Rob Tracinski talks about the Paris Salon of 1863, the original Salon of the Refused, and their lessons for how to change the culture.

Links to images mentioned in the podcast:

The Birth of Venus, by Alexandre Cabanel

Luncheon on the Grass, by Edouard Manet

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Rob Tracinski talks with Charles C.W. Cooke, editor of NationalReview.com, on what it's like to be an atheist on the right. The conversation includes: the secular basis for morality and liberty, how atheism is good for the right, Ayn Rand vs. William F. Buckley, Donald Trump's impact on conservatism. 

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Rob Tracinski talks with Sean Trende, senior elections analyst at RealClearPolitics, about the 2018 midterm elections and how the commentators' impressions stack up against the actual results. The conversation includes: whether the "Kavanaugh Effect" was real, how Democratic gains in the House are like the Tea Party wave of 2010, and why party coalitions are like a water balloon.

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