Christian college professors Matt Parks and David Corbin explore the ideas behind today's headlines.
Part 1 (1:17): Required Reading - Professor Corbin assigns two essays by Frank S. Meyer to understand the intellectual roots of modern conservatism and Meyer’s own contribution to that intellectual tradition, fusionism: “Western Civilization: The Problem of Freedom” (1968), published in In Defense of Freedom and Other Essays, and “Freedom, Tradition, and Conservatism,” chapter 1 of What is Conservatism? (1964).
Part 2 (starts at 26:42): Headlines - Since the end of June, The American Conservative has been publishing a series of essays that, in the spirit of Meyer, ask the question “What is American Conservatism?” today. We discuss key elements of the debate within that symposium and the grounds for an intellectually-coherent and politically- viable contemporary conservatism. Link: “What is American Conservatism?” symposium at The American Conservative.
Part 3 (45:12): Open the Grade Book - With three Power 5 college football conferences planning to play this fall and two having postponed football to the spring, we grade three plans for determining the national champion. 
Part 4 (51:13): Tocqueville's Crystal Ball - With the Democratic National Convention set to dominate next week’s political headlines, we make predictions about the forthcoming speeches of Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Joe Biden. 
Opening and closing music is from the beginning of "Happy Life" by Ryan Andersen from his 2018 album, Americana volume 1. Available here. Licensed by Creative Commons.
Matt Parks is an Associate Professor of Politics at The King’s College in New York City. David Corbin is a Professor of Politics and the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Providence Christian College in Pasadena, California. All views expressed in this podcast are their own.

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