Saving Elephants
Re-igniting classical conservatism for Millennials in hopes of restoring the GOP
Saving Elephants
Re-igniting classical conservatism for Millennials in hopes of restoring the GOP
About Saving Elephants
Re-igniting classical conservatism for Millennials in hopes of restoring the GOP
Listen to engaging conversations about conservative values with a mercifully modern twist.
Why Join Saving Elephants as a Guest
Millennial Conservative Audience
You speak to listeners who want serious conservative ideas, not cable-news shouting, and who are open to fresh arguments.
Bookish Interview Format
You can unpack ideas from books, debates, and historical thinkers in a thoughtful, long-form conversation.
Respectful Editorial Standard
You get a vetted, research-driven interview that stays civil even on controversial topics like Trump, nationalism, or the New Right.
Idea-Driven Distribution
You gain exposure through a show built around conservative commentary, roundtables, and recurring deep-dive episodes.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
Conservatism For Millennials
You explain why conservative ideas still matter to younger Americans today.
Civility In Public Life
You explore how to disagree well in an era of shock-talk and partisan performance.
Books, Thinkers, And Traditions
You connect modern debates to Burke, Strauss, Acton, and other conservative touchstones.
Trump, MAGA, And The New Right
You examine the tensions inside modern conservatism with nuance instead of slogans.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Your episode helps listeners think more clearly about conservatism, civility, and modern political debates without the usual noise.
Hot Topics
Why Trust Me
The Ideal Guest
You're a strong fit if you speak on conservatism, political philosophy, books, public policy, or culture-and you can discuss ideas clearly, calmly, and without performative outrage.
Recent Episodes
199 – Getting Friendly with John von Heyking
Saving Elephants • Apr 7, 2026
Roundtable - POTUS War Powers
Saving Elephants • Mar 31, 2026
198 – Conservative Cagematch – Burke vs Strauss
Saving Elephants • Mar 17, 2026
197 – Defending Wonks with Nic Dunn
Saving Elephants • Mar 3, 2026
196 – Crossing the Danube with Calum Nicholson
Saving Elephants • Feb 17, 2026
195 – Geeking Out with Lauren Hall
Saving Elephants • Feb 3, 2026
194 – Conversing Across the Pond with Daniel Pitt
Saving Elephants • Jan 20, 2026
193 – Dissenting the Dissident Right with Stephanie Slade
Saving Elephants • Jan 6, 2026
Roundtable - What Lieth Ahead
Saving Elephants • Dec 31, 2025
192 – Remnant Redux with Jonah Goldberg
Saving Elephants • Dec 16, 2025
191 – Canceling Caylan with Caylan Ford
Saving Elephants • Dec 2, 2025
Roundtable - Buckley Turns 100
Saving Elephants • Nov 24, 2025
Roundtable - Taking Federalism Seriously
Saving Elephants • Nov 20, 2025
190 – Biographizing Buckley with Sam Tanenhaus
Saving Elephants • Nov 18, 2025
189 – Rescuing the American Project with Nathan Brown and Robert Haglund
Saving Elephants • Nov 4, 2025
Roundtable - The Kids are all Alt-Right
Saving Elephants • Oct 24, 2025
188 – The UnLeft with J.J. McCullough
Saving Elephants • Oct 21, 2025
Bonus Episode - My Conversation / Intervention with Justin Stapley
Saving Elephants • Oct 15, 2025
187 – Audaciously Aspirational with John Wilsey
Saving Elephants • Oct 7, 2025
Roundtable - Combating Political Violence
Saving Elephants • Sep 19, 2025
186 – Conservative Canucks with Shawn Whatley
Saving Elephants • Sep 16, 2025
185 – Inventing Conservatism with Daniel J. Flynn
Saving Elephants • Sep 2, 2025
Roundtable - Is Trump A Fascist?
Saving Elephants • Aug 27, 2025
184 – Paradigming Phenomenological Essences with Steven Hayward
Saving Elephants • Aug 19, 2025
Roundtable - MAGA Mayhem
Saving Elephants • Aug 14, 2025
183 – Conservative Conservationism with Stephen Perkins
Saving Elephants • Aug 5, 2025
182 – Partying Like It's 1776
Saving Elephants • Jul 15, 2025
181 – Escaping the Housing Trap with Chuck Marohn
Saving Elephants • Jul 1, 2025
180 – Uncap the House with Jeff Mayhugh
Saving Elephants • Jun 17, 2025
179 – I, Tony with Tony Woodlief
Saving Elephants • Jun 3, 2025
178 – Revolt of the Independents with Lura Forcum
Saving Elephants • May 20, 2025
177 – Dear Mr. President with Destry Edwards
Saving Elephants • May 6, 2025
176 – Consuming News Responsibly
Saving Elephants • Apr 15, 2025
175 – The Two James Burnhams with David Byrne
Saving Elephants • Apr 1, 2025
174 – Triggering Straussians with Greg Collins
Saving Elephants • Mar 18, 2025
173 – The Fertility Gap with Clara Piano
Saving Elephants • Mar 4, 2025
Roundtable - Conversing Across the Political Divide
Saving Elephants • Feb 25, 2025
172 – The History of American Conservatism with George Nash
Saving Elephants • Feb 18, 2025
171 – Reality Therapy Redux
Saving Elephants • Feb 4, 2025
Roundtable - Trump's 1st Week on the Job
Saving Elephants • Jan 28, 2025
170 – Tribalism is Dumb with Andrew Heaton
Saving Elephants • Jan 21, 2025
169 – Unsolicited Advice with Blake Fischer
Saving Elephants • Jan 7, 2025
Roundtable - 2024 - A Year in Review
Saving Elephants • Dec 31, 2024
168 – The Perennial Burke with Daniel Klein
Saving Elephants • Dec 17, 2024
167 – The Woke Mind with Ryan Rogers
Saving Elephants • Dec 3, 2024
Roundtable - Bullish or Bearish on Trump 2.0?
Saving Elephants • Nov 27, 2024
166 – Independent Idiosyncrasies with Brett Loyd
Saving Elephants • Nov 19, 2024
Roundtable - Election Night - Livestream
Saving Elephants • Nov 6, 2024
165 – Take Courage
Saving Elephants • Nov 5, 2024
Roundtable - Election 2024 - Home Stretch
Saving Elephants • Oct 21, 2024
164 – What is a Woman with Kimberly Ross
Saving Elephants • Oct 15, 2024
Roundtable - Vice Vice Baby
Saving Elephants • Oct 2, 2024
163 – Where Does the Conservative Go from Here?
Saving Elephants • Oct 1, 2024
Roundtable - Towards a Sensible Foreign Policy
Saving Elephants • Sep 25, 2024
162 – Harmonizing Sentiments with Hans Eicholz
Saving Elephants • Sep 17, 2024
Roundtable - That 1st Trump vs Harris Debate
Saving Elephants • Sep 11, 2024
161 – American Covenant with Yuval Levin
Saving Elephants • Sep 3, 2024
Roundtable - Kamala's DNC Speech
Saving Elephants • Aug 23, 2024
160 – FreeCons with Avik Roy
Saving Elephants • Aug 20, 2024
159 – The Prudential Lincoln with Allen Guelzo
Saving Elephants • Aug 6, 2024
158 – Fashionable Fusionists with Samuel Goldman
Saving Elephants • Jul 16, 2024
157 – Fifty Conservative Thinkers
Saving Elephants • Jul 2, 2024
156 – Reappraising the Right's Foreign Policy with Michael Lucchese
Saving Elephants • Jun 18, 2024
155 – Melodic Musings with Barney Quick
Saving Elephants • May 21, 2024
154 – That Old Burkean Saw with Cal Davenport
Saving Elephants • May 7, 2024
153 – Full-Time with David Bahnsen
Saving Elephants • Apr 16, 2024
152 – Humanist Conservatives with Jeffery Tyler Syck
Saving Elephants • Apr 2, 2024
151 – The God of This Lower World
Saving Elephants • Mar 19, 2024
150 – We Don't Need No Indoctrination with Luke Sheahan
Saving Elephants • Mar 5, 2024
149 – The Legacy of Roger Scruton with Fisher Derderian
Saving Elephants • Feb 20, 2024
148 – Conservatism in Practice with Gov Mitch Daniels
Saving Elephants • Feb 6, 2024
147 – Where the Religious Right Went Wrong with JB Shreve
Saving Elephants • Jan 16, 2024
146 – The Myth of Nationalism with Samuel Goldman
Saving Elephants • Jan 2, 2024
145 – Smoking Yule Logs and Donning Gay Apparel
Saving Elephants • Dec 19, 2023
144 – Conservative Historian Redux with AD Tippet
Saving Elephants • Dec 5, 2023
143 – The Conservative Mind at 70 with Michael Lucchese
Saving Elephants • Nov 21, 2023
142 – Jiving with Jaffa with Seth Root
Saving Elephants • Nov 7, 2023
141 – The Soul of Civility with Alexandra Hudson
Saving Elephants • Oct 17, 2023
140 – Back to Burke
Saving Elephants • Oct 3, 2023
139 – Perspectives from Across the Pond with Sarah Stook
Saving Elephants • Sep 19, 2023
138 – The Conservative Historian with Belisarius Aves
Saving Elephants • Sep 5, 2023
137 – Political Theology with Jonathan Cole – Part 2
Saving Elephants • Aug 15, 2023
136 – Political Theology with Jonathan Cole – Part 1
Saving Elephants • Aug 1, 2023
135 – Cool Ellul with Jason Thacker
Saving Elephants • Jul 18, 2023
134 – Gilding a Mess with Avi Woolf
Saving Elephants • Jul 4, 2023
133 – Grappling with Hate Speech with Brooke Medina
Saving Elephants • Jun 20, 2023
132 – Classical Period Non-Perverts with Jack Butler
Saving Elephants • Jun 6, 2023
131 – Witnessing Whittaker with Sam Tanenhaus
Saving Elephants • May 16, 2023
130 – Cultivating Kirk with Jeff Nelson
Saving Elephants • May 2, 2023
129 – Epistemological Musings with Bonnie Kristian
Saving Elephants • Apr 18, 2023
128 – Reconciling Kirk and King with John Wood Jr
Saving Elephants • Apr 4, 2023
127 – 40 Must-Read Conservative Books – Part 2
Saving Elephants • Mar 21, 2023
126 – 40 Must-Read Conservative Books – Part 1
Saving Elephants • Mar 7, 2023
125 – Braver Angels with Elizabeth Doll
Saving Elephants • Feb 21, 2023
124 – The Unpopulists and the New Right with Shikha Dalmia
Saving Elephants • Feb 7, 2023
123 – Judging Lord Acton with Dan Hugger
Saving Elephants • Jan 17, 2023
122 – The Political Animals with Jonathan Cole
Saving Elephants • Jan 3, 2023
121 – Kids These Days with Scott Howard
Saving Elephants • Dec 20, 2022
120 – Why Associations Matter with Luke Sheahan
Saving Elephants • Dec 6, 2022
119 – Inflating the Apocalypse with David Bahnsen
Saving Elephants • Nov 15, 2022
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