Conservative Conversations with ISI

In this episode:Vincent Muñoz joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion ClausesHow the Founders agreed on religious liberty as a natural right in principle, but disagreed about what that means in practiceWhy the natural rights tradition offers a coherent account of the proper limits of church-state relationsTexts Mentioned:Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion ClausesBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

In this episode: Marcus Witcher, Assistant Professor of History at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama and co-author of Black Liberation Through the Marketplace, defines classical liberalismThe Philadelphia Society and the conservative icons that have marked its historyHow to address injustice of the past through the marketplace Texts Mentioned: Getting Right with Reagan: The Struggle for True Conservatism, 1980-2016 by Marcus Witcher Black Liberation Through the Marketplace by Marcus Witcher and Rachel Furgeson Conversations on Conservatism: Speeches from the Philadelphia Society by Marcus Witcher (Author), Blake Ball (Editor), Kevin Hughes (Editor) Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

In this episode:Phillip Blond, founder and director of ResPublica, joins the podcast to discuss "Red Toryism"the link between liberalism and economic and social insecuritythe case against nationalism and the case for empirewhy visual art mattersTexts Mentioned:Red Tory: How Left and Right Have Broken Britain and How We Can Fix It by Phillip BlondLeviathan by Thomas HobbesThe Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

In this episode: Frank H. Buckley, the Foundation Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School, discusses his newly published book, Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America’s Natural Governing PartyHow left-wing progressive policies on immigration, education, and burdensome regulations make America more immobile and aristocratic, and how progressive conservatives can solve this problemhow progressive conservatism repudiates recent conservative history, and hearkens back to older parts of the American conservative tradition, such as Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Dwight EisenhowerTexts Mentioned:Progressive Conservatism: How Republicans Will Become America’s Natural Governing Party by F.H. Buckley“The Significance of the Frontier in American History" by Frederick Jackson TurnerThe Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

 In this episode: Dr. Chad Pecknold from CUA joins Marlo Slayback and Johnny Burtka to discuss post-liberalismhow post-liberalism differentiates itself from other camps in conservatismhow St. Augustine defines freedomTexts Mentioned:The City of God, Against the Pagans, by Augustine of HippoThe Religious Nature of the City, by Chad PecknoldWhere Augustine is Not Silent, by Chad PecknoldSt. Augustine’s Journey to Easter, by Chad PecknoldBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

In this episode: Carmel Richardson, an editorial fellow for The American Conservative, discusses her recent article about seed oils, food regulations, and what is driving the decline in American nutrition and poor health outcomescrunchy conservatism and generational shifts in outlook in the conservative movementthe bigger picture surrounding the baby formula shortageTexts Mentioned:Seed Oils and Bad Science by Carmel RichardsonCrunchy Cons: The New Conservative Counterculture and Its Return to Roots by Rod DreherDeep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food by Catherine Shanahan, M.D. Re-evaluation of the traditional diet-heart hypothesis: analysis of recovered data from Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-73) by Christopher Ramsden, et al. Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

In this episode:Charles Fain Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses recent crime surges across the country and their potential causesWhy police departments are facing a recruitment crisisHow conservatives should think about criminal justice reformTexts Mentioned:Fixing Drinking Problems: Evidence and Strategies for Alcohol Control as Crime Control by Charles Fain LehmanRejecting Disorder by Charles Fain LehmanPot and Pathology by Charles Fain LehmanBloodless Moralism by Helen AndrewsBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

Conservative Conversations Episode 48—Ryan T. Anderson on The Supreme Court Overturned Roe v. Wade — Here’s What’s Next for Pro-LifersIn this episode:Ryan T. Anderson, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, discusses what’s next for the pro-life movement after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24How the concept of “body self-dualism” underpins abortion and transgenderismRyan’s forthcoming book on how abortion harms everything and solves nothingTexts Mentioned:Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing by Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctisBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

In this episode:Dr. Samuel Gregg, Distinguished Fellow in Political Economy and a Senior Research Faculty member at The American Institute for Economic Research, explains why Americans are experiencing record inflationWhat a recession today would look likeHow conservatives should approach political economyTexts Mentioned:The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World by Dr. Samuel GreggBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

Conservative Conversations Episode 46—Geoff Shullenberger on Spiritual Decay, School Shootings, and René Girard’s MimesisIn this episode:Geoff Shullenberger, a clinical associate professor at New York University and a columnist at Compact, discusses the phenomenon of the school shooter in America after the tragedy in TexasHow René Girard’s mimetic theory can explain violent behaviorThe religious and social dimensions of mass shootings and human sacrificeTexts Mentioned:The Faith of Mass Shooters by Geoff ShullenbergerHuman Sacrifice and the Digital Business Model by Geoff ShullenbergerThresholds of Violence by Malcolm GladwellBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events