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Thomas Jefferson’s Last Wish
Introducing a month-long celebration of great Americans, starting with the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Jane Kamensky
The Elites Who Want to Burn It Down
Professors of the radical left and radical right enjoy bourgeois comfort while declaring a crisis that demands a revolution or counterrevolution.
Peter Berkowitz
The Terrorist Mind
There is literary and historical precedent for the normalizing of terrorism.
Gary Saul Morson
Ben Shapiro: This Is What Happens When Institutions Fail
The foundations upon which our institutions were built have rotted away. Here’s how to save them.
Ben Shapiro
The Case for Drinking Alcohol
We've spent a generation being told alcohol is poison. Philosopher Edward Slingerland says that's not the whole picture—and it could explain a lot about…
Coleman Hughes
1HR 9M
Why I Co-Authored a Book with ChatGPT
My new book is the first major work of nonfiction listing a human and AI as co-authors. It will not be the last.
Jamie Metzl
What Does the Government Actually Know About UFOs?
From sightings to cover-ups, Michael Shellenberger lays out what’s real, what’s unclear, and why the mystery persists.
Will Rahn
1HR 5M
The Two Types of People Who Never Find Happiness
Arthur Brooks explains how to stop wasting your life.
Shilo Brooks
51M
He Wanted to Teach Western Civilization. So He Quit Harvard.
Historian James Hankins argues that understanding the history of the Western tradition is the only way to preserve civilization.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 19M
The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories with Michael Shermer
Professional skeptic Michael Shermer sits down with Coleman Hughes to discuss how to evaluate truth—about everything from gender to UFOs.
Coleman Hughes
59M
Confessions of a Former Climate Activist
A former climate influencer explains why she left the movement she once helped amplify, and why she now believes it’s harming young people.
Maya Sulkin
36M
Is Your Life Morally Ambitious Enough?
The Dutch historian Rutger Bregman’s new book argues that talented people should stop playing it safe and start improving the world.
Coleman Hughes
1HR 8M
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