Conservatism

Daniel McCarthy on “the Right Right”

Daniel McCarthy joins the podcast to talk about the history and present state of conservatism in America, touching on the wide range of diverging streams of thought within. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2022

Transgenderism: Escaping Limits

by R. R. Reno

The progressive imagination envisions a limitless future. Karl Marx thought that modern industrial production marked a new epoch in human history. Amid explosive growth during the industrial revolution, he thought we were on the cusp of material abundance. Marx argued that if we rejected the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2022

Remembering M. Stanton Evans

by Mark Bauerlein

Steven Hayward joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom. Continue Reading »

21 Apr 2022

The Conservative Genius of Catholicism

by Dan Hitchens

Those who claim that the Church has nothing to do except resist and condemn are mistaken; but they are less mistaken than those who think we should raise the gates and invite the enemy in. Continue Reading »

11 Mar 2022

Warfare of Words

by Mark Bauerlein

Michael Knowles joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds. Continue Reading »

9 Dec 2021

Roger Scruton, Heretic

by Mark Bauerlein

Fisher Derderian joins the podcast to discuss the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation and Scruton's collection of essays, Confessions of a Heretic. Continue Reading »

8 Nov 2021

The Necessity of Nationalism

by Nathan Pinkoski

Those involved in the debates over American nationalism will find Samuel Goldman’s skeptical intervention, After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division, a refreshing read. Free of histrionics, Goldman’s sober and succinct exercise in historically informed political theory . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2021

Rediscovering Conservatism in Sweden

by Karl Gustel Wärnberg

In Sweden, conservatism has long been associated with dingy, smoke-infested rooms filled with schnapps-imbibing reactionaries. Yet in the last few years, conservatism has started to grab the attention of the Swedish people. Continue Reading »

19 Oct 2021