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Radio Free Acton: Gleaves Whitney on Russell Kirk and Upstream on Comrade Detective
Radio Free Acton: Gleaves Whitney on Russell Kirk and Upstream on Comrade Detective
Jul 7, 2025 5:48 PM

On this newest edition of Radio Free Acton,Gleaves Whitney, director of Grand Valley State’s Hauenstein center for Presidential Studies speaks with Bruce Edward Walker on Russell Kirk and “The Conservative Mind.”Afterwards Titus Techera talks about the new Amazon Prime series “Comrade Detective,” and how munist satire is pro-free market.

Check out these additional resources on this week’s podcast topics:

The Hauenstein Center at Grand Valley State University

The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal

Comrade Detective

Do you have questions for the Radio Free Acton team that you would like answered in future podcast segments? Leave a message at 888-705-4180 or email [email protected]

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