In this episode: 

• Spencer Kashmanian, ISI’s own chief of staff, joins the podcast to talk about his love for jazz music, its connections to the Christmas season, and elements of its “conservative disposition”

Texts Mentioned:

• “Christmastime Revives Jazz Legends” by Marlo Slayback
• “White Christmas” by Charlie Parker
• The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom
• “Summer of ’69” by Bryan Adams
• Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
• The Republic by Plato
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

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