Conservative Minds
131 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 141 ratingsWelcome to Conservative Minds – a podcast about conservative ideas and thinkers. We explore what it means to call yourself a conservative, where conservatism has been, and where it's going. Each week, we select readings and conduct a discussion to share with you our investigation. Join the conversation by liking us on Facebook or following us on Twitter at @consminds.
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SCOTUS Samuel Alito - Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
January 23, 2023 06:00 - 44 minutes - 39.8 MBWe've been away a while, but we're back and working on new episodes. In the meantime, here are our thoughts from last summer about the Dobbs decision when it was first handed down.
Episode 105: John Stuart Mill - On Liberty
December 20, 2022 21:00 - 42 minutes - 31.5 MBWhile most discussions of liberty center on government power, the subject of Mill's essay is the nature and limits of society's power over the individual. Society exercises control over the individual through prevailing opinion. Mill also argues that individuals should be allowed to participate in any activity they choose, so long as it does not harm others.
Episode 103: Jonah Goldberg - Liberal Fascism
July 20, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes - 40 MBGoldberg explains that fascism is an offshoot of socialism and, rather than being conservative, is just another variety of far-left thought.
Jonathan Haidt -- Why the Last Ten Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
June 29, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBHaidt writes about social media and the downfall of normal society.
102: Jonathan Haidt - Why the Last Ten Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
June 29, 2022 05:00 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBHaidt writes about social media and the downfall of normal society.
Episode 101: Conservative Stories - Rachel Bovard
May 27, 2022 14:00 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MBRachel Bovard serves as Senior Director of Policy at the Conservative Partnership Institute.
William F. Buckley - God and Man at Yale
May 16, 2022 05:00 - 41 minutes - 39.3 MBFor 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.
Episode 100: William F. Buckley - God and Man at Yale
May 16, 2022 05:00 - 41 minutes - 39.3 MBFor 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.
John Mearsheimer - The Great Delusion
April 25, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 39.8 MBMearsheimer 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. We also discuss Ukraine and both agree that American solidiers do not belong in the conflict.
Episode 99: John Mearsheimer - The Great Delusion
April 25, 2022 05:00 - 45 minutes - 39.8 MBMearsheimer 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. We also discuss Ukraine and both agree that American solidiers do not belong in the conflict.
Michael Strain - Forget the Economics of Grievance
April 11, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 35.9 MBStrain questions Trump's trade and immigration policies. We disagree on whether he's right.
Episode 98: Michael Strain - Forget the Economics of Grievance
April 11, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 35.9 MBStrain questions Trump's trade and immigration policies. We disagree on whether he's right.
Episode 97: Tim Stanley - Whatever Happened to Tradition?
March 29, 2022 05:00 - 42 minutes - 36.4 MB
Episode 94: WSJ Editorial Board - Trust and Expertise
February 21, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBWe discussed two articles about the nature of trust and expertise, and where the "experts" have failed us in recent years.
WSJ Editorial Board - Trust and Expertise
February 21, 2022 06:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBWe discussed two articles about the nature of trust and expertise, and where the "experts" have failed us in recent years.
Episode 93: Kimberle Crenshaw – Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
January 24, 2022 06:00 - 42 minutes - 46.1 MBWe explore Kimberle Crenshaw's law review article from 1989, one of the foundational documents of critical race theory.
Kimberle Crenshaw – Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
January 24, 2022 06:00 - 42 minutes - 46.1 MBWe explore Kimberle Crenshaw's law review article from 1989, one of the foundational documents of critical race theory.
Episode 91: Adrian Wooldridge - The Aristocracy of Talent
December 20, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 37.2 MB
Episode 86: Season 5 Recap
September 07, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 36.5 MBWrapping up season 5, we summarize and compare the readings from episodes 70 though 85.
Season 5 Recap
September 07, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 36.5 MBWrapping up season 5, we summarize and compare the readings from episodes 70 though 85.
Episode 85: George Packer - How America Fractured into Four Parts
August 23, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 39.3 MB
Episode 81: Henry Hazlitt — Man versus the Welfare State
June 21, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 38.9 MBHazllitt's 1969 book examines inflation, price controls, and all of the downsides of a managed economy in a strong defense of free-market capitalism.