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Ordered Liberty

Summary: In a world where religion is more potent than culture, and culture is more potent than politics, David French and Alexandra DeSanctis are your guides to the debates and issues that matter most. N.B. The most recent ten episodes of this podcast are available on this feed. Full archives are available at NationalReview.com.

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 Episode 80: A Peace Plan for the Twitter Wars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:21

David and Alexandra break down the Sarah Jeong and Alex Jones free speech controversies and solve all the internet's problems. Proud of their accomplishment, they move on to discuss the intersection between race, class, and religion in America's culture wars.

 Episode 79: Why Are Catholics So Darn Catholic? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 43:22

David and Alexandra break down the bizarre attack on Catholic hospitals for daring to be Catholic and then explain why the Steele dossier doesn’t exonerate Donald Trump.

 Episode 78: Live Podcast: ‘To Troll or Not to Troll’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:04:42

David and Alexandra host a live podcast on Capitol Hill to make the case for the defense of liberty with civility, integrity, and courage — that “owning the libs” is not the path to persuasion.

 Episode 77: Russia, Roseanne, and ‘Florida Man’ | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:44

In a wide-ranging podcast David and Alexandra analyze the heavily-redacted FISA applications, consider the difference between James Gunn and Roseanne Barr, and discuss a terrible abuse of Florida's "stand your ground" law.

 Episode 76: Helsinki Follies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:42

If you're triggered by criticism of Donald Trump, do not listen to this podcast. Or maybe this is the podcast you need to hear. David and Alexandra break down Trump's disastrous performance in Helsinki, dismantle defenses of his conduct, and describe why he hurt American foreign policy.

 Episode 75: The Rants of Alexandra DeSanctis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 44:37

David and Alexandra discuss the response to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and the pro-choice arguments offered in favor of keeping Roe. Alexandra, triggered, launches the greatest rants in the history of the Ordered Liberty podcast. A must-listen.

 Episode 74: The Da Vinci Code | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:17

David and Alexandra discuss the ugly anti-Catholic bigotry surrounding the Supreme Court fight, and Alexandra breaks down her beef with Turning Point USA.

 Episode 73: The Dogma Lives Loudly In This Podcast | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:35

David and Alexandra break down the Supreme Court race, discuss what would happen if Roe is actually overturned, and Alexandra shares lessons learned from her time hanging with the elite in Aspen.

 Episode 72: Red Hen Rage | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:42

David and Alexandra discuss the firestorm of controversy around a restaurant's refusal to serve Sarah Sanders, outline the dangers of directly confronting and verbally shaming Trump officials, and celebrate another Supreme Court victory for religious liberty.

 Episode 71: The Trump Climbdown | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:52

David and Alexandra analyze a crazy day of twists and turns in the family separation debate and then turn to a philosophical discussion of the risks and benefits of mass immigration.

 Episode 64: More Russia Revelations | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:54

David and Alexandra break down the Senate Intelligence Committee's document dump on Russia, then they discuss Israel's conflict with Hamas, and finally end up with a discussion of how the #MeToo movement is robbing the Left of moral authority.

 Episode 63: Too Big to Succeed | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:24

David and Alexandra discuss McCain derangement syndrome -- the irrational hatred of John McCain -- and then dive into the question raised in the New York Times, "Is America too big to govern?"

 Episode 62: More Depravity | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:30

David and Alexandra discuss the Eric Schneiderman scandal, and why pro-choice men keep getting caught exploiting women. They wrap up with a constitutional defense of Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran deal.

 Episode 61: Pharisees on the Loose | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:50

David and Alexandra talk about how partisan hatred undermines the defense of civil liberties, discuss the strangest defense of abortion we've ever read, and then cap off the podcast by taking on the claim that Christian critics of Trump's behavior are "Pharisees."

 Episode 60: The Alfie Aftermath | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:18

In a wide-ranging podcast, David and Alexandra discuss the law and culture that made Alfie's ordeal happen, the strange tendency of progressives to use comedians to "fact-check" conservatives, and David's extreme pessimism over the possibility of a meaningful deal with North Korea

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