Conservative Conversations with ISI

Here you’ll find in-depth conversations with leading thinkers on the most important issues facing conservatism.

Check out the latest episode—or scroll down to see past podcasts featuring Ross Douthat, Sir Roger Scruton, Yuval Levin, and many others!

Episodes

Episode 14: After Nationalism, Dangerous Conclusions, and Pessimism

Episode 13: Frank Meyer, Fusionism, and the Enduring Tension

Episode 12: The Tocqueville Option, Complexity, and Free Markets

Episode 11: Roger Scruton, Civilization, Conservatism Abroad, and Impossible Dialogue

Episode 10: R. J. Snell, Fiction, Conservatism, and Conspiracy

Episode 9: Gracy Olmstead, Farming, Localism, and Rootedness

Episode 8: Richard Weaver, C. S. Lewis, and the Conservative Response to Relativism

Episode 7: Allen Guelzo, Rewriting History, Grad School, and Lincolnian Conservatism

Episode 6: Ross Douthat, Decadence, Neoliberalism, and Conservative Discourse

Episode 5: Yuval Levin, Formation, Freedom, and the University

Episode 4: Jeff Polet, Localism, Kirk, and the “Founding”

Episode 3: R. R. Reno and Tim Carney

Episode 2: William F. Buckley Jr. and Academic Freedom

Episode 1: John A. Burtka, IV, and Conservatism of the Heart