Brad Birzer Wonders if Russell Kirk’s Conservative Movement Has a Future
Brad Birzer Wonders if Russell Kirk’s Conservative Movement Has a Future  
Podcast: Acton Line
Published On: Wed Sep 17 2025
Description: In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Bradley J. Birzer, Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and professor of history at Hillsdale College, about Russell Kirk and the American conservative movement. What role did Kirk play in the conservative intellectual ferment of the early 1950s? How does the biographical framing of the Conservative Mind point to its humanistic nature? Who entered and left The Conservative Mind during its revisions? How did Kirk’s relationships and conflicts shape the evolution of his thought? Why did Kirk get involved with the Goldwater campaign and how did it affect his reputation? What is the political legacy of the conservative intellectual movement? Subscribe to our podcasts Watch this podcast here Acton University Russell Kirk: American Conservative | Bradley J. Birzer Ten Conservative Principles | Russell Kirk Individualism True And False | F.A. Hayek Seven Conservative Minds| Bradley J. Birzer The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot | Russell Kirk The New Science of Politics: An Introduction | Eric Voegelin Witness | Whittaker Chambers The Genius of American Politics | Daniel J. Boorstin Natural Right and History | Leo Strauss The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom | Robert Nisbet Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury Plutarch's Lives, Vol. 1 (Modern Library Classics) From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present—500 Years of Western Cultural Life | Jacques Barzun Why I Am Not a Conservative | F.A. Hayek The Imaginative Conservative Lord Acton on Revolution | Russell Kirk If you’d like to support this podcast, you can help by leaving a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you have questions or suggestions for a future episode, you can email us at podcast@acton.org.