Bonus Episode – America's Future with Ericka Andersen
In this re-podcast from America’s Future Facebook live interview, Ericka Andersen interviews Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis about his...
The Saving Elephants Podcast
The Saving Elephants Podcast features engaging conversations about conservative values and ideas with a mercifully modern twist. Tired of political shock-talk and rank punditry? Curious about what conservative thinkers of yesteryear had to say but don't have time to read some terribly long, boring book they wrote? Join us!
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- Nov 16
Episode 95 – Reassessing the GOP with Justin Stapley
For the Trump-skeptical conservative, the past five years have been dizzyingly disconcerting. We’ve often felt politically homeless and...
- Nov 2
Episode 94 – What's the Matter with Socialism?
Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis offers a conservative critique of socialism. It’s hardly news that socialism is gaining in popularity...
- Oct 19
Episode 93 – Repainting the Fusionist Fence with James Davenport
Founded in 1953, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) has remained on the forefront of the conservative intellectual movement with...
- Oct 5
Episode 92 – The Spice of Life
As the old adage goes, variety is the spice of life. And the conservative heartily agrees. Variety, not uniformity, is what gives life...
- Sep 21
Episode 91 – Invisible Men with Ian Rowe and Nique Fajors
Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by Ian Rowe and Nique Fajors—two black Harvard Business School graduates—who hope to change...
- Sep 7
Episode 90 – Redlining and Reparations with Charles Marohn
America’s history of bigotry and racism have left wounds that fester to this day. How might the country make amends to those racial...
- Aug 31
Bonus Episode – En Route with Dennis Sanders
Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis joins Dennis Sanders on his podcast En Route to discuss the past, present, and future of the GOP and...
- Aug 3
Episode 88 – Opioid Pains with Peter Pischke
The opioid overdose crisis is back in the news with recent revelations that the already shocking death toll has increased dramatically...
- Jul 20
Episode 87 – E Pluribus Unum with Avi Woolf
What is America and what does it mean to be an American? We Americans have been debating this question for centuries, yet we seem even...
- Jun 29
Episode 86 – Perfect Bedrock
Josh takes a break from the guests to cover a little conservatism 101. Russell Kirk’s pithy list Ten Conservative Principles: begins with...
- Jun 15
Episode 85 – Strong Towns with Charles Marohn
For thousands of years the ways in which cities and towns developed has provided us with a of blueprint for what human habitats need to...
- Jun 1
Episode 84 – The History of American Conservatism with George Nash
In 1976 historian George H. Nash wrote The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945, a celebrated historical accounting...
- May 18
Episode 83 – West Coast (Straussianism) is the Best Coast with Seth Root
Few conservative thinkers are as little known, controversial, or had as great an impact on the conservative elite as Leo Strauss. Who was...
- May 4
Episode 82 – Ruminating Remnants with Jonah Goldberg
Syndicated columnist, author, podcaster, and political commentator Jonah Goldberg joins Josh to discuss his work in conservative media,...
- Apr 20
Episode 81 – But, He's a Fighter
How often have you heard someone say of a Republican politician that they don’t necessarily approve of everything they do or say, but at...
- Apr 6
Episode 80 – The Future of Fusionism with Stephanie Slade
“There's a well-worn tale about modern American conservatism,” writes Stephanie Slade in her piece for Reason entitle Is There a Future...
- Apr 1
Bonus Episode – What is Conservatism? – with Corey Astill and Kyle Sammin
The Saving Elephants podcast turns three years old today—no joke! To celebrate Saving Elephants is releasing a bonus episode: a...
- Mar 16
Episode 79 – Turning Left from Right with Calvin Moore
Host of the Leading Questions podcast Calvin Moore joins Josh to discuss his journey away from the Evangelical faith and a traditional,...
- Mar 2
Episode 78 – Iron Ladies with Leslie Loftis
Women on the Right have an invisibility problem. It’s not that they’re nonexistent, it’s that they’re often overlooked by the Fox News...
- Feb 16
Episode 77 – Truth in Tension with Justin Stapley
In this crossover episode friend of the podcast Justin Stapley invites Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis onto his show Self-Evident to...
- Feb 2
Episode 76 – What Happens Now with Cal Davenport
The million-dollar question within conservatism these days is what happens now? After the tumultuous years of the Trump administration...
- Jan 19
Episode 75 – A Peaceful Transfer of Power
Tomorrow Joe Biden will be sworn in as our 46th President. Yet this inauguration will mark the first time in American history that the...
- Jan 12
Bonus Episode – Remembering Roger Scruton with Bryan Baise
One year ago today, on January 12, 2020, Sir Roger Scruton died at the age of 75. Thus passed one of the greatest intellectual minds of...
- Jan 5
Episode 74 – Conserving Liberalism
What is the opposite of conservatism? It’s liberalism, right? Well…it’s not quite that simple. Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis goes...
- Dec 22, 2020
Bonus Episode – Two Burkeans and a Straussian
Last week cohosts Cal Davenport and Seth Root of the In The Trenches podcast invited Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis on their show for...
- Dec 15, 2020
Episode 73 – Formative Institutions with Yuval Levin
Among the legions of intellectuals and academics milling about Washington D.C., few commands more respect than Yuval Levin. Yuval has...
- Dec 1, 2020
Episode 72 – The Millennial Presidents
About a year ago Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis and frequent guest Bob Burch did a series exploring the American Presidencies from a...
- Nov 17, 2020
Episode 71 – Exploring Burke with Wes Siler
The 18th century British statesman Edmund Burke is often credited as being the father of modern conservatism. His most famous...
- Nov 4, 2020
Bonus Episode – The 2020 Elections – Now What?
Saving Elephants’ own Josh Lewis hosts an election night panel to discuss the incoming results of the race and what it may mean for the...
- Nov 3, 2020
Episode 70 – Election Day
It’s finally here! It’s Election Day. After what feels like the longest year of our lives, the campaign season is over. While voting and...
- Oct 27, 2020
Bonus Episode – The Burkean Conservative with Wes Siler
In this bonus episode, Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is interviewed by Wes Siler, director and founder of The Burkean Conservative....
- Oct 20, 2020
Episode 69 – Bob is Back – Quagmire 2020
Can we all just admit that 2020 sucks? This year has been a disaster on so many fronts it’s hard to keep track. What feels like a...
- Sep 15, 2020
Episode 67 – The Radio Right with Paul Matzko
Many Evangelicals and conservatives share an embattlement mindset. Somehow we’re always losing the culture wars despite political gains...
- Aug 25, 2020
Episode 66 – Monetary Mayhem with Joseph Sternberg
Stephanie Kelton’s book The Deficit Myth released in June was just the latest in a series of books, blogs, articles, podcasts, and videos...
- Aug 18, 2020
Episode 65 – POTUS Pontifications with Sarah Isgur
With everything else going on, it’s easy to forget 2020 is still a presidential election year. To help us navigate the coming election,...
- Aug 4, 2020
Episode 64 – School Choice under COVID-19 with Brooke Medina
School districts across America are faced with unprecedented challenges as they weigh their options in reopening classrooms in the midst...
- Jul 21, 2020
Episode 063 – Gen Z Conservatism with Nate Hochman
As Millennial conservatives know, conservatism gets a bad wrap in our generation. Conservatism is a hard sell on the young in general...
- Jul 7, 2020
Episode 062 – Is Truth Found with Reason and Science Alone?
Josh forgoes the podcast guest this episode and offers some thoughts on how the conservative worldview differs from the worldview of...
- Jun 30, 2020
Bonus Episode – In the Trenches with Cal, Seth, and Josh
Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis was interviewed by J. Cal Davenport and Seth Root on their podcast In The Trenches Podcast back in May....
- Jun 16, 2020
Episode 61 – Untangling Neoconservatism with Matthew Continetti
Today the term “neocon” is often used to depict someone as war hawkish or part of “The Establishment”. And it’s often used as a...
- Jun 2, 2020
Episode 60 – Undervaluing Free Trade with Scott Lincicome
In the wake of the global pandemic, American attitude on trade with China is beginning to sour. Is president Trump’s hawkish stance on...
- May 19, 2020
Episode 59 – Podcasting Orphans with Andrew Heaton
Versatile author, stand-up comedian, and podcaster Andrew Heaton joins Josh to untangle the complex web of models and metrics for...
- May 5, 2020
Episode 58 – Brooke Medina, Quarantina
What is the real purpose of getting an education? And what benefits does a proper education bring to the individual and to society at...
- Apr 21, 2020
Episode 57 – Russell Kirk, Eccentric Genius with Bradley Birzer
Russell Kirk contributed more to modern American conservatism than arguably anyone else! Yet few who call themselves conservative today...
- Apr 7, 2020
Episode 56 – Environmental Conservatism with Danielle Butcher
Conservative Millennials who came of age listening to rightwing radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh probably associate political...
- Apr 1, 2020
Bonus Episode – Leading Questions from Left to Right
Saving Elephants turns two years old this April Fools Day—no joke!—and we’re celebrating with a bonus episode. Saving Elephants host...
- Mar 31, 2020
Episode 55 – The New Centrist with Justin Stapley
As the polarization between the two political parties increases where does that leave principled conservatives? Are we simply outcasts,...
- Mar 24, 2020
Bonus Episode – JB Shreve Interviews Saving Elephants Host Josh Lewis
The tables are turned in this special bonus episode as Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is the interviewee in a conversation that was...
- Mar 17, 2020
Episode 54 – The Art of Losing
Let us begin with some unsettling facts: You will die someday. It is quite possible your death will be painful and frightening. For some,...