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Saving Elephants 211 Next Right with Mike Warren

10/6/2026

Mike Warren has been on a mission to uncover what awaits conservatives, the Republican party, and the Right as the Trump administration begins to wind down. Who will control Congress after the midterms? Is Trumpism finished and everything will go back to the way it was prior to 2016? Does MAGA produce another cult leader who controls the GOP for the foreseeable future? Does Trump find a way to defy the Constitution and stick around? Does SMOD finally make his long-heralded appearance and...
October 6, 2026 at 07:15AM - Josh Lewis

211 – Next Right with Mike Warren

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Saving Elephants 210 John Quincy Adams with Jeffrey Tyler Syck

9/15/2026

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Sure, most of us are aware that John Quincy Adams was the son of Founding Father John Adams and the sixth POTUS with a long and illustrative career in public service and diplomacy. Some might even recall that he was the brains behind the Monroe Doctrine, or that he nearly drowned during one of his many multi-hour swims in the Potomac River, or that he is undoubtedly the former president Americans would least likely want to have a beer with, or that he was considered by some to be a freak...
September 15, 2026 at 07:33AM - Josh Lewis

210 – John Quincy Adams with Jeffrey Tyler Syck

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Saving Elephants 209 The Soul of Schooling

9/1/2026

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Former President George W. Bush was wrong when he iconically stated "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" Actually, it's asked all the time (dubious grammatical structuring aside). Politicians and social influencers are quick to bemoan the state of education, but thoughtful conversations on how we might meaningfully change things for the better are few and far between. Saving Elephants has assembled an all-star panel to have a real conversation about education: Have we...
September 1, 2026 at 07:00AM - Josh Lewis

209 – The Soul of Schooling

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Saving Elephants 208 Fusionism with Stephanie Slade

8/18/2026

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Fellow Millennial, Stephanie Slade, has been in the trenches of various factions on the dissident Right lo these past several years to share with the uninitiated normies just how unhinged the Right has become in certain quarters. She joined Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis earlier this year (back in episode 193) to explore this phenomenon. But since that time she’s written a book, Fusionism: Liberty, Virtue, and the Future of the American Right, which offers the antidote to the rise of...
August 18, 2026 at 06:51AM - Josh Lewis

208 – Fusionism with Stephanie Slade

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Saving Elephants 207 Why Postliberalism Failed with James Patterson and Thomas Howes

8/4/2026

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Patrick Deneen’s 2018 book, Why Liberalism Failed, was by the standards of most academic works of political philosophy, wildly successful. It struck a chord with some of the broader Right and gave a voice to a growing movement skeptical of the promises of classical liberalism and looking for an alternative. This burgeoning New Right, however, is anything but new. The kind of postliberalism often advocated by the New Right has been attempted in nations across Europe and South America. And...
August 4, 2026 at 08:20AM - Josh Lewis

207 – Why Postliberalism Failed with James Patterson and Thomas Howes

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Saving Elephants 206 Pondering Patriotism with John Wilsey

7/21/2026

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What does it mean to love your country? Is that nationalism? And isn’t nationalism—you know—bad? And how should our allegiance and love of country be weighed against our duties and affections to family and faith? Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by John Wilsey to discuss his latest book, God and Country: Upholding Faith, History, and National Identity, the origins of nationalism and how it differs from patriotism, the link between history and love of ones country, the battles...
July 21, 2026 at 07:04AM - Josh Lewis

206 – Pondering Patriotism with John Wilsey

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Saving Elephants 205 Radical Experimentation in Liberty with Brad Birzer

7/7/2026

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The immortal words of the Declaration of Independence—We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness—are etched upon the hearts of American patriots today and knit us together with patriots down through the ages. Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by Hillsdale professor Brad Birzer as they delve into the depths of this most...
July 7, 2026 at 07:18AM - Josh Lewis

205 – Radical Experimentation in Liberty with Brad Birzer

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Saving Elephants 203 Historizing Conservatism with George Nash

6/2/2026

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In 1976 historian George H. Nash wrote The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945, a celebrated historical accounting that established much of the narrative for how we think about the development of modern conservatism even today. But much has changed since the seventies. What can the history of conservatism tell us about this present moment, and what can it tell us about where things may be heading? Dr. Nash joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to unravel the past,...
June 2, 2026 at 07:02AM - Josh Lewis

203 – Historizing Conservatism with George Nash

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Saving Elephants 202 How to Get What You Want with Josh Bandoch

5/19/2026

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Persuasion seems conspicuously absent from our politics. Not shouting, denouncing, or trying to convince the “other side” that they’re wrong, evil, or both. But the good faithed attempt to reach the hearts, minds, and emotions of others and persuade them to our point of view. Why? Why is persuasion so hard? And is it even possible to persuade in an era of political polarization? Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis welcomes fellow “Josh”—Josh Bandoch—on the show to discuss his latest book,...
May 19, 2026 at 07:37AM - Josh Lewis

202 – How to Get What You Want with Josh Bandoch

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Saving Elephants 201 All Things China with Lu

5/5/2026

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Sometimes the best way to understand one’s culture is to compare it with something entirely different. In this episode Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis take a deep dive into China with Chinese dissident Lu of the YouTube channel All Things China with Lu. Lu demystifies what the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) wants, why they fear Taiwan, how they view the ethnic Han population, why they work so hard to cover up the history of the Tiananmen Square massacre when far more people died in the great...
May 5, 2026 at 06:28AM - Josh Lewis

201 – All Things China with Lu

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Featuring original content on classical conservatism, current affairs, and everything in-between, these weekly blog posts will illustrate how the wisdom of the past can be applied to the challenges of today. The blog is organized by the following categories: Conservative Values (taking a deep dive into specific conservative ideas), Competing Worldviews (comparing and contrasting conservatism with other worldviews), Trumpism (posts related to the Trump phenomenon), Elections (observations on upcoming and past elections), and Cornucopia (posts that don't fit in the previous categories).

Saving Elephants 211 Next Right with Mike Warren

Saving Elephants 210 John Quincy Adams with Jeffrey Tyler Syck

Saving Elephants 209 The Soul of Schooling

Saving Elephants 208 Fusionism with Stephanie Slade

Saving Elephants 207 Why Postliberalism Failed with James Patterson and Thomas Howes

Saving Elephants 206 Pondering Patriotism with John Wilsey

Saving Elephants 205 Radical Experimentation in Liberty with Brad Birzer

Saving Elephants 203 Historizing Conservatism with George Nash

Saving Elephants 202 How to Get What You Want with Josh Bandoch

Saving Elephants 201 All Things China with Lu

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