126 – 40 Must-Read Conservative Books – Part 1
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- Feb 21
125 – Braver Angels with Elizabeth Doll


- Feb 7
124 – The Unpopulists and the New Right with Shikha Dalmia


- Jan 17
123 – Judging Lord Acton with Dan Hugger


- Jan 3
122 – The Political Animals with Jonathan Cole


- Dec 20, 2022
121 – Kids These Days with Scott Howard


- Dec 6, 2022
120 – Why Associations Matter with Luke Sheahan


- Nov 15, 2022
119 – Inflating the Apocalypse with David Bahnsen


- Nov 1, 2022
118 – Fearlessly Curious with Mónica Guzmán


- Oct 18, 2022
117 – Conservatism Down Under with Jonathan Cole


- Oct 4, 2022
116 – Fifty Conservative Thinkers


- Sep 20, 2022
115 – A Post-Roe World with Kimberly Ross


- Sep 6, 2022
114 – Are We Right? - Crossover Podcast


- Aug 16, 2022
113 – It's Greek to Me with Christopher Chesny


- Aug 2, 2022
112 – Geriatric Millennials with Eric Kohn


- Jul 19, 2022
111 – What Hath Conservatism Conserved? with Avi Woolf


- Jul 5, 2022
110 – Reaching the Future with Marlo Slayback


- Jun 21, 2022
109 – The Right with Matthew Continetti


- Jun 7, 2022
108 – Following Up with Bo Winegard


- May 17, 2022
107 – Right to Work with Christopher Chesny


- May 3, 2022
106 – Reappraising Herbert Hoover with George Nash


- Apr 19, 2022
105 – AllSides with Julie Mastrine


- Apr 5, 2022
104 – Armchair Burkeans with Bo Winegard


- Mar 15, 2022
103 – Creative Impostors with Andrea Klunder and David Blatt


- Mar 1, 2022
102 – More Talking Less Killing with Corey Nathan


- Feb 15, 2022
101 – Voting Vexations


- Feb 1, 2022
100 – The Genius of Thomas Sowell with Alan Wolan


- Jan 18, 2022
Episode 99 – The Forgotten Legacy of Willmoore Kendall with Chris Owen


- Jan 4, 2022
Episode 98 – The Deep Places with Ross Douthat


- Dec 21, 2021
Episode 97 – Good Grief with Jimmy Humphrey and Andrew Snyder


- Dec 7, 2021
Episode 96 – Conservative Minds with Kyle Sammin and Corey Astill


- Nov 30, 2021
Bonus Episode – America's Future with Ericka Andersen


- Nov 16, 2021
Episode 95 – Reassessing the GOP with Justin Stapley


- Nov 2, 2021
Episode 94 – What's the Matter with Socialism?


- Oct 19, 2021
Episode 93 – Repainting the Fusionist Fence with James Davenport


- Oct 5, 2021
Episode 92 – The Spice of Life


- Sep 21, 2021
Episode 91 – Invisible Men with Ian Rowe and Nique Fajors


- Sep 7, 2021
Episode 90 – Redlining and Reparations with Charles Marohn


- Aug 31, 2021
Bonus Episode – En Route with Dennis Sanders


- Aug 17, 2021
Episode 89 – Uprooted with Gracy Olmstead


- Aug 3, 2021
Episode 88 – Opioid Pains with Peter Pischke


- Jul 20, 2021
Episode 87 – E Pluribus Unum with Avi Woolf


- Jun 29, 2021
Episode 86 – Perfect Bedrock


- Jun 15, 2021
Episode 85 – Strong Towns with Charles Marohn


- Jun 1, 2021
Episode 84 – The History of American Conservatism with George Nash


- May 18, 2021
Episode 83 – West Coast (Straussianism) is the Best Coast with Seth Root


- May 4, 2021
Episode 82 – Ruminating Remnants with Jonah Goldberg


- Apr 20, 2021
Episode 81 – But, He's a Fighter


- Apr 6, 2021
Episode 80 – The Future of Fusionism with Stephanie Slade


- Apr 1, 2021
Bonus Episode – What is Conservatism? – with Corey Astill and Kyle Sammin