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Aired: March 23, 2020 • 30 minutes

Charles Krauthammer Chortles, ‘The Appeal of the Ordeal,’ Part 2

In his tongue-in-cheek essay “The Appeal of the Ordeal,” Krauthammer takes us deep into his thinking about the “human propensity to test the worthiness of a thing by seeing how well it stands up to abuse.” Host Dennis Leap continues his discussion of Krauthammer’s reflection over people’s willingness to prove themselves by running a marathon, and he begins a discussion of the ordeal of culture elite.