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The Jeremy Boreing Show

The Jeremy Boreing Show

Is America Rome? 3 Historians Debate Decline, Faith & Agency | Weds LIVE Ep.57

Sep 9, 2026 · 2h 17m

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China's central bank just bought more gold in a single month than it has in nearly three years — its 22nd consecutive month of buying, at record prices. They're not doing it because gold is cheap. They're doing it because they've made a decision about what the next hundred years looks like. Support the show and shave with a company that doesn't hate you: https://www.jeremysrazors.com/ Do we act like a civilization that plans to be here in twenty years? Or are we living through our own version of Rome's slow fade? Jeremy Boreing sits down with three guests who take that question seriously: historian Jeremy Ryan Slate (host of The Roman Pattern), Oxford classicist Spencer Klavan (host of…