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On this episode of The Keyhole it was my distinct privilege to talk to Dr. Brad Birzer, a historian and professor at Hillsdale College, a biographer of such men as J.R.R. Tolkien, Russell Kirk, and Christopher Dawson among others. He is also the editor of The Imaginative Conservative, an online journal for those who seek the True, the Good, and the Beautiful in the tradition of Russell Kirk, T.S. Eliot, Edmund Burke and other leaders of so called 'Imaginative Conservatism.' Dr. Birzer and I discuss:

• What is ‘Imaginative Conservatism’?;


• Why it is a viable alternative to modern conservatism;


• What we have to be optimistic about;


• Why so many people have grown so disillusioned with modern conservative ideals;


• Monarchism in a democratic society;


• What really happened to the Ent Wives.

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-----Social Media and Relevant Links-----

Dr. Brad Birzer (twitter): @bradleybirzer

Stormfields: the personal website of Dr. Brad Birzer: https://bradbirzer.com/

The Imaginative Conservative

Dr Birzer's Amazon Author Page

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