Conservative Conversations with ISI

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 22 - Nate Hochman & Gen Z Conservatism In this episode...  A listener question on the best Conservative books of 2021 An interview with CN Fellow, Nate Hochman Links:  Apply to the ISI Honors Program The After Nationalism Episode The CN Fellowships Books Mentioned: Age of Entitlement , Christopher Caldwell After Nationalism , Sam Goldman Boomers ,...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 21 - C.S. Lewis and Men without Chests In this episode...  A listener question on men without chests An interview with Fr. Michael Ward, Professor of Apologetics at Houston Baptist University, on C.S. Lewis’ the Abolition of Man Links:  Father Michael Ward Word on Fire Academic Books Mentioned: After Humanity , Fr. Michael Ward The Abolition of Man , C...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 20 - How should we teach American History? In this episode...  A listener question on Edmund Burke. An interview with Jeffrey Sikkenga the Executive Director of the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University. Links:  Professor Sikkenga’s USA Today Op-Ed The Ashbrook Center Teaching American History Source Books Mentioned: Reflections on The Revolution in Fr...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 19 - Michael Knowles, William F. Buckley Jr., and Political Correctness In this episode...  A listener question on contemporary conservative thinkers An interview with Michael Knowles, host of the Michael Knowles Show Links:  Michael’s introduction to God and Man at Yale Moral Imagination Podcast Firing Line Collegiate Network Fellowships Books Mention...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 18 - Keeping Locke in the Locke Box with Richard Reinsch In this episode...  A conversation with the Editor of Law & Liberty, Richard Reinsch on Peter A. Lawler A listener question on fatal flaws in thinker's personal lives. Links:  ISI Honors Program He Built Better than He Knew , Richard Reinsch Law & Liberty Books mentioned: Macbeth , S...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 17 - Marlo Safi In this episode...  A listener question on the founding fathers A conversation with ISI’s National Director of Student Programs Links:  ISI Honors Conference The Collegiate Network CN Fellowships The New Thinkery Firing Line The University Bookman Books Mentioned: Land of Hope , Bill McClay True and Only Heaven , Christopher Lasch Eisen...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 16 - Sohrab Ahmari, The Unbroken Thread, and American Dystopia In this episode...  A listener question on starting new institutions of Higher Education. A conversation with conservative journalist Sohrab Ahmari! Links:  Apply to the ISI Honors Program Books Mentioned: The Unbroken Thread , Sohrab Ahmari Super Can , Ballard Metropolis , Fritz Long Revol...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 15 - Marco Rubio, China, and Common Good Capitalism In this episode...  A listener question on whether or not you can be a conservative without being religious An interview with Senator Marco Rubio on China, Capitalism, and supporting families A chance to win two tickets to the ISI Gala for Western Civilization! Enter Here! Links:  The Future of Americ...

Conservative Conversations with ISI : Episode 14 - After Nationalism, Dangerous Conclusions, and Pessimism In this episode...  A panel from ISI’s Homecoming Weekend on Samuel Goldman’s book After Nationalism  Interested in coming to ISI events like this one? Click here to become a member! Links:  Samuel Goldman , The Week Helen Andrews , The American Conservative Daniel McCarthy , The Spectator Ra...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 13 - Frank Meyer, Fusionism, and the Enduring Tension    In this episode...  A listener question on what journals to read in the conservative movement An interview with Reagan’s Terrible Swift Sword of the Civil Service  Links:  The Fund for American Studies Imaginative Conservative The American Spectator Modern Age National Review The American Conserv...

Episode 12- The Tocqueville Option, Complexity, and Free Markets    In this episode...  A listener question on building community while building a career An interview with Michael Matheson Miller of the Acton Institute  Links:  Michael Matheson Miller The Moral Imagination Podcast Acton Institute Poverty Inc.  Philadelphia Society Is There a Future for Fusionism?, Stephanie Slade Does Capitalism D...

Episode 11 - Roger Scruton, Civilization, Conservatism Abroad, and Impossible Dialogue    In this episode...  A listener question on conservatism outside the U.S. An interview with Dan Mahoney about Roger Scruton Words of wisdom from Roger Scruton on Civilization  Links:  Roger Scruton: A Thing Called Civilization Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation Dan Mahoney at Law & Liberty The Critic Valeurs...

Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 10 - R. J. Snell, Fiction, Conservatism, and Conspiracy    In this episode...  A listener question on the role of fiction in conservatism. An interview with R. J. Snell, editor of the Public Discourse  Links:  Register for ISI’s inaugural Homecoming Weekend  Witherspoon Institute Public Discourse Toward a New Consensus: An Invitation The Moral Imaginati...

Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 9 - Gracy Olmstead, Agriculture, Localism, and Rootedness    In this episode...  A listener question on the authors that influenced the hosts the most Gracy Olmstead, a Top 20 Under 30 ISI Alumna, on localism and agriculture  Links:  Register for the ISI Inaugural Homecoming Weekend  Front Porch Republic Conservative Conversations  episode with Tim Carn...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 8 - Richard Weaver, C.S. Lewis, and the Conservative Response to Relativism    In this episode...  A member question on working towards an intellectual career and life  A conversation on Weaver, Lewis, & relativism with Rob Koons From the vault: a rare lecture from Richard Weaver himself   Links:  Richard Weaver Rob Koons  Books Mentioned: Ideas Ha...

 In this episode . . .  A member question on constructive conversations despite disagreements Allen Guelzo on where rewriting history goes wrong Practical advice for students interested in graduate school  Links:  Allen Guelzo The James Madison Program 1619 Project Dr. Guelzo on the 1619 Project Michel Foucault The Mending Wall , Robert Frost  Books mentioned:  A People’s History of the United Sta...

 In this episode...  A member question on building conservative community amidst cancel culture A conversation with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat  Links:  Ross Douthat Douthat’s  NYT  Columns Reactions , Ross Douthat’s Substack What Is the Future for Conservatism? A Debate Europe’s Forgotten Conservative Liberals , Samuel Gregg Modern Age National Review Richard John Neuhaus Joan Didion  B...

Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 3—Yuval Levin, Formation, Freedom, and the University   In this episode . . . A member question on the state of conservatism and conservative politics A conversation with the 2021 Conservative Book of the Year winner, Yuval Levin Links:  American Enterprise Institute Yuval Levin “ Start with Anthropology ,”  Yuval Levin Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts...

Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 4— Jeff Polet, Localism, Kirk, and the “Founding”    In this episode...  A member question on imaginative literature A conversation with political science professor Jeff Polet  Links:  Front Porch Republic Russell Kirk Center “ Did America Have a Founding? ” Modern Age Patrick Deneen at the National Conservatism Conference  Books mentioned: The Fall , A...

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 1—John A. Burtka IV    In this episode . . .  A member question on legislating morality James interviews ISI president John A.  Burtka IV  Relevant Links:  Towards a Conservatism of the Heart: A Roadmap for ISI’s Future , John A. Burtka IV Learn more about Russell Kirk here ! Trinity Forum The Fund for American Studies Frank Chodorov  What Conservatism...

Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 2—William F. Buckley Jr. and Academic Freedom    In this episode . . .  A member question on cancel culture and career pursuits An interview with William F. Buckley Jr. on Academic Freedom  Links:  Listen to the full Buckley interview  Books mentioned:  What Is Conservatism? , edited by Frank Meyer God and Man at Yale , William F. Buckley Jr.  Up from L...

Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 3—R. R. Reno and Tim Carney In this episode . . . A member question on whether we’ll see a return to fiscal conservatism  A conversation with First Things editor R. R. Reno and AEI Fellow Tim Carney on the future of America and the right Links: Public Discourse : “Toward a New Consensus” Barry Goldwater Ronald Reagan Books mentioned: Alienated America ,...