Ep. 28 Understanding Conservatism w/ Jay Aruga

For the first episode of our Understanding Ideology series, we have invited Jay Aruga of the Jay Aruga Podcast (The first conservative podcast in the Philippines) to discuss: (1) the basic tenets of conservatism; (2) the topics of his podcast; (3) the kinds of conservative tendencies in the Philippines; and (4) his comments on how conservative current presidential candidates are. 0:00 Music 0:12 Intro 0:50 Ideology series 1:20 Initial thoughts on Convervatism 4:50 Why Jay Aruga started a conservative podcast? 7:31 When did Jay Aruga discover he was a conservative? 10:50 How Jay aruga chooses his podcast topics? 14:50 Who is Jay Aruga's audience? 17:40 Guests of the podcasts? 22:30 What are conservative values? 27:20 Conservative tendencies in the Philippines 31:30 Criticism to the podcast 34:40 Universal Basic Income 36:50 What are conservative issues in the Philippines? 40:20 What grounds conservatism in the Philippines? 41:50 How do you respond to change and urgency? 43:28 Conservatives being privileged and siding with the oppressor 48:00 Conservatism and poverty in the Philippines 53:00 Conservatism, structure-agency, and national identity 59:00 What Convervative thinks of the current presidential candidates 1:00:50 Bongbong Marcos 1:01:50 Leni Robredo 1:05:44 Isko Moreno 1:08:50 Ping Lacson 1:11:23 Manny Pacquiao 1:14:30 Ka Leoddy de Guzman 1:15:45 Open message to conservatives and non-conservatives 1:19:00 Closing Remarks 1:22:30 "Politics is downstream from culture" 1:24:20 Recommendations Recommendations: Them before us by Katie Faust and Stacy Manning https://www.amazon.com/Them-Before-Us-Childrens-Movement/dp/1642935964 The Red Pill by Cassie Jaye http://theredpillmovie.com/ Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke https://www.bookdepository.com/Reflections-on-Revolution-France-Edmund-Burke/9780140432046 The Young Pope (2016) https://www.hbo.com/the-young-pope Peacemaker (2022) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13146488/ The Croods (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481499/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1