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Western life and lifestyle podcast where we talk about all things related to the industry, including cowboy hats, cowboy boots, rodeo and western sports, western fashion, and interviews with notable people in the industry. Sometimes we get off topic, but its always a good time.
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The Saving Elephants Podcast features engaging conversations about conservative values with a mercifully modern twist. Tired of political shock-talk and rank punditry on your radio and TV? Curious about what conservative thinkers of yesteryear had to say but don't have time to read some terribly long, boring book they wrote? Want to learn why conservatism still holds value for Millennials today? Join us as we re-ignite conservatism for Millennials!
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The stakes were high in the first debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Did anyone, other than the American people, emerge the loser? Were any pets harmed during the debate? Did some semblance of substance somehow slip through? Saving Elephants presents another livestream cross-partisan panel to debate the d…
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Tune in every Sunday at 8:30 PM Central for our latest episode of the Cowboy Cartel Podcast! Remember we will be giving away an American Hat Straw hat to a random viewer on the YouTube Stream once we hit 100 likes on stream. So don't forget to smash that like button. Check out our newest partner AG-Gear for some of the coolest pearl snaps and butto…
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In this era of polarization and partisan bickering, Americans of all political persuasions are calling for the nation to come together. National unity is certainly in high demand and highly praised. But what is unity? As Yuval Levin argues in his latest book, American Covenant, “unity doesn’t mean agreement…disagreement does not foreclose the possi…
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Tune in every Sunday at 8:30 PM Central for our latest episode of the Cowboy Cartel Podcast! Remember we will be giving away an American Hat Straw hat to a random viewer on the YouTube Stream once we hit 100 likes on stream. So don't forget to smash that like button. Check out our newest partner AG-Gear for some of the coolest pearl snaps and butto…
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We spent the last two days at the WESA (The Western & English Sales Association) show at the Dallas Market, and we want to break it all down for you. https://www.Cowboycartelgroup.com/school Cowboy Cartel Amazon Page https://www.amazon.com/shop/cowboy_cartel_group?ref=ac_inf_tb_vhPar Cowboy Cartel
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The great fusionist project of ordered liberty advocated by Frank Meyer, William F. Buckley, and M. Stanton Evans is defended and affirmed today by a group calling themselves Freedom Conservatives, or FreeCons. And as most groups of conservatives are wont to do, they have drafted a Statement of Principles outlining what they hope to affirm. Saving …
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Tune in every Sunday at 8:30 PM Central for our latest episode of the Cowboy Cartel Podcast! Remember we will be giving away an American Hat Straw hat to a random viewer on the YouTube Stream once we hit 100 likes on stream. So don't forget to smash that like button. Check out our newest partner AG-Gear for some of the coolest pearl snaps and butto…
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Tune in every Sunday at 8:30 PM Central for our latest episode of the Cowboy Cartel Podcast! Remember we will be giving away an American Hat Straw hat to a random viewer on the YouTube Stream once we hit 100 likes on stream. So don't forget to smash that like button. Check out our newest partner AG-Gear for some of the coolest pearl snaps and butto…
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Was Abraham Lincoln a racist? Were his efforts at emancipation the mere cold calculations of a politician whose sole aim was to win the Civil War, or do they point to some deeper ideals of America’s first principles? Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is Lincoln historian Dr. Allen C. Guelzo for a wide-ranging conversation on how Lincoln’s ef…
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Tune in every Sunday at 8:30 PM Central for our latest episode of the Cowboy Cartel Podcast! Remember we will be giving away an American Hat Straw hat to a random viewer on the YouTube Stream once we hit 100 likes on stream. So dont forget to smash that like button. Check out our newest partner AG-Gear for some of the coolest pearl snaps and button…
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In an age of rampant informalities, shoddy attire, and the kind of milieu that makes People of Walmart a possibility, conservatives stand athwart history yelling STOP! Joining Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is the impeccably dressed Samuel Goldman to explore how conservatism informs the world of fashion, why legendary figures on the Right from Ru…
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In this episode of Cowboy Cartel The Podcast, we announce an exciting new giveaway where you could win one of two American Hat Company straw hats! Plus, we'll be giving away another hat live on stream as soon as we hit 100 likes on our YouTube stream. We also recap our recent meeting at American Hat, where we finalized plans for a new video series …
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In an age where what passes for the archetype conservative are the likes of Candace Owens, Bill Mitchell, Sean Hannity, Matt Gaetz, Tomi Lahren, and Donald Trump, it can be discouraging for those of us who take pride in the rich legacy and colorful history of thinkers on the Right to be associated with such grifters, demagogues, and charlatans. Try…
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A political bombshell this week. South Jersey Democratic Political Powerbroker George Norcross and 5 others are indicted by a state grand jury on racketeering charges stemming from an alleged multi-million dollar tax credit scheme involving properties on the Camden Waterfront.The 13 count, 111-page indictment outlines the serious charges in this hu…
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In February of 2004 the late Charles Krauthammer delivered the keynote address at AEI’s Annual Dinner. It was a year into the Iraqi war and several years into the War on Terror. Krauthammer’s address—entitled Democratic Realism—lauded much of the Bush administration’s approach to the war, but offered some stern warnings on how the war and rebuildin…
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Welcome to today's Cowboy Cartel Live Stream! Conor and I are excited to take your questions and discuss the latest happenings in the western industry over the past week. We'll also be bringing you up to speed on our brand-new Hat Shaping School, which we launched just last week. Tune in for all the details and join the conversation! Don't forget t…
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Welcome to today's Cowboy Cartel Live Stream! Conor and I are excited to take your questions and discuss the latest happenings in the western industry over the past week. We'll also be bringing you up to speed on our brand-new Hat Shaping School, which we launched just last week. Tune in for all the details and join the conversation! Don't forget t…
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New hat shaping school is announced as part of our season 3 kickoff. full details have been released on all social media platforms and an introductory video will be up soon. Enrolment in the school at this time is open to the top tiers of membership to our YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGts0O5-yVcLtdwOmMBEDLA/join…
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How might music point us to the good, the true, and the beautiful? What is the purpose of music, and we are guilty of misusing it? Why are we so obsessed with Taylor Swift? Musician and conservative journalist Barney Quick joins Josh to discuss how conservatism might better inform our approach to music. Also discussed are whether or not the elephan…
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Jailed Lucchese Crime Family Captain Martin Taccetta finally gets his day in court and presents evidence as he looks for a new trial or his release from prison after 28 years. The day long hearing featured a showdown between the prosecutor who handled the case in 1993 and the defense team that claims the state withheld evidence that could have help…
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After a stint of episodes taking deep dives into obscure topics, Josh returns to some conservative first-principles by inviting long-time friend of the podcast Cal Davenport on for a wide-ranging discussion on whether or not the fusionist consensus is truly dead, why all the energy in the Right seems to be going towards the NatCons, what’s leading …
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This is an audio only version of our livestream on Facebook and Youtube from 04/28/24 In this episode we talk about the 5050 vs the 5040 straw, how it fits compared to other straw hats. The difference between 40x, 200x, 500x, and 1000x American hats. And we also take questions from the viewers, there is a few seconds of dead air throughout this ver…
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Gun violence across our region is being fueled by illegal weapons on the streets and so called “Ghost Guns”. They’re untraceable and dangerous. Now there’s trafficking in “ switches” than can make semi-automatic guns into fully automatic weapons.Edwin Torres from the NJ State Commission of Investigation joins the show to discuss how easy it is the …
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David Bahnsen returns to the podcast to discuss his latest book: Full-Time: Work and the Meaning of Life. David holds a high view of work and, in an era where self-help gurus are teaching us how to work less to achieve a work/life balance, David wants to shift the paradigm to work/rest and celebrate the productive nature of our being. Also discusse…
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The 3-decade old judicial saga for jailed Lucchese Crime Family Captain Martin Taccetta takes a turn and support for his bid to be set free gains support from non other than one time reputed Mob Boss, turned podcaster Joey Merlino.Plus the Feds go digging for bodies again in upstate New York at two sites linked to the Gambino Crime Family. And a ke…
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Fusionism—the viewpoint advocated by the likes of William F. Buckley and Frank Meyer of order and liberty mutually reinforcing each other—has been the dominant form of conservatism in the United States for a generation. In the era of Trump and the rise of nationalist populism on the Right, however, fusionism has steadily lost influence. Should cons…
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What is the single most important virtue for a leader to possess? What quality can make the run-of-the-mill politician into a statesman? Is it integrity, communication skills, resilience, courage, empathy, or wisdom? All of these things are important, of course, and if any are sufficiently lacking we wouldn’t call that a good leader. But what would…
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What is the purpose of higher education? Is it primarily to prepare us for the jobs of the future? Is it to ensure the leaders of tomorrow hold the right opinions on important issues? Is it to provide a safe haven for the pursuit of Truth? Thinkers on the Right have held differing—sometimes incompatible—views on the purpose of higher education. Joi…
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Federal authorities in Philadelphia dropped a massive 60-count Racketeering indictment on Brothers Joseph and James LaForte this week after hundreds of investors and clients were allegedly defrauded to the tune of $550 Million. One of the brothers in the “LaForte Enterprise” has been publicly identified as a soldier in New York’s Gambino Crime Fami…
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Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is drawing lots of attention for his new PA state budget, quick repairs to I-95 and all sorts of other key issues facing Pennsylvania. He’s even getting some mention as a potential Presidential candidate.FOX29 Political analyst Bruce Gordon joins the podcast to break it all down and share his opinion on Shapiro’s politi…
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Having published more than forty books on an astoundingly wide range of topics and holding noteworthy positions at the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature, the University of Oxford, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the University of Buckingham, Sir Roger Scruton was the quintessential British gentleman and scholar. He was al…
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The Saving Elephants podcast has welcomed a wide array of incredible guests who are on forefront of the conservative political movement. But most of the guests discuss conservatism from the perspective of a theory or set of principles or idea. Few have had the opportunity to enact political conservatism as a practice. And few ex-politicians have be…
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A New Jersey judge this week ordered a full blown hearing into defense claims that dental records that could have provided an alibi for Lucchese Crime Family leader Martin Taccetta were tampered with in a 1984 murder case and a report saying so was withheld from the defense. Lawyers say the doctored documents and questionable testimony from 2 gover…
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One of the strangest political developments over the past several decades has been the devolution of the Religious Right and large swaths of politically active Evangelicals as they morphed from character counts moralists of the 1990s to MAGA Trumplicans. Regardless of the merits of where the Religious Right stands today, one could be forgiven for b…
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Eagles, Eagles, Eagles. Love em or hate em, they are the talk of the town this week. A bad run of losses and an upcoming playoff game vs.The Tampa Bay Bucs has everybody tossing around opinions.Bill Colarulo Jr., Host of The Legalhandstotheface podcast and Philly Sports Power Hour, joins the show to chat it up on the ugly loss to the Giants and The…
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In this episode, we sit down with the extraordinary @gerrygesell, a seasoned cowboy and master leatherworker. Join us as we embark on a riveting journey through Gerry's captivating adventures in the rodeo industry, where he shares insights into the intricacies of training horses. Discover the secrets behind Gerry's choice of iconic brands such as t…
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What does is mean to be an American? And why do we Americans obsess so much over the question of what it means to be an American? This nagging question has plagued our nation since its birth and various national “myths” have been advanced to offer some form of national identity and cohesion. At times one myth has proven stronger than the others, on…
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A Changing of the Guard At Philadelphia City Hall. Mayor Jim Kenney in his final weeks in office as Cherelle Parker gets ready to take control of the city. A new Police Commissioner and promises to crack down on gun violence top the new mayoral agenda.FOX29 Political Analyst Bruce Gordon joins the Philly Prime Podcast to take a look at the old and …
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In an amazing twist of fate and some great detective work, Philadelphia Police now believe they have the alleged Fairmount Park rapist in custody, 20 years after he first struck.Elias Diaz was arrested for a series of slashing incidents over the weekend in Pennypack Park. Investigators say DNA tests and other long sought evidence now has detectives…
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In 2021, Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis joined three other veteran podcasters on a new podcast endeavor: Are We Right? Cal Davenport, Brooke Medina, and Calvin Moore, and Josh debated a wide range of topics from politics to religion to culture and invited the audience to weigh in on whether or not they’re right. While the show was tragically shor…
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The Feds swoop in and bust Bloods Street Gang 5-Star General Edwin Spears with 500lbs of pot, 28lbs of Coke and 1,000 cartridges of THC. Arrested boarding a chartered jet to London. What lead to the arrest, where did the drugs come from and where could this arrest lead. Plus a look back at Spears ties to the Lucchese Crime Family. Mob/Crime Expert …
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Earlier this year Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis was on AD Tippet’s podcast, Conservative Historian. This episode is a re-podcast of that conversation that covered a wide variety of conservative topics from both the past and today. About AD Tippet AD Tippet (the podcast formerly known as Belisarius Aves) is the founder and publisher of the Conser…
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In 1953 a little-known political theorist Russell Kirk repurposed his doctoral dissertation as a book for publication. His book, The Conservative Mind, would quickly become a bestseller, give the nascent conservative movement its name and intellectual moorings, be reviewed and debated in respectable publications across the country, and launch its a…
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Philadelphia has a new Mayor-Elect. Cherelle Parker, who this week won election to replace Jim Kenney. Fox29’s Jeff Cole’s been covering the campaign and has interviewed Parker on a multitude of topics. He joins us to talk politics, Parker’s crime/gun violence plan and her other top challenges.Cole also brings us up to date on the corruption trial …
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While Leo Strauss was famous for influencing men and women who became intellectual heavyweights in the conservative movement—names like Allan Bloom, Irving Kristol, Harvey Mansfield, Thomas Pangle barely scratch the surface—few stand as tall as Harry Jaffa. A cantankerous and quarrelsome debater to some and a beloved architect of restoring conserva…
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Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3 of our podcast! In this episode, we're honored to introduce you to a true Western legend - Jobe Sanchez, the passionate owner of Jobes Hats. More than 20 years ago in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas, Jobe's Hats began its journey. Rooted in a deep-seated family tradition, Jobe's profound love for shaping hats ignited t…
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It was a Mob hit that rocked Philadelphia. A daring, rush hour drive by shooting on the infamous Schuykill Expressway. The target was Mob Boss John Stanfa. The shooters, allegedly his rivals from the Merlino Mob faction.Now 30 years later, one of the cops assigned to the case delivers new details and Mob expert George Anastasia,who was on the scene…
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