The Conservative Woman's Guide
Episodes
The Founding is About the Future: Yuval Levin on America’s Next 250 Years
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Should Congress be larger—both in number and presence? Should American universities take more responsibility for forming good citizens? Should Ame...
The Future of American Education: Policy Reforms That Work
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does real education reform look like, and which policies are actually helping students succeed? This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, h...
Philanthropy in America: From the Founders to Gen Z
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Peter Lipsett, Vice President of DonorsTrust. Peter shares his insights on the ...
Beyond the Glitz and Glamour: One Woman’s Path from Hollywood to Civic Leadership
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Janine Turner, three-time Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actress, author, moth...
Economic Freedom and the Dangers of Romanticizing Socialism
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Dr. Anne Bradley, vice president of academic affairs at The Fund for American S...
Back to School: Exposing the Crisis in Higher Education
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Jenna Robinson, President of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. J...
CWG Replay - Candace Cameron Bure: On Hollywood, Motherhood, and Christmas Cheer
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, we rewind to Karin's sit-down last year with Candace Cameron Bure, known as the Queen of Christmas movi...
From the Classroom to the Culture War: Dr. Lindsey Burke on Education Reform
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Dr. Lindsey Burke, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs at the U.S. ...
Cracking the Hiring Code: How to Navigate the Job Market as a Conservative Woman
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Claire Dixon, Founder and Executive Director of Talent Market. Claire shares in...
Rewriting the Script: Entrepreneur Cara Leopardo on Launching a Values-Driven Studio
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips sits down with Cara Leopardo, CEO and Co-Founder of We The Studios, to discuss countering...
Balancing Policy and Parenting: May Mailman on What It Takes to Have It All
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by May Mailman, former Deputy Assistant to President Donald J. Trump and Senior P...
Policy is Personal: Mehek Cooke on Courage, Conservatism, and the Culture War
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Mehek Cooke to talk about a wide range of policy issues and what motivated her...
Megan Alexander Talks Living Her Values in the Entertainment Industry
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Megan Alexander, TV host, actress, producer, and author. They discuss being a w...
From Student Leader to Campus Reporter: Virginia King Speaks Out
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Virginia King, a junior at Texas State University and president of the NeW ...
Education or Indoctrination? What's Really Going on at Ivy League Schools
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Madison Marino Doan, co-author of Slacking: A Guide to Ivy League Miseducation....
Inside the Enchanted Hour: Why Reading Aloud Still Matters
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Meghan Cox Gurdon, author of The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Readin...
Underreported Stories & Unfiltered Truths
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Chrissy Clark, host of Underreported Stories. They discuss some of the late...
Do No Harm: The Fight to Remove Identity Politics from Healthcare
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, guest host Kendall Wolfson is joined by Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Director of Do No Harm. They dis...
Reclaiming California and Debunking the Left's Narrative on Motherhood
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Elisha Krauss, conservative commentator, writer, host, and podcaster. They d...
Liberty, Family, and the Fight for Freedom
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Chloe Anagnos, Director of Marketing at America’s Future. They discuss Chloe’...
Telling the Stories the Mainstream Media Ignores
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Jennifer Kabbany, editor of The College Fix. They dive into Jennifer’s experi...
From Fighting Bias in College to Standing up to Overregulation in Congress
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Representative Kat Cammack, who represents Florida’s Third Congressional Dist...
Behind the Scenes at the National Archives with Dr. Colleen Shogan
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Dr. Colleen Shogan, former Archivist of the United States, for an episode on t...
Brave and Beautiful: A Pageant Winner’s Call to Action
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Michaela Wilkes, Miss Florida 2019, for an episode on sharing your principles o...
How to Go, Fight, and Win at Work
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Melinda Oakes, author of The Cheerleader's Guide to the Workplace: How an aweso...
Creating a Brand That Stands Up for Women in Sports
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Jennifer Sey, founder and CEO of XX-XY Athletics, for an episode on protecting...
Candace Cameron Bure: On Hollywood, Motherhood, and Christmas Cheer
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Candace Cameron Bure, known as the Queen of Christmas movies, for an episode on...
Founding Story: How the Women of the Bible Inspired a Makeup Line
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Hope Harvard, founder of Hope Beauty, for an episode on the Conservative Woman...
How to be Confidently Conservative on Campus and Capitol Hill
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Ellie Porte, NeW alumna from American University, for an episode on navigating ...
You Can't Trust the Mainstream Media
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Miriam Weaver and Amy Jo Clark, hosts of the Chicks on The Right podcast, fo...
Stop Overscheduling Your Kids
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Timothy Carney, author of Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids ...
Are You Making These Etiquette Mistakes?
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Alison Cheperdak, founder of Elevate Etiquette, for an episode on The Conservat...
Spilling the Tea on the First Ladies: Insights from Working in the White House
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off Season 3 of The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Anita McBride, co-author of the book, Remember the First Ladies: The...
The 2024 Election on Campus
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Emily Jashinsky, culture editor at The Federalist and host of Federalist Radio...
Title IX
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Peyton Smith is joined by Kimberly Hermann, Executive Director for Southeastern Legal Foundation, for ...
Protecting Women's Sports
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Peyton Smith is joined by Paula Scanlan, ambassador at Independent Women’s Forum and Independent Wom...
Combatting Censorship
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Peyton Smith is joined by Olivia Krolczyk, student at The University of Cincinatti. They dive into Oliv...
Overcoming Obstacles on Campus
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Peyton Smith is joined by Delaney Ermshar, a student at Pepperdine University, for an episode on how to...
The Guide to Conservative Media
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Conservative Woman’s Guide! In this week’s episode, Karin Lips is joined by Caroline Downey, education and multimedia reporter...
Antisemitism on Campus
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Conservative Woman’s Guide! In this week’s episode, Peyton Smith is joined by Brittany Bertsche, Associate Director of Leader...
Student Loan Forgiveness
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, on The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Karin Lips is joined by Emily Sturge, Campus Reform Correspondent and student at the University of Flo...
Equal Pay Day
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Conservative Woman’s Guide! In this week’s episode, Karin Lips is joined by Patrice Onwuka, the Director of the Center for Eco...
Finding The Balance Between Girlbosses and Tradwives
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Conservative Woman’s Guide! In this week’s episode, Peyton Smith is joined by Lyndsey Fifield, a visiting fellow at Independen...
DEI Programming on Campus
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Conservative Woman’s Guide! In this week’s episode, Karin Lips is joined by Cherise Trump, the Executive Director at Speech Fi...
Book Release!
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You’re Not Alone: The Conservative Woman’s Guide to College is now available on Amazon! At the Network of enlightened Women, we see the challenges...
Optimizing Resources and Opportunities on Campus
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Peyton Smith is joined by Cameron Teel, president of NeW at The University of Arizona, who shares her experience of being a ...
Transitioning From Campus to the Capitol
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, Peyton Smith is joined by Tadie Self, a member of NeW at Texas Tech University, who shares her experience of being a conserv...
Finding Wisdom in Your Own Family History
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Peyton Smith is joined by Jessica Costescu, a NeW alumna from Georgetown University, who...
Leading With Your Personality
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of The Conservative Woman’s Guide, Peyton is joined by Abby Daniels, a NeW alumna from American University, who shares her ...
Getting Started in the Media
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Karin is joined by Emma Foley, a NeW alumna who shares her experience of being a conservative woman on campus. They discuss how to navigate...
Reaching Across the Political Aisle on Campus
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Karin is joined by Jordyn Ney, a NeW alumna who shares her experience of being a conservative woman on campus. They discuss reaching across...
The Conservative Woman's Guide To College
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Karin and Peyton are back together discussing a special project. They share some of the backstory of this project, their favorite parts of ...
Dating Intentionally
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Peyton is joined by special guest Julia Canzano, a NeW alumna who recently got engaged. They discuss all things relationships—navigating ...
Building Friendships
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Peyton is joined by special guest Chloe Sparwath, NeW Campus Program Coordinator. They discuss finding friends with similar values, relying...
Excelling at Your First Internship
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Karin is joined by special guest Christina Sandefur, Executive Vice President at the Goldwater Institute. They discussfinding internships, ...
Finding a Professor Mentor
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Karin is joined by special guest Mary Kate Cary, adjunct professor in the University of Virginia’s Department of Politics. They discuss h...
Dealing with Liberal Professors
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In college, you’re bound to deal with liberal professors. Karin and Peyton share their stories of when they faced adversity in the classroom and giv...
Living Away From Home
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Living away from home for the first time comes with a whole new set of responsibilities and considerations! Karin and Peyton break down the best routi...
Thinking Critically
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Karin and Peyton discuss critical thinking on campus. They offer tips on how to find reliable news sources and share podcast and book recom...
Getting Involved On Campus
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Not sure how to get involved on campus? This week, Karin and Peyton dive into getting involved on campus--from the various organizations and causes yo...
Getting Ready for College
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of the Conservative Woman’s Guide. Perhaps you’ve heard universities aren’t especially friendly to right-of-center ...
Introduction
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Conservative Woman's Guide, a podcast for the Network of Enlightened Woman. Follow us as NEW's founder and president Karin Lips and Pey...