A Year of Reading: 2022, Part 1

by John Wilson

This doesn’t purport to be a list of the “best” books of the year; rather, these are the ones from a year of reading that most readily come to mind.  Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2022

A Bookish Christmas Gift Guide

by John Wilson

The purpose of this column is to suggest books (some from 2022, some published earlier) that might appeal to various people on your Christmas gift list.  Continue Reading »

2 Dec 2022

Willmoore Kendall’s Prescient Ken

by Mark Bauerlein

Daniel McCarthy joins the podcast to discuss his foreword in Willmoore Kendall's newly re-published book, The Conservative Affirmation. Continue Reading »

18 Nov 2022

Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City

by Mark Bauerlein

Phillip James Dodd joins the podcast to discuss his new book, An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City. Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2022

The Decade of Misremembering

by Jacob Phillips

Chuck Klosterman's new book shows how the emergence of the internet has altered our cultural remembrance of the '90s. Continue Reading »

8 Nov 2022

History for the Kids

by Mark Bauerlein

Bill McClay joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Young Reader's Edition to Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2022

Myths and their Makers

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Adrienne Mayor joins the podcast to discuss her new book, Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities. Continue Reading »

31 Oct 2022

Our Forgotten Language

by Mark Bauerlein

On this episode, Hana Videen joins the podcast to discuss her new book, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English. Continue Reading »

29 Sep 2022

Nigel Biggar on Defending American Empire

by R. R. Reno

Nigel Biggar joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October 2022 issue, “A Christian Defense of American Empire.”  Continue Reading »

22 Sep 2022

Spare the Truth, Spoil the Child

by M. D. Aeschliman

After a teaching career of fifty years, I agree with E. D. Hirsch that the primary problem in American public education is not the high schools, but the poorly organized, ineffective elementary school curricula, including the idiotic books of childish fiction.  Continue Reading »

5 Sep 2022