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Charlie Kirk Memorial, Christianity, Cold War Communists with Benjamin Rutledge (from Prague)

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Benjamin Rutledge is a Czech-American Christian with a diverse academic and professional background, which includes military service, international political economy studies, and teaching at a Czech private school.

Benji & I met a few weeks ago in Prague and became fast friends. When we met for lunch last Friday, he told me about Charlie Kirk & Iryna Zerutska’s memorial in Wenceslas Square. Afterward, I posted an Instagram reel of us laying flowers there and it’s been viewed over 600k times! What a worldwide outpouring of support!

In this episode, we discuss:
  • Family background in Prague, communism, and move to the US
  • Parents’ meeting, marriage, and values of frugality & faith
  • Views on marriage, women, and cultural differences between Czech, Polish, and American women
  • Faith, Christianity, and importance of marrying a Christian
  • Naval Academy plans, ulcerative colitis diagnosis, and move to Prague
  • Teaching career in Prague (English, politics, Cold War history)
  • Charlie Kirk and Irina Zaruzka memorial in Prague
  • Cold War history, Soviet influence, and relevance to modern Russia-Ukraine conflict
  • Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia and parallels to US politics
  • Cultural differences in alcohol consumption (Mississippi vs Czech Republic)
  • Communist propaganda & Cold War museums in Warsaw, Gdańsk, and Prague
  • Personal investing: gold, silver, real estate, and classic car
  • London School of Economics and Bain & Company in Warsaw
  • Work-life balance and rejection of extreme workaholic culture
  • Joy from faith conversations, church life in Prague, and dating challenges
  • Czech concerns: Russia, Ukraine war, and immigration/identity issues
  • Investment outlook: gold, silver, AI technology
  • Importance of WWII and Cold War lessons for today
  • Advice to young men: long-term thinking & relationship with Jesus
  • Rise in church attendance after Charlie Kirk’s death
  • Dangers of labels in society and faith
  • Lack of Austrian economics at LSE, dominance of Keynesian thought
  • Oxford controversy over Charlie Kirk remarks
  • Forgiveness, Erica Kirk’s speech, and strength in faith
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Hi there! I’m the Man Overseas, a thirty-something-year-old from Houston, TX, who in 2015, took a year-long sabbatical from a lucrative sales job in the States to travel the world on passive real estate income.
After one year abroad, I discovered the FIRE (financial independence retire early) community, and have since become a proverbial card-carrying member.
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