The American Mind Podcast

This week, the editors convene with heavy hearts to reminisce about the life and work of Claremont Senior Fellow Angelo Codevilla. The group recall entertaining stories about Codevilla's life and return to some of his many enduring books and essays. Rest in peace, Dr. Codevilla. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cl...

Last week the Biden administration unveiled its ghastly plan to effectively force vaccines into people’s arms unless they’re willing to risk unemployment. Meanwhile, other elites like George W. Bush mouth the platitudes of the uniparty establishment. Plus: Gavin Newsom clings to power in California—and no points for guessing LA County’s first order of business after the news dropped. This is a pub...

In this edition of The Stakes , Michael Anton, lecturer in politics and research fellow at Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center, and a Claremont senior fellow, is joined by Matt Peterson, founding editor of  The  American Mind .  The  two discuss  the  massive and widening rift between California and Texas, both as individual states and as standard-bearers for  the ir respective sides of  the  aisle....

After a week off due to technical issues, the editors are back in the saddle. The woke Left is becoming ever more open about the religious nature of its commitment to abortion—they even sought out an oddly fitting alliance with the literal Satanic Temple. From Texas’s new abortion law to George Floyd murals in Afghanistan, the question is increasingly one of whose gods will survive the digital age...

What will happen to the tens of thousands of refugees fleeing Afghanistan? Will we ever be allowed to know? Does Europe's experience with Afghan refugees leave us with any useful lessons? If so, will we be permitted to learn them? Plus: Andrew Cuomo vanishes into obscurity, lobbing a political grenade on the way out, while Australia and the rest of the Anglosphere are careening into perpetual COVI...

In just 11 short days, the US-backed government in Afghanistan utterly imploded and the Taliban seized control of the country, even managing to get their hands on billions of dollars’ worth of US war gear. Could it have been done better? Yep. Does the regime care? Nope. They’re just blaming Americans and making them pay the cost. All the while, the Delta variant gives them the perfect chance to se...

Left-wing and fake-conservative Twitter had one of their trademark meltdowns when Tucker Carlson visited with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. At home, Governor Newsom is feeling the heat from the upcoming recall efforts and Governor Cuomo put in his two weeks under the continued pressure of sexual harassment allegations. Really, though, it’s all just froth on the surface of deeper currents:...

Against a backdrop of complete and utter disarray, progressive autocrats are attempting to snatch up as much power as they can using the Delta Variant as their excuse—though really they’ve created a beast even they can’t control. From a damning AG report on Governor Cuomo’s sexual escapades, to California’s recall election, to figuring out who the r eal  enemies are, our editors have thoughts and...

In this special edition of The American Mind Podcast, Michael Anton, lecturer in politics and research fellow at Hillsdale College's Kirby Center, and a Claremont senior fellow, is joined by James Poulos, executive editor of The American Mind. The two discuss the applications of Machiavelli’s political philosophy to the modern day. Topics covered include priestly authority, political corruption, r...

As one looks around America today, it's easy to fall into a state of deep despair. But there's also much to be hopeful for. Today,  The American Mind  editors are holding both states of mind at once: they have taken the quantum pill. Our editors apply this attitude to the January 6 Commission, Big Tech surveillance, lockdown part 2, and another amusing hit piece against Claremont. This is a public...

Who runs America? Is it the surveillance state that aims to strangle the life out of regular citizens? The billionaires racing to space? Or the people? As the Borg gathers power, the editors gather to discuss what may come. Plus: in Michigan, the feds are caught out in a sting operation. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

In this ongoing series, Ryan Williams, President of The Claremont Institute, interviews prominent scholars in the Claremont Institute’s orbit. Dr. Scott Yenor, Professor of Political Science at Boise State University and Washington Fellow at The Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life, joins Ryan to discuss his recent book, The Recovery of Family Life. The book traces the intelle...

In this "combative, juvenile, and grotesque" episode of  The Roundtable , our editors take great joy in laughing off the  Bulwark 's newest hit piece on the Claremont Institute. Save yourself from reading all 12,000+ words by listening to an extremely short and accurate synopsis. Then the editors turn to more serious questions, such as: with wokeism creeping over the land—toward your kids and your...

The American regime is currently undergoing a fundamental takeover by the woke elite. To protect themselves from people wearing hats with horns, the Capitol Police are expanding their reach from the Capitol to include new offices in California and Florida. Meanwhile, weapons technology company Raytheon is admonishing white staff (which is most of them) to feel as guilty as possible. Plus: the NSA...

The Left loves to project their worst traits onto the Right--and their latest obsession with “White Rage” is a prime example. Meanwhile, the NSA is making cryptic statements about whether or not they’re spying on Tucker Carlson, and good ol’ Sleepy Joe is flailing around making absurd statements everywhere he goes. The editors break it all down. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss t...

Our summer interns join the editors this week to provide their fresh takes (with a side of black pills) about the state of Conservatism and the GOP. Matt provides an update from Montana about courageous efforts in the fight to defeat Critical Race Theory—but the question is, can we really win? Our editors discuss how Conservatives can get out ahead of the Left’s rhetoric to retake our institutions...

Governor Newsom finally decided to lift his boot off of Californians’ necks—or did he? Meanwhile, Joe Biden made a fool of himself at the recent G7 Summit, and Putin rubbed salt in America’s many gaping wounds. Plus: critical race theory is quickly going off the rails. Our editors discuss. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episode...

In this special edition of The American Mind Podcast, Michael Anton, former Trump official and senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, is joined by Charles Haywood, a distinguished book reviewer who runs The Worthy House. Anton and Haywood examine the modern Left’s obsession with the racist and destructive creed known as Critical Race Theory. Drawing on ancient political history and philosophy,...

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm, is buying up whole neighborhoods of single-family homes. Why? To make sure you’ll be paying them rent for life instead of owning your own home. Meanwhile, other financial institutions are desperately trying to strangle cryptocurrencies in the cradle and protect the current balance of power. Plus: Kamala Harris visited Guatemala—and bombed. Our...

We’re now in the opening days of LGBT pride month—not that anyone needs reminding, as corporations across America fall over themselves to celebrate the rainbow. But today the editors pause to analyze pride in a larger sense: what it is, who should have it, and for what reasons. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cla...

In this special edition of The American Mind Podcast, Michael Anton, former Trump official and senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, is joined by Curtis Yarvin, formerly “Mencius Moldbug” of the successful blog “Unqualified Reservations.” The two debate what to do if and when the current regime crumbles under the weight of its own incompetence. Yarvin makes his case for a Big Tech CEO-turned-m...

A miracle has occurred! Suddenly, the media is warming to the idea that COVID might have leaked from a Wuhan biolab—an idea which, just last year, they condemned as dangerous conspiracy. But of course that has nothing to do with President Biden having won the election. Surely not. Nor, certainly, is the “January 6 Commission” a cynical power play by house Democrats. Our editors discuss what all th...

The CDC has newly proclaimed that vaccinated people no longer need to mask up (duh). But some people can’t seem to let go of the ritual. Plus: violent conflict breaks out between Israel and Palestine. It’s a skeleton crew this week—just Seth and Spencer—as the rest of the cast are out at Claremont’s Washington, D.C. event. Together the two tackle the week’s weighty events and the Left’s appalling...

In this newly revived occasional series, Ryan Williams, President of The Claremont Institute, interviews prominent scholars in the Claremont Institute's orbit. Dr. Mark Blitz, the Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, joins Ryan to discuss his new book,  Reason and Politics: The Nature of Political Phenomena —a searching discussion of questions at the heart...

The rapidly spreading woke dogma that has taken over our CIA now seems to be ascendant in the military. What does that mean for national security? Our editors analyze. Plus: Liz Cheney has been ousted from GOP leadership, which is good news for everyone who wants to see the the uniparty, anti-American establishment gone. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscriber...