Titus & Mark Henrie talk about Peter Lawler--his work as the ISI to teach political philosophy to young conservative academic elites, his life & his family, his heritage as a Catholic, & finally his work in appreciation of Whit Stillman.

Titus & Yuval Levin talk about Peter Lawler--their work together on the President's Council on Bioethics, Peter's understanding of modern & American dignity, & the necessity for institutions, moderation, & a realistic estimation of our abilities & the challenges we face.

Titus & Flagg Taylor talk about the new Agnieszka Holland movie about Stalin's starvation of the Ukrainians, the Holodomor, & the liberal conspiracy to conceal the truth, orchestrated by Pulitzer winner Walter Duranty (the NYT never returned the prize).

Titus & Richard Reinsch talk about our late friend Peter Lawler, their work on Orestes Brownson's American Republic, & the broader them of the complexity of American life & politics, our need to restore our relational life after a long series of excesses in the name of individualism, & the move to a new conservative majority.

Titus & Ben Sixsmith talk about the riots defacing national memorials in the UK, the weakness & vacillation of authorities that were eagerly harassing law-abiding citizens until the day before yesterday, but now find themselves suddenly meek & accommodating, & the disappointment of Boris Johnson as a PM. After all, Macron has been far more serious...

Titus & Pat Deneen talk about Peter Lawler, the late professor of political philosophy & public intellectual, the postmodern conservative that gave us our series name. Post-modern conservatism is an attempt to correct the excesses of modernity by retrieving our pre-modern inheritance.

Titus & John Wilson & Jody Bottum talk about Stray Dog, Kurosawa's movie about the honor of the police facing Japan's catastrophic war & need for refounding. In a new world of democracy & individual rights, the police bear witness to the misery & confusion of an entire generation of young Japanese survivors whose future was stolen.

Titus & Justin Lee talk about Dark City, the Alex Proyas sci-fi neo-noir cult hit--we talk tragedy & science, Plato's cave, soul & the divine spark in men, reanimated corpses & behavioral psychology...

Titus & Zena Hitz talk about Sullivan's Travels, Preston Sturges's great comedy about the place of comedy & storytelling in America, the difficulties with bleeding heart liberalism, & the importance of dignity, community, & Christianity.

Titus & Chris Wolfe talk about Kurosawa's first story confronting Enlightenment & Japan's past--a doctor in a slum in post-war Japan tries to save a beautiful young yakuza from death by TB, only to be caught up in the intrigues of organized crime. Everything from equality for women to the place of science in the regime to the other elements of the influence of America is packed into this story.