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A slight departure for the Power Line Show this week: Steve Hayward has lost his voice (bringing cheer to his critics and enemies), and couldn't do the author interview planned for this week, so John Hinderaker stepped in to host this episode with special guest. . . Steve Hayward! Just how does that work, you say? Well, Steve is currently giving a series of periodic lectures on conservatism at Yale under the auspices of the William F. Buckley Program at Yale, and in lieu of our usual interview, we decided to drop in Steve's first lecture on "Conservatism and Its Enemies." Yes, the title is an homage to Karl Popper's most famous title, but the theme of the talk is actually an attempt to get away from the central "friends vs. enemies" theme of that other famous Carl (Schmitt), and figure out instead how left and right can better "achieve disagreement." Another enigmatic phrase? You'll just have to listen to find out how it works.
End bumper music this week is Perpetual Groove, "All This Everything, Pt. 1."
Hosted by John Hinderaker and Steve Hayward
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I wish I had lectures as good as this when I went to college - or that I paid attention to them when/if I had them. Thank you and looking forward to the rest of the series. Also maybe Steve could give us some feedback on lecturing at Yale, the students that attended, etc.