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Concepts with Shawn Whatley — 100 episodes

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Canadian Healthcare, Cambie/Chaoulli Legacy | Prescriptions for Health Reform Conference w Josh Dehaas 118

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Bruce Pardy on Alberta’s Referendum: Independence & Canada’s “Professional Ruling Class” 117

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

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

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What Is a Red Tory? Mark Graham on Canadian Conservatism, National Sovereignty, and the Monarchy #114

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

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Robert Nisbet, Community, and the Growth of the State | Prof. Luke Sheahan #112

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Post-Liberalism and the Common Good (with Prof. James Wood) #111

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

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Éric Zemmour’s “The Suicide of France” with Dr. Nathan Pinkoski | Progressivism, EU, and Western Decline #109

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Jonah Goldberg on Populism, Elites, and Why Liberal Democracy Is “Unnatural” #108

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Country Before Party: Patriotism, Carney, Anti-Americanism, & Conservative Future w Dimpee Brar & Matt Spoke #107

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

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Quebec’s Secularism Debate Explained: Bill 21, Laïcité, and Canada’s Two Solitudes w Lisa Richmond #105

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Eric Kaufmann on Ethical Populism, Woke Extremism, and the Limits of Multiculturalism #104

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

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Why Conservatives Need Culture, Harold Innis, and National Cohesion (w/ Prof. John Bonnett) #102

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

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

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

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

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Free Speech in Canadian Law Schools? Tim Haggstrom on Runnymede, Rule of Law, and Tim vs U. Sask #97

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Conservatism vs. Liberalism (and Neoconservatism) | Shawn Whatley #96

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Supreme Court vs. Provinces | Jodi Bruhn: Notwithstanding Clause & Canadian First Principles #95

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#94 Tom Flanagan: Friedrich Hayek, Spontaneous Order, Markets, Justice, and the Limits of the State

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#93 Evan Menzies: Alberta Separation. Alberta Should Be Upset, but It Should Stay in Canada

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#92 Ashley Moyse: Techno-Ontology, Bioethics, and the “Provider” Problem in Modern Medicine

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#91 Matthew Rowley: Bill 21, the Notwithstanding Clause, Alberta’s Future & Canada’s Constitutional Crisis

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#90 Grant Havers: AI in Education, The Digital Cave, Great Books, and Why Dialogue Matters

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#89 Paul Gottfried: Why “Liberal Democracy” Isn’t Liberal—or Democratic

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#88 Sam Duncan: Building a Conservative Counter-Elite: Narrative, Institutions, and Canada’s Identity Crisis

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#87 Barry Cooper: Technology, Canadian Myths, and Why Alberta Independence May Be Inevitable

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#86 Ron Dart: Why Philosophy Matters Now. George Grant, the Massey Report, and the Contemplative Life

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#85 Mia Hughes: Gender Medicine, WPATH Files, Ethics, Evidence-Based Medicine

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#84 John von Heyking: America is great! Civics, Constitutions & Liberalism

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#83 Dan Pitt: Do Ideas Still Matter in Politics? Intellectual Conservatism, Stanley Baldwin & Winning Elections

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#82 Ferenc Hörcher: Are conservatives afraid of intellectuals? Intellectual Conservatism

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#81 Franco Terrazzano: Canadian taxes. Money well spent? Unaccountable waste?

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#80 Barry Bussey: Freedom and Its Limits, Is the Charter Conservative? & Freedom Convoy

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#79 Barbara Kay: Understanding Neoconservatism from Norman Podhoretz to Modern Conservatism

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#78 Debunking Mark Carney: A Critical Review of His Davos Speech

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#77 Cole Hogan: Canada's New Right, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, & the Conservative Party

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#76 JJ McCullough: Is the monarchy relevant in Canada? Plus Trump, Iran, and culture.

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#75 Liberty without liberalism. Balancing Universalism and Particularism in Politics with Jeremy Geddert

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#74 David Leis: Canada at a Crossroads an Urgent Call for Renewal

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#73 Alex MacDonald : Balancing Economic Liberty and Social Tradition, plus Thoughts on Monarchy

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#72 Merry Christmas! Embracing Intentional Ignorance and the Meaning of Gift Receiving

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#71 Michael Bonner: The Crisis of Liberalism: The Origin and Destiny of Freedom.

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#70 Kate Marland: The Conservative Case for High Culture. Engaging Youth Beyond Economic Policies

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#69 Sean Speer: Government MUST remain neutral on culture. Will vs Inheritance a core debate

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#68 Anthony Koch: Government CANNOT Remain Neutral on Culture

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#67 Matt Spoke: Project Ontario, Real-Life Conservatism, and Building a Strong Conservative Future in Canada

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#66 Ben Woodfinden: The New Right and Red Toryism

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#65 Caroline Elliott: Is Canada's Identity at Risk? How can we save Canada?

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#64 Ray Pennings: Religion in the Public Square. Study of Canada-US religiosity

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#63 Ron Dart: Is Toryism Dead in Canada? The Red Tory Element in Canadian Conservatism

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#62 Sam Routley: Unpacking Canadian Conservative voters. Fusionism, culture and economics

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#61 Alexander Brown: Young Voters, Culture, and Politics in Canada

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#60 Alexander Rosenthal-Pubul: Conservative Humanism - Reconciling Tradition and Modernity

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#59 Tim Sargent: Can Economics Save Canada? Does Economics Serve Politics or Should Economics Rule?

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#58 Ross Upshur: AI in Medicine, Limits of Evidence Based Medicine, & What Does It Mean to be Human?

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#57 Grant Havers: Understanding Marshall McLuhan's Relevance: AI, Social Media, and Conservative Thought

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#56 Calum Nicholson: Boomers are Frozen in Fortune & Society is Blinded by Science

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#55 Paige MacPherson: Smartphones, Canadian Education Performance, and School Choice

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#54 Étienne-Alexander Beauregard - Gen-Z Conservatism & Anti Civilization: Why Our Societies Collapse From Within

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#53 Tristin Hopper: Extremism in Canadian Universities and review of his book, "Don't be Canada"

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#52 Josh Lewis: Conservatism, Saving Elephants, Populism, Donald Trump, and Economic Morality

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#51 Reflecting on Charlie Kirk. Are we tired of being bullied?

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#50 George Nash: The Conservative Intellectual Movement

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#49 Yuval Levin: Unity, Citizenship, and American Constitutionalism

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#48 Nico Lagan: Political Orphans, Masculinity, and Faith

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#47 Andy Crooks: Moral Courage and the Heart of Conservatism

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#46 Marco Navarro-Genie: Red Toryism, Canadian Identity, and the Role of Conservatism

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#45 Sean Walsh: The Hard Problem of Consciousness, AI, and Conservatism

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#44 Tristan Rogers: Conservatism Past and Present--A Philosophical Introduction

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#43 Brian Day: The Fight for Canadian Healthcare | A 30-Year Battle for Patient Rights

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#42 Nathan Pinkoski: Actually Existing Postliberalism

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#41 Rebecca Vachon: Canada's Rapid Expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)/Euthanasia

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#40 Happy Canada Day! What is Canada? What are we celebrating?

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#39 Adam Swart: CEO Crowds on Demand. Paid Protesters a Moral and Political Dilemma?

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#38 Ryan Alford: Seven Absolute Rights and necessary limits on government

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#37 Daniel Pitt: The essence of conservatism from Burke to Scruton.

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#36 Ferenc Hörcher (Hungary) on Intellectual Conservatism from Burke to Scruton

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#35 Peter Copeland: The politics of Pope Leo XIV. What can we expect from the new pope?

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#34 David Livingstone: Radical Conservatives, postmodernism, and D'Arcy McGee on Canada's Founding

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#33 John von Heyking on political friendship, pro-Hamas protests, and the future of Canada.

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#32 Mark Carney and Justin Trudeau are universalists. Donald Trump is not. What is universalism?

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#31 Simplifying liberalism. Start with individuals.

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#30 Geoff Russ -- Hope for Canada vs progressive internationalism

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#29 Grant Havers on Leo Strauss, Conservatism, and Modern Political Issues

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#28 Jodi Bruhn: Political Myths, the non-left voter, and COVID fallout

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#27 Ted Morton: The Charter Revolution & Conservative Politics

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#26 Another short introduction. Why would an MD bother with politics?

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#25 Ginny Roth on Political Myths, Biggest Election Misses, Trump, and Canada's Future

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#24 Jeremy Geddert: Canadian Nationalism & George Grant

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#23 Sean Speer: High Stakes Politics & Challenges for Canada's Next Prime Minister

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#22 Preston Manning: The Origins and Impact of Canadian Populism

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#21 Dr. Arnie Lange: How to Sort Conservatism in Canada

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#20 Roy Eappen: Transgenderism, Mark Carney, Liberals, and the Election

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#19 Daniel Dufort, Pres. MEI: Tackling Tariffs, Housing, and Trade Barriers