Jesus Isn’t Woke

by Mark Bauerlein

Lucas Miles joins the podcast to discuss his new book Woke Jesus. Continue Reading »

23 Apr 2024

System’s Failure

by Mark Bauerlein

When Ibram X. Kendi and other anti-racists take the fact of disproportionate outcomes as proof of racist practice at work, common sense asks, “Who’s doing it? Where’s the bias? Show us the evidence.” Common sense treats racism (or any other identity injustice) as an empirical matter, an . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2023

The Sexual Revolution

by Mark Bauerlein

Bishop Peter J. Elliott joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Sexual Revolution: History, Ideology, Power. Continue Reading »

17 Aug 2023

Antifascists after Fascism

by Stanley G. Payne

When questioned by reporters whe­ther fascism would come to America, Huey Long allegedly replied: “Of course fascism will come to America, but here we’ll call it antifascism.” In 2020, black-clad “antifa” activists rioted and practiced violence on a scale never imagined by the several . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2022

The Backbone of Our Society

by Hunter V. McClure

First Things remains an indispensable voice for a politics of community, demanding that we treat our own better, and that we not favor the international financial class over the people who are the backbone of our society. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2021

The Radical Origins of Black Lives Matter

by Mark Bauerlein

Scott Walter joins the podcast to discuss his recent article The Founders of Black Lives Matter.  Continue Reading »

12 Aug 2021

A New, Dark Left

by Mark Bauerlein

David Horowitz joins the podcast to discuss his recent book The Enemy Within: How a Totalitarian Movement is Destroying America.  Continue Reading »

15 Jul 2021

The Founders of Black Lives Matter

by Scott Walter

The BLM founders envision change far more radical than what their many liberal supporters mean by “racial justice.” Continue Reading »

29 Mar 2021

The Neo-Confucian Bluff

by David Lyle Jeffrey

After being denounced during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76) as inconsistent with Marxist ideals, Confucianism has made an astonishing return to official favor in China. In 2010, I participated in the first Nishan Forum, which marked a dramatic and orchestrated confirmation that Confucian . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2020

Our Marcusan Moment

by Carl R. Trueman

If critical theory in its demolition of the past can often degenerate into an ideological justification of ingratitude, then Marcuse was both its pioneer and its poster boy.  Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2020