JWI Presents: Anchoring Truths Podcast

Join Garrett Snedeker and Criminologist Barry Latzer for an in-depth look at Latzer's new book, The Myth of Overpunishment, arguing provocatively that America underincarcerates. Latzer also details his proposal for reducing the cost of incarceration as well as the overall prison population: e-carceration.

Host Garrett Snedeker and JWI Programs Manager Daniel Osborne review the key debates in law and morality animating the conservative legal movement in 2022. They also discuss how those debates featured in audiences gathered by JWI.

Garrett Snedeker sits down with Jordan Ballor, Director of Research at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy at First Liberty Institute, to discuss the CRCD's inaugural, first of its kind initiative to measure and rank each state's safeguards for religious liberty.

Populism and self-government take center stage in this discussion of "The Conservative Affirmation" by essayist Willmoore Kendall. The book of essays has been re-released with a new foreword by ISI's Dan McCarthy. McCarthy joins us for a wide-ranging discussion of Kendall, populism, and the underpinnings of conservative intellectual thought. 

JWI Founder & Director Hadley Arkes offers his fullest statement on the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health. Arkes finds much to savor in Justice Alito's majority opinion, but cautions that the logic of Justice Kavanaugh's pivotal concurrence does not augur well for conservative jurisprudence. JWI Senior Scholar Gerry Bradley reacts to Arkes's address with his own notes of caution and his path forward for pro-life litigation strategy. This is a recording of a public event JWI hosted on October 28, 2022.

In this episode of the Anchoring Truths podcast, Garrett Snedeker and JWI intern Jacob Shields sit down with Troy Senik to discuss his new book titled, "A Man of Iron; The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland" They discuss Cleveland's rise to political prominence, his principled approach to executive power, and his relevance to our current moment. You can purchase a copy of the book here.

In this episode, Garrett Snedeker and JWI intern Jacob Shields sit down with Professor Carson Holloway of the University of Nebraska, Omaha, to discuss his recent article for the Claremont Institute titled "Rethinking Libel, Defamation, and Press Accountability," They discuss New York Times v. Sullivan, the natural right to reputation, and the most likely scenario for a challenge to current libel precedent.

Join us as host Garrett Snedeker and JWI Programs Manager Daniel Osborne recap their experience at the National Conservatism Conference (NatCon) in Miami Sept. 11-13, 2022. Timon Cline, an Anchoring Truths contributing writer and panelist at NatCon, chats with Garrett about Protestantism and the Anglo-American Conservative Tradition.

Professor Phillip Munoz, author a new book on the original meaning of the First Amendment's religion clauses, joins the Anchoring Truths Podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on what the Founders thought about religion and what the drafters of the Constitution wrought with the First Amendment.

Garrett Snedeker sits down for a conversation with Mike Sabo of the RealClear Civics Portal to discuss building up organizations and ideas in the conservative movement.