
Bill Bennett on the Book of Virtues, Education Reform, and the War on Drugs
In this conversation, Bill Bennett reflects on key moments in his distinguished career, particular his tenure as secretary of education under Ronald Reagan, his work as the first drug czar under Georg...
16 Feb 20151h 11min

Frederick W. Kagan on the U.S. military in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at home
Director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, Fred Kagan is a foreign policy strategist and military historian. In this conversation, Kagan and Kristol discuss the str...
2 Feb 20151h 34min

Harvey Mansfield on Party Government and Modern Political Philosophy
This is the third conversation in our ongoing series with the distinguished Harvard political philosopher Harvey Mansfield. In this conversation, Harvey Mansfield and William Kristol explore the disti...
19 Jan 20151h 36min

Newt Gingrich on the 1994 Republican Revolution and his Career in Politics
In this conversation, Gingrich gives an inside account of the 1994 Republican Revolution, when Republicans took control of both Houses of Congress for the first time in forty years. The former speaker...
5 Jan 20151h 46min

Jim Manzi on the Scientific Method in Business and Government
Jim Manzi is the founder and chairman of Applied Predictive Technologies, a software company that enables businesses to design and conduct large-scale experiments, and a senior fellow at the Manhattan...
22 Dec 20141h 10min

Ruth Wisse on anti-Semitism, Jewish Politics, and Yiddish Literature
Ruth Wisse is Research Professor of Yiddish and Comparative Literature at Harvard and a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Tikvah Fund. In this conversation, Kristol and Wisse discuss the politics of ...
8 Dec 20141h 48min

Brit Hume Podcast on the Ascent of Fox News and Our Media Today
In this conversation, Kristol and Hume discuss the early days of Fox News and the story of its ascent. Hume recalls his experiences in print journalism during the 1960's and 1970's and his work as a W...
25 Nov 20141h 19min

2014 Post-Election Special
This conversation features former senator and Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and "Weekly Standard" political analyst and staff writer Jay Cost. In the first segment, Kristol, Abraham, and Cost an...
11 Nov 20141h 30min





















