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Michael Shellenberger on Nietzsche, political revolution, and training a better elite.

Michael Shellenberger is the founder of Public, the C.B.R. Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at the University of Austin (UATX), and the best-selling author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities (HarperCollins 2021) and Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All (HarperCollins 2020).

This is Episode Five of The Uncaptive Mind, hosted by UATX Editor-in-Chief Audrey Unverferth. It was recorded on August 2, 2025, in Esztergom, Hungary, at Mathias Corvinus Collegium's annual conference, MCC Feszt.

00:00 — Preview
00:51 — What is the pathology of our elites?
02:33 — Grooming gangs, machetes & the total state
05:29 — Nietzsche's Parable of the Madman
07:04 — Political revolution
08:39 — Were we betrayed by the Enlightenment?
08:57 — American exceptionalism
09:18 — The "Return of the Strong Gods"
09:53 — Michael's life advice
12:04 — Are you captive to your audience?
13:11 — How media works
14:58 — What happens after our elites fail?
17:46 — Michael's book recommendation

Links:
UATX: https://www.uaustin.org
UATX on X: https://x.com/uaustinorg
Audrey Unverferth on X: https://x.com/audrey_unver
Michael Shellenberger on X: https://x.com/shellenberger
Michael on the "Return of the Strong Gods":    • Michael Shellenberger Discusses the "Retur...  
Michael's Guide to Escaping the Woke Matrix (2023 lecture):    • Michael Shellenberger's Guide to Escaping ...  
Public: https://www.public.news
Civilization Works: https://www.civilizationworks.org/about
MCC Feszt: https://mccfeszt.hu/en/
Mathias Corvinus Collegium: https://mcc.hu/en/