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Conservatives and Culture with Dana Gioia

Episode length: 1h 16m

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In this special episode, the poet and critic Dana Gioia delivers a talk titled “Conservatives and Culture: A Failure of Imagination.” Recorded as a part of AEI’s American Dream Lecture Series, Gioia’s talk is an important assessment of why the right abdicated the arts, the disastrous consequences of that withdrawal—and how conservatives can reclaim the relevance they once had in American culture. “Conservatives need to have the skill and courage to live by their own values,” Gioia says. “It’s time for us to dare to say yes.” After his talk, Dana joined Chris for a conversation to dig deeper into the topic and fielded questions from the audience at AEI. Don’t miss it!

Show Notes:
· Video of the event
· Dana Gioia’s website
· Chris’s review of Dana’s poetry collection, Meet Me at the Lighthouse
· Oh, and Chris’s book, 13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven’t Read)!

Opening and closing music: Brendan Benson, “Spit It Out,” used with permission from the artist.

Host:
Christopher J. Scalia