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What does it mean to be a principled conservative in 2025?

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Lauren Hall on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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Political scientist Lauren Hall considers herself politically homeless, but she's spent a great deal of time exhuming the best components of conservatism, progressivism, and libertarianism.

She recently wrote, "Before American conservatism is completely dead, I'd like to take some time to highlight what I have personally found valuable in principled conservative thought, what I think it contributes to our political dialogue and why losing these ideas would be a deep loss for us all."

This hour, she joins us to share her concerns about the state of conservatism, and what happens in this country without strong conservatism.

Our guest:

  • Lauren Hall, Ph.D., author, professor of political science at RIT, and current Pluralism Fellow with the Mercatus Center’s Program on Pluralism and Civil Discourse

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.