Conservative Minds
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Welcome to Conservative Minds is a podcast dedicated to examining conservative intellectual history to determine the core values of American conservatism. What does it mean to call yourself a conservative? What did it mean in prior times and how did we get where we are today? We explore these questions and more by turning to conservative political thinkers from the past and present. In each..
Conservative Minds
1y ago
We're back from summer hiatus! In this episode, we talked about conservatism and the news business with reporter Anthony Hennen ..read more
Conservative Minds
1y ago
Goldberg explains that fascism is an offshoot of socialism and, rather than being conservative, is just another variety of far-left thought ..read more
Conservative Minds
1y ago
Haidt writes about social media and the downfall of normal society ..read more
Conservative Minds
2y ago
Rachel Bovard serves as Senior Director of Policy at the Conservative Partnership Institute ..read more
Conservative Minds
2y ago
For our centennial episode, we read God and Man at Yale, a 1951 book by William F. Buckley Jr., based on his undergraduate experiences at Yale . Buckley criticized the school for forcing collectivist, Keynesian, and secularist ideology on students. We discuss this and how it relates to current debates about politcis in the academy ..read more
Conservative Minds
2y ago
Mearsheimer argues that liberal hegemony — the foreign policy pursued by the United States since the Cold War ended — is doomed to fail. It would be better, he says, for America to practice restraint in the foreign policy sphere based on a sound understanding of how nationalism and realism constrain great powers ..read more
Conservative Minds
2y ago
We discussed "Forget the Economics of Grievance", a National Review article by Michael R. Strain ..read more
Conservative Minds
2y ago
Stanley talks about how tradition can be both beautiful and useful, how it's been undermined, and how it can be restored ..read more
Conservative Minds
2y ago
The second in our series of discussions with conservative people — their stories and where they think the movement is going ..read more
Conservative Minds
2y ago
First in a serious of discussions with conservative people — their stories and where they think the movement is going ..read more