Russian Then and Now

by Mark Bauerlein

Judge Stephen P. Friot joins the podcast to discuss his new book Containing History: How Cold War History Explains US–Russia Relations. Continue Reading »

24 Aug 2023 0

Michael Millerman on Alexander Dugin Explained

by R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Michael Millerman to talk about his article, “Alexander Dugin Explained,” from the February 2023 issue.  Continue Reading »

9 Feb 2023 0

Ukraine and the End of History

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Frank Furedi joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, The Road to Ukraine: How the West Lost its Way. Continue Reading »

3 Jan 2023 0

Death at the Russian Ballet

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, John O'Neill joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Dancer and the Devil: Stalin, Pavlova, and the Road to the Great Pandemic. Continue Reading »

3 Oct 2022 0

Gary Saul Morson on Suicide of the Liberals

by R. R. Reno

Gary Saul Morson joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2020 issue, “Suicide of the Liberals.”  Continue Reading »

18 Aug 2022 0

Michael Doran on the Theology of Foreign Policy

by R. R. Reno

Michael Doran joins the podcast to talk about the tangled history of liberal internationalism and theological modernism. Continue Reading »

12 May 2022 0

Putin and the Pope

by Mark Movsesian

Whatever his motives, Putin has focused on the suffering of Christians as Christians, and that is something many leaders in the West are apparently reluctant to do. Continue Reading »

10 Jun 2015 0

Putin: Ideological, not Irrational

by Mark Movsesian

Last Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”—the breakfast salon of the bien pensant—Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Rick Stengel took on Vladimir Putin. Stengel attempted to explain how Putin’s conduct in Ukraine damages Putin’s own interests. Putin, Stengel told his interlocutor Steven Rattner with an air of frustration, “is making fundamental errors” that would get him in trouble with the Russian people. “He’s moving further away from the West,” Stengel said, at a time when “people want to be closer to the West.” Rattner agreed that Putin is being “irrational.” Isn’t it obvious? Continue Reading »

5 May 2014 0

The Language of Addiction Takes Over

by Helen Andrews

There was a period, shortly before the Bolshevik Revolution, when the history of the Russian temperance movement became thoroughly intertwined with the history of Russian social reform in general. “The history of the Russian temperance movement” may sound like a world’s-shortest-book joke, . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2013 0

The Last Station

by Robert Cheeks

 Over the weekend, courtesy of my friends at Netflicks, the wife and I watched what may be the most under appreciated film in quite some time, The Last Station. Beautifully filmed while adhering closely to period costume, architecture, and environment (1910 Russia) the drama examines both . . . . Continue Reading »

8 Aug 2010 0