# Ross Douthat on the End of Conservatism

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Podcast: [The Argument](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-argument-7510944)
Published: 2026-02-09T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theargumentmag.com/s/the-argument-podcast
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Trump didn’t just reshape the GOP—he may have ended what we used to call “the conservative movement.” New York Times columnist Ross Douthat joins host Jerusalem Demsas to map the new right: the collapse of fusionism, the rise of nationalism, and a media ecosystem where influencers matter more than institutions. Then they argue about what liberalism can and can’t solve. Can abundance and faster growth stabilize democracy, or are the deeper crises cultural, spiritual, and demographic in w...

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