The American Reformer Podcast
The American Reformer Podcast’s mission is to promote a vigorous Christian approach to the cultural challenges of our day, rooted in the rich tradition of Protestant social and political thought. Focusing particularly on issues facing American Christians, we will seek to contribute to the reformation of Christian institutions that have become corrupted by false ideologies and practices.
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Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Thursday Feb 13, 2025
Auron MacIntyre joins Mike and Timon on the show to break down Trump's efforts to shut down USAID.
#AuronMacIntyre #USAID #DOGE #ElonMusk #Government #Waste #Cuts #Jobs #ForeignPolicy #Influence #Shutdown
Show notes:
https://www.theblaze.com/podcasts/the-auron-macintyre-show
https://www.standingforfreedom.com/2025/02/shutting-down-usaid-a-triumph-for-american-taxpayers-and-christian-values/
Auron MacIntyre is the host of “The Auron MacIntyre Show” and a columnist for Blaze News. He offers thought-provoking and mold-breaking insights, drawing from the best political thinkers throughout history to make sense of our current political climate in a way that is easy to digest.
Learn more about Auron MacIntyre's work:
https://www.theblaze.com/u/auronmacintyre
https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre
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Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Alan Cornett, host of Cultural Debris, joins Timon to talk about why the work of Russell Kirk is needed today.
#RussellKirk #RootsofAmericanOrder #CulturalDebris #America #Values #Politics #History #Diversity
Show Notes:
https://culturaldebrisexcursions.com/
https://www.regnery.com/9781882926992/the-roots-of-american-order/
Alan Cornett is the founder and host of the Cultural Debris Podcast. Alan comes from the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky where his ancestors settled over two centuries ago. He is a former assistant to Russell Kirk, and enjoys books, bluegrass, basketball, bourbon, and Wendell Berry. He studied history at the University of Kentucky and the University of South Carolina. Alan lives in Lexington, Kentucky.
Learn more about Alan Cornett's work:
https://culturaldebrisproject.com/
https://x.com/alancornett
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Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Timon, Ben, and Mike discuss the post-inauguration landscape and Trump’s first batch of executive orders.
#DonaldTrump #Election #2024 #ExecutiveOrders #First100Days #TrumpNews #News #MikeSabo #BenCrenshaw #TimonCline
Show Notes:
https://americanreformer.org/2024/08/the-end-of-birthright-citizenship/
Mike Sabo is a Contributing Editor of American Reformer and an Assistant Editor of The American Mind, the online journal of the Claremont Institute. His writing has appeared at RealClearPolitics, The Federalist, Public Discourse, and American Greatness, among other outlets. He lives with his wife and son in Cincinnati.
Learn more about Mike Sabo's work:
https://americanreformer.org/author/mike-sabo/
Ben R. Crenshaw is a Visiting Fellow at American Reformer and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Declaration of Independence Center at the University of Mississippi. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Politics at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College. You can follow him on Twitter at @benrcrenshaw.
Learn more about Ben Crenshaw's work:
https://americanreformer.org/author/bencrenshaw/
https://gradschool.hillsdale.edu/Profiles/Benjamin-Crenshaw/
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Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Timon, Ben, and Mike provide post-election insights and discuss priorities for Trump’s next term.
#DonaldTrump #Election #2024 #Inauguration #TrumpNews #News #MikeSabo #BenCrenshaw #TimonCline
Show Notes:
https://americanreformer.org/2024/12/year-end-editorial/
https://americanreformer.org/2024/01/announcement-mike-sabo-appointed-contributing-editor/
From Ben Crenshaw:
https://americanreformer.org/2025/01/justice-for-gang-rapists-and-their-enablers/
https://americanreformer.org/2025/01/on-the-need-for-citizen-militias/
Mike Sabo is a Contributing Editor of American Reformer and an Assistant Editor of The American Mind, the online journal of the Claremont Institute. His writing has appeared at RealClearPolitics, The Federalist, Public Discourse, and American Greatness, among other outlets. He lives with his wife and son in Cincinnati.
Learn more about Mike Sabo's work:
https://americanreformer.org/author/mike-sabo/
Ben R. Crenshaw is a Visiting Fellow at American Reformer and Visiting Assistant Professor at the Declaration of Independence Center at the University of Mississippi. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Politics at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship at Hillsdale College. You can follow him on Twitter at @benrcrenshaw.
Learn more about Ben Crenshaw's work:
https://americanreformer.org/author/bencrenshaw/
https://gradschool.hillsdale.edu/Profiles/Benjamin-Crenshaw/
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Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Brad Vermurlen, a social scientist and assistant professor of sociology at Calvin University, joins Timon to talk about the new calvinism and his book, Reformed Resurgence from Oxford University Press.
#BradVermurlen #America #UnitedStates #Religion #Culture #Modernity #Calvin #Calvinism
Brad Vermurlen is a social scientist whose research centers on American religion, culture, and modernity. He is currently visiting assistant professor of sociology at Calvin University and an affiliated scholar with the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California.
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https://bradvermurlen.com/
https://x.com/brad_vermurlen
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Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Simon Kennedy, research fellow at University of Queensland and fellow at the Danube Institute, joins Timon to talk about his new book, Against Worldview from Lexham Press.
#SimonKennedy #AgainstWorldview #Christianity #Theology #Politics #Tradition #NaturalLaw #Ethics
Simon P. Kennedy is research fellow at the University of Queensland in Australia and a non-resident fellow at the Danube Institute in Budapest. He is associate editor of Quadrant magazine and teaches at a variety of institutions, including the Lachlan Macquarie Institute and Queensland Theological College.
Learn more about Simon Kennedy's work:
https://x.com/spkenn1
https://uq.academia.edu/SimonKennedy
Purchase Simon Kennedy's new book, "Against Worldview"
https://a.co/d/8WUajcU
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Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Doug Wilson joins Josh and Timon to talk about the recent profile of the “TheoBros” from Mother Jones and what building thick Christian communities looks like in negative world.
#DouglasWilson #ChristKirk #ChristChurch #BlogMablog #MoscowIdaho #CREC #Trump #Government #Nominees #JDVance #America #Community
Douglas Wilson served in the submarine service of the U.S. Navy, then earned two B.A. degrees, one in Philosophy and one in Classical Studies, plus an M.A. in Philosophy; all three of his degrees were granted by the University of Idaho. He has been an Instructor at both the University of Idaho and Lewis & Clark State College, and is currently a Senior Fellow at New Saint Andrews College, where he has taught since its inception without compensation. He has served Christ Church, Moscow, as a pastor since 1977, and under his leadership it has founded New Saint Andrews College, Canon Press publishing house, the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, and many mission churches around the US and internationally. He has authored almost eighty books for a dozen different publishing houses. He is happily married to Nancy, coming up on 50 years, and has three kids and seventeen grandkids.
Learn more about Pastor Douglas Wilson's work at:
https://dougwils.com/
https://twitter.com/douglaswils
https://www.christkirk.com/
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Friday Dec 13, 2024
Friday Dec 13, 2024
Auron MacIntyre joins the show to talk about American identity, the future prospects of the right, and how to handle disagreements within a movement.
Show Notes:
Purchase Auron MacIntyre's new book, The Total State
#AuronMacIntyre #TotalState #Politics #Identity #Nation #People #ConservativeMovement #Multiculturalism #Immigration #Diversity #Republic #Culture
Auron MacIntyre is the host of “The Auron MacIntyre Show” and a columnist for Blaze News. He offers thought-provoking and mold-breaking insights, drawing from the best political thinkers throughout history to make sense of our current political climate in a way that is easy to digest.
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https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyre
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Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Sean Davis, CEO and Co-founder of the Federalist, joins the pod to discuss the future of evangelicals and the new Christian right in the second Trump term.
#SeanDavis #Federalist #Election #2024 #Trump #Evangelicals #Vote #USA #Politics
Sean Davis is CEO and co-founder of The Federalist. He previously worked as an economic policy adviser to Gov. Rick Perry, as CFO of Daily Caller, and as chief investigator for Sen. Tom Coburn. He was named by The Hill as one of the top congressional staffers under the age of 35 for his role in spearheading the enactment of the law that created USASpending.gov. Sean received a BBA in finance from Texas Tech University and an MBA in finance and entrepreneurial management from the Wharton School. He can be reached via e-mail at sean@thefederalist.com.
Learn more about Sean Davis's work:
https://thefederalist.com/author/seandavis/
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Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
Wednesday Nov 27, 2024
John Wilsey, professor of church history at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, discusses his biography of John Foster Dulles with Josh and Timon.
#JohnWilsey #ChurchHistory #SBTS #Christianity #Government #Politics #Dulles #JohnFosterDulles #History #Biography #ColdWar
Dr. John Wilsey is Professor of Church History and Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Church History and Historical Theology. He also serves as Book Review Editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology. Prior to coming to Southern, Wilsey taught elementary, middle, and high school students in history and Bible for eleven years in North Carolina and Virginia. He also has served Southern Baptist churches, as an associate pastor in Charlottesville, Virginia for eight years and interim pastor for three years in Spring, Texas. Between 2011 and 2017, he taught history and philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, with most of his teaching load in a fully accredited baccalaureate program in a maximum-security unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Learn more about John Wilsey's work:
https://www.sbts.edu/faculty/john-d-wilsey/
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