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The Elites We Need - Conversations with Mark Bauerlein (5.31.21)

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Religion & Spirituality

4.6699 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On this episode, Saurabh Sharma joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent article in the American Conservative “We Must Build an Elite for this American Moment“ and his work in building up the conservative bureaucratic apparatus at American Moment. The article may be found here: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/we-must-build-an-elite-for-this-american-moment/ The American Moment website is here: https://www.americanmoment.org/amcanon/

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The Located in the foothills of Wyoming's spectacular wind river range, Wyoming Catholic College,

0:31.7

an accredited four-year Great Books Institution is built on the ancient Western

0:35.7

tradition of the liberal arts and the freedom of the American West. The college offers its students an immersion in the primary sources of

0:42.2

the classical tradition, the grandeur of the mountain wilderness, and the spiritual heritage

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of the Catholic Church. Students experience the illumination of imagination and intellect through

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the great books and traditional disciplines, literature and philosophy, mathematics and theology, science and Latin, and an outdoor program second to none. The college

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celebrated an in-person graduation with its seniors last year and welcomed its largest freshman

1:06.0

class ever this year. Learn more about the college's unique space in the world of American

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higher education

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at Wyoming Catholic.edu.

1:14.5

We have with us today Sorab Sharma. He is the president of an interesting initiative called

1:20.3

American Moment. He is the former chairman of young conservatives of Texas, but that was

1:25.2

long, long ago, as he will tell us. He graduated from

1:28.0

University of Texas long ago in June 2019. He has written, in spite of that recent graduation,

1:35.4

he's written for the American conservative, The Daily Caller, the Spectator USA, National Review.

1:40.8

He's with us today to explain what sort of generally what's going on with young conservatives.

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We spotted his piece and thought it would be good for our readers, listeners to hear about it.

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Welcome, Sorab. Thank you for having me on, Mark.

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Now, in your bio, you do mention something that I, now you tell me if this is going on, you mention that

2:04.9

you always write with fountain pens. I do. I have here a Pelican from the 1960s, just an ordinary

2:14.5

Pelican office pin. What is your favorite model, please?

2:19.3

You know, the thing that I, the two pens that I probably switched between the most is a pilot 823,

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