Matt and Sam talk to Osita Nwanevu about his new book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding.
Fall 2025
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Falling Leaves
How do we know when democracy is gone?
Sympathy for the Devil: Faust, the ’60s, and the Tragedy of Development
Our day and night at the Pentagon, like Faust’s encounter with the Earth Spirit, marked a new awareness of ominous, fearful powers that had to be dealt with before our dreams of freedom and self-fulfillment could be made real.
Know Your Enemy: Frank Meyer, Inventor of Conservatism
Matt and Sam interview Daniel J. Flynn about his new book The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer.
[NYC EVENT | September 4] Gospel of the Working Class
An exhibition of tapestries by Tabitha Arnold.
Authoritarianism and Resistance
A preview of our Fall 2025 issue.
The Women’s Basketball Boom
An influx of gifted, charismatic, politically active stars have willed the WNBA into a genuine sporting attraction. Can they leverage the sport’s growing popularity into a better deal for players?
Damage Control in the Roberts Era
Progressive activists face an increasingly hostile legal environment. What strategies can they pursue?
Know Your Enemy: The Minority Voters Moving Right
Matt and Sam talk with Daniel Martinez HoSang about the gains the GOP and Trump are making with racial minorities.
Is America a Democracy?
An interview with Osita Nwanevu, author of The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding.
Know Your Enemy: Has Trump 2.0 Been a Success So Far?
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about Trump, Judaism and Catholicism, bourbon, literature, and more.
Attention Stuffed
Our future rests on our capacity to make digital technology more boring.
[SAN FRANCISCO EVENT | July 30] The Milk Tea Alliance
A conversation with Jeffrey Wasserstrom.
The Painter of the Right
Thomas Kinkade’s paintings show conservatives a world they have already won.
Know Your Enemy: A Complicated Man
Matt and Sam talk to Sam Tanenhaus about his long-awaited biography of William F. Buckley Jr.
What Can Zohran Accomplish?
What distinguishes Zohran Mamdani’s socialism is not its aims. It’s his willingness to take seriously the problem of how to get there.
