In this episode of The Athenaeum Book Club, host Jeremy Ryan Slate is joined by Auron MacIntyre to explore Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, one of history’s most influential, and misunderstood, works on power.

Together they examine the turbulent world of Renaissance Italy, Machiavelli’s firsthand experience with politics, and his famous ideas about fear, fortune, virtue, and leadership.

They also explore Machiavelli’s fascination with Cesare Borgia, whom he personally observed during his dramatic rise to power.

Is The Prince a cynical handbook for rulers, or an honest examination of politics as it actually works?

A conversation about power, leadership, and human nature.

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