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What Is the Glue Binding the New Right's Disparate Factions? Zack Beauchamp's Conversation with Laura Field
The political theorist says that nationalism and a nostalgia for old gender norms are part of the answer
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Zack Beauchamp
11
Trump Is Extorting Universities in the Name of Intellectual Diversity: A Conversation with Michael S. Roth
Yet many who claim to be concerned about academic freedom are choosing silence or appeasement in the face of an authoritarian shakedown
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Berny Belvedere
1
40:50
Are Advanced Capitalist Liberal Democracies Victims of Their Own Success? A Conversation with Brink Lindsey
Mass affluence is leading to a crisis of meaning that postliberals are exploiting to knock down liberalism
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Shikha Dalmia
6
45:54
Should the Heterodox Academy Prioritize Fighting Trump's Authoritarian Assaults Over Wokeness on Campuses? A Conversation with Cathy Young
The outfit's recent conference revealed a deep divide that needs tackling
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Berny Belvedere
26
46:05
How America Created an Enormous and Abusive Surveillance State: A Conversation with Patrick Eddington
Even as this state has grown, the guardrails around it have weakened, giving presidents a dangerous tool to wield for illiberal and undemocratic ends
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Aaron Ross Powell
30:38
Will Appeals Courts Affirm that Trump Is Abusing His Emergency Power by Imposing Sweeping Tariffs? A Conversation with Ilya Somin
Courts may stop the president this time but Congress also needs to act to stop future abuses
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Robert Tracinski
6
22:40
Postliberals and NatCons See an Opening in Trumpism to Impose Their Respective Agendas: A Conversation with Jerome Copulsky
Both share a critique of liberal individualism but have vastly different ideas of what a religious state ought to look like
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Berny Belvedere
1
42:00
Why DOGE Should Scare Even Advocates of Small Government: A Conversation with Julian Sanchez and Noah Kunin
It is built on lies and lawlessness and is eliminating structures of internal oversight that keep the executive branch honest and under control
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Aaron Ross Powell
2
46:21
Only Moral Leadership Can Stop America From Giving in to Authoritarianism: A Conversation with David French
Trump's lawlessness and corruption is fundamentally changing the country in ways that most Americans do not understand
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Robert Tracinski
9
48:46
Can Trump Really Deport 10 Million People? A Conversation with Dara Lind
Despite his draconian and lawless crackdown on immigrants and their defenders, the number of undocumented might not go down
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Shikha Dalmia
2
47:59
Trump Wants to Deny Legal Representation to Opponents He Targets: A Conversation with Walter Olson
He is decimating a core pillar of the Anglo-American judicial tradition: fearless lawyers
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Robert Tracinski
4
34:50
A Revival of True Christianity Would Also Revive American Liberal Democracy: A Conversation with Jonathan Rauch
The turn away from Jesus and lust for power is ruining the Protestant faith and the polity
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Berny Belvedere
6
1:00:46
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