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Rip It Up: The Renovations PodcastListener Questions 5 - X-Mas Gift GuideSorted for Christmas - you're welcome! Thomas Lynham CeramicsOrla Walsh ArtistCiara O’Neill ArtMartina’s PaletteTina Reid ArtLuke Reidy ArtButton StudioIntelligent TeaJimmy LawlorWrapped in KindnessAoife McLaughlinArdmore PotteryJerpoint GlassMotly DesignsGeorge Casey Catering (also does cooking classes)Kids Books - Tales for TadpolesSeven OakSteeleSnugi KnitwearLittle Rolla Kids SuitcaseAdare Grocer - HampersGosson & Gartla kids clothesCowshed DesignAndrew Caslin PhotographyBeneath the AshHardpressed Xmas CardsGaiety School of Acting VouchersLir Pale Yellow Palette - decorationsSlatedPrimrose and Fern EarringsSayers Studio ArtCatriona Curtin ArtIrish Hide DesignsFoxfordAmurelleSomasCloonkeenLa BougieTreaty City BreweryMortons SupermarketRosalinsApril and the BearIndustry & CoThe DesignistJaqiFallon & Byrne (great hampers)Sheridans Galway (also do a cheese club)Bow BabyCogsBarnFoll...
2025-12-0422 minRip It Up: The Renovations PodcastListener Questions 5 - X-Mas Gift GuideSorted for Christmas - you're welcome! Thomas Lynham CeramicsOrla Walsh ArtistCiara O’Neill ArtMartina’s PaletteTina Reid ArtLuke Reidy ArtButton StudioIntelligent TeaJimmy LawlorWrapped in KindnessAoife McLaughlinArdmore PotteryJerpoint GlassMotly DesignsGeorge Casey Catering (also does cooking classes)Kids Books - Tales for TadpolesSeven OakSteeleSnugi KnitwearLittle Rolla Kids SuitcaseAdare Grocer - HampersGosson & Gartla kids clothesCowshed DesignAndrew Caslin PhotographyBeneath the AshHardpressed Xmas CardsGaiety School of Acting VouchersLir Pale Yellow Palette - decorationsSlatedPrimrose and Fern EarringsSayers Studio ArtCatriona Curtin ArtIrish Hide DesignsFoxfordAmurelleSomasCloonkeenLa BougieTreaty City BreweryMortons SupermarketRosalinsApril and the BearIndustry & CoThe DesignistJaqiFallon & Byrne (great hampers)Sheridans Galway (also do a cheese club)Bow BabyCogsBarnSupp...
2025-12-0423 min
Sunday with MiriamPhil CoulterChat with the legendary songwriter about why, at the age of 83, he’s heading off again around the country on tour (with his wife Geraldine Branagan in ‘Tranquility by Candlelight’). He also talks about the stories behind his music, his family roots in the north of Ireland and working with musicians like John Sheahan and Luke Kelly and The Dubliners
2025-10-2617 min
The SowerEPISODE 55 - Robert Nisbet's The Social PhilosophersJosh Bowman leads a discussion on the recently republished 1973 book The Social Philosophers: Community and Conflict in Western Thought (American Philosophical Society Press, 2025) by the American sociologist Robert Nisbet (1913-1996). Joining him are Luke Sheahan of Duquesne University, author of the foreword to this edition, and Paul Mueller of the American Institute for Economic Research.
Nisbet’s book focuses on the historical development of communities that he categorizes as military, political, religious, revolutionary, ecological, and plural. Which community is dominant today? What are communities even for?
To check out the book itself, go to: https://www.a...
2025-10-191h 05
The SowerEPISODE 54 - Aristocratic Voices Roundtable (2025 Academy of Philosophy & Letters Panel)This special episode is a recording of a panel at the June 2025 meeting of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters in College Park, Maryland. We are grateful to the APL for their permission to publish this recording.
The panel is titled "Book Roundtable – Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority, and Inequality" and the panelists are:
Ethan Alexander-Davey, Campbell University, “Aristocracy and the Forms That Fit”
Matthew T. Cantirino, The University of Dallas, “Henry Adams: Aristocracy in an American?”
Luke C. Sheahan, Duquesne University, “Authority, Hierarchy, and the Social Bond in the Aristocratic Th...
2025-10-121h 19
The Reading Wheel ReviewEp. 20 | Interview with Luke Sheahan | The Social PhilosophersIn this episode, CRCD Executive Director Dr. Jordan Ballor interviews Dr. Luke C. Sheahan, associate professor of political science at Duquesne University. They discuss Robert Nisbet's classic work The Social Philosophers: Community and Conflict in Western Thought. This wide-ranging conversation reviews Nisbet's significant life and work, and examines his exploration of different types of community throughout Western civilization, as well as its relevance for today.
2025-09-2543 min
The Law & Liberty PodcastThe West's QuestRobert Nisbet is best known for his books The Quest for Community and The Twilight of Authority. Luke Sheahan joins the podcast to discuss a new edition of Nisbet's lesser-known but perhaps most important book The Social Philosophers, a sweeping account of the history of community and its treatment by Western political philosophers.
2025-09-0946 min
The SowerEPISODE 48 - Aristocratic Voices Then and NowJosh Bowman leads a discussion of Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue, Authority, and Inequality (Lexington Books, 2025) co-edited by Richard Avramenko and Ethan Alexander-Davey. Ethan joins us for the talk along with two chapter authors, Luke Sheahan and Michael Harding.
Our conversation covers a lot of ground, considering the thought of W.H. Riehl, Robert Nisbet, and Nietzsche, as well as some discussion of Hegel, Cicero, Tocqueville, Burke, Philip Rieff, the French Revolution and much more.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/aristocratic-voices-9781666933147/
The 2026 Ciceronian Society Conference will be held March 12-14 at Creighton Univ...
2025-08-241h 17
Giving VenturesEp. 88 - The Traditionalist ConservativesThis episode is the fourth installment in our summer series on "What Is the Right?" here on Giving Ventures. Over the course of the summer months, we are looking at the different factions and flavors of what it means to be on the right side of the ideological spectrum in this unique moment we're in. So far, we've explored the Freedom Conservatives, Libertarians, and the New Right. This episode explores the traditionalist wing of conservatism.
At a quick glance, you might describe Traditionalist Conservatives as the social conservatives in the postwar coalition that culminated in the Reaganism...
2025-06-2445 min
OTB DailyTHE NEWSROUND | Seamus Coleman's future | Luke Littler's Tiger-like impactNathan Murphy and Cameron Hill join Eoin Sheahan for Thursday's episode of The Newsround.The Newsround with UPMC in Ireland #GetBackInAction
2025-05-2923 min
Lawyers in the Making PodcastE100: Lawyers in the Making Q&A Hosted by the CEO of Rhetoric Luke YinglingThis is the first-ever Lawyers in the Making Q&A hosted by the CEO of Rhetoric Luke Yingling! I answered some questions sent in from social media to the best of my ability. Below will be timestamps for each question, the question itself, and who sent it. Without further ado, Enjoy! 2:45 Sent by Luke Yingling, How do you make a podcast that Sticks? 7:20 Sent by Annie Bonnett, what are some pieces of advice you have heard over and over from guests on the podcast?11:30 Sent by Mark Fava, What do you...
2024-11-2153 min
Hale Institute PodcastEpisode 25: Associations Matter (feat. Luke Sheahan)When we think of the First Amendment, we rarely focus on the right of assembly. Luke Sheahan, professor of political science at Duquesne University, joins the podcast to unpack why that is, how the courts have failed to rightly consider the idea of association, and why civic renewal requires recovery of its practice.
2024-09-271h 00
New HumanistsHumanism, With or Without God, feat. Eric Adler | Episode LXXIVSend us a textFor the first time, a collection of Irving Babbitt's and Paul Elmer More's correspondence has been published. Eric Adler, the editor of the collection (titled "Humanistic Letters") joins the show to discuss the collection, New Humanism, and the question that caused more controversy between Babbitt and More than anything else: Do humanists need to believe in God? Eric Adler's Humanistic Letters: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780826222909Eric Adler's The Battle of the Classics: https://bookshop.org/a/25626/9780197680810Irving Babbitt's L...
2024-08-151h 40
McConnell Center PodcastWhy Associations Matter with Dr. Luke C. SheahanJoin the #McConnellCenter as we host Luke C. Sheahan, Ph.D., to deliver a lecture titled "Why Associations Matter." Dr. Sheahan, a professor of political science at Duquesne University and a non-resident scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, speaks as part of the "Tocqueville's America - and Ours" series. Long considered a classic consideration of the origins, evolution, and future of democratic self-governance in America, we seek to read, understand, and examine Tocqueville's analysis and its implications for the United States today. Founded in 1991, the non-partisan McConnell Center at the University of Louisville seeks to id...
2024-04-1641 min
The Ireland Podcast45. Noel O'Grady: Singer & RaconteurEpisode 45 is a conversation largely framed around the poetry of James Joyce, Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Kennelly with singer and raconteur Noel O’Grady.Conversation includes: introductions; Noel’s 35 years in the army; President Michael D. Higgins; Bloomsday; John McCormack; W.B.Yeats; James Joyce’s singing voice; Eileen Joyce; "the tyranny of the metronome"; Con Houlihan who spoke “English on a Gaelic loom”; the prose of Joyce; how Joyce placed music in his writings; Bellini’s bel canto ‘La sonnambula’ placed in Sirens in Joyce’s Ulysses; Christy Moore asking Noel how did he know which note to star...
2024-04-091h 16
Saving 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 min
Right IdeasRobert Nisbet’s Quest for CommunityRobert Nisbet (1913–1996) was an American sociologist, conservative thinker, and the author of dozens of books over the course of his long career, including The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom, The Sociological Tradition, and Conservatism: Dream and Reality. Counted among the great 20th century conservatives, Nisbet’s thought was unique and useful to thinkers across the political spectrum. In its obituary of Nisbet, the New York Times noted that “although he was widely hailed as an intellectual mentor of the American right ... the brand of conservatism he espoused was so rarefied and remote...
2023-09-141h 22
The Tonight ShowTuesday 30th May 2023-Rising Cost Of The New National Children's Hospital, New Vaping Ban For Under-18s & Media Coverage Of Heatwaves During Climate EmergencyClaire Brock speaks to Hildegarde Naughton, Brian Stanley, Fionnan Sheahan, Luke Clancy, Garrett McGovern, John Gibbons & Alan O'Reilly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-05-3147 min
Heard at HeritageDefining Conservatism: Rebuilding Community, Rebuilding FreedomLuke Sheahan discusses his new Heritage Report “Restoring Civil Society” where he argues that while political and economic institutions receive a great deal of attention, the social realm is arguably the most important of these three because it is more fundamental to individual development than any government or employer. Individuals are citizens and workers but central to human flourishing is the process of socialization in the family, school, and neighborhood and the continuing sustenance these institutions provide shapes human beings into the types of people who act in a politically responsible manner as citizens and thrive economically in a free...
2023-03-2233 minHeard at HeritageDefining Conservatism: Rebuilding Community, Rebuilding FreedomLuke Sheahan discusses his new Heritage Report “Restoring Civil Society” where he argues that while political and economic institutions receive a great deal of attention, the social realm is arguably the most important of these three because it is more fundamental to individual development than any government or employer. Individuals are citizens and workers but central to human flourishing is the process of socialization in the family, school, and neighborhood and the continuing sustenance these institutions provide shapes human beings into the types of people who act in a politically responsible manner as citizens and thrive economically in a free...
2023-03-2233 min
Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values120 – Why Associations Matter with Luke SheahanIn 1953 sociologist Robert Nisbet published his most famous work The Quest for Community, arguing for the necessity of association to the human experience and the harm inflicted upon communities when they are deprived of their function. Traditional conservatism has long upheld Nisbet's teachings as a reminder that we are not purely material beings with strictly economic interests. Josh welcomes Luke Sheahan to this episode to discuss his efforts to pick up where Nisbet left off in fighting for the viability and flourishing of human associations, how the courts have gotten off-kilter in rulings regarding our freedom to associate, and wh...
2022-12-0658 min
Cultural DebrisCD 29 - Luke Sheahan on The University Bookman and Academic FreedomLuke Sheahan of Duquesne University and the newly appointed editor of The University Bookman, a book review journal founded by Russell Kirk and edited by him until his death. Dr. Sheahan steps into the role left vacant by the passing of the great Gerald Russello, someone we all greatly miss.
Dr. Sheahan and I discuss his plans for the Bookman, the debate between Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley on academic freedom, and the fundamental need for associations and the freedom of association as outlined by Robert Nisbet.
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2022-10-051h 16
CHGO Chicago Blackhawks PodcastWhat do we want to hear from new Chicago Blackhawks head coach Luke Richardson?What do the guys want to hear when Luke Richardson is introduced as the new Chicago Blackhawks head coach on Wednesday? Plus, Chicago Steel head coach Brock Sheahan joins the show to discuss how his organization fits into next month's NHL Draft. Jay Zawaski, Greg Boysen, and Mario Tirabassi break it all down on the CHGO Blackhawks Podcast.SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/CHGOSportsWEBSITE:http://allCHGO.com/BUY MERCH: http://CHGOLocker.com FOLLOW...
2022-06-281h 02
The PugcastWill the Real Conservative Intellectuals Please Stand Up? : An Interview with Dr. Luke SheahanToday the Pugsters are joined by Dr. Luke Sheahan, President of The Academy of Philosophy and Letters, and Editor of The University Bookman. Among other things, Luke is an authority on the intellectual history of conservatism in the United States. The conversation includes a discussion of some of the more important luminaries in American Conservatism, the nature of "freedom of association" and why traditionalist conservatives from a range of theological traditions often have more in common with each other than with people in their own communions.
Why Associations Matter: The Case for First Amendment Pluralism
2022-05-191h 06
The Theology PugcastWill the Real Conservative Intellectuals Please Stand Up? : An Interview with Dr. Luke SheahanToday the Pugsters are joined by Dr. Luke Sheahan, President of The Academy of Philosophy and Letters, and Editor of The University Bookman. Among other things, Luke is an authority on the intellectual history of conservatism in the United States. The conversation includes a discussion of some of the more important luminaries in American Conservatism, the nature of "freedom of association" and why traditionalist conservatives from a range of theological traditions often have more in common with each other than with people in their own communions.
Why Associations Matter: The Case for First Amendment Pluralism
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2022-05-161h 06
Cross & Gavel Podcast116. Why Associations Matter — Luke SheahanIn a time when protest reigns supreme, the right to associate under a common banner seems intuitive. But, as more and more of us become subservient to the will of the state and personal preference, the space for pure intermediate association dwindles. Here, to discuss the history and philosophy behind the freedom of association is Dr. Luke Sheahan of Duquesne University. For more on Luke, check out his page and buy his book, today! Episode produced by Josh Deng, with music from Vexento. A Special Thanks to Nick and Ashley Barnett for their contribution in makin...
2022-04-0651 min
The Tonight ShowMonday 4th Oct 2021- National Development Plan, Anti-Social Behaviour, #JustAsk Mental Health CampaignClaire Brock is joined by Deborah Naylor, Jim O’Callaghan TD, Louise O’Reilly TD, Fionnan Sheahan, Trina O’Connor and Luke O’Faoláin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-10-0546 min
SharkPod PodcastSharkPod #68 "Get your Health Cover Right" With Barbara Sheahan - MD and Founder HealthCare CompareWhat is up SharkNation!
Today the guys cover a very important topic with their special guest Barbara Sheahan, Founder and MD of HealthCare Compare (hcc.ie) - the place to go when you need to figure out how to protect yourself and your family.
Luke and Mark talk about entrepreneurship with Barbara but the conversation really turns into a clinic on all things health insurance.
Key takeaways:
1. If you are in Ireland - get in early. The government penalises people who takeout insurance later in life.
2. Get a pro t...
2021-04-2846 min
The Novel Traveller with Michelle Walsh JacksonEpisode 11 - John SheahanThis week The Novel Traveller takes a musical and poetic journey around the world with the wonderful John Sheahan of The Dubliners. John discusses his new album aptly named Flirting Fiddles and how he is inspired by the places he has been and the people he has met on his novel adventures with Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew and the lads.Also this week, Michelle Walsh Jackson interviews Michele Whelan of Discover Boyne Valley who have launched their new website with details of lots of fun things to do in the region this summer. Check out www.thenoveltraveller.com for more...
2021-04-021h 14
The Novel Traveller with Michelle Walsh JacksonEpisode 11 - John SheahanThis week The Novel Traveller takes a musical and poetic journey around the world with the wonderful John Sheahan of The Dubliners. John discusses his new album aptly named Flirting Fiddles and how he is inspired by the places he has been and the people he has met on his novel adventures with Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew and the lads.
Also this week, Michelle Walsh Jackson interviews Michele Whelan of Discover Boyne Valley who have launched their new website with details of lots of fun things to do in the region this summer. Check out www.thenoveltraveller.com for more...
2021-04-0200 min
Gospel Life Bible ChurchJanuary 24, 2021 - Luke 3:1-22 - Good is Coming (feat. Ron Sheahan)Luke - Certainty of the Good News
Luke 3:1-22 - Good is Coming
v.1-6: Share what you are aware of.
v.7-14: Think of what you do, how has it helped or hurt you?
v.15-22: Only "One" can save you.
2021-01-2443 min
The Moral ImaginationEp. 22: Luke Sheahan: Suppressing Dissent: Why Freedom of Association and Decentralization Matter for Liberty, Community, Innovation, and Human FlourishingAlexis de Tocqueville wrote that the tyrant doesn't care if you love him, as long as you don't love one another. In this episode, I speak with Luke Sheahan about his book, "Why Associations Matter: The case for First Amendment Pluralism". Free associations are essential for political liberty, human flourishing, and for genuine community; but Sheahan argues that recent judicial decisions are increasingly subsuming freedom of association and assembly into speech rights. Free speech is essential for political liberty, but it's not sufficient -- It works in tandem with the right of association...
2021-01-061h 24
The Moral ImaginationEp. 22: Luke Sheahan: Suppressing Dissent: Why Freedom of Association and Decentralization Matter for Liberty, Community, Innovation, and Human FlourishingAlexis de Tocqueville wrote that the tyrant doesn't care if you love him, as long as you don't love one another. In this episode, I speak with Luke Sheahan about his book, "Why Associations Matter: The case for First Amendment Pluralism". Free associations are essential for political liberty, human flourishing, and for genuine community; but Sheahan argues that recent judicial decisions are increasingly subsuming freedom of association and assembly into speech rights. Free speech is essential for political liberty, but it's not sufficient -- It works in tandem with the right of association...
2021-01-061h 24
Beatrice Institute PodcastClubs and the Court with Luke SheahanLuke Sheahan is an assistant professor of political science at Duquesne University and non-resident scholar at the program for research on religion and urban civil society at the University of Pennsylvania. He joins John to discuss his new book, Why Associations Matter: The Case for First Amendment Pluralism. Luke argues that there has been a fundamental misunderstanding of what associations are and that this has affected the Court's ability to protect them. Luke talks about why we need to stop ignoring the assembly clause, social alienation in the modern world, and the relationship between sociology, philosophy, and political science.
2020-10-051h 00Gospel Life Bible ChurchOctober 4, 2020 - Luke 15:11-32 - Testimony From the Word (featuring Ron Sheahan)Thank you for joining us for our livestream!
Testimony From the Word
Luke 15: 11 - 32
v11-12: All we have is from our Father
v13-19: Left to ourselves we misuse what we have been given
v20-24: We long for less than God desires for us
v.25-32: We want what others have, but we have all that we need
2020-10-0443 min
The Small Business Big Marketing Podcast with Tim ReidSBBM #30: Secrets to using Facebook as a small business marketing toolJennifer Sheahan hands over her best kept secrets on how to use Facebook as a small business marketing tool. She talks about Fan Page design, Facebook Ads and answers all those other questions that we all asking ourselves when deciding if Facebook's right for our business. Luke is his usual immature self, Tim maintains the seriousness that is Small Business Big Marketing plus we vent our deep-seated anger about stock photography. Tim also shares the truth about what happened on the August 2010 Intensive that we held recently in Melbourne. And here's this week's links: Facebook...
2010-09-0334 min