209 – The Soul of Schooling
Former President George W. Bush was wrong when he iconically stated "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" Actually, it's...
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Roundtable - Common Good Conservatism
In recent weeks conservative social media has been aflurry debating that nebulous phrase, the Common Good. Does the New Right have a monopol...
208 – Fusionism with Stephanie Slade
Fellow Millennial, Stephanie Slade, has been in the trenches of various factions on the dissident Right lo these past several years to share...
207 – Why Postliberalism Failed with James Patterson and Thomas Howes
Patrick Deneen's 2018 book, Why Liberalism Failed , was by the standards of most academic works of political philosophy, wildly successful....
206 – Pondering Patriotism with John Wilsey
What does it mean to love your country? Is that nationalism? And isn't nationalism—you know—bad? And how should our allegiance and love of c...
205 – Radical Experimentation in Liberty with Brad Birzer
The immortal words of the Declaration of Independence — We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they a...
Roundtable - America, 250 Years Young
Whether you call it the Semiquincentennial or the Sestercentennial; whether you're on team Red, Blue, or politically homeless; whether you b...
204 – Weaving Thru Weaver with Michael Lucchese
Richard Weaver was a twentieth century American scholar and rhetorician whose writings were praised by the likes of Russell Kirk, William F....
Roundtable - Should We Uncap The House?
What if we can agree on the political solution, but we disagree on whose side is most likely to benefit? Congress is broken. On this we can...
203 – Historizing Conservatism with George Nash
In 1976 historian George H. Nash wrote The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945 , a celebrated historical accounting tha...
202 – How to Get What You Want with Josh Bandoch
Persuasion seems conspicuously absent from our politics. Not shouting, denouncing, or trying to convince the "other side" that they're wrong...
201 – All Things China with Lu
Sometimes the best way to understand one's culture is to compare it with something entirely different. In this episode Saving Elephants host...
200 – Is the GOP Worth Saving?
This month marks eight years of Saving Elephants tirelessly calling the GOP back to its classical conservative roots instead of the cult-of-...
199 – Getting Friendly with John von Heyking
Friendship is one of the last words you might associate with politics these days. Yet John von Heyking believes recovering a proper, classic...
Roundtable - POTUS War Powers
It's been nearly a month since Supreme Leader Khamenei and his gathered Legion of Doom were killed in the Trump administration's "special mi...
198 – Conservative Cagematch – Burke vs Strauss
Ever since Leo Strauss published his magnum opus Natural Right and History , which ends by heavily implying Edmund Burke opened the door for...
197 – Defending Wonks with Nic Dunn
While Saving Elephants is dedicated to offering the conservative intellectual tradition in mercifully modern vernacular, fellow podcaster Ni...
196 – Crossing the Danube with Calum Nicholson
For good or ill, the post World War II era built by the Baby Boomers seems to be rapidly coming to an end. But what will replace it? What mi...
195 – Geeking Out with Lauren Hall
In a world of exhaustive binary thinking sometimes complexity offers relief. Lauren Hall joins the show to offer her alternative living in 4...
194 – Conversing Across the Pond with Daniel Pitt
Dr. Daniel Pitt and his imposing mustache joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to explore the similarities and differences between America...