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Toppling Teddy Roosevelt the Right Way, with Jean Yarbrough
Episode 195
When I heard the news that the nihilist mob plans to take down the statue of Theodore Roosevelt astride his horse in front the Natural History Museum…
5 years, 11 months ago
Power Line's Fab Four on Our Crazy World
Episode 194
On Wednesday, “The Beatles” (John, Paul, George and Ringo Scott, and Steve) got together for a live online VIP chat session, covering everything from…
5 years, 11 months ago
"Apocalypse Never," with Michael Shellenberger
Episode 193
This week’s guest is Michael Shellenberger, the founder and president of Environmental Progress, and author of an important new book, Apocalypse Neve…
5 years, 11 months ago
"The Coming of Neo-Feudalism," with Joel Kotkin
Episode 192
Joel Kotkin is one of America’s premier analysts of urbanism, urban economics, demographic change, and social trends. His brand new book, The Coming …
6 years ago
"The Sixties Never Ended"—Fred Siegel Reflects on Our Mob Rule Moment
Episode 191
When our cities start to come apart and people say it seems like 1968 all over again, that can only mean one thing: time to get in touch with Fred Si…
6 years ago
Riots, Viruses, "Epistocracy," and Other Social Diseases
Episode 190
Funny how the COVID-19 crisis has nearly disappeared from the news, after having been the subject of wall-to-wall media attention for three months. R…
6 years ago
Ross Douthat on "The Decadent Society"
Episode 189
“Decadence” is one of those familiar terms that is trivialized or rendered comic by overuse—perhaps you’d say from decadence itself. And while most p…
6 years ago
"This Cannot Go On"—The Breakdown of Higher Education, with John Ellis
Episode 188
John Ellis John M. Ellis, distinguished professor emeritus of German literature at UC Santa Cruz, is out with a terrific new book, The Breakdown of H…
6 years ago
Freedom of the Press in an Era of Fake News, with Zach Wood
Episode 187
Zachary Wood This episode flips the format, with my guest interviewing me for a change. Zachary Wood is a graduate of Williams College, where he was …
6 years, 1 month ago
Trumping Obama's Legacy, with Charles Lipson
Episode 186
Barack who? Is it just me, or is Obama the incredibly shrinking president, destined already to be remembered in the same league as John Tyler or Warr…
6 years, 1 month ago