Notable Guests
MB
Mary Bush
2x
DB
David Berlinski
1x
EE
Elizabeth Economy
1x
IS
Ignat Solzhenitsyn
1x
JL
John Lennox
1x
JG
John Lewis Gaddis
1x
NE
Nicholas Eberstadt
1x
Recent Episodes
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Governor DeSantis explains Florida's transformation into a fast-growing, politically distinct state.
Ron DeSantis
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Scientists discuss origins of the universe and life.
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Ben Shapiro discusses conservatism's potential loss of direction and its internal fractures.
Ben Shapiro
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Zohar Palti shares insights into Israel's Mossad and its approach to war and survival.
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McFaul discusses his book "Autocrats vs. Democrats" on global disorder.
Michael McFaul
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Ben Sasse discusses his stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
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Thomas Sowell critiques American education system, arguing ideology has replaced knowledge and harming intended beneficiaries through misguided policies
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Mathematics fundamentals: Panel of mathematicians explores whether math is invented by humans or discovered as an underlying structure of reality, examining why abstract numbers map perfectly onto ...
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Ignat Solzhenitsyn reflects on childhood exile in Vermont as son of Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, raised under Soviet persecution but sustained by music, faith, and Russian cultural heritage
Ignat Solzhenitsyn
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George Shultz's economic philosophy: Powell, Rice, and Boskin examine Shultz's career from labor economist at MIT/Chicago to cabinet positions during Nixon and Reagan eras, shaped by free market be...
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Cold War historical context: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gaddis explains origins, nuclear age impacts, Vietnam, détente, and Soviet collapse, while addressing why contemporary students lack Co...
John Lewis Gaddis
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Supreme Court operations and originalism: Justice Barrett explains principles behind originalism and Court consensus-building in landmark cases including Dobbs v. Jackson, Casa de Maryland v. Unite...
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Thomas Sowell's life arc: Episode traces Sowell's journey from poverty in rural North Carolina through Harlem, Marine Corps, Harvard, Columbia, and University of Chicago to prominence at Hoover Ins...
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Three historians debate American trajectory: Ferguson, Hanson, and Kotkin discuss whether US faces decline or renewal, exploring Trump's second term, Republican Party transformation, and Western ci...
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Cuban exodus and assimilation: Carlos Eire recounts Operation Peter Pan journey as 11-year-old fleeing Castro's regime, painful family separation, and lifelong tension between Cuban and American id...
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Global demographic collapse: Demographer Nicholas Eberstadt explains why birthrates are collapsing across China, Japan, Europe, and the United States, with implications for prosperity and global po...
Nicholas Eberstadt
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Pacific War historical context: Jonathan Horn and Ian Toll examine most contested WWII decision
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Wilson's complicated legacy: Christopher Cox's biography reveals Wilson's towering reforms and wartime leadership alongside deeply troubling record on race, gender, and civil rights