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Ever wondered what it’s like to have a couple of cosmos with your favorite actor, or two drams of whisky with a legend of Silicon Valley? That’s what we’re going to be doing, here, in this new column from The Free Press: Each week, a writer will invite a newsmaker, a trendsetter or a powerbroker for—at least—two drinks. Because as everyone knows, the conversation really gets interesting after you order a second round.

Tyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University and also faculty director of the Mercatus Center. He received his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1987. His book The Great Stagnation: How America Ate the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better was a New York Times bestseller. He was named in an Economist poll as one of the most influential economists of the last decade and Bloomberg Businessweek dubbed him “America's Hottest Economist.” Foreign Policy magazine named him as one of its “Top 100 Global Thinkers” of 2011. He co-writes the blog Marginal Revolution, hosts the podcast Conversations with Tyler, and is co-founder of an online economics education project, MRU.org. He is also director of the philanthropic project Emergent Ventures.

Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.

Batya Ungar-Sargon is the author of two books, Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women and Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy. She is a regular on cable news channels and podcasts across the political spectrum and a columnist for The Free Press and Compact magazine.

Charles Lane is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a columnist for The Free Press.

Coleman Hughes is the host of Conversations with Coleman. He is also a Free Press columnist who specializes in issues related to race, public policy, and applied ethics. He has appeared on prominent TV shows and podcasts including The View, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Joe Rogan Experience, and Making Sense with Sam Harris. In 2024, Hughes released his first book, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America.

Eli Lake is the host of Breaking History, a new history podcast from The Free Press. A veteran journalist with expertise in foreign affairs and national security, Eli has reported for Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, and Newsweek. With Breaking History, he brings his sharp analysis and storytelling skills to uncover the connections between today’s events and pivotal moments in the past.

Elliot Ackerman is a New York Times best-selling author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels 2034, Waiting for Eden, and Dark at the Crossing, as well as the memoirs The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan and Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning. His books have been nominated for the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and nonfiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, among others. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, and a veteran of the Marine Corps and CIA special operations, having served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart. He divides his time between New York City and Washington, D.C.

Jed Rubenfeld is a professor of constitutional law at Yale Law School, a free speech lawyer, and host of the Straight Down the Middle podcast. He is the author of five books, including the million-copy bestselling novel The Interpretation of Murder, and his work has been translated into over 30 languages. He lives with his wife, Amy Chua, in New York City, and is the proud father of two exceptional daughters, Sophia and Lulu.

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and professor at NYU Stern. He conducts research on moral psychology as it relates to political polarization, democratic dysfunction, capitalism, and Gen Z. He's also the author of several books, including the best-selling The Anxious Generation.

Kat Rosenfield is a culture writer at The Free Press and the author of five novels, including the Edgar-nominated No One Will Miss Her. Prior to joining The Free Press, she was a reporter at MTV News and a columnist at UnHerd, where she wrote about American culture and politics. Her work has also appeared in Vulture, Playboy, The Boston Globe, and Reason, among others.

Larissa Phillips lives on a farm in upstate New York. Learn more about her work by following her Substack, Honey Hollow Farm.

Martin Gurri is a former CIA analyst and author of The Revolt of the Public. He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Mercatus Center; his essays have appeared in Discourse, City Journal, and UnHerd, among other publications.

Matti Friedman is a Jerusalem-based columnist for The Free Press. He’s the author of four nonfiction books, of which the most recent is Who by Fire: War, Atonement, and the Resurrection of Leonard Cohen.

Nellie Bowles is a co-founder for The Free Press and its head of strategy. She was previously a reporter at The New York Times, where she won the Gerald Loeb Award for investigative journalism and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. She started her career at her hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle.

Sir Niall Ferguson, MA, DPhil, FRSE, is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He is the author of 16 books, including The Pity of War, The House of Rothschild, and Kissinger, 1923–1968: The Idealist, which won the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award. He is a columnist for The Free Press. In addition, he is the founder and managing director of Greenmantle, a New York-based advisory firm, a co-founder of the Latin American fintech company Ualá, and a co-founding trustee of the new University of Austin.

Ruy Teixeira is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the co-founder of the Substack The Liberal Patriot. He's the author of several books, including Where Have All the Democrats Gone? The Soul of the Party in the Age of Extremes.

Suzy Weiss is a co-founder and reporter for The Free Press. Before that, she worked as a features reporter at the New York Post. There, she covered the internet, culture, dating, dieting, technology, and Gen Z. Her work has also appeared in Tablet, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others.

Keeping tabs on the world’s oldest prejudice—and the people fighting back—as it once again rears its ugly head.

Updates America’s wildest and most populous state, with dispatches from our on-the-ground reporters and writers.

From political polarization and press freedom to trade wars and culture wars—The Free Press covers the stories that matter in Canada but often go underreported in headlines about “the 51st state.” Featuring reporting and commentary by Rupa Subramanya and others.

Book reviews, cultural critiques, essays on the zeitgeist, and profiles of the avant-garde.

These are deep investigations—from kindergarten to college—into school choice, the misallocation of resources, and how we can fix our broken school system.

The new religious revival, faith, and community, are explored in commentary from religious leaders, with stories brought to you by Madeleine Kearns and our team.

Dispatches from the war over our fundamental freedom are delivered by Coleman Hughes, Rupa Subramanya, Olivia Reingold, and others.

These stories prioritize your body, not ideology.

Dive into columns, discoveries, and thoughtful and informative essays from the past and present, penned by Eli Lake, Niall Ferguson, and others.

Wars, global trade, and the world’s shifting alliances.

Covering the Jewish state from the external threats it faces to disagreements among Israelis themselves, with breaking news and commentary by Haviv Rettig Gur, Matti Friedman, and many others.

News and opinion on the always-chaotic capital of the world by Olivia Reingold and the rest of our team.

These are stories that impact families—from wars over parenting styles to parents’ rights and new-age reproduction. Featuring stories by Emily Oster, Abigail Shrier, and others.

Abigail Shrier, Emily Yoffe, and others cover the new sex wars—from sports fields to classrooms and hospitals. Plus: the new realities of reproduction.

Coverage of Silicon Valley and beyond, with a curious eye.

Breaking news, deep investigations, and eye-opening commentary that favor no party.

Sometimes the news moves so fast, you have to look closely to know if you’ve seen it before. And that’s what this show is about. Breaking History breaks down the news, by breaking down history. Host Eli Lake covers everything from LBJ and the Roman Republic to Donald Trump and the chaos at Columbia University. This twice-monthly show from The Free Press delivers the best historians, authors, and reporters by mining the archives of human experience to figure out the present.

Conversations with Coleman is where deep thinkers and curious minds meet for sharp, surprising, and unfiltered chats. Hosted by Coleman Hughes, writer, thinker, and guy who asks the questions other people dodge. This podcast isn’t about debating. It’s about discovery. Politics, philosophy, race, culture, science: It’s all fair game. If you’re done with hot takes and hungry for real talk, come join the conversation.

The most interesting conversations in American life happen in private. This show brings them out of the closet. Stories no one else is telling and conversations with the most fascinating people in the country, every week from The Free Press, hosted by former New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporter Bari Weiss.

Fewer of us than ever are reading books for pleasure. Shilo Brooks is on a mission to change that. Old School is a new podcast from The Free Press about great books and how reading them can make us stronger, better men. The show features intimate conversations with fascinating men—from fitness gurus to philosophers—about the books that shaped their lives. New episodes out every Thursday. Read with us: https://bookshop.org/lists/old-school-with-shilo-brooks

The Free Press Investigates brings you gripping, deeply reported stories you can't find anywhere else—and the investigations others won’t dare to cover. Our new series, Spiral: Murder in Detroit drops soon. Until then, listen to Season 1: The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling.

Livestreams are where Free Press subscribers get to hear conversations about the most important stories out there—from tariffs to AI, the shifting political realities and the international order—with the most knowledgeable people on the subject. Tune in for raw, wide-ranging conversations on the economy, politics, and more, and ask questions in real time.

Our 2025 live debate series, which will be recorded in cities across the country, speaks to FDR’s four freedoms and tackles the urgent, complex questions associated with them.