Conservative Conversations with ISI
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Conservative ideas are no longer welcome on most college campuses—or anywhere else. If you are a conservative student or professor, or just interested in the conservative intellectual tradition, this podcast is for you! Join Johnny Burtka, Marlo Slayback, and Tom Sarrouf for in-depth conversations with leading thinkers on the most important issues facing conservatism.
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Rediscovering the New Humanism: Eric Adler on Babbitt & More | Conservative Conversations
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May 27, 2025 |
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Health, Nutrition, and Ancient Wisdom with Dr. Sam Pappas
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May 20, 2025 |
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John C. Calhoun’s Political Roots | Kevin Gutzman Pt. II
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May 13, 2025 |
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From Atheism to Faith: Jason Hill’s Spiritual Journey
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May 06, 2025 |
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A Vision for a Healthier America
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The Medieval Mind: Insights with Rachel Fulton Brown
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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What Does It Mean to Order Our Loves Rightly?
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Secularism, Religion, and Violence: Rethinking the Narrative with Tal Howard
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Why Conservatives Should Care About Art with Brian Brown
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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The Gilded Age & Westward Expansion with Miles Smith
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Liberalism, Post-Liberalism, and Self-Governance with Michael Hanby
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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The Postmodern Predicament: Bobby Angel on Truth, Faith, and Culture
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Why Literature Still Matters: Jason Baxter on the Power of Great Books
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Paul DeHart on Natural Law, Consent, and the Fate of the Social Contract
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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The Legacy of President McKinley with Robert Merry
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Building a Wholesome Family in a Broken World with Eduard Habsburg
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Restoring Balance in Government with Charles Keckler
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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The Church Against the State with Andrew Willard Jones
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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The Rise of Satanism in the Public Square and How to Fight It with Frank DeVito
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Christian Liberty and Modern Challenges with Brad Littlejohn
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Rebuilding America: A Bold Vision for Industrial Policy with Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Rediscovering Christmas with Joseph Bottum
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Living Like It Matters: A Conversation with Anna Moreland and Tom Smith
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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How to Live an Impactful Life with Randy Barnett
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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The West and Ukraine with Brandon Weichert
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Behind the 2008 Financial Crisis with Todd Sheets
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Retrieving the Forgotten Legacy of Francisco Garcés with Jeremy Beer
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Reviving the American Dream with Tim Goeglein
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Discussing the Upcoming Election with Charles McElwee
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Transforming Higher Education | Richard Corcoran
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Discussing John Milton with Jeremy Larson
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Restoring the Republic | Ned Ryan
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Religion, Law, and the Common Good | Josh Craddock
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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A quick message to our listeners!
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Flannery O’Connor: Faith in Fiction with Alex Taylor
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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The Ghost in the AI Machine | Gene Callahan
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Freedom, Tradition, and the Digital Age | Brad Littlejohn
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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David Hume: Philosophy, Politics, and the Conservative Mind | Aaron Zubia
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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America's Role in a Changing World | Jon Askonas
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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What Are the Limits to Free Speech?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Exploring Montesquieu, David Hume, and the American Founding | Khalil Habib
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Current Legal Issues Shaping Conservatism | Garrett Snedeker
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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King Arthur: Myth or History? | Shawn Phillip Cooper
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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The Re-Paganization Thesis with N.S Lyons
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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The Philosophy of Philip Rieff | William Batchelder & Michael Harding
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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The Case for Christian Nationalism | Stephen Wolfe
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Unveiling the Deep State | Theo Wold
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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The Problem of Cheating in Universities | Phil Magness
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Totalitarianism, COVID-19, and Why Individuals Matter | Dr. Cliff Porter
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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A Discussion on Faith, Community, and the Middle Ages with Andrew Willard Jones
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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What is Christian Nationalism? | Mark Hall
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May 28, 2024 |
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What Is Southern Conservatism? | Alan Harrelson
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May 21, 2024 |
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The Truth Behind the Educational System | Corey DeAngelis
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May 14, 2024 |
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Marxism is Destroying America | Mike Gonzalez
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May 07, 2024 |
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Teaching the Bible: Insights with Professor Don Westblade
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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The New Deal, Poverty, and Government Intervention | Kevin Kosar
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Why Our Culture Is Anti-Family | Tim Carney
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The Legacy of the Early Church | Fr. John Strickland
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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How Does Our Constitution Protect Religion? | Miles Smith
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Philosophy and the Good Life | John Cuddeback
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Modern Age Journal Has a New Website! | Dan McCarthy & Andrew Beck
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Why Conservatives Suck at Media | Matthew Peterson
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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The Dark Side of FDR | David Beito
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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A Beginners Guide to Shakespeare | Benedict Whalen
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Exploring the Minds of the Founding Fathers | Michael Barone
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Creating the Next Great Statesman | Johnny Burtka
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Russian Conservatism: Past, Present, Future | Paul Robinson
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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A Guide to Roger Scruton | Fisher Derderian
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering on the “Theology of Home”
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Miles Smith on The Destruction of Statues, Civic Friendship, and Classic Texts for Kids
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Spencer Kashmanian Gives the “Conservative Case for Jazz”
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Jeremy Wayne Tate on the Classical Learning Test, Recovering the Great Books, and Transcendentals in Education
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Andrew Bacevich on the Limits of Power, Modern Military History, and the Folly of “Military Solutions”
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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William Benson and Michael Ippolito on The American Postliberal, Catholic Political Realism, and The 1492 Project
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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How Often Did the Founders Think About Rome? | Dr. Khalil Habib
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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H.W. Brands, Troy Senik, and Robert Merry on “The Forgotten Presidents of the 19th Century”
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Susan Hanssen on Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims and Puritans, and What’s Still Left to Conserve
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Jane Scharl on Poetry for Beginners, Patronizing the Arts, and Saving the World Through Beauty
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Modern Age Launch Special Panel: “Reagan: Working Class Populist or Fusionist Conservative?”
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Capt.Jerry Hendrix on the US Navy, American Foreign Policy, and A Life of Military Service
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Samuel Hammond on Artificial Intelligence, Techno-Leviathan, and Human Nature in the Tech Age
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Rodge Reschini on Conservatism at Cornell, Free Speech and Academic Freedom, and The Power of Alumni
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Alexandra Hudson on Civility in Politics, The Two Social Contracts, and The Limits of Politeness
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Tucker Carlson LIVE from ISI’s 70 Anniversary Gala for Western Civilization
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Jesse Merriam on the Antiracist Constitution, the Wages of Brown v. Board, and the Future of Affirmative Action
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Catherine Pakaluk on Having Large Families, Fertility and Demography, and the Joys and Challenges of Motherhood
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Liberal Education, Pragmatism, and Asceticism | Zena Hitz
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Tom Shakely on Making Birth Free, Democracy and the Right to Life, and the Rise of the Euthanasia Regime
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Michael Anton on “The Stakes,” The Failures of California’s Progressivism, and Possibilities for the Future of America
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Jay Richards on the Transgender Craze, the Postmodernist Attack on Reality, and How to Become an Expert
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Sohrab Ahmari on “Tyranny Inc.”, Galbraith-ians and Brandeis-ians, and Revitalizing American Labor
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Christopher Rufo on CRT, DEI, and the Leftist Takeover of America
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Brad Wilcox on Recovering Marriage, Children, and the Keys to Happiness
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Glenn Ellmers on The Failure of Modernity, Plato and Foucault, and the Return of Natural Right
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Joseph DeReuil on Being Sued by a Professor, the Irish Rover, and Student Journalism
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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ConCon Live! from ISI’s Homecoming with Daniel Mahoney and Jeff Sessions
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Episode 100: Lee Edwards on the History of ISI, Fusionism and Conservatism, and the Buckley Legacy
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Claes Ryn on the Failure of American Conservatism, The Imagination, and the Errors of Leo Strauss
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Zak Slayback on “Technology as Ideology”, Techno-realism, and Technological Disruption
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Special Episode featuring Patrick Deneen and Senator JD Vance: Regime Change and the Future of Liberalism
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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McKay Stangler on Richard Weaver, the Southern Agrarians, and the Politics of Language
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Alexander Salter on Distributism, Common Good Capitalism, and Wilhelm Röpke
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May 30, 2023 |
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Archduke Eduard Habsburg on “The Habsburg Way,” Marriage and Family, and Nationalism and Empire
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May 23, 2023 |
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Hadley Arkes on “Mere Natural Law,” Abortion, and the Logic of Law and Morals
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May 16, 2023 |
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Enrique Pallares on Spanish Liberalism and Conservatism, Miguel de Unamuno, and The Dangers of Ideology
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May 09, 2023 |
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Brad Birzer on Mythic Realms, Great Film, and the American Western
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May 02, 2023 |
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Paul J. Ray on The Administrative State, Exercising Practical Reason, and Subsidiarity
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Julius Krein on Productive Political Economy, Thinking about Capitalism, and the Political Realignment
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Joseph T. Salerno on Murray Rothbard, Demagogic Politics, and the Austrian Economists
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Conservative Conversations Live! with Henry Mack on Florida Schools and Democratic Citizenship
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Timothy Goeglein on Patriotic Education, The 1776 Project, and Revitalizing Civic Culture
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Kevin Gutzman on the Jeffersonians, State’s Rights and “Virginia Supremacy”, and Westward Expansion
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Special Lecture: Dan McCarthy on the History of Conservatism and the Conservative Movement in America
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Adam Hoffman on Campus Progressivism, Young Conservative Firebrands, and Reforming Higher Ed
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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William Ruger on Russia and Ukraine A Year Later, The Need for Grand Strategy, and Washington’s “Farewell Address”
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Mark Tooley on “The New Whiggery,” Christian Realism, and Classical Liberalism
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Chris Buskirk on Restoring National Vitality, Financialization, and Pragmatic Conservatism
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Thomas West on Natural Rights and the American Founding, Federalism, and Liberty and Equality
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Gladden Pappin on Post-Liberalism, Hungary, and Family Policy
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Fr. Benedict Kiely on the Persecution of Christians, Nationalism, and Social Conservatism
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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The Philosopher Pope: The Legacy of Pope Benedict XVI with Paul Kengor
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Jon Askonas on the Technological Age, “Post-Reality", and Marxism
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Aaron Renn on Evangelicalism in America, American Reformer, and Christian Nationalist Politics
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Sarah Gustafson on Anxiety and Restlessness in Democratic Times, Democratic and Aristocratic Soulcraft, and Harvey Mansfield
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Rod Dreher on The Benedict Option, The Myths and Realities of Hungary, and The Future of Christianity
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Matthew Spalding on Natural Law and the American Founding, Post-liberalism, and National Conservatism
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Senator Jeff Sessions on Honest Populism, Education Reform, and Coalition-Building in the New Right
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Greg Collins on Burke’s Political Economy, Capitalism and the State, and the Importance of “Manners”
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Alexandra DeSanctis on Abortion, Women and Work, and the Pro-Life Movement after the Midterms
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Dan McCarthy on Willmoore Kendall, Public Orthodoxy and Majoritarianism, and Nationalist Populism
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Curt Mills on the Midterm Elections, America’s Political Realignment, and the Future of the GOP
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Joseph Stuart on Christopher Dawson, The Primacy of Religion, and Cultural Appreciation
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Joshua Hochschild on the Metaphysics of Technology, Thomas Aquinas, and Wendell Berry
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Troy Senik on the Presidency of Grover Cleveland, Classical Liberalism, and 19th Century Political Culture
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Francesco Giubilei on the Election of Giorgia Meloni, Italian Politics, and the Future of European Conservatism
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Antony Davies on Student Loan Forgiveness, Taxation, and Rampant Deficit Spending
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Eugene Meyer on the Legacy of Fusionism, the Life and Thought of Frank Meyer, and Movement Conservatism
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Richard Gamble on Protestantism in America, the Gettysburg Address, and American Exceptionalism
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Frederica Mathewes-Green on Orthodox Spirituality, The Jesus Prayer, and the Legacy of Kallistos Ware
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Vincent Phillip Muñoz on Religious Liberty, Originalism, and the Natural Rights Tradition
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Marcus Witcher on Classical Liberalism, the Philadelphia Society, and Race and the Marketplace
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Phillip Blond on Red Toryism, the Limits of Nationalism, and Art Collecting
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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F.H. Buckley on Progressive Conservatism, Aristocracy, and Restoring the American Dream
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Chad Pecknold on Post-Liberalism, Augustine, and Building the City of God
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Carmel Richardson on Seed Oils, the Food Industry, and Crunchy Conservatism
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Charles Fain Lehman on Crime, Policing and the Conservative Approach to Criminal Justice Reform
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Roe Is Overturned – Ryan T. Anderson Explains What’s Next For Pro-Lifers
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Samuel Gregg on Inflation and Conservative Political Economy
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Geoff Shullenberger on Spiritual Decay, School Shootings, and René Girard’s Mimesis
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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David Whalen on Wonder, Literature as Political, and Books that Inspire
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May 31, 2022 |
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CC Live! Victor Davis Hanson on The Dying Citizen
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May 24, 2022 |
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Josh Craddock on SCOTUS, Overturning Roe, and Building a Culture of Life
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May 19, 2022 |
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Michael Gibson on Musk’s Twitter Takeover, and the Paper Belt on Fire
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May 03, 2022 |
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The Question That Rattled The Elites and the Future of Campus Journalism
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Matthew Schmitz on Compact Magazine, Right Liberalism and Left Libertinism
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Christine Emba on Rethinking Sex
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Kevin Roberts on The Future of the Heritage Foundation
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Steven F. Hayward on Reagan, M. Stanton Evans, and Lessons for Today
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Matthew Continetti on Neoconservatism
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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David Goldman on American Innovation & Great Power Competition
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 35—Elbridge Colby on Creating a Conservative Foreign Policy
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 34—Michael Brendan Dougherty on Populist Chaos, the Parental Principle And What Ireland Taught Him About Tradition
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 33—Tom Woods on Folk Libertarianism, the Biomedical Security State and the Anti-War Movement
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 32—Oren Cass on Breaking the College-for-All Model
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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David Reaboi on National Divorce
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Erica Bachiochi on The Rights of Women
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Helen Andrews on the Boomers
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Josh Hammer on The Conservative Legal Movement
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Pedro Gonzalez on the Crisis of Manhood
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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James Poulos and the Cyborg Vivarium
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Yoram Hazony Defines National Conservatism
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Dan McCarthy on the Media, Fake News, and Student Journalism
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Elizabeth Corey and Jeff Polet on The Woke University
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Mary Harrington & Reactionary Feminism
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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The Conservative Case for Nate Hochman
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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C.S. Lewis and Men without Chests
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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How should we teach American History?
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Michael Knowles, William F. Buckley Jr., and Political Correctness
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Keeping Locke in the Locke Box with Richard Reinsch
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Marlo Safi, Aesthetics, and Conservative Culture
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Sohrab Ahmari, The Unbroken Thread, and American Dystopia
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Marco Rubio, China, and Common Good Capitalism
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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After Nationalism, Dangerous Conclusions, and Pessimism
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Frank Meyer, Fusionism, and the Enduring Tension
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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The Tocqueville Option, Complexity, and Free Markets
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Roger Scruton, Civilization, Conservatism Abroad, and Impossible Dialogue
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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R. J. Snell, Fiction, Conservatism, and Conspiracy
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Gracy Olmstead, Farming, Localism, and Rootedness
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May 15, 2021 |
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Richard Weaver, C.S. Lewis, and the Conservative Response to Relativism
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May 01, 2021 |
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Allen Guelzo, Rewriting History, Grad School, and Lincolnian Conservatism
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Ross Douthat, Decadence, Neoliberalism, and Conservative Discourse
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Yuval Levin, Formation, Freedom, and the University
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Jeff Polet, Localism, Kirk, and the “Founding”
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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John A. Burtka IV and Conservatism of the Heart
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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William F. Buckley Jr. and Academic Freedom
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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R. R. Reno and Tim Carney
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Feb 15, 2021 |