Bonus Episode – Two Burkeans and a Straussian
Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values
English - December 22, 2020 10:30 - 1 hour - 82.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsNews Government capitalism republican conservatism edmundburke gop interviews millennials politics russellkirk thomassowell Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Last week cohosts Cal Davenport and Seth Root of the In The Trenches podcast invited Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis on their show for some no holds barred discourse around the topic of whether David French’s recommendations for addressing the growing political divide in the country are sufficient, achievable, and ideal or fail to go far enough. Throughout the conversation Cal and Josh appeal to Burkean arguments while Seth holds his own defending a Straussian viewpoint. What are the solutions to the nation’s political divide? Are David French’s solutions too Frenchist? Is nationalist populism a viable alternative to Frenchism? Take a listen!