They Should be Ashamed of this Manifesto
Walter Olson of CATO discusses the Manhattan Statement on Higher Education, which would license Trump to ignore law, procedure, and precious liberties. REFERENCES: The Manhattan Statement on Hi...
11 Aug 202548min
Fact-Checking Zohran Mamdani
AEI's Sadanand Dhume joins the podcast to discuss Zohran Mamdani's ideological origins, why government stores are not a fresh, new idea, Indian democracy, poverty, capitalism, and how Bangladesh went ...
4 Aug 20251h 3min
The Greatness of Bill Buckley
Author Sam Tanenhaus discusses his new biography of the multi-talented Buckley and the movement he did so much to create.
28 Jul 20251h 13min
Can We Unpolarize?
Mona Charen speaks with More in Common co-founders Tim Dixon and Mathieu Lefevre about rising polarization, the “exhausted majority,” and how loneliness, media incentives, and misinformation are fueli...
21 Jul 202530min
Must Geniuses Be Ass-----?
The Atlantic’s Helen Lewis joins Mona Charen to discuss The Genius Myth, her new book exploring whether genius is a real phenomenon or a socially constructed label. They examine how society elevates c...
14 Jul 20251h 8min
ICE is Coming for All of Our Rights
CATO's David Bier explains who ICE has scooped up—93 percent are not criminals—and what's coming next. Bier describes aggressive, anonymous arrest tactics and overcrowded detention centers with inhuma...
7 Jul 202549min
Why Nothing Works and What to Do About It
Author Marc Dunkelman discusses his new book Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back.Dunkelman contrasts past centralized efficiency with today’s slow, decentralized system ful...
30 Jun 202557min
A Novel About the Spanish Inquisition
Linda Chavez joined Mona Charen to discuss her debut novel The Silver Candlesticks, inspired by a personal revelation during an appearance on Finding Your Roots that her ancestors were secret Jews per...
23 Jun 20251h 5min
