Wilfred McClay on Historical Memory

by R. R. Reno

Wilfred McClay joins R. R. Reno to talk about his Erasmus Lecture. Continue Reading »

29 Dec 2021

Linguistic Violence

by Carl R. Trueman

Nominalism has won, and politics has thus become preoccupied with language. Continue Reading »

17 Dec 2021

Inclusivity at Notre Dame

by W. Joseph DeReuil

If the university meets the next generation of students at the door with the contradictions and false premises of woke “inclusivity,” how will they learn to pursue goodness and truth? Continue Reading »

23 Nov 2021

Jonestown University

by Alexander Riley

In the wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict, Bucknell University, the liberal arts school where I work, lost no time in issuing a statement. We were told that America remained a terrifying place for its black citizens, and that George Floyd’s death demonstrated “the fear and anger that Black . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2021

The Greatness of English Literature

by Mark Bauerlein

Elizabeth Kantor joins the podcast to discuss The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature.  Continue Reading »

24 Jun 2021

The HR-ification of the Public Square

by Samuel D. James

Kevin Williamson’s hire-and-fire is a symptom of a cultural sickness that goes beyond polarization. Continue Reading »

24 Apr 2018

In Defense of Educational Administrators

by Carl R. Trueman

There are actually three certainties in life. There is death. There are taxes. And there are riots. Continue Reading »

8 Jun 2017

The Dishonest Capitulation of Michael Gerson

by Mark Bauerlein

Gerson calls Decius’s attitudes “prejudice,” the condition of “a certain kind of right-wing nationalist.” Isn't it fun for a conservative, for once, to be able to talk like this! Isn't it great that conservatives can play identity politics, too? Continue Reading »

23 Sep 2016

On Reading Old Books

by Rachelle Peterson

Reading classics is humbling. Myopia becomes impossible. Millennia of human history unfold with the pages of books—and with an authenticity that no textbook or documentary can mimic. Continue Reading »

19 Sep 2016

Trigger Warning!

by The Editors

The First Things Podcast, Episode 9. Anti-feminist icons remembered (the late Phyllis Schlafly) and welcomed (special guest Midge Decter). PC campus culture debated.
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9 Sep 2016