# Shawn Whatley

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Conservatism’s Drift Toward Battle | Elizabeth Corey on Culture and the Contemplative Life #98

Professor Elizabeth Corey says conservatism is about far more than fighting. In fact, its major emphasis lies outside politics altogether. Corey offers a thick view of intellectual conservatism. She invites us into something challenging and deep.  I tried to push her on whether she was asking too…

Identity Politics as an Incomplete Religion | Joshua Mitchell: American Awakening #99

Professor Joshua Mitchell is courageous. He argues for his positions even when they go against the grain of politically acceptable thought. Mitchell says conservatives have done a good job at addressing the debt and tradition economies. We are strong on fiscal policy, and we stand up for the debts…

Conservatism as a Coalition: NatCons, Trump, Media, & Bright Lines w Liberalism | Josh Lewis #100

How do we unify the very different voices on the non-Left? Do our differences mean we are doomed to a soft tyranny of centralized messaging? Josh Lewis has been wrestling with this, and many other issues, for the last 9 years on his podcast, Saving Elephants. He's hosted many of the biggest influe…

Free Expression, Beauty, State Control. Christine Van Geyn on Maple’s Garden & Pandemic Panic #101

Christine Van Geyn captured the central debate around freedom of expression vs state control and put it into a children's book.  As Interim Executive Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, Van Geyn has the deep knowledge and experience required to explain the essential elements of free …

Nihilism, Relativism, Western Civilization & Leo Strauss w Dimpee Brar #103

Conservatism is experiencing a renaissance in the West. It is gaining a new self image beyond its historic passion for economics. Dimpee Brar has entered the scene in high gear. Over the last few months she has written provocative pieces at a rate of roughly one every two weeks. She's been on pane…

Rusty Reno on the Crisis of Solidarity, Post-Liberalism, and Quebec’s Bill 21 #106

Rusty Reno offers insight into "our crisis of solidarity" that I haven't found anywhere else. In his book Return of the Strong Gods, he tackles the post-WWII liberal consensus that Karl Popper called The Open Society. It is an essential resource to help you understand our times. Reno is also artic…

Is Western Civilization Already Dead? Danny Randell on Secularization, Tradition, and Renewing the West #110

Marshall McLuhan said we were sleepwalking through civilizational change. Danny Randell, PhD student in intellectual history at University of Buckingham, says Western civilization is already dead. Conservatives have been telling us to wake up decades before anyone had heard of being woke.  But Ra…

Hon. Jason Kenney on Alberta Exceptionalism, Canadian Identity, Immigration Integration, and Facing Trump #113

The Honorable Jason Kenney has spent his life observing, critiquing, and serving in Canadian politics. He offers wisdom you won't find anywhere else. Kenney reflected on how he has changed. He said, "GDP growth...is not a metric of human happiness or fulfillment or necessarily a health society." …

Carney, Trump, & the Alberta Referendum w Cole Hogan #115

The Conservatives seem lost after Mark Carney stole economic liberalism from the CPC. Trump's tariffs keep voters distracted, while separatism grows in Alberta and Quebec. All of this promises an exciting fall session with the Alberta referendum and elections in Quebec and B.C. Cole Hogan spends h…

Liberty, Drugs, and Civil Society: Matt Bufton on Prohibition, Policing, and Post-Liberalism #116

Liberty is a fragile and precious thing. Thoughtful libertarians know that it requires more than simply No Rules! Matt Bufton is a winsome libertarian. Listening to him helps you understand why libertarian thought has such a big influence on the non-Left. He's the Executive Director and co-founder…