![The Journal of American History Podcast show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/041/409/small/the-journal-of-american-history-podcast.jpg)
Summary: Ed Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Kim Phillips-Fein, author of the State of the Field essay "Conservatism: A State of the Field". The essay appears in the December 2011 issue of the Journal of American History.