{"podcast":{"title":"Mark Levin Podcast","slug":"mark-levin-podcast-50417","podcast_index_feed_id":50417,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/mark-levin-podcast","website_url":"http://www.marklevinshow.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f011bccc-cf19-11e9-a0e6-53338fd720e5/image/Mark_Levin_Cover.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Cumulus Podcast Network","episode_count":2621,"summary":"Mark Levin is one of the hottest talk radio hosts in America. A prominent conservative commentator, best-selling author and constitutional scholar, Mark offers fresh takes on daily news headlines and dissects important events of the day. Heard weeknights on nearly 400 radio stations, Levin is loved in every corner of America. He cuts through the noise with his passion and intellect, often saying things others won’t. Or as Mark himself would declare: “That’s right. I said it!”","last_synced_at":"2026-09-25T12:24:41.271662+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-levin-podcast-50417"},"episode":{"title":"8/20/26 - The Dangers of National Conservatism","slug":"8-20-26-the-dangers-of-national-conservatism","published_at":"2026-08-21T01:22:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-levin-podcast-50417/8-20-26-the-dangers-of-national-conservatism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-levin-podcast-50417","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/WWO6296381543.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/WWO6296381543.mp3","summary":"On Thursday’s Mark Levin Show, one of the dangers of so-called national conservatism, which has a relatively small following, is that it overlaps with the left by de-emphasizing individualism and stressing that each nation-state should simply be what it wishes. This isolationist approach should be rejected. We need to affirm American sovereignty, strong borders, traditional religion and culture, traditional family structures, and opposition to international institutions like the UN in favor of the Constitution. National conservatism’s economic protectionism and interventionism skate too close to the left and serve as excuses for isolationism, centralization that erodes federalism, and more government control; the opposite is needed—deregulation, further tax cuts, and shrinking the central government—lest economic collapse destroy civil society, as the COVID-era attacks on liberties in blue states and cities already demonstrated. Also, Maggie Haberman is a supposed New York Times journalist who is a Trump-hating thug. She’s a new journalist who mixes facts, gossip, and fake news. She now suggests that Melania Trump may be upset about President Trump’s special assistant Natalie Harp. She’s a sleazeball for attacking hardworking women who support the president instead of backing them. Later, there is no truly affordable blue city or blue state in the country for working people and the middle class who keep the nation running—only for welfare recipients or illegal aliens who pay nothing. High sales taxes, gasoline taxes, property taxes, commuter taxes, and various invented fees and user charges fall heavily on those who work and own homes, effectively forcing homeowners to pay a second mortgage to the government after the bank’s. Finally, Jon Levine Calls in to discuss his…","meta_description":"On Thursday’s Mark Levin Show, one of the dangers of so-called national conservatism, which has a relatively small following, is that it overlaps with the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6472,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mark-levin-podcast-50417/episodes/8-20-26-the-dangers-of-national-conservatism/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mark-levin-podcast-50417/8-20-26-the-dangers-of-national-conservatism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}