Aaron Renn
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RYAN WILLIAMS: How to Run a Dissident Think Tank
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RYAN WILLIAMS: How to Run a Dissident Think Tank

Ryan Williams is the president of the Claremont Institute. Claremont is the institutional base of West Coast Straussianism, and has long been known for its fellowship programs and quarterly journal The Claremont Review of Books. It has attracted controversy in the Trump era for its willingness to engage with dissident ideas. It published the mega-viral "The Flight 93 Election” essay and also the first mainstream review of the book Bronze Age Mindset. Williams joins me to talk about Claremont and how they've navigated our new political world.


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Here’s the video of my conversation with Ryan.

It’s on my list to interview other think tank presidents about their institutions and positioning in the current era.

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