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Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values

178 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratings

The Saving Elephants Podcast features engaging conversations about conservative values with a mercifully modern twist.  Tired of political shock-talk and rank punditry on your radio and TV?  Curious about what conservative thinkers of yesteryear had to say but don't have time to read some terribly long, boring book they wrote?  Want to learn why conservatism still holds value for Millennials today? Join us as we re-ignite conservatism for Millennials!

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Episode 68 – Divided We Fall with David French

October 06, 2020 08:30 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

Hardly anyone disagrees Americans are divided, or that our divisions are problematic.  But could continual political partisanship and polarization actually fracture the United States into multiple nations?  What is the likely outcome or potential risks if we do not find a way to reverse the negative polarization?  What are the preconditions for state secessions, and how close are we to meeting those preconditions?  Is the United States facing another civil war, acrimonious divorce, or eventu...

Episode 67 – The Radio Right with Paul Matzko

September 15, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 160 MB

Many Evangelicals and conservatives share an embattlement mindset.  Somehow we’re always losing the culture wars despite political gains and cultural acceptance, and even when we’re in the majority politically or enjoy unprecedented influence we can’t shake the feeling that the other shoe is about to drop.  No majority, position, or gain is ever secure and we’re just one election away from losing everything.   But where does this embattlement mindset come from?  Is it simply crackpot par...

Episode 66 – Monetary Mayhem with Joseph Sternberg

August 25, 2020 12:16 - 1 hour - 158 MB

Stephanie Kelton’s book The Deficit Myth released in June was just the latest in a series of books, blogs, articles, podcasts, and videos extoling the virtue of Modern Monetary Theory (or “MMT”).  We’re told that governments that have sovereignty over their currency can afford a wide array of social programs from entitlement expansion to generous welfare benefits to the Green New Deal.  Leftist are ecstatic that they finally have an answer to the Right’s persistent question “how are you goin...

Episode 65 – POTUS Pontifications with Sarah Isgur

August 18, 2020 09:30 - 1 hour - 140 MB

With everything else going on, it’s easy to forget 2020 is still a presidential election year.  To help us navigate the coming election, Josh welcomes Sarah Isgur to talk about national elections, money in politics, how much gender and race is a factor in elections, and how much influence campaigns really have in determining the outcome of an election.   Sarah Isgur is a writer and podcast host at The Dispatch where she specializes in legal and political matters.   Sarah graduated fr...

Episode 64 – School Choice under COVID-19 with Brooke Medina

August 04, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 158 MB

School districts across America are faced with unprecedented challenges as they weigh their options in reopening classrooms in the midst of a global pandemic.  But could these challenges point the way to interesting opportunities to find innovative ways to educate and even allow for a healthy debate on the purpose of education in the first place?   Perennial optimist and returning guest Brooke Medina believes this is the case and she shares how empowering parents and local governments to...

Episode 063 – Gen Z Conservatism with Nate Hochman

July 21, 2020 16:44 - 1 hour - 67 MB

As Millennial conservatives know, conservatism gets a bad wrap in our generation.  Conservatism is a hard sell on the young in general because it begins by challenging our natural inclinations towards innovation, novelty, and the pursuit of progress and revolution over gratitude and reform.  And far too often, older conservatives fail to understand the unique historical inputs—the Great Recession, 9-11, our increasingly digital and automated world, the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street—that h...

Episode 63 – Gen Z Conservatism with Nate Hochman

July 21, 2020 16:44 - 1 hour - 67 MB

As Millennial conservatives know, conservatism gets a bad wrap in our generation.  Conservatism is a hard sell on the young in general because it begins by challenging our natural inclinations towards innovation, novelty, and the pursuit of progress and revolution over gratitude and reform.  And far too often, older conservatives fail to understand the unique historical inputs—the Great Recession, 9-11, our increasingly digital and automated world, the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street—that h...

Episode 062 – Is Truth Found with Reason and Science Alone?

July 07, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

Josh forgoes the podcast guest this episode and offers some thoughts on how the conservative worldview differs from the worldview of secularism, scientism, and materialism. Secularism can mean the belief that governments should remain neutral on the matter of religion and should not enforce nor prohibit the free exercise of religion, leaving religious choice to the liberty of the people.  However, this describes a viewpoint held by many religious and nonreligious people and is not wed excl...

Bonus Episode – In the Trenches with Cal, Seth, and Josh

June 30, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis was interviewed by J. Cal Davenport and Seth Root on their podcast In The Trenches Podcast back in May.  Their conversation has been released in this bonus episode and includes a discussion on: Josh’s decision to step down from the Republican party in 2016. How Saving Elephants came to be How Millennials are similar to other generations in how they respond to persuasion on political questions and how are they unique and different Understanding conserv...

Episode 61 – Untangling Neoconservatism with Matthew Continetti

June 16, 2020 09:30 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

Today the term “neocon” is often used to depict someone as war hawkish or part of “The Establishment”.  And it’s often used as a pejorative.  To call someone a neocon is to imply they are part of the problem, unsympathetic to the plight of the average Joe, and, quite possibly, evil. Neocon is, of course, short for “neoconservative”.  But what is neoconservatism?  Is it simply a group of elitist gloooobalists on the Right who profit from the status quo and ever-increasing military ventures ...

Episode 60 – Undervaluing Free Trade with Scott Lincicome

June 02, 2020 09:30 - 1 hour - 52.9 MB

In the wake of the global pandemic, American attitude on trade with China is beginning to sour.  Is president Trump’s hawkish stance on free trade the right way to go?  Has free trade made us more prosperous or mere stooges of foreign governments who take our jobs and rob us of billions in trade deficits?  Joining Josh to untangle these important issues is Scott Lincicome, international trade attorney and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. This episode was inspired by a listeners email...

Episode 59 – Podcasting Orphans with Andrew Heaton

May 19, 2020 09:00 - 49 minutes - 43.8 MB

Versatile author, stand-up comedian, and podcaster Andrew Heaton joins Josh to untangle the complex web of models and metrics for identifying someone’s political persuasions.  Both Andrew and Josh feel uncomfortable with the simply Left/Right scale—and it’s not just because they’re chary of adopting the political paradigm of dead Frenchmen.  No political identification model is perfect, but Andrew and Josh attempt to weigh the merits of some of the more perfectible models. Also discussed: ...

Episode 58 – Brooke Medina, Quarantina

May 05, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 163 MB

What is the real purpose of getting an education?  And what benefits does a proper education bring to the individual and to society at large?  What became of the radically conservative cult(ure) of ATI, Bill Gothard, I Kissed Dating Goodbye courtships, and denim-skirt-wearing coalitions of Christian home schoolers of the 80s and 90s?  Does homeschooling have its cultish elements today, or are conservative homeschoolers more…conservative?  Aren’t all students just homeschoolers now that COVID...

Episode 57 – Russell Kirk, Eccentric Genius with Bradley Birzer

April 21, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 140 MB

Russell Kirk contributed more to modern American conservatism than arguably anyone else!  Yet few who call themselves conservative today are familiar with the name “Kirk”—unless they’re referring to Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA.  No offense to Charlie but comparing him to Russell is like comparing the works of William Shakespeare to whatever the last thing Bill Mitchell tweeted. Who was Russell Kirk?  Why is he considered the father of American conservatism?  What did he ...

Episode 56 – Environmental Conservatism with Danielle Butcher

April 07, 2020 09:00 - 52 minutes - 121 MB

Conservative Millennials who came of age listening to rightwing radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh probably associate political conversations about the environment with the likes of Al Gore railing against global warming and sundry other Environmentalist Wacko warnings of environmental apocalyptic doom.  Much of what the Right had to say about environmental concerns was that they were frequently overblown and often used by the Left as an excuse to bring about their calls for central planning...

Bonus Episode – Leading Questions from Left to Right

April 01, 2020 08:30 - 1 hour - 76.2 MB

Saving Elephants turns two years old this April Fools Day—no joke!—and we’re celebrating with a bonus episode.  Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis recently appeared in the guest line-up on Calvin Moore’s Leading Questions podcast.  Leading Questions hosts Calvin, Kent, and Steve sit down with Millennials Kelly Cleaver (representing the political Left) and Josh Lewis (representing the Right) to discuss the major differences between Republicans and Democrats, whether progressivism or moderation ...

Episode 55 – The New Centrist with Justin Stapley

March 31, 2020 09:30 - 1 hour - 173 MB

As the polarization between the two political parties increases where does that leave principled conservatives?  Are we simply outcasts, or the new centrists?  Justin Stapley returns to the show to discuss the state of the GOP, what he considered to be the “last straw” that led him to leave the Republican party earlier this year, the impeachment proceedings, his objections to “vote blue no matter who”, the changing political landscape, and why he now calls himself a new centrist.   A pro...

Bonus Episode – JB Shreve Interviews Saving Elephants Host Josh Lewis

March 24, 2020 09:30 - 1 hour - 142 MB

The tables are turned in this special bonus episode as Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is the interviewee in a conversation that was originally included in The End of History podcast.   Podcaster JB Shreve conducted a series of interviews of Christians of various political persuasions to ask about their expectations and recommendations in the upcoming 2020 election. JB had invited Josh to join as the “conservative” participant in the interviews. The conversation includes exploring the i...

Episode 54 – The Art of Losing

March 17, 2020 08:30 - 46 minutes - 106 MB

Let us begin with some unsettling facts: You will die someday. It is quite possible your death will be painful and frightening. For some, death comes tragically early and unexpectedly. For some, death comes much later and is fully expected, after years of the body and mind steadily deteriorating to the point vital organs no longer function. If you live long enough, everyone you care about now will die. I’m not trying to be macabre here; I’m simply trying to frame things in a certain ...

Episode 53 – Front Porch Civility with Alexandra Hudson

March 10, 2020 09:30 - 1 hour - 157 MB

Civility is essential to civil society. It puts the "civil" in civilization and allows for a system of ordered liberty to flourish. But what do we do when political opponents refuse to behave with civility? Can civility become a weakness in the face of those willing to risk incivility to get their way? Is it possible to both fight for what we believe while maintaining civility, or are these ideas in conflict with one another? And what exactly is civility? Is it simply being polite and well...

Episode 52 – Departied with Bill Roberts

February 25, 2020 10:30 - 1 hour - 144 MB

In Saving Elephants’ first ever cross-over podcast, Saving Elephants host is joined by Bill Roberts, host of the Departied podcast.  Bill’s podcast delves into his decision to leave the Republican party amid his growing concerns with how the party’s values aligned with his Christian faith.  Meanwhile, Josh, who is also a professing Christian, hosts a podcast that, while not religious in nature, encourages Millennials to work to restore a conservative framework to the GOP. In their discuss...

Episode 51 – Understanding Socialism – Part 2

February 11, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 162 MB

Josh and Bob continue their discussion from last week, further demystifying socialism.  The episode opens with a three-minute clip of Leftist Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) responding to a moderator’s questions in a recent townhall.  Her brief clip encapsulates much of the socialist mindset Josh and Bob had discussed in Part 1.   After recapping their understanding of socialism, Josh and Bob turn to the three most common “methods” socialists advocate to bring about a social...

Episode 50 – Understanding Socialism – Part 1

February 04, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 157 MB

It’s no secret that younger Americans are increasingly drawn to socialism.  But what is socialism?  Do people who say they support socialism simply mean they want something other than what we have now, or do they have a firm grasp of socialist economic theory and complex vision of what a socialist America would look like?   While some conservatives may dismiss calls for socialism as foolish and not worth debating, Millennial conservatives don’t have that luxury.  We understand that calls...

Episode 49 – God and the Speechless at Yale with Avi Woolf

January 21, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 145 MB

Ever since William F. Buckley wrote his landmark book “God and Man at Yale” in the 1950s, conservatives have had a deep love/hate relationship with higher education.  That relationship has only soured in recent decades with some prominent conservative thinkers—such as the recently deceased sir Roger Scruton—suggesting it may even be time for conservatives to work to “get rid of universities altogether.” But unlike Buckley’s generation, conservative groups today have emerged and even thrive...

Episode 48 - The Problem with Populism

January 07, 2020 10:30 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

Much has been said of the rise of populism on the Right today.  But what is populism?  Is it a coherent ideology with discernable objectives and ideas or a reactionary movement against an entrenched government and The Establishment?   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis parses through the meaning of populism, how it’s applied to politics, what it gets right, what it gets wrong, and how populism can disguise itself as other more rigorous worldviews, not the least of which is conservatism its...

Episode 47 - Wonkish Optimism with Andy Smarick

December 17, 2019 10:00 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

As Republicans look ahead to the end of the Trump presidency (whether that’s a year away or five years out) many are beginning to ask, “what does a post-Trump GOP look like?”   For conservatives who have spent the past three years as outcasts from a party increasingly given to populist nationalism, the prospects are both exciting and worrying.  Will things ‘go back to normal’?  Will the Republican party once again be the home of conservatism?  Or has Trump permanently changed things?  An...

Episode 46 - Should Presidents be our Role Models?

December 03, 2019 10:30 - 1 hour - 207 MB

Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis and frequent guest Bob Burch delve into questions about looking to our political leaders as role models and the tension between morality and ability when choosing who should govern us.  This discussion was prompted by a listener’s email:   Hi there,   I'm a new follower and listener to your podcast, but I like that after each episode you ask for people to contact you with thoughts or ideas. Since Trump has been in office I keep hearing about how horri...

Episode 45 - America's Greatest (and Worst) Presidents - Part 3

November 19, 2019 10:30 - 1 hour - 216 MB

Who were America’s Greatest Presidents?  Which Presidents had the most lasting impacts that shaped the country in ways that are clearly visible today?  What about those Presidents whose blunders, incompetence, or weakness left the nation worse off?   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by frequent guest Bob Burch as they work their way through the American Presidents and dissect their legacy—whether great, terrible, or somewhere in-between.  Since this is an enormous topic it’s br...

Episode 44 - America's Greatest (and Worst) Presidents - Part 2

November 12, 2019 10:30 - 1 hour - 181 MB

Who were America’s Greatest Presidents?  Which Presidents had the most lasting impacts that shaped the country in ways that are clearly visible today?  What about those Presidents whose blunders, incompetence, or weakness left the nation worse off?   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by frequent guest Bob Burch as they work their way through the American Presidents and dissect their legacy—whether great, terrible, or somewhere in-between.  Since this is an enormous topic it’s br...

Episode 43 - America's Greatest (and Worst) Presidents - Part 1

November 05, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 184 MB

Who were America’s Greatest Presidents?  Which Presidents had the most lasting impacts that shaped the country in ways that are clearly visible today?  What about those Presidents whose blunders, incompetence, or weakness left the nation worse off?   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by frequent guest Bob Burch as they work their way through the American Presidents and dissect their legacy—whether great, terrible, or somewhere in-between.  Since this is an enormous topic it’s br...

Bonus Episode – Millennials and the GOP with Kristen Soltis Anderson

October 22, 2019 09:30 - 22 minutes - 51.2 MB

The incomparable Kristen Soltis Anderson joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to discuss a plethora of topics from the GOP’s branding problem with young Americans, what messaging might appeal to Millennials, whether Millennials are Leftists, and the value of polling.   Kristen is a pollster, speaker, commentator, and author of The Selfie Vote: Where Millennials Are Leading America (And How Republicans Can Keep Up).   Kristen is co-founder of Echelon Insights, an opinion research a...

Episode 42 - Media Bias with Peter Pischke

October 15, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour - 170 MB

Is the media biased?  Has media bias always been a problem in the United States, or is it a more recent development?  Does the mainstream media have a Leftwing bias?  Does bias exist on the Right?  Saving Elephant’s host Josh Lewis welcomes Peter Pischke to the show to discuss all things media bias.   Peter Pischke is an aspiring journalist and host of The Happy Warrior podcast, a journalistic and intellectual Conservatarian commentary on the news of the day from a more positive perspec...

Episode 41 - Why Beauty Matters with Bryan Baise

October 01, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 146 MB

Does beauty matter?  Very much so!  But why does it matter?  What does beauty do for us?  For that matter, what is beauty?  Bryan Baise—Saving Elephant’s first out-of-state guest to make a repeat appearance of the podcast—joins host Josh Lewis to attempt to untangle why beauty matters.   How we think about beauty can impact how we think about nearly everything.  St. Thomas Aquinas taught that, for something to be beautiful, it must have integrity, proportionality, and brightness, clarity...

Episode 40 - Conservatives Care

September 17, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour - 157 MB

Do conservatives care?  Those are the Right are often characterized as uncaring.  But what do we mean by caring?  Does the conservative worldview make us distant and calculating, or does it open the way for us to care for one another without abandoning sensible policies?   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined once more by Bob Burch to untangle these questions and more.

Episode 39 - Variety vs Equality

September 03, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 152 MB

Join Josh Lewis and Bob Burch as they explore the surprisingly nuanced idea of equality and show why conservatives have valued variety over equality.   Visions of the future are often replete with uniformity not (currently) seen on earth.  Star Trek foretells a future in which barriers of culture, religion, class, nationalities, and politics have given way to global unity at times extending beyond even the human race.  The conservative recognizes that such a world wouldn’t be one of livi...

Episode 38 - Rational Femininity with Rachel Bock

August 20, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour - 153 MB

Modern feminism claims to fight for equality for women.  But what is feminism?  And what do they mean by equality?  Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by Rachel Bock, a biologist who abandoned feminism when she came to believe it was leading her away from what she truly wanted in life.  Rachel has since been vocal about her experience with feminism and its inherent dangers for women, warning:   “When I was a feminist I didn't understand: ‘feminists destroy the family.’  Science p...

Episode 37 - Political Nomenclature

August 06, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour - 150 MB

Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined once more by veteran guest Bob Burch as they attempt to demystify words and concepts used in political conversations   There are few subjects as likely to lead to a heated disagreement than politics.  And, while there are many reasons for this, chief among them is the difficulty in coming up with words to accurately describe different viewpoints.  For example, what does conservative really mean?  Are we talking about an ideology?  Some would say...

Bonus Episode – Supreme Court Rundown with Ilya Shapiro

July 30, 2019 09:30 - 28 minutes - 65.2 MB

What are the prospects of the United States Supreme Court taking up an abortion-related case in the near future?  What methodologies do the justices use in deciding cases?  Why does President Trump pick his nominees for the Supreme Court from a list provided by the Federalist Society?  Who better to ask than Ilya Shapiro of the Federalist Society?  Shapiro came to Tulsa to deliver a lecture to the Tulsa Federalist Society and Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis took the opportunity when Shapiro...

Episode 36 - Books Every Conservative Should Read

July 16, 2019 09:30 - 50 minutes - 116 MB

Saving Elephants has got your summer reading list covered!  In this episode Josh walks through classic, foundational books that every conservative should read, as well as some great books that speak to Millennials in particular.  Ranging from pithy and digestible to massive, complex, and dry, Josh gives a brief outline of the book and shares why it’s important to understanding conservatism.   While summer is traditionally reserved for light reading, it can also be the perfect time of yea...

Episode 35 - The Theft of a Decade with Joseph Sternberg

July 02, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour - 140 MB

“There are burglaries and heists and capers and robberies, but few thefts in history can match what Baby Boomers have done to Millennials since 2008: they stole their children’s economic futures right out from under them.”  So says Joseph Sternberg, editorialist and columnist for the Wall Street Journal and author of the new book The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future.   One generation looking down on another is all to common these days.  Yet,...

Episode 34 - American Interests Part 2

June 25, 2019 09:30 - 55 minutes - 128 MB

Josh and Bob continue their conversation on the national interests of the United States that drives the nation’s foreign policy in part two of this two-part discussion.   To the casual observer, American foreign policy over the past 240 years can come across as sporadic at best.  We’ve gone from Washingtonian noninterventionism to the territorial expansions of the nineteenth century to gearing up a massive military industrial complex for two world wars to Soviet containment to democratic...

Episode 33 - American Interests Part 1

June 18, 2019 09:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MB

To the casual observer, American foreign policy over the past 240 years can come across as sporadic at best.  We’ve gone from Washingtonian noninterventionism to the territorial expansions of the nineteenth century to gearing up a massive military industrial complex for two world wars to Soviet containment to democratic nation-building to a series of non-specific military engagements with rogue terrorist groups.   Some conservatives have argued the best thing we could do as a nation woul...

Episode 32 - #PrinciplesFirst with Heath Mayo

June 04, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour - 141 MB

In an age where much of the Right is embracing nationalism, populism, and the cult of personality that is Trumpism, some are beginning to ask themselves what being a conservative even means anymore?  But few have gone further to reinforce the idea that conservatism is about putting principles over party loyalty or allegiance to any one individual than Heath Mayo.  Heath joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to discuss the #PrinciplesFirst movement and how it’s shaping what it means to be a ...

Episode 31 - We The People

May 21, 2019 09:30 - 57 minutes - 131 MB

Politicians are fond of talking about “the people.”  But who are “the people”?  That might sound like a nonsensical question but—it turns out—there are a lot of presuppositions baked into the concept of “the people” and much of the divide between the Right and the Left begins here.  Identifying “the people” leads us to other important questions, such as: Who speaks on behalf of “the people”?  And what system of government or society can best represent their interests and protect their rights...

Episode 30 - Fusionism with Justin Stapley

May 07, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour - 144 MB

The emergence of the modern conservative movement came about in the twentieth century with the fusion of multiple groups that found they not only had common interests, but they shared common foundational beliefs.  Free market advocates, libertarians, Burkean traditionalists, the religious Right, and foreign policy hawks found common ground that led to the high watermark of the conservative movement culminating with the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s.   What led to this?  Why do conservat...

Episode 29 - Conservative Minds with Kyle Sammin

April 16, 2019 09:30 - 51 minutes - 119 MB

“Welcome to Conservative Minds – a podcast dedicated to examining conservative intellectual history to determine the core values of American conservatism.  What does it mean to call yourself a conservative?  What did it mean in prior times and how did we get where we are today?  We explore these questions and more by turning to conservative political thinkers from the past and present.  Each episode we select readings and conduct a discussion to share with you our investigation.”   Thus ...

Episode 28 - Unjust with Noah Rothman

April 02, 2019 09:00 - 46 minutes - 107 MB

There are just two problems with social justice: it’s not social and it’s not justice.  So says Noah Rothman, Saving Elephants’ guest and author of the new book Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America.   Noah walks us through the evolution of the concept of justice in the West to show how some political activists (perhaps unwittingly) have twisted it.  Social justice may be well intentioned and be useful as a philosophical perspective.  But when applied to practical politics,...

Episode 27 - What's so Positive about Negative Rights?

March 19, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour - 179 MB

Is healthcare a right or a privilege?  As the Democratic party swings Left, more and more Americans—Millennials in particular—are growing comfortable with the idea that we have a right to healthcare.  Not to mention free education, food, shelter, and a host of other things.   But before we can even hope to have a productive conversation about these things, we must first address some fundamentals: What is a right?  How do rights differ from privileges?  Where do rights come from?  What is...

Episode 26 - Urban Conservatism with Avi Woolf

March 05, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 170 MB

Conservative thinkers from Russell Kirk to Irving Kristol to the Founding Fathers have, at best, cast a wary eye towards cities.  And across the country today, Leftist safe havens are often found in dense, urban areas.  Does conservatism only thrive in small towns?  And, if so, what does conservatism have to say for city life?  Should conservatives abandon cities in hopes of a renewal of rural America?  Or might there be a way to forge a path that both respects cities as cities and cultivate...

Episode 25 - Developing Your Worldview with Bryan Baise

February 19, 2019 08:30 - 1 hour - 148 MB

How developed is your worldview?  How deep does it go?  Have you taken the time to rigorously study and challenge your belief system or have you—like most of us—struggled to find the time as so many other important things in life have kept you busy?   The pathway most of us take as we develop and mature is to adopt the belief system of our upbringing—typically whatever our parents believe.  Then, sometime around high school and on into college, in an effort to “find ourselves” we begin t...

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