Spencer Abraham and Jay Cost on the 2016 Republican Race
In their second "state of the 2016 race" conversation, former senator and Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, Weekly Standard staff writer Jay Cost, and host Bill Kristol discuss how to think about t...
24 Feb 20161h 24min
General David Petraeus on his Command in Iraq
In this conversation, Gen. Petraeus recalls his command in Iraq and the "surge." Gen. Petraeus recounts what it was like to run the war—from day-to-day operations and navigating Iraqi politics to week...
15 Feb 20161h 7min
Rich Lowry on Conservatism, Donald Trump, and the 2016 Race
In this special conversation, filmed the day after the Iowa caucus, Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, and Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, discuss conservatism, Trump, and the state o...
3 Feb 201645min
Harvey Mansfield on Our Political Parties
In his seventh conversation, Mansfield considers our two parties, the ideas behind them, and the qualities that often go with being a Democrat or a Republican. Mansfield argues that the Democrats are ...
1 Feb 20161h 15min
Larry Summers on Political Correctness and our Universities
In his second conversation with Bill Kristol, Harvard President Emeritus and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers reflects on the current climate of political correctness on campuses and its effect...
18 Jan 20161h 14min
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Challenge of Radical Islam
A best-selling author and fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School and the American Enterprise Institute, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a brave, impassioned, and provocative analyst of the problems in Islam, today, in...
4 Jan 20161h 6min
Leon Kass on Bioethics, the Bible, and Athens and Jerusalem
Leon R. Kass, M.D., is Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago, the Madden-Jewett Chair at the American Enterprise Institute, and one of the nation’s most distinguished bioethicists. In this c...
21 Dec 20151h 40min
Harvey Mansfield on Niccolo Machiavelli and the Origins of Modernity
In the sixth conversation in our series, Mansfield explains why we should consider Machiavelli not only the founder of modern politics but also a founder of modern science and economics. What was the ...
7 Dec 20151h 7min
