Conservative Conversations with ISI

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 17 - Marlo SafiIn this episode... A listener question on the founding fathersA conversation with ISI’s National Director of Student ProgramsLinks: ISI Honors ConferenceThe Collegiate NetworkCN FellowshipsThe New ThinkeryFiring LineThe University BookmanBooks Mentioned:Land of Hope, Bill McClayTrue and Only Heaven, Christopher LaschEisenhower in War and Peace, Jean Edward SmithNatural Right and History, Leo StraussRoots of American Order, Russell KirkConservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition, Roger ScrutonThe Humane Economy, Wilhelm RoepkeBiographies of Otto Von BismarkReflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund BurkeBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 16 - Sohrab Ahmari, The Unbroken Thread, and American DystopiaIn this episode... A listener question on starting new institutions of Higher Education.A conversation with conservative journalist Sohrab Ahmari!Links: Apply to the ISI Honors ProgramBooks Mentioned:The Unbroken Thread, Sohrab AhmariSuper Can, BallardMetropolis, Fritz LongRevolt of the Elites, Christopher LaschComing Apart, Charles MurrayThe American Political Tradition, Richard HofstadterPolitical Economy in the Gilded Age: The Republican Party's Industrial Policy, Charles W. CalhounThe Four Loves, C.S. LewisThe Nicomachean Ethics, AristotleLetter to the Duke of Norfolk, St. John Henry NewmanGulag Archipeligo, Alexander SolzhenitsynBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 15 - Marco Rubio, China, and Common Good CapitalismIn this episode... A listener question on whether or not you can be a conservative without being religiousAn interview with Senator Marco Rubio on China, Capitalism, and supporting familiesA chance to win two tickets to the ISI Gala for Western Civilization!Enter Here!Links: The Future of America Political Economy ConferenceSign up as a member to attend next year’s conference!Confucius Institutes: China’s Trojan Horse, Lee EdwardsBooks Mentioned:Roots of American Order, Russell KirkNatural Right and History, Leo StraussModern and American Dignity, Peter LawlerBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI EventsDownload the ISI App on iPhoneDownload the ISI App on Android

Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 14 - After Nationalism, Dangerous Conclusions, and PessimismIn this episode... A panel from ISI’s Homecoming Weekend on Samuel Goldman’s book After Nationalism Interested in coming to ISI events like this one? Click here to become a member!Links: Samuel Goldman, The WeekHelen Andrews, The American ConservativeDaniel McCarthy, The SpectatorRachel Bovard, Conservative Partnership InstituteLaw & Liberty Symposium on After NationalismBooks Mentioned:After Nationalism, Samuel GoldmanBecome a Part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 13 - Frank Meyer, Fusionism, and the Enduring Tension  In this episode... A listener question on what journals to read in the conservative movementAn interview with Reagan’s Terrible Swift Sword of the Civil Service Links: The Fund for American StudiesImaginative ConservativeThe American SpectatorModern AgeNational ReviewThe American ConservaitveJames’ review of The Enduring TensionPhiladelphia SocietyActon InstituteEpisode with RJ Snell Books Mentioned:The Enduring Tension, Donald DevineThe Question of Freedom, William ThomasDivided we Fall, David FrenchThe Road to Serfdom, F. A. HayekIn Defense of Freedom, Frank MeyerThe Moulding of Communists, Frank MeyerDemocracy in America, Alexis de TocquevilleBureaucracy, Ludwig Von MisesPolitical Management of the Bureaucracy, Donald Devine Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

Episode 12- The Tocqueville Option, Complexity, and Free Markets  In this episode... A listener question on building community while building a careerAn interview with Michael Matheson Miller of the Acton Institute Links: Michael Matheson MillerThe Moral Imagination PodcastActon InstitutePoverty Inc. Philadelphia SocietyIs There a Future for Fusionism?, Stephanie SladeDoes Capitalism Destroy Culture?, Michael Matheson MillerAwakening from Nihilism, Michael NovakThe Use of Knowledge in Society, F.A. HayekDoing Business Studies Books Mentioned:The Quest for Community, Robert NisbetTwilight of Authority, Robert NisbetDemocracy in America, Alexis De TocquevilleWhat it Means to be Human, Carter SneadFrom Counterculture to Cyberculture, Fred TurnerArtificial Unintelligence, Meredith BroussardBreath, James NestorThe Unbroken Thread, Sohrab AhmariThe American Republic, Orestes BrownsonThe Conservative Intellectual Movement in America, George NashThe Enduring Tension, Don DevineThe End of History and the Last Man, Francis FukuyamaDignity, Chris ArnadeThe Entrepreneurial State, Mariana MazzucatoAmusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

Episode 11 - Roger Scruton, Civilization, Conservatism Abroad, and Impossible Dialogue  In this episode... A listener question on conservatism outside the U.S.An interview with Dan Mahoney about Roger ScrutonWords of wisdom from Roger Scruton on Civilization Links: Roger Scruton: A Thing Called CivilizationRoger Scruton Legacy FoundationDan Mahoney at Law & LibertyThe CriticValeurs ActuellesIncorrect Books Mentioned:The Solzhenitsyn Reader, ed. Edward Ericson jr. & Daniel J. MahoneyBertrand De Jouvenel, Daniel J. MahoneyMaverick: A biography of Thomas Sowell, Jason RileyMinds Wide Shut, Morton Schapiro & Gary Saul MorsonThe American Republic, Orestes BrownsonRed, White, and Black, ed. Robert WoodsonHow to Think Seriously about the Planet, Roger ScrutonGentle Regrets, Roger ScrutonOur Church, Roger ScrutonThe Soul of the World, Roger ScrutonConversations with Roger Scruton, Mark DooleyConfessions of a Heretic, Roger ScrutonEccentric Culture, Remi BragueAmerican Awakening, Joshua MitchellThe Meaning of Conservatism, Roger ScrutonConservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition, Roger ScrutonHow to be a Conservative, Roger ScrutonThe Idol of Our Age, Daniel J. MahoneyBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 10 - R. J. Snell, Fiction, Conservatism, and Conspiracy  In this episode... A listener question on the role of fiction in conservatism.An interview with R. J. Snell, editor of the Public Discourse Links: Register for ISI’s inaugural Homecoming Weekend Witherspoon InstitutePublic DiscourseToward a New Consensus: An InvitationThe Moral Imagination, Russell KirkBarry ScholarshipAntonio Gramsci Books mentioned:Ideas Have Consequences, Richard WeaverSwallows and Amazons, Arthur RansomThe Pocket Oracle and the Art of Prudence, Balthasar GracianThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund MorrisRobert Nisbet, Brad Lowell StoneThe Quest for Community, Robert NisbetTwilight of Authority, Robert NisbetWe Hold These Truths, John Courtney MurrayRationalism in Politics, Michael OakeshottDemocracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 9 - Gracy Olmstead, Agriculture, Localism, and Rootedness  In this episode... A listener question on the authors that influenced the hosts the mostGracy Olmstead, a Top 20 Under 30 ISI Alumna, on localism and agriculture Links: Register for the ISI Inaugural Homecoming Weekend Front Porch RepublicConservative Conversations episode with Tim Carney and Rusty RenoSmall-Town Natives Are Moving Back Home, Gracy Olmstead Books Mentioned:Uprooted, Gracy OlmsteadGilead, Marilynne RobinsonHouse Keeping, Marilynne RobinsonEast of Eden, John SteinbeckGrapes of Wrath, John SteinbeckLandmarks, Robert McFarlandPastoral Song, James RebanksThe Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. TolkeinUp to Heaven and Down to Hell, Colin JerolmackRemembering, Wendell BerryWhere the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs, Wallace StegnerDemocracy in America, Alexis de TocquevilleHannah Coulter, Wendell BerryThe Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Rod DreherHillbilly Elegy, J. D. VanceHeartland, Sarah SmarshHollowing out the Middle, Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events

 Conservative Conversations with ISI: Episode 8 - Richard Weaver, C.S. Lewis, and the Conservative Response to Relativism  In this episode... A member question on working towards an intellectual career and life A conversation on Weaver, Lewis, & relativism with Rob KoonsFrom the vault: a rare lecture from Richard Weaver himself  Links: Richard WeaverRob Koons Books Mentioned:Ideas Have Consequences, Richard WeaverThe Ethics of Rhetoric, Richard WeaverVisions of Order, Richard WeaverReflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund BurkeThe Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods (Not In A Series), A. G. SertillangesIn Defense of Freedom, Frank MeyerAndrew Jackson Southerner, Mark CheathemAndrew Jackson, Robert ReminiLincoln: A life of purpose and power, Richard CarwardineThe Conservative Mind, Russell KirkThe Road to Serfdom, F.A. HayekEdmund Burke: The Enlightenment and Revolution, Peter StanlisThe Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis Become a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events