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Consider the Cranks (w/ David Austin Walsh)

Episode 92

Historian David Austin Walsh joins to discuss his excellent new book Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right — a fascinating…

1 year, 9 months ago

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The Inconclusive Mr. Buckley [Teaser]

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1 year, 9 months ago

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Against Despair (w/ Christian Wiman)

Episode 91

This conversation is a little different. We wanted to take a break from the election-year political jousting to talk to the poet Christian Wiman abou…

1 year, 10 months ago

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"Write Like a Man" (w/ Ronnie Grinberg)

Episode 90

Historian Ronnie Grinberg's new book Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals couldn't be better "Know Your Enemy" fodder.…

1 year, 10 months ago

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Arguing the World: Howe, Kristol, Glazer, and Bell [Teaser]

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1 year, 10 months ago

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Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome (w/ B.D. McClay)

Episode 89

Why are Republicans and the right losing their minds over Taylor Swift, the gifted songwriter and globe-bestriding pop star? Why do they think her NF…

1 year, 11 months ago

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UNLOCKED: Keeping Up with the Bozells

What can four generations of men named "L. Brent Bozell" tell us about the trajectory of modern American conservatism? Well, quite a lot. In this cla…

1 year, 11 months ago

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Why the Right Loves Foreign Dictators (w/ Jacob Heilbrunn)

Episode 88

The right's romance with odious foreign dictators didn't start with Putin or Viktor Orbán, and their profound contempt for democracy long predates Ja…

1 year, 11 months ago

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A Remedy for Envy? René Girard Redux [TEASER]

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1 year, 11 months ago

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René Girard and the Right (w/ John Ganz)

Episode 87

The late René Girard, former Stanford professor of literature and mentor to Peter Thiel, is having something of a moment on the right these days—as S…

2 years ago

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