The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with senior editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, R. R. Reno discusses the dogmas and assumptions of the postwar consensus, the rise of populism, and his new book, Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West.
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