For the first episode of our Understanding Ideology series, we have invited Jay Aruga of the Jay Aruga Podcast (The first conservative podcast in the Philippines) to discuss: (1) the basic tenets of conservatism; (2) the topics of his podcast; (3) the kinds of conservative tendencies in the Philippines; and (4) his comments on how conservative current presidential candidates are.

0:00 Music

0:12 Intro

0:50 Ideology series

1:20 Initial thoughts on Convervatism

4:50 Why Jay Aruga started a conservative podcast?

7:31 When did Jay Aruga discover he was a conservative?

10:50 How Jay aruga chooses his podcast topics?

14:50 Who is Jay Aruga's audience?

17:40 Guests of the podcasts?

22:30 What are conservative values?

27:20 Conservative tendencies in the Philippines

31:30 Criticism to the podcast

34:40 Universal Basic Income

36:50 What are conservative issues in the Philippines?

40:20 What grounds conservatism in the Philippines?

41:50 How do you respond to change and urgency?

43:28 Conservatives being privileged and siding with the oppressor

48:00 Conservatism and poverty in the Philippines

53:00 Conservatism, structure-agency, and national identity

59:00 What Convervative thinks of the current presidential candidates

1:00:50 Bongbong Marcos

1:01:50 Leni Robredo

1:05:44 Isko Moreno

1:08:50 Ping Lacson

1:11:23 Manny Pacquiao

1:14:30 Ka Leoddy de Guzman

1:15:45 Open message to conservatives and non-conservatives

1:19:00 Closing Remarks

1:22:30 "Politics is downstream from culture"

1:24:20 Recommendations

Recommendations:

Them before us by Katie Faust and Stacy Manning

https://www.amazon.com/Them-Before-Us-Childrens-Movement/dp/1642935964

The Red Pill by Cassie Jaye

http://theredpillmovie.com/

Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke

https://www.bookdepository.com/Reflections-on-Revolution-France-Edmund-Burke/9780140432046

The Young Pope (2016)

https://www.hbo.com/the-young-pope

Peacemaker (2022)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13146488/

The Croods (2013)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481499/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1