Episodes
Timothy P. Carney joins Jordan McGillis to discuss his book Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be.
Published 05/30/24
James B. Meigs joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the decline of science journalism.
Published 05/22/24
Steven Malanga joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss states’ varying birth rates.
Published 05/09/24
Ryan Bourne joins Jordan McGillis to discuss his book The War on Prices: How Popular Misconceptions about Inflation, Prices, and Value Create Bad Policy.
Published 04/30/24
Jay Donde joins Jordan McGillis to discuss politics and public safety in the City by the Bay.
Published 04/25/24
Naomi Schaefer Riley joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the impact of drug use and decriminalization on children.
Published 04/17/24
Alexandra Hudson joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss her book The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves.
Published 04/11/24
Rob Montz joins John Tierney to discuss his documentary It Wasn't Fauci: How the Deep State Really Played Trump.
Published 04/03/24
M. Nolan Gray joins Jordan McGillis to discuss the controversial plan to install an aerial transit system connecting Los Angeles’s Dodger Stadium to the city.
Published 03/27/24
Martin Gurri joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss how we can transcend the pettiness and corruption of our current political moment.
Published 03/20/24
Martin Kulldorff joins John Tierney to discuss his firing from Harvard University and the importance of scientific debate.
Published 03/13/24
Michael J. Totten joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the potential and danger of artificial intelligence.
Published 03/06/24
Jordan McGillis joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss autonomous vehicles’ potential to remake transportation.
Published 02/28/24
Robert Henderson joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss his book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. 
Published 02/21/24
Michael Torres joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the harms of public schools’ transgender secrecy policies.
Published 02/14/24
Jonathan Clarke joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the value and limitations of psychoanalysis.
Published 02/07/24
Glenn C. Loury, Randall L. Kennedy, and Robert P. George discuss Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's principles and legacy, and the price of intellectual nonconformity. Ilya Shapiro moderates their conversation.
Published 01/31/24
Gary Taubes joins John Tierney to discuss his book Rethinking Diabetes: What Science Reveals About Diet, Insulin, and Successful Treatments. 
Published 01/24/24
Gary Leff joins Jordan McGillis to discuss airline safety, airport efficiency, and the risks and rewards of air travel.
Published 01/18/24
Ilya Shapiro joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss Harvard president Claudine Gay’s resignation, the rise of anti-Semitism on college campuses, and the state of free speech in higher education.
Published 01/11/24
Corbin K. Barthold joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss barriers to aerospace innovation and America’s need to compete in the current space race.
Published 01/03/24
Glenn C. Loury and Randall L. Kennedy discuss affirmative action and the state of race and education in America. Renu Mukherjee moderates their conversation.
Published 12/27/23
Renu Mukherjee joins Brian C. Anderson to discuss the push to eliminate merit-based admissions at selective high schools. 
Published 12/20/23
Joe Nocera joins John Tierney to discuss the government's disastrous response to the Covid pandemic.
Published 12/14/23
Chelsea Follett joins Jordan McGillis to discuss cities as centers of intellectual and economic progress.
Published 12/06/23