Episodios

  • Christopher Scalia, "13 Novels Conservative Will Love (but Probably Haven't Read)"
    Oct 6 2025
    Critic and opinion writer Christopher Scalia, son of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, recommends 13 novels with conservative themes that, he says, aren’t widely known by conservatives. In his book "13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven't Read," the former English professor discusses books by Walter Scott, George Eliot, P.D. James, Zora Neale Hurston, and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 5 m
  • AW: Trump 2024: Joe Concha on Strategy, Media, and The Greatest Comeback Ever
    Oct 5 2025
    Fox News contributor Joe Concha gave his take on President Donald Trump's return to the White House for a second, non-consecutive term. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute in Simi Valley, California, hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 3 m
  • BN+: Daniel Flynn, "The Man Who Invented Conservatism"
    Sep 30 2025
    Daniel Flynn's book is titled, "The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer." Mr. Flynn points out in his introduction that "Meyer travels from communist to conservative, peace activist to soldier, Jew to Catholic, rhapsodist of Satan to cheerleader for Reagan, and free love enthusiast to family man." Flynn, who is a senior editor at the American Spectator and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, tells readers how he found the forgotten papers of Frank Meyer. It's in a warehouse in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Meyer lived between 1909 and 1972. He was 62 when he died. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 11 m
  • Q&A: Every Screen on the Planet: Emily Baker-White on the Future of Technology and Society
    Sep 29 2025
    Last week, President Trump announced that a deal had been reached between the U.S. government and China regarding the control of the widely popular social media platform, TikTok. In April 2024, Congress passed, and President Biden signed, a law that required TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell TikTok within a year or face a ban in the United States. Forbes technology reporter Emily Baker-White, author of "Every Screen on the Planet," talks about the meteoric rise of TikTok, used by an estimated 150 million Americans, and the U.S. government's concerns over its influence and ownership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 1 m
  • AW: The Mission: Tim Weiner on How the CIA Operates in the Modern Era
    Sep 28 2025
    Tim Weiner discussed the history and evolution of the Central Intelligence Agency from the end of the Cold War through the first quarter of the 21st century. Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C., hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 8 m
  • BN+: Zbigniew Brzezinski, The Grand Failure: Communism in the 20th Century
    Sep 23 2025
    In our last podcast, Ed Luce of the Financial Times told us about his book, "Zbig," for Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017) who he calls America's great power prophet. In this episode, we're going to feature a Booknotes interview from April 2, 1989, with Dr. Brzezinski. He was the first guest for the weekly Sunday evening program that ran until 2005. His book at the time was about his longtime prediction that there would be a failure of communism in the Soviet Union. The name of Brzezinski's book was "The Grand Failure." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 2 m
  • Q&A: Peter Navarro Reflects on Politics, Prison, and the Trump Presidency
    Sep 22 2025
    White House trade adviser Peter Navarro went to prison in 2024 after being found guilty of two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6th Committee. In his book, "I Went to Prison So You Won’t Have To," Mr. Navarro describes the Justice Department's case against him, his arrest and trial, and what it was like for him prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 4 m
  • Lee Tilghman on ‘If You Don’t Like This I Might Die’: Life Inside Influencer Culture
    Sep 21 2025
    Former influencer Lee Tilghman described the impact on herself of making a career on social media. Strand Books in New York City hosted this event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 m