{"id":189264,"date":"2026-05-24T12:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T20:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189264"},"modified":"2026-05-24T21:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:39:17","slug":"when-men-were-not-afraid-5-24-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189264","title":{"rendered":"When Men Were Not Afraid (5-24-26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2TpMhWXgcUY?si=m6drzi9ajKjHMCgA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> When Men Were Not Afraid, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189207\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189207<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 05:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#300\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"300\">05:00<\/a> Kurt Campbell on China, Allies, and US Power, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xdrz-4aLOKk\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xdrz-4aLOKk<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 10:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#600\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"600\">10:00<\/a> Biographies, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=181463\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=181463<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 12:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#720\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"720\">12:00<\/a> Highlights, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=143746\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=143746<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 19:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1140\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1140\">19:00<\/a> Female Reporters in the Locker Room \u2013 What Was Gained &amp; Lost?, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189238\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189238<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 59:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3540\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3540\">59:00<\/a> Marty Beckerman: The Last Freelancer of the Pre-Platform Internet, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189229\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=189229<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:03:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3780\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3780\">1:03:00<\/a> The Rage of the Disinherited Insider: The Angry WASP Writer, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=188933\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=188933<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:33:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5580\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5580\">1:33:00<\/a> The Translator: Desmond Ford and the Limits of Adventist Reform, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=186397\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=186397<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:42:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6120\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6120\">1:42:00<\/a> Neil Strauss and the Literature of Self-Construction, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=187835\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=187835<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:58:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#7080\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"7080\">1:58:00<\/a> Decoding anger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 When Men Were Not Afraid, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=18920705:00 Kurt Campbell on China, 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