Podcast Episodes

AW: Ben Shapiro Argues the World Is Divided Over the Future of Western Civilization

The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro argued that the world is divided between those who want to defend Western civilization and those who want to undermine …

6 months, 3 weeks ago

BN+: John Ferling, "Shots Heard Round the World"

After 15 books on Revolutionary America, John Ferling still has more to say about the early period in the life of the United States. Ferling is profe…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Q&A: Rosie Rios, America250 Commission Chair

July 4, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In 2016, Congress established the America250 Commission …

7 months ago

AW: Rachel Corbett Explores Online Harassment in Monsters We Make

In Monsters We Make, journalist Rachel Corbett examines how power operates in the digital age, exploring the systems and incentives that shape online…

7 months ago

BN+: Frank McCourt on Angela’s Ashes: Pulitzer Prize–Winning Memoir

Irish American writer Frank McCourt wrote a book in 1996 that was on the New York Times bestseller list for over 100 weeks. Over the next 20 years, "…

7 months ago

Q&A: Enes Kanter Freedom Discusses His Memoir and Global Human Rights Advocacy

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, chosen third in the NBA draft in 2011, is the author of "In the Name of Freedom." In his book, he talks about …

7 months, 1 week ago

AW: Bill McKibben on Climate Change: Why Solar and Wind Power Are the Best Path Forward

Environmentalist Bill McKibben argued that solar and wind power offer the best path for addressing climate change. Politics and Prose bookstore in Wa…

7 months, 1 week ago

BN+: Peter Gomes, "The Good Book"

This week's encore interview is from September 21, 1997. Twenty-eight years ago. Our guest was Peter J. Gomes, former minister of the Memorial Chur…

7 months, 1 week ago

Q&A: Charles Murray, "Taking Religion Seriously"

Taped on 12/15/25

Political scientist Charles Murray, author of "Taking Religion Seriously," discusses his decades-long evolution from "happy agnos…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

ABC: Pulitzer Prize Winner Rita Dove on Poetry and American History

Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove joins David M. Rubenstein to discuss her upbringing and writing process and reads from …

7 months, 2 weeks ago