
The American Mind
The American Mind Podcast uncovers the ideas and principles that drive American political life. In each episode, we engage Claremont Institute scholars, co-conspirators, and critics in thought-provoking discussions about the real causes of our current political and cultural reality. We explore these ideas with an eye towards restoring American civic health.
The Roundtable is a weekly show, hosted by our editors and publisher with a unique blend of joviality and intellectually stimulating conversation, boosted by an occasional glass of whisky. Each episode focuses on a handful of topics that carry significant weight in the debate of ideas for the best path of American life, both privately and civically. Of course, we do reserve some time for fun in each show.
Occasionally, we produce special podcast features on individual topics with commentary from the top thinkers in America today. Think of American Mind Podcast specials as succinct audio-documentaries.
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The American Mind, The Roundtable, and our specials are productions of the Claremont Institute. The mission of the Claremont Institute is the recovery of the American idea—the timeless principles that have made America great since its founding.
Latest episodes

Aug 27, 2020 • 1h 4min
Resist the Blackpill | The Roundtable Ep. 32
Amid the riots, the lockdowns, and the ceaseless media deceit, it’s tempting to just give up and wait for the end of America. But that’s exactly what the Democrats want. There is another path, however. You can dig your feet in the sand, cough up that black pill, and resist. Now is the time to go all-in, with cheer in your heart and a glint of joy in your eye. There’s nowhere else to go if we fail.

Aug 27, 2020 • 21min
Kenosha Riots | The Roundtable Ep. 32 Segment 1
As the violent Left is set alight by another police shooting and subsequent Democratic agitation, they turn and set American cities alight. This time, two rioters met their end at the hands of a private citizen. It didn’t have to be this way. Our editors discuss how to avoid giving in to despair.

Aug 27, 2020 • 21min
Secession is on the Table | The Roundtable Ep. 32 Segment 2
With a meager sixty-seven days until the general election in November, Democrats have moved from talking about secession as a last-ditch effort in a war game, to floating it as a serious strategy. Fueled by pure rage and moral self-righteousness, identitarians in liberal clothing are making their final gambit to stage an all-out coup. Can the American republic survive another wicked blow?

Aug 27, 2020 • 22min
Make Your Stand | The Roundtable Ep. 32 Segment 3
The media tells you a misleading narrative first, and the facts only if convenient. Various government entities actively encourage or refuse to stop savagery and destruction in the streets. Our fellow citizens are torching businesses and ruthlessly beating people for trying to protect their livelihoods. Our institutions have failed us. You have to stand up for your country while there is still time to reverse course. If you don’t, no one else will.

Aug 20, 2020 • 1h 1min
The Future Liberals Want | The Roundtable Ep. 31
California is a dumpster fire of government corruption, bureaucratic ineptitude, and social breakdown--and it’s coming for a state near you! This is literally the future liberals want, as they have made plain this week in their spectacularly cringey remote National Convention. Plus: QAnon may be a kooky conspiracy theory, but are its adherents really wrong to fear a nationwide cabal of pedophilia? Our editors discuss.

Aug 20, 2020 • 18min
California, the Nation’s Dumpster Fire | The Roundtable Ep. 31 Segment 1
Rolling blackouts are hitting hundreds of thousands of Californians during the worst heat wave since 2006. Wildfire is spreading across the state like…well, wildfire. And the state economy is in the tank. California is in trouble on all sides, all of which could have been avoided if Democrats weren’t such miserable incompetents. Is California’s meltdown a canary in the coal mine for Election 2020?

Aug 20, 2020 • 16min
The DNC Cringefest | The Roundtable Ep. 31 Segment 2
Only 75 days out from the general election, the Democrats are finally holding their national convention. Everyone, even prominent left-wing figures, agree that it is an unmitigated disaster. Our editors analyze the strange gyrations of a party in its digital death throes, and the sinister new Left that is rising to take its place.

Aug 20, 2020 • 27min
QAnon and Netflix | The Roundtable Ep. 31 Segment 3
A reporter recently asked President Trump if he is secretly saving the world from “pedophiles and cannibals.” This threw gasoline on the QAnon conspiracy theory, but Trump’s response was absolutely legendary. Our editors analyze the underlying rationality of conspiracy theories generally even if their conclusions are wrong. Plus: Netflix’s newest show sexualizes young girls in a disgusting, revealing way.

Aug 20, 2020 • 33min
Preserving the American Way of Life: A Special Edition of the American Mind Podcast
In this special edition of the American Mind podcast, we make the case that conservatives should make their mission preserving the way of life--and explore what it entails, the assault our way of life currently faces, and what must to be done to overcome it. The podcast features Claremont Institute President Ryan Williams, and scholar Michael Anton, as well as selections from addresses from President Donald Trump, and Senators Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley. It is narrated by James Poulos, Executive Editor of the American Mind, and produced by ChangeUp Media. *** Works Referenced & Related Readings (In Order of Appearance): https://americanmind.org/audio/multiculturalism-vs-america/ https://americanmind.org/audio/the-1619-project-exposed-a-special-edition-of-the-american-mind-podcast/ https://americanmind.org/features/preserving-the-american-way-of-life/ https://americanmind.org/audio/what-is-the-fundamental-problem-politics-must-solve-a-conversation-with-mike-anton/ https://youtu.be/x5lh5oUCWTs?t=2262 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmbnzd9pOaE https://www.hawley.senate.gov/senator-josh-hawleys-speech-national-conservatism-conference https://americanmind.org/essays/our-house-divided-multiculturalism-vs-america/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxmTIjq3sMo Visit The American Mind for more great content. And if you have feedback for us, we'd love to hear from you at americanmind@claremont.org *** Music: "Day of Victory" by Swan Productions

Aug 13, 2020 • 1h 16min
The Kamala Cascade | The Roundtable Ep. 30
Joe Biden has picked Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate. Is it really as bad a choice as it seems, or do the Dems have a secret game plan? Meanwhile, mask hysteria has taken over not just America, but most of the world, causing activists to cheer on police officers for chokeslamming people on the street. But when a Black Lives MAGA rally was held in Beverly Hills recently, the press was silent. What does that say about the state of politics today?