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Ars Politica

79 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 75 ratings

Podcast of Stephen Wolfe, author of The Case for Christian Nationalism

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Liberty of Conscience

April 30, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MB

I discuss the liberty of conscience. Support me here: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/justin-lapoint/dead-man-walking License code: ZTKQY3XSU09WGHDD

Making America More Christian

April 17, 2024 04:45 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

I discuss a Scott Clark tweet. You support me hereL https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/justin-lapoint/dead-man-walking License code: ZTKQY3XSU09WGHDD

Why "Christian Nationalism"? & the Political Solution

April 16, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MB

I discuss the origin story to my adopting the term "Christian nationalism" and also I respond to Doug Wilson's great interview with Tucker Carlson. You can support me here: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/justin-lapoint/dead-man-walking License code: ZTKQY3XSU09WGHDD You can support me here: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe

National Diversity in an Unfallen World

April 15, 2024 13:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB

I discuss my theory that a diversity of distinct nations would have arisen had Adam not fallen. I mainly read the following article from November 2023. https://americanreformer.org/2023/11/national-diversity-in-an-unfallen-world/ You can support me here: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/justin-lapoint/dead-man-walking License code: GTSDSVJM4RLZR5QH

New England "Persecutions"

April 11, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MB

I discuss the New England "persecutions" of Roger Williams, the Antinomians, the Quakers, and the Baptists. You can support me here: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe Intro & the Pattern: 1:00 - 8:55 Roger Williams: 8:55 -27:05 Antinomians: 27:10 -40:58 Quakers: 41:00 - 47:52 Baptists: 47:52 - end Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/justin-lapoint/dead-man-walking License code: KQFFEOQMYVLCFBL3

Responding to Kevin DeYoung (repeat episode)

March 07, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB

I respond to Kevin DeYoung's review of my book, The Case for Christian Nationalism. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/christian-nationalism-wolfe/ See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Wfi8NugEM

Response to Alan Strange, Part 1

October 05, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 51 MB

I respond to Alan Strange's review of my book. Part 1 of 2. Recorded in video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfVgT_zioRU Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe

Responding to Kevin DeYoung

October 02, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 94.4 MB

I respond to Kevin DeYoung's review of my book, The Case for Christian Nationalism. It was recorded in video with the review visible. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/christian-nationalism-wolfe/ Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Wfi8NugEM Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe

A Defense of Christian Nationalism, Chapter 2

September 26, 2023 14:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MB

I discuss chapter 2 of my book, The Case for Christian Nationalism. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe

Defense of Christian Nationalism, Part 2 (Chapter 1)

May 15, 2023 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MB

I discuss chapter 1 of my book Case for Christian Nationalism. This chapter covered prelapsarian (pre-fall) man and whether nations would have existed had man not fallen.

The G3/CN Dust Up

April 26, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB

I discuss the recent controversies between Christian nationalists and the men of G3.

Hospitality and the Christian Right

March 21, 2023 14:00 - 34 minutes - 27.5 MB

The Christian right needs to reclaim hospitality from the left. I discuss the definition of hospitality and its application in the home, church, and civil society. I plan on writing a book on this topic, so please send me your comments. Thanks. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe Email Ars Politica: [email protected]

A Defense of Christian Nationalism, Part 1 (Introduction)

March 08, 2023 14:00 - 58 minutes - 46.6 MB

The first episode of a series. I respond to criticisms of my book, Case for Christian Nationalism, focusing on the definition, my method, and why one should adopt the term. See my patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/StephenWolfe

Ep66: Nietzsche And The Christian Right

September 27, 2022 13:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MB

Christian Winter, https://gradschool.hillsdale.edu/Profiles/Christian-Winter/ (PhD candidate at Hillsdale), joins us to discuss Nietzsche's criticism of Christianity and what importance it has for us today. Winter's writings can be found at https://providencemag.com/authors/christian-winter/ (Providence Mag) and https://americanreformer.org/author/christianwinter/ (American Reformer).

Ep65: Living The Meme, with Carl Lantz

September 20, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Carl Lantz of Pella, Iowa joins us to discuss fatherhood, raising a large family, and starting family business.

Ep64: The Religion Of American Greatness, Pars Secunda

September 08, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 167 MB

We finish up a review started in the previous episode.

Ep63: The Religion Of American Greatness, book review

September 03, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 178 MB

We are joined by Timon Cline and Clifford Humphrey to review https://www.amazon.com/Religion-American-Greatness-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1514000261/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+religion+of+american+greatness&qid=1662258124&sr=8-1 (The Religion Of American Greatness), by Paul Miller.

Ep62: The Aeneid, books 5-6

August 27, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 128 MB

Aeneas journeys to Sicily and plays games while the women burn ships and sing sea shanties. Then he goes into the underworld and Thomas tries to argue that the Greek-Roman Hades is similar to the afterlife in the bible.

Ep61: National Conservatism, With Yoram Hazony

August 18, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 145 MB

Stephen and Thomas are joined by Yoram Hazony to discuss his latest book https://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Rediscovery-Yoram-Hazony/dp/1684511097/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= (Conservatism: A Rediscovery). Hazony argues that conservatism has failed to conserve much of anything and that liberalism has failed on its own terms. He contends that it is time to promote another vision: Anglo-American conservatism or “national conservatism”.  What must we conserve and how should we...

Ep60: The Aeneid, book 4

August 09, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 114 MB

Stephen returns as we discuss Dido, Aeneas, and Staying on Mission.

Ep59: A Reply To Doug Wilson

August 01, 2022 14:00 - 53 minutes - 98 MB

https://dougwils.com/books-and-culture/s7-engaging-the-culture/straight-from-the-pit.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-34u99F3Uk

Ars Politica - Ep58: The Decline and Fall of the G.A.E.

July 16, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 144 MB

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48573831-the-coming-of-neo-feudalism (The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58782897-the-end-of-the-world-is-just-the-beginning (The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18406274-decline-and-fall (Decline and Fall: The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America)

Ars Politica - Ep57: The Aeneid, bks 2-3

July 02, 2022 05:30 - 1 hour - 133 MB

The Trojan Horse Battle and Flight Many Wanderings The Will of the Gods Vengeance And Justice Destiny and Propaganda Prophecy and Conspiracy Theorists

Ars Politica - Ep56: Christian Classical Ed

June 16, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 147 MB

With Jesse Nigro

Ars Politica - Ep55: Right Wing Workout Culture

June 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 127 MB

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Ars Politica - Ep54: The Aeneid, bk 1

May 26, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 156 MB

New series begins on the ancient Rome epic The Aeneid.

Ars Politica - Ep53: Why Everything Goes Liberal

April 06, 2022 14:00 - 52 minutes - 96 MB

https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/why-is-everything-liberal?s=r

Ars Politica - Ep52: Listener Questions – Nations, End Times, Theonomy, & More

March 15, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 167 MB

Listener Questions on Nations, End Times, Theonomy, & More

Ars Politica - Ep51: The Fandomification Of War

March 03, 2022 14:00 - 51 minutes - 93.5 MB

https://twitter.com/default_friend/status/1497252548532748296?s=21&fbclid=IwAR3oQ81wGdVmuZ7nsRb-Xj-EGb0YhrhPY4v4K7iM-5Q3BHG20Nl6_vGm-XQ (Fandomification Thread) https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxq3j/russia-ukraine-invasion-memes (The Meme-ification of the Ukraine Invasion) https://www.garbageday.email/p/everything-will-be-all-the-time-and?s=r (Everything will be all the time and everywhere) https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1496880192979181573?fbclid=IwAR2ZIYTDHZmvv4je34PHKPIFOLHQQI5ryVHoAVS...

Ars Politica - Ep50: Edmund Burke and The Good of Social Constructs

February 25, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 141 MB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PcwUN7YjZ8

Ars Politica - Ep49: Tolkien's European Epic Myth

February 16, 2022 05:15 - 1 hour - 137 MB

"Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” – Tolkien Amazorg’s series producer: Lindsey Weber, an executive producer of the series, told Vanity Fair, which posted several first-look photos from the series on Instagram, that it was "only natural" for an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's work to "reflect what the world actually looks like." "Tolkien is for everyone. His stories are about his fictional races doing...

Ars Politica - Ep48: Musings on John Locke

February 03, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 165 MB

On slaves dying after slavery ended: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/16/slavery-starvation-civil-war

Ars Politica - Ep47: Protestant Integralism

January 18, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 162 MB

Prots FTW

Ars Politica - Ep46: In The House Of Tom Bombadil, with C.R. Wiley

January 13, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MB

https://www.amazon.com/House-Tom-Bombadil-C-Wiley/dp/1954887027/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=In+The+House+Of+Tom+Bombadil&qid=1642124273&sr=8-1 (Get Wiley's book on Amazon). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhFAB-Z9Kb0

Ars Politica - Ep45: Mass Formation Psychosis

January 05, 2022 14:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MB

“If you have these four things—lack of social bonds, lack of sense-making, free-floating anxiety, and free-floating psychological discontent—then society is highly at risk for the emergence of mass phenomenon.” https://zero-sum.org/mass-formation-psychosis-and-the-coronavirus-narrative/?fbclid=IwAR2CR_fA_FtsEBfK_Rwdc3nlWYSXDs5LiNwvS-2wFiPTPQAopen3fOIAbf4 (https://zero-sum.org/mass-formation-psychosis-and-the-coronavirus-narrative/) https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/mass-formation-psychosis?fb...

Ars Politica - Ep44: A Christmas Carol

December 24, 2021 14:00 - 59 minutes - 108 MB

“Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” (A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) More on recovering Christmas traditions: https://issuu.com/romanroadsmedia/docs/digressio_express_vol_2_-_christmas_2021/s/14301383

Ars Politica - Ep43: The Ordo Amoris

December 16, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 155 MB

Chesterton: https://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2011/07/chesterton-defines-and-defends-patriotism.html Strand on twitter: https://twitter.com/DDFStrand

Ars Politica - Ep42: "Liberty for All", Book Review

December 04, 2021 05:15 - 2 hours - 230 MB

Walker's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-All-Defending-Everyones-Pluralistic/dp/1587434490 Clifford's reviews will appear in forthcoming publications at First Things and Ad Fontes. Overview of Walker’s book: eschatology, anthropology, missiology, and an appendix The logic of the gospel plays out in each of these - each requires religious liberty: if Christians want to evangelize, we must accept that people might not believe, which entails that people are free not to believe. Hence, the ...

Ars Politica - Ep41: Anarcho-Tyranny

November 24, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 131 MB

Anarcho-Tyranny, A Definition:  Selective enforcement of laws, for the purpose of control.  The term anarcho-tyranny was introduced by Samuel T. Francis in 1992. The National Review staff summarized the term in 2011 as "anarcho-tyranny describes that stage from governmental dysfunction in which the state is anarchically hopeless at coping with large matters but ruthlessly tyrannical in the enforcement of small ones." Francis described it as "the failure of the state to enforce the laws and, a...

Ars Politica - Ep40: Building Together with Nate Fischer

November 13, 2021 11:00 - 51 minutes - 95.2 MB

https://newfounding.com https://americanreformer.org/ https://joinalign.us/ https://twitter.com/NateAFischer

Ars Politica - Ep39: The People And The Prophet

November 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 154 MB

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/politics-confessing-evangelical/

Ars Politica - Ep38: Self-Defense and Civilization

October 24, 2021 14:00 - 52 minutes - 96.5 MB

Link to Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JeALyF3uW8-l8_pQb__pfD5LekolzF2w_GiUQrsq6a4/edit

Ars Politica - Ep37: The Odyssey, bks 13-24

October 16, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 116 MB

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the base...

Ars Politica - Ep36: Perfect Injustice

October 08, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 127 MB

Plato's Republic book 3

Ars Politica - Ep35: The Odyssey, bks 9-12

October 02, 2021 14:00 - 55 minutes - 102 MB

Odysseus' wanderings

Ars Politica - Ep34: Third Wayism

September 20, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 112 MB

Third Wayism Chase Davis, pastor of The Well in Boulder CO, works out to Ars Politica, drives a Taco. Definitions “Radical centrism”  “Progressive center-left” (Russell Moore, Tim Keller, David French, etc) https://twitter.com/PerfInjust/status/1386095631719141383 (Wolfe on twitter): Left/Right Moral Equivalence –> Third-Wayism Andrew Walker on twitter: Third-wayism in politics is a form of political Gnosticism as it assumes that there is a platonic ideal to politics that does not requir...

Ars Politica - Ep33: The Odyssey, bks 5-8

September 15, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 113 MB

Ars Politica - Ep33: The Odyssey, bks 5-8

Ars Politica - Ep32: On Humor

August 21, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 128 MB

https://unherd.com/2021/08/why-the-left-cant-meme/

Ars Politica - Ep31: The Odyssey, bks 1-4

August 04, 2021 14:00 - 52 minutes - 96 MB

The song mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZpt51uSLpo

Ars Politica - Ep30: Masculine Christianity

July 26, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 125 MB

We discuss egalitarianism, complementarianism, and patriarchy with guest Zach Garris, author of "https://www.amazon.com/Masculine-Christianity-Zachary-Garris/dp/1735473901/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=masculine+christianity&qid=1627342025&sr=8-1 (Masculine Christianity)".

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