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The Decline of the American Election

Hans von Spakovsky joins the podcast to discuss his book, Our Broken Elections: How the Left Changed the Way You Vote. Continue Reading »

24 Mar 2022

The End of the End of the End

by Sam Kriss

About a decade ago, I would go to a party, get drunk off the kind of alcohol that’s sold in plastic bottles, snort up some dubious research chemicals, and then discover to my horror that I’d just spent the last hour talking to a complete stranger at a high clip about the labor theory of value. I . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2022

Huawei and China's Tech Domination

by Mark Bauerlein

Jonathan Pelson joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Wireless Wars: China's Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We're Fighting Back. Continue Reading »

24 Dec 2021

The Politics of Scapegoating

by Joshua Mitchell

As Christianity goes in eclipse, liberal citizenship is giving way to our primordial instincts. Continue Reading »

21 Dec 2021

Just Think What We’ll be Missing

by Shalom Carmy

When the Simpsons’ television was out of commission, singing together seemed like an excellent substitute—that is, until Lisa brought them up short by asking if the family knew any songs that weren’t commercials. For the past four years, Donald Trump has done for our social intercourse . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2021

Pessimism of the West

by R. R. Reno

Western civilization exerts unprecedented influence. Science commands the intellectual loyalty of elites around the world. Western strands of Christianity have enjoyed extraordinary missionary success in Africa and Asia. Communism—a Western ideology—migrated to China, destroyed its . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2021

Ron Howard’s Disappointing Hillbilly Elegy

by Gracy Olmstead

We are owed better films about Appalachia and the Rust Belt—about the “back row Americans” who are at once incredibly ordinary and incredibly extraordinary. Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2020