The second part of this series can be found here:

As a recently graduated Poly Sci major from ND ('23), I can confirm that Dr. Deneen is one of the most highly coveted professors in the department. Conservative Poly Sci students really love him, and I was often asked in those circles if I had taken a class with Deneen yet (his name and a Dr. Munoz were paired together in this question). His classes fill up fast during registration too. So just want to add another confirmation about his popularity among (conservative) ND students

The quality of your videos has gotten a lot better recently

Thank you for every video you post! I look forward to each one!!

Looking forward to the second part!

Please continue this topic. I enjoyed it very much, and may have learned something. 😊

enjoyed the video lad, keep up the good work my broski!

Very nice opening graphics!

This is great, thank you! It plays as a sort of companion to Deneen's book, which is really helpful to an amateur like me. I put Deneen on my reading list which, umm, grows a lot faster than I can actually read. :|

Fascinating!

“…important to have a Lutheran voice…” YES! Thank you!

I look forward to listen to this one :) ❤

I'm interested in more.

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I would love for you to have a stand-alone, brief presentation on “social contract” as presented in this video. I would like to share it with folks who would perhaps not stay engaged in this particular video as a whole.

More please

I am happy to hear that the republicanism vs. liberalism debate is getting a hearing here as well. Philip Pettit's work is quite helpful from a systematic point of view to get a good definition of the alternative view of freedom that republicanism offers (freedom as non-domination). Quentin Skinner also has a very good survey of the history of political thought (arguably THE survey of history of political thought), with particular focus on republicanism (and also why it receded from view). I have heard that these two are particularly interested in removing the little space that liberalism offers to religion by having a more narrow understanding of what the role of the state is. It's good to see that there are conservative thinkers that think that there is room for people of faith to exercise civic virtue and responsibility to create a society pursuing the common good on this sort of republican line.

I don’t know if this is on your timeline, but I’d love to hear someone layout the competing political visions that Christian’s in the US are engaging and embracing and their roots or histories. Namely; principled pluralism, Christian socialism, integralism , Christian nationalism, conservatism. Etc

I could not find the devotional book on your site

A wonderful presentation! People should also remember that your republic was not initially the mass-democracy it is today, (senators-state legislators etc.). So one may critique its current iteration and yet defend the much-less-liberal republic of the Founders.