Episode 100: Lee Edwards on the History of ISI, Fusionism and Conservatism, and the Buckley Legacy

In this episode:

• Lee Edwards joins the podcast to celebrate 100 episodes of Conservative Conversations and talk about the history of ISI
• how fusionism remains a vibrant approach to conservative politics and scholarship in bringing together seemingly disparate persuasions
• the importance of Bill Buckley not only as an intellectual or a political actor, but as an organizer in creating many of the central institutions in the conservative movement

Texts Mentioned:

• Educating for Liberty by Lee Edwards
• God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley, Jr.
• “For Our Children’s Children: A Fifty Year Program” by Frank Chodorov
• The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk
• The Roots of American Order by Russell Kirk
• The Quest for Community by Robert Nisbet
• William F. Buckley, Jr.: The Maker of a Movementby Lee Edwards
• What is Conservatism? edited by Frank Meyer
• “Consistency in Politics” by Winston Churchill
• Victims of Communism

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