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Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values177 – Dear Mr. President with Destry EdwardsFormer president Chester A. Arthur is probably best remembered for his mutton chops and as a trivia question.  But he did play a surprising role as a reformer when the nation was in the grips of political corruption.  And the story of how he found the courage to do so holds some lessons for how we might interact with political power today in hopes of a better tomorrow.   Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is Destry Edwards to discuss his new documentary Dear Mr. President: The Letters of Julia Sand, and how a single citizen can...2025-05-0656 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values176 – Consuming News ResponsiblyIn this era of information overload it’s easy to join the ranks of the too online, filtering our every thought through the latest thing Trump tweeted or how the resistance is reacting. And it’s just as easy to check out entirely and pretend like the news doesn’t matter or, if it does, it’ll have to be someone else’s problem for now. Are there healthier ways to approach the news? How can we maintain sanity in a seemingly endless supply of hot takes and outrage-of-the-moments?   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by A...2025-04-151h 29Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values175 – The Two James Burnhams with David ByrneJames Burnham was one of the most significant intellectual influences on the conservative movement of the twentieth century.  As an anti-Communist hardliner, his views on dealing with the Soviet menace head on ultimately shaped US foreign policy in the Reagan administration.  And his work at William F. Buckley’s National Review gave the fledgling magazine its foreign policy heft.   Throughout his long public career, there emerged two James Burnhams: one who provided the early scaffolding to neoconservative ideas and the other who inspired paleoconservatives.  Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by history professor David Byrne...2025-04-0153 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values173 – The Fertility Gap with Clara PianoThe Right has long had a thing or two to say about the importance of the family and its role in national stability and prosperity.  But there are sharp divisions regarding what political implications can be drawn from this idea, and what policies should be pursued to protect and strengthen families.   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis welcomes economist Clara Piano to the show to talk about the government’s role in pro-natal and pro-family policies, the ideal population size, the challenges of under/over-population, ethical consumerism, and what some of today’s Right have in common...2025-03-041h 03Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values172 – The History of American Conservatism with George NashIn 1976 historian George H. Nash wrote The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945, a celebrated historical accounting that established much of the narrative for how we think about the development of modern conservatism even today.  George Nash joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to discuss the various strands of thought that emerged after the Second World War that eventually evolved into a political movement on the Right.  Along the way, Dr. Nash shares his insights on the colorful individuals who shaped the debate, how they fought one another, and how an eventual loose consensus was brought forth.  Finally, he off...2025-02-181h 50Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values171 – Reality Therapy ReduxAt the end of 2024, Ryan Rogers joined the show to share his experiences with fanatical wokism as a graduate student.  He later had Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis on his new podcast, Reality Therapy, for a wide ranging discussion on conservatism, the challenges of the modern conservative movement, what conservatism offers that other political ideologies do not, and much more.  This episode is a re-podcast of that original conversation.   About Ryan Rogers Ryan Rogers is a graduate student in clinical mental health counseling. He has a bachelors degree in psychology and a work his...2025-02-0458 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values170 – Tribalism is Dumb with Andrew HeatonComedian, author, and political satirist Andrew Heaton joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to explore where our political tribalism comes from, why it’s gotten out of hand, and what to do about it.   About Andrew Heaton From mightyheaton.com   Andrew Heaton is a comedian, author, and political satirist. He’s the host of “The Political Orphanage” comedy and news podcast, and scifi deep dive podcast “Alienating the Audience.” He’s a frequent Reason TV contributor and hosted the popular webseries “Mostly Weekly.” He’s performed standup comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe F...2025-01-2154 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values169 – Unsolicited Advice with Blake FischerWith the 2024 elections in rearview both parties are trying to grapple with what lessons they should learn.  Who better to offer unsolicited advice than Josh Lewis and Blake Fischer, the respective hosts of the Saving Elephants and The Homeless Conservative podcasts?  As two Trump-skeptical conservatives on the outside looking in, sure both parties are eager to hear their thoughts on how both parties should proceed in the elections ahead.   In this episode, Josh and Blake take a deep dive into what went wrong and what went right for the Republicans in 2024 and what might help the...2025-01-071h 10Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values168 – The Perennial Burke with Daniel KleinAs Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is wont to do, here is yet another episode exploring the political and philosophical brilliance of Edmund Burke.  But this time he is aided by scholar and professor Daniel Klein to examine the late writings of Burke’s life as Europe was descending into revolutionary chaos.  What was Burke’s understanding of liberty and natural rights, and how did it differ from many of his more radical contemporaries?  How did Burke distinguish between reforms that were constructive or destructive, and why did he seem so reluctant to use them in some circumstances and so adam...2024-12-171h 03Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values167 – The Woke Mind with Ryan Rogers“I do not believe,” wrote F. A. Hayek in his book The Fatal Conceit, “that the widely held conception of ‘social justice’ either describes a possible state of affairs or is even meaningful.”  Hayek would complain “social” was a sort of “weasel word” that carried a lot of unexamined prescriptions.  To call something “social justice” is to advocate for something without bothering to fully explore what that something might even be.   What are the philosophical underpinnings of social justice?  What does it practically mean, and how could it practically apply.  And what ought we to do when the goals of “social...2024-12-0359 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values166 – Independent Idiosyncrasies with Brett Loyd“The biggest takeaway from the 2024 election,” writes Justin Longo of the Independence Center, is that “independents have officially broken the duopoly and now share the title of America’s largest political group with Republicans.”  But what is an independent, exactly?  What do they want and how are they different from those who proudly affiliate with the Republican or Democratic parties?  And what might this portend for the future of American politics?   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by pollster Brett Loyd to make sense of the rise of the independents in the electorate.   A...2024-11-191h 07Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesRoundtable - Election Night - LivestreamSure, the major news networks had all the "experts", but how many of them opined on what Buckley, Burke, or Kirk would think of the election results? Listen to Saving Elephants' livestream on election night as results come in from another stellar panel of cross-partisan contributors: Josh Lewis, Eric Kohn, Justin Stapley, Calvin Moore, Kent Straith, Mike Taylor, John Giokaris, Elizabeth Doll, and Steve Phelps.2024-11-062h 56Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values165 – Take CourageSaving Elephants host Josh Lewis flies this election day episode solo to offer his thoughts on how your vote is more likely to impact yourself than it is the races, having grace for those who choose to vote differently than we do, and why conservatives should take courage in a profoundly discouraging time.   Special Election Night Livestream   You’re already staying up late to watch the election results.  Why not watch them with another august cross-partisan panel brought to you by Saving Elephants?  Join us, beginning 9PM CST, as we analyze the re...2024-11-0533 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values164 – What is a Woman with Kimberly RossSaving Elephants meticulously avoids many cringeworthy tropes in today’s “conservative” media and opts instead for deeper conversations on the conservative worldview and what it can offer Millennials.  As such, there is much low-hanging-fruit among the fruitier parts of the Left that isn’t as vigorously explored as it is in the aforementioned “conservative” media.  But that doesn’t mean these topics are off limits—just that they’re to be approached with conviction and clarity.   Josh Lewis welcomes Kimberly Ross back to the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on what it means to be a woman, the place of...2024-10-151h 07Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values163 – Where Does the Conservative Go from Here?In a world where both political parties are moving away from free market oriented policy solutions, a robust defense of our international allies, and traditional social norms, where does the conservative go from here? Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by special returning guests Cal Davenport, Erik Kohn, and Justin Stapley for a roundtable discussion on what the future holds for the conservative movement. This episode first dropped as a livestream on the new Saving Elephants YouTube channel., featuring full-length episodes, exclusive shorts, and even live events! Check it out here: https...2024-10-011h 10Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values162 – Harmonizing Sentiments with Hans EicholzThe Declaration of Independence audaciously declares certain “truths” to be “self-evident”.  And, in so doing, offered a justification for not only a break with Great Britain and Revolutionary War, but the foundation upon which a new nation could be built.  But how uniformly were these “truths” held and understood by the Founding Fathers?  Were they disparate views that were ultimately incoherent or inconsistent?  Did the divergent cultures of the American North and South have fundamentally different ideas of what they conceived of America to be?  Were the Founders simply protecting their material interests and reaching for any argument at hand that seemed...2024-09-171h 04Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values161 – American Covenant with Yuval LevinIn this era of polarization and partisan bickering, Americans of all political persuasions are calling for the nation to come together.  National unity is certainly in high demand and highly praised.  But what is unity?  As Yuval Levin argues in his latest book, American Covenant, “unity doesn’t mean agreement…disagreement does not foreclose the possibility of unity.  A more unified society would not always disagree less, but it would disagree better—that is, more constructively and with an eye to how different priorities and goals can be accommodated.  That we have lost some of our knack for unity in America do...2024-09-031h 06Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values160 – FreeCons with Avik RoyThe great fusionist project of ordered liberty advocated by Frank Meyer, William F. Buckley, and M. Stanton Evans is defended and affirmed today by a group calling themselves Freedom Conservatives, or FreeCons.  And as most groups of conservatives are wont to do, they have drafted a Statement of Principles outlining what they hope to affirm.  Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is a proud signatory on this statement and welcomes in this episode one of the two originators of the Statement, Avik Roy, for a wide-ranging discussion on fusionism, how FreeCons may compare and contrast with NatCons, the need for co...2024-08-201h 08Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values159 – The Prudential Lincoln with Allen GuelzoWas Abraham Lincoln a racist?  Were his efforts at emancipation the mere cold calculations of a politician whose sole aim was to win the Civil War, or do they point to some deeper ideals of America’s first principles?  Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is Lincoln historian Dr. Allen C. Guelzo for a wide-ranging conversation on how Lincoln’s efforts at ending slavery and saving the union may provide the clearest example of prudent American statesmanship in practice.   About Dr. Allen C. Guelzo Excerpts from the James Madison Program   Dr. A...2024-08-061h 01Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values158 – Fashionable Fusionists with Samuel GoldmanIn an age of rampant informalities, shoddy attire, and the kind of milieu that makes People of Walmart a possibility, conservatives stand athwart history yelling STOP!  Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is the impeccably dressed Samuel Goldman to explore how conservatism informs the world of fashion, why legendary figures on the Right from Russell Kirk to Albert J Nock to Willmoore Kendall wore such questionably lavish accessories, the connective tissues between intellectual conservatism and 90s era punk rock, and much more.   About Samuel Goldman Samuel Goldman is an associate professor of political sc...2024-07-161h 00Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values157 – Fifty Conservative ThinkersIn an age where what passes for the archetype conservative are the likes of Candace Owens, Bill Mitchell, Sean Hannity, Matt Gaetz, Tomi Lahren, and Donald Trump, it can be discouraging for those of us who take pride in the rich legacy and colorful history of thinkers on the Right to be associated with such grifters, demagogues, and charlatans.   Trying to define conservatism is challenging and trying to compile a list of individuals who best exemplify conservatism is problematic.  Yet this is becoming increasingly important in a world where “conservatism” is quickly being coopted by reacti...2024-07-021h 24Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values156 – Reappraising the Right’s Foreign Policy with Michael LuccheseIn February of 2004 the late Charles Krauthammer delivered the keynote address at AEI’s Annual Dinner.  It was a year into the Iraqi war and several years into the War on Terror.  Krauthammer’s address—entitled Democratic Realism—lauded much of the Bush administration’s approach to the war, but offered some stern warnings on how the war and rebuilding efforts might go awry.  His warnings proved to be profoundly prescient as the following years led to the disillusionment of what broadly (and wrongly) became known as NeoCon foreign policy.   What had the Right missed in Krauthammer...2024-06-181h 18Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values152 – Humanist Conservatives with Jeffery Tyler SyckFusionism—the viewpoint advocated by the likes of William F. Buckley and Frank Meyer of order and liberty mutually reinforcing each other—has been the dominant form of conservatism in the United States for a generation.  In the era of Trump and the rise of nationalist populism on the Right, however, fusionism has steadily lost influence.  Should conservatives double down on what’s worked in the past?  Or is it time for a different approach that was advocated by some of the original critics of fusionism on the Right?   Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is Jeffery...2024-04-021h 03Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values151 – The God of This Lower WorldWhat is the single most important virtue for a leader to possess?  What quality can make the run-of-the-mill politician into a statesman?  Is it integrity, communication skills, resilience, courage, empathy, or wisdom?  All of these things are important, of course, and if any are sufficiently lacking we wouldn’t call that a good leader.  But what would you say is the chief virtue?   Conservative thinkers from Burke to Kirk to Kristol to Strauss and even many of the ancient and medieval thinkers from Aristotle to Plato to St. Thomas Aquainis identified a single virtue as the chi...2024-03-1955 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values150 – We Don't Need No Indoctrination with Luke SheahanWhat is the purpose of higher education?  Is it primarily to prepare us for the jobs of the future?  Is it to ensure the leaders of tomorrow hold the right opinions on important issues?  Is it to provide a safe haven for the pursuit of Truth?   Thinkers on the Right have held differing—sometimes incompatible—views on the purpose of higher education.  Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is returning guest Luke Sheahan to explore these arguments and how conservatives might respond to the rise of radicalism and wokism on college campuses.   About L...2024-03-0559 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values149 – The Legacy of Roger Scruton with Fisher DerderianHaving published more than forty books on an astoundingly wide range of topics and holding noteworthy positions at the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, the University of Oxford, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the University of Buckingham, Sir Roger Scruton was the quintessential British gentleman and scholar.  He was also one of the greatest conservative intellectuals of the last century and the beginning of this century who died in 2020.  Fisher Derderian joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis for a woefully incomplete exploration at the legacy of Scruton, including Scruton’s contributions to American conservatism, his...2024-02-201h 17Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values148 – Conservatism in Practice with Gov Mitch DanielsThe Saving Elephants podcast has welcomed a wide array of incredible guests who are on forefront of the conservative political movement.  But most of the guests discuss conservatism from the perspective of a theory or set of principles or idea.  Few have had the opportunity to enact political conservatism as a practice.  And few ex-politicians have been as successful as former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels in advancing conservatism as a practice.  While Daniels is reticent to label his approach “conservative” or identify as part of red team vs. blue team, his practices in executive offices from the governor’s mansion to...2024-02-0648 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values147 – Where the Religious Right Went Wrong with JB ShreveOne of the strangest political developments over the past several decades has been the devolution of the Religious Right and large swaths of politically active Evangelicals as they morphed from character counts moralists of the 1990s to MAGA Trumplicans.  Regardless of the merits of where the Religious Right stands today, one could be forgiven for being perplexed at how they arrived here at all.   Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is JB Shreve, creator of The End of History podcast and blog, to demystify the Religious Right’s conversion to the Church of Trump.  Both JB an...2024-01-1659 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values146 – The Myth of Nationalism with Samuel GoldmanWhat does is mean to be an American?  And why do we Americans obsess so much over the question of what it means to be an American?  This nagging question has plagued our nation since its birth and various national “myths” have been advanced to offer some form of national identity and cohesion.  At times one myth has proven stronger than the others, only to be overshadowed as historical events call its sufficiency and truth into question.  So where does that leave us today in an era of collective, existential crisis?   Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewi...2024-01-021h 22Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values145 – Smoking Yule Logs and Donning Gay ApparelIn 2021, Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis joined three other veteran podcasters on a new podcast endeavor: Are We Right? Cal Davenport, Brooke Medina, and Calvin Moore, and Josh debated a wide range of topics from politics to religion to culture and invited the audience to weigh in on whether or not they’re right. While the show was tragically short-lived, a number of excellent episodes were produced and this is a re-podcast of their Christmas episode to commemorate the holiday season: In the spirit of the season, Are We Right presents an epic Christmas-themed episode unmatched in fes...2023-12-191h 01Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values144 – Conservative Historian Redux with AD TippetEarlier this year Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis was on AD Tippet’s podcast, Conservative Historian.  This episode is a re-podcast of that conversation that covered a wide variety of conservative topics from both the past and today.   About AD Tippet   AD Tippet (the podcast formerly known as Belisarius Aves) is the founder and publisher of the Conservative Historian YouTube channel and podcast. “History is too important to be left to the left,” writes AD. “The Conservative Historian provides content and opinions on conservative thinking through the prism of history.” You can follow Be...2023-12-051h 07Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values143 – The Conservative Mind at 70 with Michael LuccheseIn 1953 a little-known political theorist Russell Kirk repurposed his doctoral dissertation as a book for publication.  His book, The Conservative Mind, would quickly become a bestseller, give the nascent conservative movement its name and intellectual moorings, be reviewed and debated in respectable publications across the country, and launch its author to international fame.   Seventy years later, the book is still going strong.  Now on its seventh edition and reprinted in multiple languages, The Conservative Mind is among the indispensable tomes for understanding the conservative movement.  In this episode, Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by M...2023-11-211h 11Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values142 – Jiving with Jaffa with Seth RootWhile Leo Strauss was famous for influencing men and women who became intellectual heavyweights in the conservative movement—names like Allan Bloom, Irving Kristol, Harvey Mansfield, Thomas Pangle barely scratch the surface—few stand as tall as Harry Jaffa.  A cantankerous and quarrelsome debater to some and a beloved architect of restoring conservatism to a more American-focused and principled-based approach to others, Jaffa lived a remarkably long and productive life.  His writings persuaded William F. Buckley, Jr. away from a more sympathetically Southern conservatism and, with it, the whole of the conservative movement.   Joining Saving Elephan...2023-11-0758 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values141 – The Soul of Civility with Alexandra HudsonEveryone supports civility, in theory, when the “other side” is behaving themselves.  But what is the role of civility in an era of growing political division?  Is civility a weakness that can be exploited by our political opponents?  Is it simply being well-mannered and exceedingly nice, or is there more to it?   Those are the very questions Alexandra Hudson set out to answer in her new book, The Soul of Civility.  Alexandra joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to unpackage how civility holds the timeless answers for humanity’s timeless struggle with living alongside the “other side”.2023-10-1755 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values140 – Back to BurkeThe name Edmund Burke is used quite liberally on the Saving Elephants podcast as host Josh Lewis makes no bones about being a “Burkean” conservative.  But who was this Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher?  What were his contributions to conservative thought?  Why does Josh hold him in such high regard?  And why do some conservatives argue there’s no place for Burke in conservatism?   Rather than inviting one guest to tackle these pressing questions, Josh explores the various conversations had on the podcast with past guests about Burke to help us navigate this rather complex and often m...2023-10-031h 17Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values139 – Perspectives from Across the Pond with Sarah StookThe United States and United Kingdom have enjoyed and, at times, endured a symbiotic history, culture, politics, and global relationship.  Often understanding the quirks of one nation helps us better understand our own.  Sarah Stook, journalist of American politics and history, joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to discuss what Americans and Brits can learn from one another, what unique challenges face young, British conservatives, the importance of the British monarch, and whether American politics looks as off-the-rails from an outsider’s perspective as it does from those actually living in the United States.   About Sarah...2023-09-191h 09Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values138 – The Conservative Historian with Belisarius Aves“History offers not simply a chronicle of events but, more importantly, opportunities to gain insights about the human condition from the experience of other times and places,” writes Thomas Sowell in his provocatively titled book Black Rednecks and White Liberals.  “That is, it offers not merely facts but explanations.”  Yet history’s capacity to benefit us is naturally limited by our natural biases.  “History cannot be a reality check for visions when history is itself shaped by visions.”  To learn how to extract beneficial explanations from history, therefore, we must first learn how to recognize our biases, pre-conceptions, worldviews, and visions. 2023-09-051h 16Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values137 – Political Theology with Jonathan Cole – Part 2Christian or not, it’s undeniable that Western civilization, and the United States in particular, has deep historical roots in Judeo-Christian teachings.  Scripture has shaped much of our culture, thought, values, and politics.  But while plenty of Biblical passages appear to have political implications, there’s little consensus among the general population—to say nothing of the religiously devoted—what a political worldview based on the Bible should look like.   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis continues his conversation with Jonathan Cole on the topic of political theology.  But this time they turn their attention to more practic...2023-08-151h 09Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values136 – Political Theology with Jonathan Cole – Part 1“I never discuss anything else except politics and religion,” English writer, philosopher, and Christian apologist G. K. Chesterton once quipped.  “There is nothing else to discuss.”  For some sensible, genteel Americans, politics and religion are precisely what you don’t discuss in public and—perhaps even—in private company.  Others discuss both with ease yet may have trouble thinking through what their politics might say about their religion, or how their religion ought to inform their politics.   The discipline of political theology specializes in studying the intersect between politics and religion.  Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is retur...2023-08-011h 05Josh LewisJosh LewisRight To DreamRight To Dream by Josh Lewis2023-07-1903 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values135 – Cool Ellul with Jason ThackerModern views on how future technology is likely to change our lives range from bloviatingly aspirational visions of utopia to musings on whether the latest advancement in AI will destroy humankind in our lifetime or merely enslave us all in Matrix-style battery capillaries.  Yet debates on whether technology is a neutral tool for our benefit or a near-unstoppable force leading us to a particular destiny are nothing new.  In 1964, French philosopher and sociologist Jacques Ellul wrote The Technological Society, in which he argued technology had a totalizing effect that could potentially dehumanize our world in its never-ending effort to ma...2023-07-1853 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values134 – Gilding a Mess with Avi WoolfIn the aftermath of the Civil War and prior to the first World War lies an often overlooked era in American history known as the Gilded Age.  This was an extraordinarily “messy” period where it’s often difficult to identify the heroes to extol or villains to condemn.  But it is also a period that has unusually similar parallels to our own times from rapid technological advancements, growing partisanship, and the unraveling of communities and traditions.  We might benefit from a closer understanding of the lessons learned in this messy period.   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is j...2023-07-0458 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values133 – Grappling with Hate Speech with Brooke MedinaIn this brave new digital world, opportunities for hate speech seem ubiquitous and increasingly dangerous.  How should a conservative balance their values of limited-government and protection of the vulnerable in social media?  How do we answer the charges of “silence is violence”, or that speech and equal violence from a legal, cultural, and moral framework?   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by frequent guest Brooke Medina to grapple with the problem of hate speech.  Josh shares his experiences of being harassed while (briefly) identifying as a woman on Facebook and Brooke draws from her contribu...2023-06-2048 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values132 – Classical Period Non-Perverts with Jack ButlerAmong the very-online, relatively young, and mostly male cohorts of the Right is a movement growing in popularity and intensity that valorizes the very excesses the Left criticizes as toxic masculinity.  This movement, promulgated by the likes of Bronze Age Pervert and Mencius Moldbug and defended or even praised by a surprising array of mainstream conservative outlets, has captured the attention of many a young man yearning for a deeper sense of purpose and pursuits in an age of secular materialism and Leftist wokism.   In this episode Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by Na...2023-06-061h 08Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values131 – Witnessing Whittaker with Sam TanenhausIn 1948 Whittaker Chambers shocked the nation when, while testifying before Congress, he gave the names of individuals he claimed were working within the United States government as Communist spies for the Soviet Union.  Among those named was Alger Hiss, Chamber’s close friend and former Communist comrade.  The ensuing trial quickly divided the nation into competing narratives.  Who was lying and who was telling the truth?  Was Chambers insane or, perhaps, seeking to destroy Hiss due to some personal grievance?  Was this merely a pretext to the coming Communist “purges” under the McCarthy hearings that took place a few years later...2023-05-161h 20Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values130 – Cultivating Kirk with Jeff NelsonPerhaps no other individual (or person, for the benefit of the Kirkian insider) was more responsible for resuscitating intellectual conservatism back to life in the mid Twentieth century than Russell Kirk.  Today, Kirk’s efforts to recover and conserve the “Permanent Things” lives on at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal.  Co-founder and Vice Chair of the Russell Kirk Center, Jeff Nelson, joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to explore the legacy of Russell Kirk and its lasting impact on the conservative movement today.   About Jeff Nelson From the Kirk Center bio: Je...2023-05-021h 06Atlas HourAtlas HourAtlas Hour Episode 12Strap in for this one.. Dr. Adam Hotchkiss and Josh Lewis discuss their personal steroid usage... the good, the bad, and the ugly! When they started using steroids. What steroids were their favorite, least favorite, craziest cycle, etc. Do they regret it? Listen and find out on this episode of The Atlas Hour!! Follow Us:IG: @atlasoptimization Adam Hotchkiss: @dr.aehotchkissJosh Lewis: @joshlewis23Today's video is sponsored by @marekhealth www.marekhealth.comMarek Health is the premium telehealth platform that connects customers with partnered providers from the comfort of your home. Marek provides concierge service with your very own Patient Care...2023-04-2656 minAtlas HourAtlas HourAtlas Hour Episode 11Dr. Adam Hotchkiss and Josh Lewis discuss successful entrepreneurs and influencers like Nick Bare and Derek from MorePlateMoreDates. We get into the recent uptick in mental health diagnoses then get really off topic and discuss how AI is taking over the world. We hope you enjoy! Follow Us:IG: @atlasoptimization Adam Hotchkiss: @dr.aehotchkissJosh Lewis: @joshlewis23Today's video is sponsored by @marekhealth www.marekhealth.comMarek Health is the premium telehealth platform that connects customers with partnered providers from the comfort of your home. Marek provides concierge service with your very own Patient Care Provider as your health advocate. You’ll go...2023-04-261h 06Atlas HourAtlas HourAtlas Hour Episode 10Today Dr. Adam Hotchkiss and Josh Lewis discuss dealing with haters.Follow Us:IG: @atlasoptimization Adam Hotchkiss: @dr.aehotchkissJosh Lewis: @joshlewis23Today's video is sponsored by @marekhealth www.marekhealth.comMarek Health is the premium telehealth platform that connects customers with partnered providers from the comfort of your home. Marek provides concierge service with your very own Patient Care Provider as your health advocate. You’ll go over all your needs and goals, from improved sexual function, hair loss prevention, increased muscle, fat loss, and overall im...2023-04-261h 27Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values129 – Epistemological Musings with Bonnie KristianOur digital world is saturated in “facts” but there’s little agreement on what constitutes “truth”.  If we can no longer agree on what sources of information can be reliable, is civil debate even possible?  To what degree is the problem exacerbated by social media?  To what degree is this simply a problem of human nature?  Bonnie Kristian joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to discuss the knowledge crisis and our inability to reach consensus on what constitutes truth.  Bonnie also shares her thoughts the challenges of unplugging from the digital world, whether our current woes are likely to get better in t...2023-04-1854 minPurple Political BreakdownPurple Political BreakdownWhat is a Political Conservative? Ft. Classical Conservative Josh LewisIn today's episode of the podcast, my guest Josh Lewis (Josh Lewis is a CPA who lives in Tulsa and works for the Oklahoma State Auditor's Office. A former candidate for City Auditor with over a decade, of experience in auditing governments, Josh has a unique and practical perspective as an outside observer of politics put into practice).We speak about conservativism and what it means to be a conservative in the United of America.2023-04-171h 04Purple Political BreakdownPurple Political BreakdownWhat is a Political Conservative? Ft. Classical Conservative Josh LewisIn today's episode of the podcast, my guest Josh Lewis (Josh Lewis is a CPA who lives in Tulsa and works for the Oklahoma State Auditor's Office. A former candidate for City Auditor with over a decade, of experience in auditing governments, Josh has a unique and practical perspective as an outside observer of politics put into practice).We speak about conservativism and what it means to be a conservative in the United of America.2023-04-171h 04Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values128 – Reconciling Kirk and King with John Wood JrWhat do Russell Kirk and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common?  Though they’re traditionally depicted as coming from opposing political orientations, National Ambassador for Braver Angels John Wood Jr. believes a deeper understanding of their religious convictions and societal aspirations reveals an important commonality between these two men.  And this commonality points us to the restoration of tradition and community.   John Wood Jr. joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis as they explore what value Kirk and King symbolize in the conservative project of restoration.  They also discuss whether Jesus can heal our political divide...2023-04-041h 00Atlas HourAtlas HourAtlas Hour Episode 5Dr. Adam Hotchkiss & Josh Lewis discuss delayed gratification and how implementing it in your day to day life can make massive impacts on your long term goals.2023-03-2751 minAtlas HourAtlas HourAtlas Hour Episode 4Dr. Adam Hotchkiss and Josh Lewis discuss the pros and cons of recreational marijuana use. Josh also dives into his own personal use and experience with how overuse can negatively impact you.2023-03-251h 01Atlas HourAtlas HourAtlas Hour Episode 3Dr. Adam Hotchkiss & Josh Lewis discuss their upbringing and how their unique backgrounds helped guide them onto the paths they follow today in regards to fitness.2023-03-151h 45Atlas HourAtlas HourAtlas Hour Episode 2Dr. Adam Hotchkiss & Josh Lewis discuss their current supplement/medication stack and provide a deep dive into the science behind each.2023-03-1146 minJosh LewisJosh LewisGoodbye AcapellaGoodbye Acapella by Josh Lewis2023-03-0604 minJosh LewisJosh LewisGoodbyeGoodbye by Josh Lewis2023-03-0604 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values122 – The Political Animals with Jonathan ColeLate last year Jonathan Cole had Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis on his podcast, The Political Animals, to talk about the quirkiness of American conservatism, the rise of the NatCons, and whether there’s any hope for Josh’s brand of fusionist conservatism in the future.  The conversation was simply too good not to share, so here is a re-podcast of Jonathan’s original episode.   About Jonathan Cole From Jonathan Cole’s website: Dr Jonathan Cole is a scholar, writer, translator and lecturer specializing in political theology—the intersection between religion and politics...2023-01-031h 50Co-Movement Gym PodcastCo-Movement Gym PodcastThe Sustainable Human by Josh Lewis - Co-Movement Gym Podcast S2E39The following is a conversation with myself, Josh Lewis. Today I will be discussing a project I have been working on for nearly a year, it’s called the Sustainable Human Project. This project is nothing more than me organizing some topics and ideas that I find vitally important in order for society and humans to thrive. My hopes are that some of these resonate with you and help give you some framework to orientate your life properly. While this talk is filled with 9 main talking points, all of which that can have a positive effect on your life, I...2022-12-1934 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values119 – Inflating the Apocalypse with David BahnsenWhat is the great economic challenge of our times?  Is it inflation?  Rising inequality?  Artificially low interest rates?  Economist David Bahnsen joins Josh to discuss why excessive government debt and our slow-growth or no-growth economy risks the Japanification of the United States.  While some warn of a financial apocalypse, David argues that a more realistic threat is continued lack of productive output and increasing discontents if we don’t reverse course.  Also discussed are how supply side economists can respond to the Left’s critiques of the free market in the wake of the Great Recession and how Edmund Burke best...2022-11-151h 13Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values118 – Fearlessly Curious with Mónica GuzmánMónica Guzmán joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis as they reach across the political divide to explore how the Left and Right might better engage one another in respectful debate.  Mónica shares her experiences as a liberal living in deep, blue Seattle yet grappling with her immigrant parent’s support for Trump.  They also discuss the limitations of reason to resolve our differences, why viewing people as complex and not merely complicated helps us bridge divides, and why Mónica has hope for a brighter future.   About Mónica Guzmán Per her w...2022-11-0155 minCo-Movement Gym PodcastCo-Movement Gym PodcastA Polyface Farm Documentary: A Walking Conversation with Joel Salatin and Josh Lewis- CMGP S2E31The following is a walking conversation with Joel Salatin at Polyface Farm in Swoope Virginia. When Joel graciously offered to give me a private tour of his farm, I immediately took the opportunity. During the tour we documented both video and audio. If you are listening to the audio only version, understand this was a walking conversation, not the sit down style we normally do. While the video was shot by me, an amateur at best, I still highly recommend watching the video version. Joel co-owns, with his family, Polyface Farm in Swoope, Virginia., been featured in...2022-10-241h 09Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values116 – Fifty Conservative ThinkersIn an age where what passes for the archetype conservative are the likes of Candace Owens, Bill Mitchell, Sean Hannity, Matt Gaetz, Tomi Lahren, and Donald Trump, it can be discouraging for those of us who take pride in the rich legacy and colorful history of thinkers on the Right to be associated with such grifters, demagogues, and charlatans.   Trying to define conservatism is challenging and trying to compile a list of individuals who best exemplify conservatism is problematic.  Yet this is becoming increasingly important in a world where “conservatism” is quickly being coopted by reacti...2022-10-041h 24Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values115 – A Post-Roe World with Kimberly RossWith the end of Roe, the pro-life movement scores a major victory in the fight to protect the life of the unborn.  But does this victory signify the end or is it merely the beginning of a new set of challenges and uncertainty in a world that doesn’t always embrace life?  Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by Kimberly Ross to discuss what a post-Roe world looks like for the pro-life movement and where to go from here.   About Kimberly Ross Kimberly Ross is a freelance conservative writer. Her work regularly appea...2022-09-201h 08Are We Right?Are We Right?Why Cal and Josh are ConservativesA remarkably restrained Calvin Moore askes a number of probing questions to Cal Davenport and Josh Lewis, exploring why they embrace a conservative worldview.  Though Cal and Josh are in violent agreement during much of the conversation, there’s plenty of nuance and jargon to satiate the politically curious listener.2022-09-0656 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values114 – Are We Right? - Crossover PodcastEarlier this summer, Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis joined three other veteran podcasters to launch a new show: Are We Right?  Cal Davenport, Brooke Medina, and Calvin Moore, and Josh debate a wide range of topics from politics to religion to culture and invite the audience to weigh in on whether or not they’re right.  A recent episode featured Calvin quizzing Josh and Cal on why they embrace a conservative worldview.  And even though Cal and Josh are in violent agreement during much of the conversation, there’s plenty of nuance and jargon to satiate the politically curious listene...2022-09-0659 minJosh LewisJosh LewisHe's Out Of My Life AcapellaHe's Out Of My Life Acapella by Josh Lewis2022-08-2902 minJosh LewisJosh LewisHe's Out Of My LifeHe's Out Of My Life by Josh Lewis2022-08-2903 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values111 – What Hath Conservatism Conserved? with Avi WoolfMatthew Continetti’s new book The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism has instigated a vigorous conversation around the best way to understand the historical phenomenon of modern conservatism in the United States.  Returning guest Avi Woolf joins Josh for a discussion on what Continetti’s depiction gets right and not-so-right about American conservatism, what has conservatism conserved, and what ought conservatism to conserve in the future.   About Avi Woolf   Avi Woolf is a writer, editor, translator, and podcaster whose work has been published in Arc Digital, Commentary, National Review, The Bul...2022-07-191h 00Retire ColoradoRetire Colorado6.30.22 Marketing Update Josh Lewis6.30.22 Marketing Update Josh Lewis by Layman-Lewis2022-07-0108 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values109 – The Right with Matthew ContinettiEsteemed AEI scholar Matthew Continetti returns to the podcast for a woefully brief overview of his latest book, The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism   From the book’s description:   When most people think of the history of modern conservatism, they think of Ronald Reagan.  Yet this narrow view leaves many to question: How did Donald Trump win the presidency?  And what is the future of the Republican Party?   In The Right, Matthew Continetti gives a sweeping account of movement conservatism’s evolution, from the Progressive Era throug...2022-06-2158 minAre We Right?Are We Right?C. S. Lewis ExtravaganzaC. S. Lewis is one of the most beloved authors of all times and the podcast hosts can certainly be counted among his large fandom.  Calvin named his dog after Lewis, Brooke's New Year's resolution was to be invited on a podcast or radio program to geek-out about "Jack", Cal testifies that Lewis was instrumental in the formation of his marriage, and Josh (whose last name happens to be Lewis) led a C. S. Lewis book club in his hometown for years.  The gang enjoys ruminating over their favorite Lewis works and discussion why his writings hold so much in...2022-06-191h 10Josh LewisJosh LewisHelp Me Make It Through The NightHelp Me Make It Through The Night by Josh Lewis2022-06-0803 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values108 – Following Up with Bo WinegardBo Winegard returns to the show to talk about controversies surrounding the science of human variation, his experience with cancel culture, and the growing problems of cognitive distribution.  It’s another in-the-weeds wonkfest of alarmingly nerdish proportions.   About Bo Winegard   Bo Winegard obtained his PhD in social psychology from Florida State University, under the tutelage of Roy Baumeister. Formerly a professor at a small college in the Midwest, Bo is now an independent scholar interested in human evolution, human variation, the rise of political order, and political conservatism. He also enjoys liter...2022-06-071h 34Josh LewisJosh LewisPrivate Party 2022Private Party 2022 by Josh Lewis2022-05-1203 minJosh LewisJosh LewisPrivate Party AcapellaPrivate Party Acapella by Josh Lewis2022-05-1203 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values105 – AllSides with Julie MastrineJulie Mastrine of AllSides joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis in a freewheeling conversation about the media.  Conservatives love to complain of the liberal media bias, but are their complaints founded or over exaggerated?  Do “both sides” have a bias problem?  How do they differ and how are they similar?  Are there times when bias is acceptable and even welcome?  Is bias the same as inaccuracy or dishonesty?  How might you identify media bias and what can we do about it?   About Julie Mastrine Julie Mastrine is a writer and online marketing professional who is pass...2022-04-191h 13Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values103 – Creative Impostors with Andrea Klunder and David BlattIn this re-podcast episode Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis joins his committed liberal friend David Blatt on Andrea Klunder’s show The Creative Impostor to discuss the differences between the Right and the Left, why we’re so polarized, and how civil dialogue might be restored.   About Andrea Klunder Andrea Klunder is the Creative Director, Media Strategist and Podcast Producer behind The Creative Impostor Studios.  Andrea works with organizations, companies, and leaders who want to use audio content to tell stories, create movements, and change culture.  She calls upon her myriad experiences as a singe...2022-03-1554 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values102 – More Talking Less Killing with Corey NathanThe British theologian and philosopher G. K. Chesterton observed that “religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion.  In practice it means that hardly anybody is allowed to mention it.”  When we talk openly about political or religious matters, we risk endangering relationships.  Yet politics and religion are immensely important topics that ought not to be ignored for the sake of avoiding awkward conversations.  Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by Corey Nathan as they discuss how we might talk politics and religion without killing each other.   About Corey Nat...2022-03-011h 01Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values101 – Voting VexationsHow secure and reliable are elections in the United States?   The Left and Right are both replete with voices warning of the dire consequences of the “other side” getting their way.  And nowhere is this more evident than with concerns about the legitimacy of elections.  Whether it’s the Right’s concerns with voter fraud and election theft or the Left’s apprehensions about voter suppression and disenfranchisement, Americans are growing increasingly concerned that their votes don’t, or won’t, or eventually will not count.   What’s more, the leaders of each party, Donal...2022-02-151h 12Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values100 – The Genius of Thomas Sowell with Alan WolanSaving Elephants officially hits 100 episodes!  Host Josh Lewis is joined by Alan Wolan to discuss their mutual admiration for the writings and ideas of Thomas Sowell.   Thomas Sowell, along with Edmund Burke, Russell Kirk, and William F. Buckley, comprise the Mt. Rushmore of thinkers who best exemplify the conservatism espoused by Saving Elephants.  Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, and researcher whose nine decades of life and forty-five books covering topics as far reaching as social policy on race, ethnic groups, education, and decision-making, to classical and Marxian economics, to the problems of children per...2022-02-011h 10Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesEpisode 99 – The Forgotten Legacy of Willmoore Kendall with Chris OwenFew individuals have had as deep an impact on modern conservative thought, yet remain in relative obscurity, as Willmoore Kendall.  The conservative English professor Jeffrey Hart said of Kendall that he was "the most important political theorist to have emerged in the twenty-odd years since the end of World War II."  Kendall’s writings are thought-provoking, challenging, contentious, scrupulous, and, often, innovative.  His analysis and critiques took no prisoners on both the Right and Left, and his prickly personality shattered relationships with friends, family, and spouses alike.  Founding editor of National Review and early mentor to William F. Buckley, Kendal...2022-01-181h 21Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesEpisode 98 – The Deep Places with Ross DouthatNew York Times columnist Ross Douthat joins Josh Lewis to talk about his recent memoir The Deep Places.  His book tells of his recent journey in battling chronic Lyme disease and his reflections on illness, discovery, and hope.   Ross’ story begins prior to the illness in which he was attempting to build the life he’d always dreamed of.  “At that moment in my life I only really believed in upside…I wrote my share of words on the problem of evil…usually making the case that much of American Christianity offers people the wrong answers, enco...2022-01-0450 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesEpisode 97 – Good Grief with Jimmy Humphrey and Andrew SnyderChristmastime is here, a season of joy and merriment, happy gatherings of family and friends, peace on earth and goodwill to all.  Both tradition and pop culture remind us that all is merry and bright this time of year.  And yet for some who are grieving the holiday season only amplifies sorrow.  As the rest of the world is making merry the pains of suffering and loss seem unbearable and profoundly alienating.   The British statesman Edmund Burke believed that “beings made for suffering should suffer well.”  What are we to do with grief in a season th...2021-12-211h 01Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesBonus Episode – America's Future with Ericka AndersenIn this re-podcast from America’s Future Facebook live interview, Ericka Andersen interviews Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis about his motivations for launching Saving Elephants.  Also discussed are the worsening partisanship and tribalism in recent years and possible solutions to a healthier political dialogue.   About Ericka Andersen Ericka Andersen is a freelance writer and digital media marketing professional.  Her writings cover addiction, church planting, mental health, politics, policy, culture, fitness, and more for a variety of publications in including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Washington Post, and National Review.  She is a regu...2021-11-3022 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesEpisode 95 – Reassessing the GOP with Justin StapleyFor the Trump-skeptical conservative, the past five years have been dizzyingly disconcerting.  We’ve often felt politically homeless and even out of step from the power centers on both the Left and Right.  What’s a principled conservative to do?  What is the long-term goal of the movement?  What future might we practically hope for and what goals are overly optimistic and detached from reality?   Returning guest Justin Stapley joins Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis to contemplate the merits of Trump-skeptical conservatives sticking with the GOP and whether the Republican party could reasonably embrace a principle...2021-11-161h 06Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesEpisode 94 – What's the Matter with Socialism?Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis offers a conservative critique of socialism.   It’s hardly news that socialism is gaining in popularity among younger Americans.  Yet it’s more difficult to ascertain what Millennials have in mind when they express support for socialism or socialist candidates.  Do they mean Marxism or the numerous varieties of Communist authoritarian regimes tried over the past century, European-style “socialism”, democratic socialism, having the state seize the means of production and abolish private property, bolstering labor unions, or some complex web of worker-ownership cooperatives?  Or do they simply mean “whatever we have now, I do...2021-11-021h 30Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesEpisode 93 – Repainting the Fusionist Fence with James DavenportFounded in 1953, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) has remained on the forefront of the conservative intellectual movement with a particular focus on ensuring college students are equipped with the tools they need to explore the conservative worldview.  During the tumultuous begins of the modern conservative movement in the United States, ISI embraced many of the views and adherents of both the libertarian and traditionalist wings of the movements.  Today, ISI is yet again navigating the divisions on the Right as they seek to maintain a platform where these embattled factions can meet together and debate their differences with civility an...2021-10-191h 05Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesEpisode 92 – The Spice of LifeAs the old adage goes, variety is the spice of life.  And the conservative heartily agrees.  Variety, not uniformity, is what gives life its vitality and each life the potential for self-actualization and the opportunity for each of us to develop in our own unique way.  But is variety compatible with equality?  What do we mean by equality, and how might equality be established?  What is the relationship between equality, progress, and justice?   In this solo episode, Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis explores what conservatism has to say about variety and equality and their relationship to pro...2021-10-051h 31Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesEpisode 91 – Invisible Men with Ian Rowe and Nique FajorsSaving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by Ian Rowe and Nique Fajors—two black Harvard Business School graduates—who hope to change the narrative and highlight the positive achievements of black men in the United States.  What is wrong with the common narrative surrounding black men?  How much has changed over recent decades and are those changes adequately reflected in the narrative?   Ian and Nique host The Invisible Men, a podcast and video platform interviewing successful black men.  In the aftermath of Rodney King’s assault by police officers in the 90s and his attackers’...2021-09-2154 minSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesEpisode 90 – Redlining and Reparations with Charles MarohnAmerica’s history of bigotry and racism have left wounds that fester to this day.  How might the country make amends to those racial minorities who were harmed?  To what extent are white Americans responsible for addressing wrongs perpetrated by their ancestors?  To what extent can the effects of these past sins be measured and known?   These are not easy questions, nor is there much consensus on where we go from here.  But there is one area where both conservatives and liberals may be able to find common ground: addressing historic wrongs committed by the practic...2021-09-071h 12Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesSaving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative valuesBonus Episode – En Route with Dennis SandersSaving Elephants host Josh Lewis joins Dennis Sanders on his podcast En Route to discuss the past, present, and future of the GOP and conservative movements, what younger generations of Americans have to offer the country, and where the #NeverTrump movement went wrong.   About Dennis Sanders Dennis Sanders is a blogger, podcaster, pastor, and media and technology professional.  He hosts En Route, a podcast about the journey focusing on religion, politics and culture and the things we discover on the way.  Dennis was born and raised in Flint, Michigan and currently lives in Min...2021-08-311h 15Co-Movement Gym PodcastCo-Movement Gym PodcastCo-Movement Gym Podcast S1E21- 47 Laker Challenge, Josh's ExperienceIn this episode we chat with 47 Laker Challenge participant Josh Lewis and go in-depth into what exactly this new challenge in the Adirondacks is all about. Josh discusses why he has chosen to take on this challenge and why going outside of your comfort zone is important. Enjoy!Sponsors:  NativePath:Follow the link below to see all of NativePath's Pure Grass-Fed, Organic, Clean Supplements and use the CoMo15 code at checkout for 15% off! https://www.nativepath.com/ Lombardi Chiropractic: https://w...2021-08-1856 minJosh LewisJosh LewisOh Santa!Oh Santa! by Josh Lewis2020-12-0103 minJosh LewisJosh LewisChristmas Time Is In The Air AgainChristmas Time Is In The Air Again by Josh Lewis2019-12-1603 minJosh LewisJosh LewisGTFOGTFO by Josh Lewis2018-09-1803 minJosh LewisJosh LewisUnderneath The StarsUnderneath The Stars by Josh Lewis2017-06-0303 minJosh LewisJosh LewisChangeChange by Josh Lewis2016-08-1903 min