Conservative Curious

In this episode, we talk to Anton Howes, historian-in-residence at The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and author of "Arts and Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation." He is also the head of innovation research at The Entrepreneurs Network, a UK-based think tank. We discuss the improving mentality, what we can learn from Britain's 300-year period of technological advancement, why innovators should also be cultural entrepreneurs and how paranoia can spark innovation.

In this bonus episode with Ryan Peterson, we go deeper on the philosophy of democracy, his university life vs. learning on his own, what enables productive discourse, how he processes information with ADHD, and if he’s planning to stay in L.A.

Michael Gibson, General Partner of 1517 Fund, talks about the 'pay it forward' mentality in Silicon Valley, the value of personal libraries, his experience at Oxford University, the surprising job opportunity he almost took at the CIA, and reflections on missed investment opportunities.

In this episode, we talk to Anthony Hennen, Cofounder of Expatalachians, an Appalachia-focused journalism project. He is also the Managing Editor at The James G. Martin Center for Academic renewal, a higher ed think tank in Raleigh, North Carolina. With his upbringing in Appalachia and time spent living in the Czech Republic, Anthony has interesting insights about the rise of regionalism. We talk about how the pandemic has spurred regional consortiums in the U.S., the dilution of communities, the proliferation of digital tribes, the cultural impacts of a nation and his case for the E.U.

In this episode, we talk to Dryden Brown, the CEO of Bluebook Cities. Listen as he shares his thoughts on the process of building a new city, why charter cities are required in the 21st century, and the challenges that come with reimagining the way we live.

In this episode, we talk to Ryan Peterson, better known by his Twitter handle @ResonantPyre. Ryan is a 19-year old freshman at the University of Chicago, currently on leave from his studies due the coronavirus pandemic. But that hasn’t stopped him from learning. Ryan continues to read on his own and brilliantly marries the fields of philosophy and politics in his insightful and eloquently composed tweets. We talk to him the tragedy of modern life, creating public digital goods, conceptualizing a decentralized internet, and his advice for young intellectuals.

In this episode, we talk to Michael Gibson, General Partner of 1517 Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in the earliest stages of a startup. Previously, he ran the Thiel Fellowship where he oversaw the selection of the world’s youngest and brightest minds. Listen as he shares his thoughts on finding the lost Elons, what the alpha-gamma quality is, why he’s thinking of the Counter-Enlightenment now, and the importance of inspiring future generations.

Conservative Curious is thrilled to launch our first podcast episode with Bradley Davis, the founder and editor-in-chief of his newly launched online magazine Athwart. We discussed his journey from the most liberal college in America to his time in Morocco, where he uncovered his faith and was inspired to revive the wisdom captured in Ancient Greek thought while engineering a new dialogue in modern conservatism.