectual philo...
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Episode: Michael Weiss: Perp Walks and Counteroffensives
The book was mentioned in relation to discussing the currents of thought that had spread to the United States, and included a specific exegesis on the song 'Mack the Knife'.
I think another sort of lodestar here is Alan Bloom, closing of the American mind. You know, one of, he was very excited about, excited in a negative way, that is, about some of the intellectual philosophical currents that had wafted over to the United States from the continent.
I remember he has this long exegesis of the song, Mack the Knife. Do you remember that in his book? And this is based on Machenesser, which is like a German, you know, kind of vaudeville song from Weimar, Germany, I believe, which is all about a serial killer.