In today's episode, Coyle and Ed discuss the burgeoning National Conservatism movement, the new intellectual and political movement that is attempting to provide an intellectual rationale for American Conservatism turn toward Trump.

In today's episode, Coyle talks to Danny and Michial about three people who directly influence virtually all of Country Music: Johnny Cash, George Jones, and Elvis.

In today's episode, Coyle and Ed wrap up their four-part discussion of Richard Niebuhr's classic, Christ and Culture, offering their own views and criticisms of the work. Their conversation turns to an extended discussion of the idea of creation, and what finally gets redeemed at the eschaton. It's a good discussion of some deep theological issues that gets to some of the most foundational differences between how they think about politics and society. Enjoy!

Coyle talks Michial and Danny about Country Music from the death of Hank Williams to the death of Patsy Cline.

Coyle talks Michial and Danny about Country Music from the death of Hank Williams to the death of Patsy Cline.

Coyle talks to Daniel Dawson of the Book of Nature about Stephen King's mashup of H.P. Lovecrat and "Frankenstein." Also, Coyle learns a thing or two about lightning and whether or not one might actually revivify a corpse using electricity.

After a pretty heated discussion about impeachment (recorded before the interim US Ambassador to the Ukraine's recent testimony), Coyle and Ed talk about the last of Niebuhr's ideals of Christian cultural engagement, Christ and Culture in paradox and Christ transforming culture. Niebuhr's classic book offers a set of ideal types for the way that Christians have managed their relationship to culture or the world.

In today's episode, Coyle and Ed continue their four part series on Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture. Today, Coyle and Ed talk about the ideals of the Christ of Culture and Christ above Culture..

In today's episode, Coyle and Ed start a four part series on Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture. Niebuhr's classic book offers a set of ideal types for the way that Christians have managed their relationship to culture or the world. Today, Coyle and Ed introduce the framework of the book and discuss the first of those types, the vision of Christ against Culture.

In today's episode, Coyle and Ed discuss the poliical theorist, Patrick Deneen's book, Why Liberalism Failed. Deneen argues that our current political turmoil are not rooted in this or that problem of our political parties, but rather in liberalism as such. Liberalism has failed, not because of accidents of history, or the particular development of liberal political institutions, but precisely because liberalism has stayed true to itself. Coyle and Ed discuss Deneen's argument and the extent to which the political philosophy of liberalism is inevitably in decline.