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Paul Gottfried joins us to welcome Professor Stanley Payne, the eminent historian of twentieth century Spain. We talk about the context of the war, some of the myths, and Dr. Payne and Dr. Gottfried reflect on Franco's time at the helm of Spanish politics.

In this special episode, we have a discussion about a recent review of Gottfried's newly edited The Paleoconservative Anthology. The review, written by Michael Lucchese, was published at LawLiberty.org.

Great conversation with Paul Gottfried and Doug Wilson on Doug's May 2023 Chronicles Magazine essay "Social Contract Theory as Feathered Serpent."

We were pleased to welcome James O'Keefe on the podcast today and we talked about his various projects and got his take on the state of journalism.

We are joined today by Nathan Pinkoski to discuss his essay on the controversial book of fiction The Camp of the Saints. We talk about the unwillingness of Western leaders to defend their peoples and the loss of cultural heritage that is ensuing.

Paul Gottfried fields some listener questions and then moves into a discussion of themes from his books After Liberalism and Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt.

The Prudentialist joins us to talk about Joe Sobran and the insights he has for today.

Join us as Pedro elaborates on his recent criticism of MAGA Inc and gives his views on Trump's political posture going into 2024.

In this discussion, Paul Gottfried interacts with a variety of thinkers and writers over the centuries and gives his take on the overrated, underrated, and many in between.

Daniel McCarthy joins us to talk party politics. We talk a bit about the 2024 election, the current political issues, and the status of the two parties. Daniel's writings and work can be found in the links below: Chronicles Magazine archive Modern Age The Spectator Twitter

Kenneth McIntyre joins us to talk about his essay on Herbert Butterfield in Chronicles’ Remembering the Right series . The author of a book on Butterfield, McIntyre discusses Butterfield’s Whig Interpretation of History, his views on international relations, and how his Augustinian idea of mankind informed his political theory. Check out some of Ken’s books: Herbert Butterfield: History, Providenc...

Patrick Casey joins us today for a great discussion; we talk immigration, conservatism, and whether an actual American culture still exists.

Paul Gottfried and CJay are joined by Grant Havers. We talk about the great Canadian traditionalist George Grant and his conservative criticism of managerial capitalism. We get into the Woke Left, the Frankfurt School, and whether the present Left is a derivative of Marxism.

CJay talks to Ryan Walters about his book, The Jazz Age President.

Neema Parvini joins us to talk about Thomas Carlyle and his criticism of the liberal world that was coming into history during Victorian Era England. Mentioned Carlyle works : Past and Present The Condition of England Question Latter-Day Pamphlets Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Other Links Neema’s YouTube Neema's Substack Academic-Agency.com

Paul Gottfried and CJay were pleased to be joined by Auron Macintyre. We talked about the Total State, the Managerial Revolution, and the failure of the Conservative Movement to deal with the Left's quest to wield total power. Articles Mentioned Cultural Neutrality is a Lie Foxes, Lions, And The Total State Auron's Links Substack Twitter The Blaze Archive YouTube

CJay and Paul talk to Amy Wax about her case at Penn Law School and about the state of academic freedom more broadly. We also discuss the dangers moment we are in, and the inability of Western Civilization's defenders to even have the ability to advance the culture they love.

This is the first episode of the Chronicles Magazine podcast. We discuss the founding of Chronicles Magazine, the role of the Rockford Institute, and the curious life of the founding editor Leopold Tyrmand. Then onto what began to differentiate Chronicles from the other outlets in the world of conservative publications as the American culture wars became hot.