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  1. Joseph Tartakovsky on The Lives of the Constitution - Full Interview

    Joseph Tartakovsky sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new book 'The Lives of the Constitution', and its ten historical characters including their impact on and response to the American Founding, the development of the administrative state, constitutional law, the perversion of the…

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  2. Leon Kass on How to Lead a Worthy Life - Full Interview

    Leon Kass sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new book 'Leading a Worthy Life', and a series of topics including finding meaning in a modern age, the decline but potential for rebirth of core values and principles of Western civilization, grappling with scientific progress and ethics and...

  3. Ryan T. Anderson on the Transgender Moment - Full Interview

    Ryan T. Anderson sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new book 'When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment', and a series of topics including the science and politics around transgenderism, stories of those who have detransitioned, the influence of transgender ideology…

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  4. Conrad Black on Trump's Place in the History of Populism

    Lord Conrad Black joins Ben Weingarten to discuss Lord Black's essay in “Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.” Lord Black and Weingarten discuss a series of topics including the history of American populism and President Donald Trump's place in it, an assessment of Trump's populist...

  5. Sally C. Pipes on The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care - Full Interview

    Sally C. Pipes joins Ben Weingarten to discuss her new Encounter Broadside “The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care”, the state of Obamacare, how staggeringly wrong our politicians were about Medicare and Medicaid, and much more. Read 'The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care':...

  6. Glenn Harlan Reynolds on The Judiciary's Class War - Full Interview

    Glenn Harlan Reynolds, aka the Instapundit, sits down with Ben Weingarten to discuss his new Encounter Broadside 'The Judiciary's Class War', and a series of topics including the split in the American body politic, class and judicial philosophy, the court's activism on major political issues, and...

  7. Daniel Hannan on Populism, the EU, and the Hangover from the Financial Crisis - Full Interview

    British MEP Daniel Hannan sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss MEP Hannan's essay in the new book “Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.” MEP Hannan and Weingarten discuss a series of…

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  8. Victor Davis Hanson Trump's Unlikely Populism - Full Interview

    Professor Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow of the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Prof. Hanson's essay in the new book “Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.”…

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  9. Rupert Darwall Full Interview on Green Tyranny

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  10. Rupert Darwall Exposes the Nazi Roots of Environmentalism

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  11. How Sweden Became a Dominant Soft Power in Environmentalism

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  12. How the Acid Rain Fraud Served as a Dry Run for the Climate Change Movement

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  13. Why the Paris Climate Accord Represents a Fight for America's Soul

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  14. Is Climate Change Really Just 'Ethics for the Wealthy?’

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  15. The Left's Economic Achilles Heel on Environmentalism Could Be Politically Devastating

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  16. Lessons from Vasily Maklakov's Life for Liberal Reformers in Tyrannical Regimes

    Lessons from Vasily Maklakov's Life for Liberal Reformers in Tyrannical Regimes by Encounter Books

  17. Vasily Maklakov's Involvement in the Assassination of Rasputin

    Vasily Maklakov's Involvement in the Assassination of Rasputin by Encounter Books

  18. Vasily Maklakov's Dealings with Stolypin

    Vasily Maklakov's Dealings with Stolypin by Encounter Books

  19. Vasily Maklakov's Prudence

    Vasily Maklakov's Prudence by Encounter Books

  20. Vasily Maklakov and the Jews

    Vasily Maklakov and the Jews by Encounter Books

  21. Judge Stephen F. Williams Full Interview on The Reformer

    Judge Stephen F. Williams Full Interview on The Reformer by Encounter Books

  22. Doug Schoen Full Interview on Putin on the March

    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked...

  23. Doug Schoen on What Pundits Get Wrong About Putin and the 2016 US Presidential Election

    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked...

  24. What Makes Putin's Russia Different from Past Adversarial Russian Regimes?

    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked...

  25. Doug Schoen on Whether America Should Try to Create a Wedge Between Russia and China

    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked...

  26. What is Putin Seeking to Accomplish in Europe?

    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked...

  27. Doug Schoen Does Not Believe We Have the Capabilities to Counter Russia and China in Cyber

    Doug Schoen, one of the world's preeminent pollsters, pundits and political consultants, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Schoen's new book “Putin on the March: The Russian President's Unchecked...

  28. F.H. Buckley's Novel Solution for Curtailing Corruption in Our Republic

    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic...

  29. F.H. Buckley Demolishes Campaign Finance Reform

    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic...

  30. F.H. Buckley: You Can't Be Hayekian and a Constitutional Conservative

    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic...

  31. F.H. Buckley Full Interview on The Republic of Virtue

    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic...

  32. How the Separation of Powers Contributes to Corruption

    F.H. Buckley, Foundation Professor at George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law, and Senior Editor at The American Spectator, sits down with Ben Weingarten, Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Buckley's new book “The Republic...

  33. Is Climate Change Really Just 'Ethics for the Wealthy?'

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  34. John Yoo on Attacks on Free Speech on America’s College Campuses

    John Yoo talks about the rise of campus craziness and the anti-free speech paradigm that is crippling the values and principles that made American higher education the envy of the world. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo’s ‘Striking Power: How...

  35. John Yoo Says We are Not Winning the War on Terror

    John Yoo explains why, 16 years after 9/11, the U.S. is not winning the Global War on Terror, pointing to failures of the Obama administration in the rise of ISIS, destruction of actionable intelligence through its drone program and beyond. Watch the full interview at…

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  36. John Yoo on How to Stop North Korea

    John Yoo details a multifaceted plan to constrain North Korea, including beefed up and layered missile defense and coercive efforts including cyberattacks and a full economic blockade. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo’s ‘Striking Power: How…

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  37. John Yoo on Why America Should Nix the Iran Deal

    John Yoo discusses how he would approach the Iran Deal and explains why, 10 years from now, Iran will likely have a nuclear weapon and be a much richer, more formidable enemy than it otherwise would have been. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo’s...

  38. John Yoo on Why Hi-Tech Warfare Will Save More Lives

    John Yoo pushes back against critics of hi-tech warfare, arguing that advanced weapons are in fact more moral than conventional weapons in that they actually reduce killing and destruction. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo’s ‘Striking Power: How...

  39. John Yoo on the Revolution in Military Technology

    John Yoo explores the revolution in military technology on land, air and sea—from robots and drones to cyber weapons. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John Yoo’s ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War’ at...

  40. John Yoo Full Interview on Striking Power

    John Yoo and Ben Weingarten discuss Yoo’s new book ‘Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules for War’ and a series of topics including the revolution in military technology, what the future of war looks like on land, air and sea, ethical concerns around robots and...

  41. John Yoo on Why America’s Reluctance to Use Force Risks World Peace

    John Yoo explains why our reluctance to use force in the face of growing threats from Iran and North Korea, and in crises like the Syrian Civil War, poses a greater risk to global security than American military adventurism. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more…

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  42. The Left's Economic Achilles Heel on Environmentalism Could Be Politically Devastating

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  43. Why the Paris Climate Accord Represents a Fight for America's Soul

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  44. How the Acid Rain Fraud Served as a Dry Run for the Climate Change Movement

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  45. How Sweden Became a Dominant Soft Power in Environmentalism

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  46. Rupert Darwall Exposes the Nazi Roots of Environmentalism

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  47. Rupert Darwall Full Interview on Green Tyranny

    Rupert Darwall, a strategy consultant, policy analyst and former special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer sits down with Ben Weingarten, conservative writer and Founder & CEO of ChangeUp Media, to discuss Darwall’s new book “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate...

  48. John Yoo Explains Why the Geneva Convention’s Rules of War Help Terrorists

    John Yoo explains how the rules of war under the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Convention come from a pro-Third World, pro-guerilla, pro-terrorist worldview intended to bolster such groups and hamstring the West. Watch the full interview at https://youtu.be/pOlaSkNUQhE. Learn more about John...

  49. Big Government and Big Business Colluded to Foist Common Core on America

    Joy Pullmann, managing editor at The Federalist, and an education research fellow at the Heartland Institute, sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss her new book "The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids." During…

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  50. Is Common Core an Extension of the Administrative State?

    Joy Pullmann, managing editor at The Federalist, and an education research fellow at the Heartland Institute, sits down with ChangeUp Media's Ben Weingarten for Encounter Books to discuss her new book "The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids." During…

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