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Honestly with Bari Weiss — 359 episodes

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A Note from Bari on Honestly

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What to Expect in 2026 with Niall Ferguson, John McWhorter, Dr. Mark Hyman, Leandra Medine Cohen, Suzy Weiss, and Sarah Isgur

3

The Birth of Christianity

4

CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk

5

Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?

6

Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?

7

Would America Be Safer Without the Second Amendment?

8

Kids Don't Need Phones with Jonathan Haidt

9

Democratic Dissident John Fetterman

10

How We Lost Ourselves to Technology—and How We Can Come Back

11

Can Reading Fix Men?

12

Palmer Luckey and the Future of American Power

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Trailer | Spiral: Murder in Detroit

14

How Katie Herzog Drank Her Way to Sobriety

15

The Hostage Release and the Future of Gaza

16

María Corina Machado’s Fight to Free Venezuela

17

Niall Ferguson on October 7 and Our Changed World

18

He Spent 491 Days as a Hamas Hostage. This Is How He Survived.

19

The Future of The Free Press

20

How One Man Overcame His Autism

21

Inside the Mossad

22

Woody Allen on Life and Death

23

Charlie Kirk’s Murder and the Rise of Political Violence

24

Justice Amy Coney Barrett

25

Conversations with Coleman: Three Hostages Families Disagree on How to Get Their Loved Ones Home

26

Breaking History: The Invention That Changed Everything

27

The Radical Right Is Coming for Our Sons

28

Why Amanda Knox Forgave the Man Who Sent Her to Prison

29

Why Unions Went for Trump

30

Jeffrey Epstein and Conspiracy America

31

Could Rahm Emanuel Be Our Next President?

32

Giga-Yachts, Flo Rida, and Bunkers. . . What Could Go Wrong?

33

Why Young People Love Socialism

34

Is Anyone a Genius?

35

The Words That Made America

36

Is Iran’s Nuclear Program Damaged or Destroyed?

37

The U.S. Bombs Iran’s Nuclear Program

38

Niall Ferguson and Dexter Filkins: Who Will Win the Israel-Iran War?

39

Iran Strikes Israel, Oil Fields Ablaze, and Will the U.S. Enter the War?

40

Naftali Bennett and Michael Oren: Israel and Iran at War

41

Amb. Mike Huckabee on Gaza Aid, Iran, and MAGA’s Foreign Policy War

42

How Qatar Bought America

43

The Biden Cover-Up and the Failure of the Press Corps

44

How to Examine Your Marriage and Your Life

45

Welcome to the Global Intifada

46

Debate: Will the Truth Survive Artificial Intelligence?

47

Andrew Cuomo on His Past and New York’s Future

48

How China Captured Apple

49

Meet Casey Means, Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General

50

The Man Who Helped Michael Jordan Win

51

Dana Perino on Trump’s White House, Fox News, and … Love

52

Douglas Murray on Joe Rogan, Hamas, and Moral Collapse in the West

53

100 Days of Donald Trump

54

Marco Rubio on Iran, Deportations and the State Dept. Shake-Up

55

Can America Survive Without Christianity?

56

Ross Douthat: Why It’s Logical to Believe in God

57

Mark Hyman: How to Live Your Healthiest Life

58

Niall Ferguson: The Trade War and the Battle for the 21st Century

59

Axios Founders: Who Broke the Media?

60

Debating Pronouns with John McWhorter

61

Jay Bhattacharya Was “Dangerous.” Now He Leads NIH.

62

Leonard Leo: The Man Who Rebuilt the Supreme Court

63

Will Mahmoud Khalil Be Deported?

64

Debate: Do We Need a Religious Revival?

65

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Have a Plan for the Left

66

Alex Karp’s Fight for the West

67

Andrew Schulz Has Advice for Dems, Jews, and Comics

68

Meet Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s Highest-Ranking Whistleblower

69

The Dissidents Who Defeated Russia

70

The Best Reality TV Is Actually in the Oval Office

71

The Future of Money with Brian Armstrong

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German Elections, Antisemitic Nurses, and the Latest Hostage Release

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‘We’re Releasing Dangerous Terrorists. . . and We Accept the Price’

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Can Rick Caruso Save LA?

75

How to Find Love in 2025

76

Tulsi Gabbard, Kanye West, and Mar-a-Gaza

77

Can America Win the AI War with China?

78

Simon Sebag Montefiore: History Is Not Over

79

Tiger Mom Amy Chua Takes Washington

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Trump’s Second Week: DeepSeek, DEI in the Military and . . . Baby Chickens?

81

'MAHA': The Unexpected Coalition of Nutritionists, Mushroom Shamans and Moms

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26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm

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Trump’s Populism Isn’t a Sideshow. It’s as American as Apple Pie.

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Inauguration Day with the Speaker of the House

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H.R. McMaster on Trump: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

86

L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot

87

The UK Grooming Gangs and the Cowardice of the West

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How Not to Die in 2025

89

How The Babylon Bee Predicted the Vibe Shift

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What to Expect in 2025: Predictions from Niall Ferguson, John McWhorter, Nellie Bowles, Leandra Medine, and more

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Tom Holland on How Christianity Remade the World

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Why Jews Wrote Your Favorite Christmas Songs

93

Sam Altman on His Feud with Elon Musk—and the Battle for AI's Future

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They Tortured Him for Years. Now They Rule Syria.

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Is Kemi Badenoch the Next Margaret Thatcher?

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Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump

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What We Can Learn from the Ancient Stoics

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From Aleppo to Tehran: A Middle East on Edge

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Love, Death and Gratitude: Seven Stories

100

The Making of America’s Most Famous Cheerleaders

101

How to Save America with Peggy Noonan

102

Where Do Democrats Go from Here?

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Where Will Trump 2.0 Take the GOP?

104

Peter Thiel on Trump, Elon, and the Triumph of the Counter-Elites

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Resistance or Opposition: Which Route Should the Democrats Take?

106

Why Trump Won

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A Message from Bari on Election Day

108

Trump and the Art of the Bullshitter

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Trick or Treat: It’s Our Halloween Special!

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Trump or Kamala? Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris Debate.

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Should the U.S. Still Police the World? A Live Debate.

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The Parasitic Ideas Threatening the West

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How Hezbollah Is Destroying Lebanon

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Brianna Wu Says She Didn't Change. The Progressive Movement Did.

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The Democrats Voting for Trump

116

The Hundred Year Holy War

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“There Is No Peace Here”: Reporting on War with Trey Yingst

118

A Year of Revelations

119

Emily Oster Talks About Our New Parenting Podcast

120

Douglas Murray: A Time of War

121

Megyn Kelly on Life After Mainstream Media

122

How Republics Unravel: From Rome to . . . America?

123

Why Senator Rand Paul Hasn’t Endorsed Trump

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Hezbollah's Pagers and Walkie-Talkies Explode. Now What?

125

Is The American Dream Alive and Well? A Live Debate.

126

Cat-Eating, Rally Sizes, and Post-Birth Abortion: An American Debate

127

World War II and the Rise of Anti-History

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When Students Become Terrorists

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The Republicans Voting for Kamala

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Matt Taibbi on the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex

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How Whole Foods Revolutionized American Eating Habits

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Debate: How Do We Fix American Education?

133

From the DNC: Meet the Kamala Democrats

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Nate Silver on the Art of Risking Everything

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The Palestinian ‘Traitor’ Risking Everything to Speak Out

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Dear Caitlin Flanagan and Suzy Weiss: A Free Press Advice Special!

137

A Tim Walz Face-Off: Radical? Moderate? We Debate!

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Kamala Harris and the Election of Laughter and Forgetting

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What to Do When the Market Drops? Call Larry Summers.

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Can You Drink Your Way to Sobriety?

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A Middle East on the Brink

142

Is Kamala Harris 'Brat'? Also: What's Brat?

143

Has Criminal Justice Reform Made Our Cities Unsafe? A Live Debate.

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The Free Press Live: Biden Drops Out

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Disenchanted with Democrats: The Black Voters Going for Trump

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The Free Press LIVE from the RNC: Biden’s Interview, Trump, J.D. Vance, and More!

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The Roots of the Assassination Attempt

148

Salena Zito Was Four Feet Away When She Heard the Bullets

149

Are We Living in ‘Late Soviet America’? Niall Ferguson and Jonah Goldberg Debate.

150

Bari and Nellie Are Having Another Baby—and They Have Questions!

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When a President Drops Out: What Biden Can Learn from 1968

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Will President Biden Drop Out?

153

Hello, and Welcome to My TED Talk

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About Last Night. . .

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The Story of Matthew Shepard’s Murder Changed America. But It Wasn't True.

156

Can Israel Actually Win This War?

157

Was Legalizing Weed a Mistake? A Debate.

158

Steven Pinker: Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things

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“I Was Wrong About Anti Semitism”: Sheryl Sandberg on Waking Up

160

The Former Russian Official Calling for a Coup Against Putin

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BONUS: Is the Trump Verdict a Witch Trial? Or Justice?

162

Argentina's President Javier Milei Loves Being the Skunk at the Garden Party

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Subversion of the West

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How ‘Vice’ Went from a $6 Billion Media Empire to Bankruptcy

165

Jerry Seinfeld on the Rules of Comedy—and Life

166

Is Israel's War Just? Eli Lake and Michael Moynihan v Briahna Joy Gray and Jake Klein

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Nellie Bowles Knows Why So Many Progressives Lost Their Minds—She Almost Did, Too

168

Ozempic: Silver Bullet or Devil’s Bargain?

169

‘Small Talk’ with David Sedaris

170

Should the U.S. Shut Its Borders? A Live Debate.

171

Is Banning TikTok a Mistake? A Debate.

172

Rising Antisemitism and Choosing Freedom

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Nicole Avant on Tragedy, Forgiveness, and Thinking Free

174

Iran Attacked Israel. What Comes Next?

175

NPR Editor Speaks Out: How National Public Radio Lost Americans' Trust

176

How the Working Class Became America’s Second Class

177

The Story of Someone Who Changed His Mind

178

Smartphones Rewired Childhood. Here's How to Fix It.

179

The Free Press in Israel Part 3: The Gathering Storm

180

The Free Press in Israel Part 2: Shattered Illusions

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The Free Press in Israel Part 1: Running Toward Fire

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Trailer: The Free Press in Israel

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Why the Kids Aren't Alright

184

Two Years Later: Should America Continue to Aid Ukraine? A Debate.

185

Alexei Navalny Died for the Truth. Tucker Carlson Fell for the Lie.

186

Special Episode! Suzy Weiss on Dating While Problematic

187

Economist Roland Fryer on Adversity, Race, and Refusing to Conform

188

Andrew Sullivan on What He Got Wrong About Trump

189

The Real Team America

190

The Right Way to Fight Illiberalism: Christopher Rufo and Yascha Mounk Debate

191

Why We Still Need to Talk About America's Covid Failures

192

The Silence of the Feminists

193

Can Dean Phillips Pull Off the Impossible: Defeat Joe Biden?

194

What to Expect in 2024: Predictions from Niall Ferguson, Tyler Cowen, Peter Attia, John McWhorter and More

195

Wisdom from a Teen and a Grandfather—60 Years Apart

196

The Case of Kate Cox—and the Trouble with the Abortion Debate

197

Miracle in Hell: The Baby Twins Who Survived a Massacre

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A Congressional Hearing, A Resignation, and Why DEI Must End For Good

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Why Half of American Babies are Born to Unmarried Mothers

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Where Have All the Democrats Gone?

201

David Sedaris: Punching Down

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Priests, Porn Stars and Public Intellectuals All Agree: Debate is Back.

203

You Are the Last Line of Defense

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Sam Harris: The Bright Line Between Good and Evil

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Does Elon Musk Have Too Much Power?

206

A World Spinning Out of Control

207

How Hamas Executed a Massacre, and How One Israeli with Nine Bullets Fought Back

208

The Stories—and Stakes—of War in Israel

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The New Axis of Evil: Condoleezza Rice on War in Israel and a Changed World

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Bring Back My Children: An Israeli Mother's Plea

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War in Israel: Michael Oren Explains How ‘Evil’ Infiltrated the Country

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James Carville Says Wokeness “Is Over,” 2024 Will Be “Dangerous”—and Much More from the Democratic Political Icon

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We're All "a Little Bit Dumber": A Night Among GOP Hopefuls

214

Is Biden Too Old to Be President? Frank Foer Isn't Sure.

215

Replay: Why Leonard Cohen Ran Toward War

216

What We're Listening To: Does Anyone Have a Right To Sex?

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What We're Listening To: Richard Dawkins on UnHerd

218

The First GOP Debate and The Elephant Not In The Room

219

Meet Will Hurd: The Ex-CIA, Anti-Trump Republican Who Wants To Be President

220

How to Live After Profound Loss

221

Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Wants a Second American Revolution

222

Are We In A Pre-War Era?

223

Rethinking Higher Ed with Harvard’s Former President

224

Are We Living Through 'End Times'?

225

When Ideology Corrupts Medicine—and How One Reporter Exposed It

226

Affirmative Action, Gay Rights, and Free Speech: What The Supreme Court's Rulings Mean for America

227

Chris Christie Endorsed Trump Twice. Now He Wants To Eliminate Him.

228

RFK Jr. Is Striking a Nerve. He Explains Why.

229

How To Dad in 2023: A Roundtable With Our Favorite Fathers

230

What Jordan Neely’s Death Tells Us About Mental Illness and Vigilantism

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How to Live Longer and Healthier with Dr. Peter Attia

232

Get To Know Tim Scott: The GOP’s Newest Presidential Hopeful

233

Israel at 75: Miracles and Madness

234

America Needs a Self-Help Book. Tim Urban's Got One.

235

Peter Thiel Says America Has Bigger Problems Than Wokeness

236

AI With Sam Altman: The End of The World? Or The Dawn of a New One?

237

‘My Friend’s Descent into Madness and Bloodshed’: An American Tragedy

238

Our Favorite Passover Conversation

239

New York City Mayor Eric Adams

240

Rick Rubin Says Trust Your Gut, Not Your Audience

241

Bank Runs, Crypto Scams and World-Transforming AI with Tyler Cowen

242

Why Men Seek Danger

243

Honestly Presents: The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling

244

Why Nikki Haley Is Running for President

245

A Gen Z Religious Revival: 250 Hours of Worship in Kentucky

246

Will Ozempic Solve Obesity in America? A Debate

247

Why 65% of Fourth Graders Can't Really Read

248

A Golden Age of Gurus

249

America's Role in the Holocaust: Ken Burns on The Most Important Film He Will Ever Make

250

America’s Broken Immigration System: An Honest Debate

251

Raw & Unclassified: A Friday Roundtable

252

Bad Moms with Emily Oster

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A Holiday Treat with David Sedaris!

254

The Twitter Files and the Future of the Democratic Party With Silicon Valley's Congressman

255

The State of the Black-Jewish Relationship in America: A Roundtable

256

Bibi Netanyahu: Israel's New Prime Minister. Again.

257

A Better Way to Disagree

258

Nuclear War Games with HR McMaster

259

The Midterms No One Saw Coming: A Postmortem

260

Who Do Voters Hate More? A Midterm Roundtable.

261

Has Criminal Justice Reform Made Us Less Safe? A Debate.

262

Why We Must Save Our Boys

263

How to Change Your Mind

264

The Iranian Regime's Most Wanted Woman

265

From Racial Reckoning to Race Abolition

266

The Great Canadian Mass Graves Hoax

267

Eating Ourselves to Death

268

Has Freedom Failed Us? A Debate

269

Oberlin Accused the Gibsons of Racism. Now It Owes Them $36 Million.

270

Bill Barr Calls Bullsh*t

271

Larry Summers: The High Price of Getting it Right

272

We Ignored Salman Rushdie’s Warning

273

The Senate’s Only Black Republican Says: Stop Being Pessimistic

274

Sex, Porn, Feminism: A Debate!

275

The Eternally Radical Idea

276

Election Denial: A Roundtable

277

The Infamous Andrew Schulz

278

Does Glorifying Sickness Deter Healing?

279

The New Founders America Needs

280

The Holy Anarchy of Fun

281

Power and Politics with Mike Pompeo

282

America After Roe: A Roundtable

283

Is Crypto Over? A Debate!

284

TGIF! Inflation, Drag Queens & DA's

285

The Case for American Seriousness

286

What To Do About Guns

287

Marianne Williamson on America’s ‘Dark Psychic Force’

288

The Battle for the American Right

289

What’s the Best Way to Raise Good People? A Debate

290

The Yale Law Professor Who Is Anti-Roe, But Pro-Choice

291

TGIF: Welcome Back to Both 1973 and 1984

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Why This Gay Rights Pioneer Opposes Gender Ideology

293

Your Attention Didn't Collapse. It Was Stolen.

294

TGIF! Libs of TikTok, CNN+ and Much More

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The Inflation Economy: What You Need to Know

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The Story That Made—and Saved—America

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Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

298

TGIF! The Week That Was With Nellie Bowles and Katie Herzog

299

Who By Fire: Why Leonard Cohen Ran Toward War

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How Big Tech Is Strangling Your Freedom

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Leaving the Mainstream to Build Media Without Fear

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“The Fight Against Evil”: Three Reporters in Ukraine

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Why No One Trusts Anything

304

Things Worth Fighting For

305

The Stakes of a No Fly Zone

306

Watching Lia Thomas Win

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Russia's War on Ukraine: A Roundtable

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America Is Afraid of War. Putin Knows It.

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Condoleezza Rice on Race, Russia, Freedom and Why America’s Best Days Are Still Ahead

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Beijing's Genocide Olympics

311

Former Google CEO on Big Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Bitcoin and the Future

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Matt Taibbi v. Bret Stephens on American Power

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Why Are We Boosting Kids?

314

The Tiger Mom Won't Stop Roaring

315

An Imam Blows the Whistle on Muslim Antisemitism

316

The Aftermath Part 2: The Haves and The Have Nots

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The Aftermath Part 1: Kids, Schools, and the Crime Surge

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Bringing Sanity to the Omicron Chaos: Three Doctors Weigh In

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Humans Are More Resilient Than You Think

320

Investigating January 6th: The Price Liz Cheney Paid

321

Replay: America's Cultural Revolution

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Replay: Why You’re Right – And Wrong – About Abortion

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Replay: The Real Story of “The Central Park Karen”

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Abigail Shrier: On Freedom in an Age of Fear

325

The Power of Kim Kardashian

326

Jussie Smollett and Hate Crime Hoaxes

327

Quick Question: WTF Is Going on With the Economy?

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Vanished by China: One Couple’s Story

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Is Covid… Over? And Other Burning Questions This Thanksgiving

330

The Media’s Verdict on Kyle Rittenhouse

331

Can Andrew Yang Fix Our Two-Party Dumpster Fire?

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Weekend Extra: Why ‘People Love Dead Jews’

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How “Luxury Beliefs” Hurt the Rest of Us

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Women Like Hunting Witches, Too

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Pain, Wisdom and Mercy

336

Was the Internet a Horrible Mistake?

337

Why You're Wrong—and Right—About Abortion

338

Wrongthink on Race With Glenn C. Loury

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Vaccine Hesitant? A Doctor Responds

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The Story of One Teenager's Escape From Afghanistan

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Portland State Sacrificed Ideas for Ideology. So Peter Boghossian Quit.

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Courage in the Face of Book Burners

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American Decline Is a Choice. Let's Not Choose It.

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You’re Already Living in China’s World Pt 2: Beijing's Long Game

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You're Already Living in China’s World Pt 1: The Lab Leak Lies

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How We Failed Afghanistan (And Ourselves) with HR McMaster

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When American Doctors Are Scared to Tell the Truth

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The Real Story of “The Central Park Karen”

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Bigger, Stronger, Faster: The Truth About Testosterone

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A 21st Century Witch Hunt

351

You're Being Lied To

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Rufo v. French: Should Schools Ban Critical Race Theory?

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America's Sex Recession

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Why Winston Marshall Left Mumford & Sons

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When a Free Society Becomes a Police State

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Revolt of The Public

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Mark Cuban on F*ck You Money

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America's Cultural Revolution

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