All Episodes
Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger — 534 episodes
Love, Language, Literature
Anthropologist and Writer
Your Land, My Land, Our Land
Golden Boy from Tennessee
Professor Mansfield Is In
Law, Liberty, and Cass (Sunstein)
The Rule of Law, a.k.a. the Ballgame
Political Worlds, Old and New
Freedom on Her Face
A Man of Letters
Malinowski in the World
National, and International, Struggles
Writer of Lives
A Razor-Sharp Conservative, Up North
G-Man, Good Man
An Unnerving World, Surveyed
Thinking about Iran
An American and Her Novel
By the Ambassador, Briefed
FanDuel Nation
Antisemitism Left and Right (and All Mixed Up)
Live from the Royal Gallery
A Heartening Throwback
A Conservative from Cleveland in Boston
The Right, the Left, and the Fate of the Nation
Madam President, or, Frau Präsidentin
A Thinking Tenor
Countertenor
Concertmaster
Fleur’s World
A Grasp on Brazil
Dottie Pepper: Golf Champion and Analyst
Syria Now
National Reviewers, Talking Things Over
Questions of Canada, with David Frum
A Reaganite from Serbia
Jimmy Lai, Heroic Troublemaker
A Uyghur Mother Touches Down in America
The Cello, COVID, and Courage
Sports-Crazy
Baseball Man, Opera Man—Same Man
BHL on Israel, Ukraine, and the World Crisis
Sharansky, Israel, Ukraine, and the World
Politics, Baseball, and George F. Will
J-Mart the Political Reporter
The Cornel & Robby Show
Buckley Fellows, Jolly Good
A Maestro’s Wisdom
An Immaculate Singer: Kate Lindsey
Opera Star
A Soprano, High and Mighty
Muti, Music, and Harmony
A Legal Eagle, on Law and Life
Daughter of Cuba
A Life in Academe, a Life in the World: Eliot A. Cohen
From Russia, a Brave, Conscientious Woman
Saturday Night in America
Ukraine, from Independence till Now
Son of Nicaragua
From Rwanda, the Hotel Manager
Painter of Our Revolution
A Ukrainian on Ukraine
Scholar, and Explainer, of Islam
Law, Economics, and Life, with an Italian Couple
Economist of Freedom
A Distinguished American Couple from Europe
A Righteous, Patriotic Lightning Rod in Arizona
Propaganda: Its Art and Its Artists
Howard Buffett, Ukraine, and the World
An American-Russian Film Director and His Sensational Movie
The Democracy Man
A Man of Parts (All of Them Interesting)
AI: The Whys and Wherefores
Burning Issues, with Bret Stephens
The U.S. in the World: Basic and Blunt Questions
About Ukraine, Essential Questions
Mark Helprin on Love, War, and More
Let’s Play Off!
The Professor-Ambassador Who Combats the Antisemites
From Ukraine, a War Correspondent
The Virus of Antisemitism
Soccer, Etc.: A Writer at Large
A Warrioress for Truth about Israel and Jews
Sharansky on the Present Crisis
Amid the Anti-Israel Storms at Yale
George Weigel on Our Perilous Times
Shakespeare and Power and Life
Israel in This Moment
Thrash-Metal Reaganite Kid as Economic-Policy Guru
Haviv Rettig Gur: For Israel, ‘a New Era, a New World’
Maestro Fischer, in Session
Globalization: Yes
Maestro Sunshine
Fighting for His Heroic Father, Jimmy Lai
Of Economics and Termites
George F. Will, Classically Conservative
A Chat with Lea
A Soprano on the Rise
Truth in Movies? Etc.
A Wrestling Champion, and Human-Rights Champion, from Iran
A Great Singer: Our Friend Flicka
Scholar, and Friend, of the Chinese
A Great Man from China
On Ukraine and Russia, from an Authority
A Voice from Egypt
Nazanin Boniadi, Actress and Human-Rights Activist
The Joker, Coach Spo, and More
Maestro Riccardo Muti and His World
Helper of the Homeless
Sharansky on Russia and Ukraine, Oppression and Freedom
Soviet Girl, American Woman, Analyst of All
Johnson (Daniel) on Johnson (Paul)
John Engler of Michigan
The Israel-Explainer Returns
Playing Ball, with George F. Will
Ukraine and the American Right
On Migrant Child Labor, a Blockbuster Report
Félix, Free
Debt, Deficit, and Doom: A Cheerful Discussion
Better Call Sol
Russell D. Moore: Pastor in the Storm
Stephanie Slade, Individual
Buckle Your Chinstraps: A Sportscast
Talking the World, with Kevin D. Williamson
What’s Going On in China?
The Formidable Betsy DeVos
Our Man in the Information War
Bibi’s Back
George F. Will on Ukraine, U.S. Politics, Baseball, and More
A Concussion, a Punch, and More
Guns and Gun Policy: Some Basics from an Expert
A Ukrainian and Her Nobel-Winning Organization
Wife, and Advocate, of a Political Prisoner
Steve Chapman, a Veteran of Columny
Personal Memories of the Queen Elizabeth, and Her Father
Ukraine, Queen Elizabeth — a Conversation with Daniel Hannan
The Irrepressible Masih, Targeted by Tehran
John Bolton vs. Iran, Etc.
Back to School, with Prof. Harvey Mansfield
Friend of Liberty
Our Man in Geneva
Sports Time
The Agony of Wokeness in Media
The Wonderful World of Golf
Mr. Free Speech
Ukraine, the Front Line
Wrong of Africa
A Saudi Sister
Uyghur Daughter
Evgenia Kara-Murza, Speaking for Her Husband, a Political Prisoner
A Life in the Law
A Musical Feast
Reading the Right
Life and Death in Ukraine, Right Now
A Poet in the World: Danielle Rose
Jimmy Crumpacker of Oregon
Ukraine, Russia, and the World—an Important Moment
An Eye on Ukraine, and the Region at Large
Putin’s War, Explained, by Radek Sikorski
Luba, from Kharkiv
Browder on Putin and How to Stop Him
The Oligarchs’ Dough, Parked Around the World
A Voice for the Voiceless in China
A Daughter of Ukraine — the Former First Lady, Born in Chicago, an Alumna of the Reagan White House — Kateryna Yushchenko
Fukuyama at Large
A Voice from Ukraine
The Beijing Olympics, Its Ins and Outs
The Soviet Past, the Russian Present — and the Future
A Superb African Voice, for Freedom
The Agony and the Glory of College Football
Politics with Hotline Josh
John Bolton on Ukraine, Russia, and Us
The Rehab Man
Daniel Asia – Composer of Music, Fighter for Music
Sporting and Unsporting
Kasparov to America: ‘Just Don’t Get Crazy’
Bernard-Henri Lévy and His World
A Great American Success Story
A Blithe, Brave Spirit
‘He Who Tires, Loses’
Costa on ‘Peril’
Listen to Coach Bacon
John Bolton on Afghanistan
For Afghanistan, a ‘Digital Dunkirk’
A Singer to Know
The Multi-Talented Maria
Afghanistan, Belarus, and Other Countries of Concern
House of Lords, ‘House of Cards,’ and the Great, Broad, Daunting World
Simone, Giannis, Djokovic, and Other Athletes We Have Known
George F. Will: A Spin through National and World Concerns
An American Reporter from Cuba, Talking about Cuba
Two Amigos, Jawing
John Bolton and This World of Dangers
In College Sports, Heavy Questions
Israeli Politics: The Tumult, the Glory
An Inspiring Young Leader from Hong Kong
Telling the Syrian Story
Israel vs. Hamas, Explained
The Rise of Marvin Kalb
Plague Times: A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis
A First-Rate Life Coach: Dana Perino
The Conscience of a Uyghur-American Journalist
Academic, Activist, and Righteous Warrior: Donna Hughes, Foe of Sex Trafficking
Hell Time for Hong Kong
Sports: A Darwinian Mêlée
Artificial Intelligence, Ready or Not
Meijer of Michigan
The Joy of Jonah
E335. Man of the Times: Michael Powell
E334. An American, Chicago Born: Steven B. Smith
E333. Claire Berlinski, Bold and Unique
E332. From the British Parliament to Mississippi: Douglas Carswell
E331. Burma: What Happened?
E330. Vegetarian Haggis, U.S. Politics, and More
E329. John Hare: A Philosophical Life
E328. Incendiary Subjects
E327. Pathologist with a Pen: Kevin D. Williamson on America
E326. A Filmmaker and the Khashoggi Murder
E325. On Liberty, with Richard Brookhiser
E324. After the Election, America at a Boil
E323. A Tour with Declan Walsh, Foreign Correspondent
E322. Manliness, Machiavelli, and More, with Harvey Mansfield
E321. Sorting It Out, with Robert Costa
E320. Sports in a Year of Pandemic
E318. Lincoln, Mookie, and the Piggly Wiggly: A Conversation with George F. Will
E317. 1619 and All That: A Conversation with Bret Stephens
E305. ‘Child of the Peace’: A Young Thinker from Northern Ireland
E304. David French and Our National Split
E303. The Disinformation-ologist
E302. Out of North Korea: Joseph Kim
E301. The One and Only Sharansky
E300. Meet the Mayor of Prague: A Gutsy Fellow
E299. A Champion of American Ideals: Jamie Fly
E298. A Canny Kid from New Orleans
E297. I Like Susan (Eisenhower)
E296. A Brave Mayor in Prague
E295. On Golf and Life
E294. David Pryce-Jones and a Grand Company
E293. French Teen Talks France
E292. Poland, Europe, and Beyond
E291. Being John Bolton
E290. Mankiw as in “Thank You”
E289. Life ’n’ Law with a Pro
E288. Our Topsy-Turvy Political World
E287. George F. Will on Society, Politics, and (No) Baseball
E286. Elaina Plott: A Young Alabamian at the New York Times
E285. Coach Jim Harbaugh, Round 2
E284. Nadine Strossen, the ACLU, and Betsy DeVos
E283. On the Current Crisis, with Jeb Bush
E282. Politics Now: A Confab with Robert Costa
E281. Mark Helprin on the Plague Now upon Us
E280. ‘What’s Hot?’ A Conversation between Mona and Jay
E279. Jim Harbaugh: Quarterback and Coach
E278. Alberto Mingardi: A View from Milan
E277. The Joy of Languages
E276. About MBS, the Saudi Boss
E275. In Urgent Times, Sarah Cook, a China Expert
E274. The Essential Arthur Brooks
E273. A Vital Dutchman in Mexico
E272. Staring at Latin America, Hard
E271. Nina Khrushcheva at Large, Part II
E270. Nina Khrushcheva at Large, Part I
E269. Kevin D. Williamson, a Writer in Defense of the Individual
E268. The Free-Speech Prof: Geoffrey R. Stone
E267. The Terrible Drama of Iran
E266. Good Sports
E265. President Daniels (of Purdue)
E264. Baghdad and Beyond, with Alon Ben-Meir
E263. ‘Awful Beautiful Life’
E262. Fred Hiatt: Watching China and Other Places
E261. D.C. and Beyond, with Alexandra DeSanctis
E260. Bob Costa and the Washington Merry-Go-Round
E259. Dealing with the ‘Post-Truth Age’
E258. The Pop Star as Democracy Leader: Hong Kong’s Denise Ho
E257. JVL and JSN
E256. George F. Will on MLB
E255. Mona and Jay and Impeachment and More
E254. A Brave Woman in, and for, Hong Kong
E253. Shuffling Along
E252. A Voice from the North
E251. Manfred Honeck: Conducting, Playing – and Dancing
E250. René Pape: Great Singer, and Great Company
E249. Anne-Sophie Mutter, Resplendent
E248. Low and High, with a Leading Bass
E247. Listening to Rosa
E246. ‘Reagan’s Boswell’
E245. Kevin vs. the Mob
E244. The Republicanologist
E243. Old Friends
E242. Frenchistas
E241. Quiz Kid, Whiz Kid
E240. The Dazzling NBA
E239. Mike & Kevin & Jay: The Joy of a Newspaper
E238. An Ambassador for Music
E237. A Very Personal Case
E236. Spytime
E235. Crack Korea Expert and ‘BBC Dad’
E234. Freedom and Unfreedom with a Top Historian
E233. The Freedom Pastor, Once More
E232. George F. Will and ‘The Conservative Sensibility’
E231. A Brother, Helping His Sister
E230. The North Korean Ambassador Who Defected
E229. A Prince in the World
E228. A Brave Reporter on a Tragic Country
E227. The Harpsichordist
E226. Facing Venezuela
E225. Runs, Roses, and Thorns
E224. A Voice from Paris
E223. Sowell Strikes Again
E222. On the Road with Kevin Williamson
E221. Carly Today
E220. A Classical Life
E219. Sally Jenkins, Dan Jenkins, and ‘The Athletic Heart’
E218. The Power of Love (Even in Politics)
E217. An Acquaintance with Mass Murder
E216. A Vast, Troubled, and Fascinating Region
E215. The Agony of Nicaragua
E214. The Amazing Example of Asma Khalifa
E213. ‘Is This Really Happening?’
E212. Wars Hot and Cold
E211. Charlie’s Wars
E210. All-Stars, Star Wars, and More
E209. Venezuela Now
E208. A Cool Thinker in a Hot World
E207. Foreign Correspondent
E206. A Scholar and a Gentleman
E205. The Dreaded Double Doink
E204. The Middle East: Helpful Knowledge
E203. Sports: How Goes It?
E202. Picking Kevin’s Mind
E201. Long at Large
E200. The Supreme Court in American Life
E199. MBS & Co.
E198. Perils of the Jungle
E197. The Stephensonian View
E196. The Subject of a Lifetime: Winston Churchill
E195. A Wide World of Sports
E194. Stephen Harper: Where We Are
E193. Out of West Africa, a Dictator’s Scourge
E192. A Burst of Passion and Truth from a Defender of Girls against Mutilation
E191. Kickin’ Back with Kevin, Seriously
E190. Jeb at Large
E189. A Turk, a Knick, and a Mensch
E188. One Gutsy Medievalist. (She Fences, Too.)
E187. The Communistologist
E186. College Football: ’Tis the Season
E185. The Reading Machine
E4. Sen. John McCain, a Big and ‘Lucky’ Life
E184. Out of Jamaica: The Rare Voice of Sir Willard White
E183. Herbert Blomstedt: Music as a Search for Truth
E182. Way Up High with Javier Camarena, Tenor Star
E181. Impresario
E180. One of Putin’s Wanted: The Excellent Kyle Parker
E179. Wanted by Putin: What’s It Like to Be Bill Browder?
E178. A Life in Music (Told with a Sparkle)
E177. George H. Nash: Mr. Conservative
E176. A Witness
E175. Are You Ready for AMLO?
E174. Two Women from Cambodia: Gracious in Manner, Steely of Spine
E173. GOATs and Gurus
E172. Child Soldier, Exceptional Man
E171. A Leader in Washington, D.C. (Music Division)
E170. For Responsibility, Against Blame
E169. The New Gulag in China
E168. A True and Deep Musician
E167. Jeb Bush on Family and Country
E166. Hurray for the NBA
E165. Thomas Sowell, Master Teacher
E164. March Madness, Coming to a Head
E163. Korea, Again (and Again)
E162. Viva l’Italia?
E161. Two Brave Truth-Tellers at PutinCon
E160. Michigan Men
E159. The Winds in Europe and Beyond
E158. Tar Heels, Blue Devils, and “Midnighters”
E157. Around the World with Ambassador Burns
E156. Maestro Muti at Large
E155. In Pavarotti’s Shoes
E154. The Nitty, Gritty, and Bloody in Mexico
E153. Cohen of China
E152. David Frum and ‘Trumpocracy’
E151. The Congressman from Allentown, on the Record
E150. An Iranian Voice
E149. What Does It Mean to Be a Conservative?
E148. Our Man in the Middle East
E147. For the Defense: Ash Carter
E146. VDH’s WWII
E145. Chronicler of Evil
Jaywalking #2: Meditate on This
E144. Dr. Hannan Is In
E143. He’s Got China’s Number
E142. The Putinologist
E141. A Brave and Exemplary Lady
E140. Diva of Divas
E139. Mark Helprin: Love and Loyalty
E138. Golden Golda
E137. K-Lo, J-No, and Their Causes
E136. A Bold Woman Against a Cruel Practice
E135. The Lion of Berkeley
E134. Man of Letters, Man of Parts
E133. George F. Will: A Conservative’s Conservative
E132. The Williamsonian Persuasion
E131. Mukasey at Law
E130. Costa Reports
E129. Trouble, Trouble Everywhere – Some Answers
E128. A Beautiful Mind: Thinking Things Through with Scruton
E127. Fima Speaks: A Conversation with a Great Pianist
E126. A Society, If You Can Keep It
E125. An Hour with Ily – Who Is Saying Farewell to Congress
E124. Life and Death in China
E123. ‘When the Livin’ Is Easy’
E122. Times Past, Present, and Future: A Conversation with Frank Lavin
E121. Understanding Russia
E120. A Conservative Brain
E119. JO’S at Large
E118. Brookhiser: A Wide World
E116. On and from Russia, Straight Talk
E115. Mugabe’s Noble Challenger
E114. Mr. Human Rights
E113. One Hero’s Daughter: So Much Is Demanded
E112. La Diva Divina Diana
E111. Briefings by Negroponte
E110. Tables Turned: Jay as Answerer
E109. America’s College
E108. Monkman and Monkmaniac
E107. In Venezuela: The Awful Latest
E106. Old Masters and New
E105. Being Norman Podhoretz
E104. President in a Front-line Country
E103. Big Stick (No Shtick)
E102. ‘The Most Interesting Man in Washington, D.C.’
E101. Burning Issues, and a Man to Address Them
E100. Big Things with a Big Thinker
E99. Taylor Is on the Case
E98. A Maestro to Meet
E97. The Skies over Europe, Darkening
E96. He’s No. 1: Ben Shapiro
E95. Student of Russia
E94. The Range of Radek: An Important Discussion
E93. A Podcastable Subject? Anyway, Abortion.
E92. Wife and Defender: A Brave Voice from Russia
E91. Live from the Lady Gaga Room
E90. A Reporter in a Desperate Country
E89. An American Lawyer: What She Saw and Experienced in Cuba
E88. Democracy and Its Enemies
E87. Ily on Castro, Freedom, and Life
E86. Jamming with Fazil Say
E85. On Fidel Castro, from a Man Who Knows
E84. Thanks (in Music)!
E83. An American Sheriff
E82. Greatness and Responsibility
E81. Dana and Jasper: A Lady and Her Dog
E80. Putin and the Present Danger
E79. Things That Go Bump in Music
E78. Mr. October: George F. Will
E77. A Blue-Chip Up-and-Comer
E77. Sowell at the Keyboard, Taking Requests
E76. Dr. Rothman Is In
E75. In the Time of Trump: A Confab with Jonah
E74. About Iraq: A Man Who Knows
E75. A Boy on the Bus
E74. Thank You, Chicago!
E73. Ask Dan
E72. Talkin’ Trump (Plus Higher Things)
E71. Faraway Countries about Which to Know Something
E70. Your One-Man Political Almanac
E69. Dateline Caracas
E68. ‘Sir Roger’ – So Right
E67. Sweet Home America
E66. The Devil, Mark Helprin, and Us
E65. A Tasty Meal with Andrew Roberts
E64. The Conservative in Hollywood
E63. Ronnie and Nancy, Redux
E62. Down with Shakespeare (They Say)
E61. On Hiroshima, Etc.
E60. Garry Kasparov: Against Winter, Against the Witches
E59. A Mayor’s Daughter, Campaigning for Her Imprisoned Father
E58. Miss Awesome
E57. Omar Sharif Jr.
E56. Like Father, Like Daughter
E55. The Clear-Eyed, Can-Do Bob Ehrlich
E54. A Third Way, with Bill K.
E53. Quiz Whiz
E52. Jordan, Tiger, Jack, Et Al.: A Workshop
E51. The Maestro Speaks
E50. Obama vs. Abrams. (O Loses.)
E49. Ily on Obama on Cuba
E48. Hail to the Chief (of Staff)
E47. Are Your Eyes Smiling?
E46. Getting Iraq Right, and Wrong
E45. Obama in Cuba: The Meaning of It All
E44. The Food of Love
E43. Dr. Cohen Is In
E42. A Prisoner's Wife
E41. Kristol-Nordlinger …
E40. David, Rummy, and Other Greats
E39. An American Teacher: Bill Bennett
E38. If I Had a ’Hammer
E37. Gaining Ground, with Charles Murray
E36. Dancing ‘The Nutcracker'
E35. Hark, Y’All
E34. A Bracing Taste of Horowitz
E33. The Pride of Brown University
E32. America, a Many-Splendored Place
E31. Sasse Speaks
E30. DP-J: A Life in Full
E29. A Wyoming Whip, and Wit
E28. Tom Terrific
E27. Lands of Lincoln (America and Cuba)
E26. Teatime with Toby
E25. Carly Time
E24. Another Dr. K.*
E23. About Israel, the Big Questions
E22. A Voice of Conscience from China
E21. Dersh Makes His Case(s)
E20. Scruton at Large
E19. Choice Words from D’Souza
E18. Clarity on Iran, Etc., from One Who Knows
E17. Dana!
E16. The Joy of Thor
E15. An Arab Woman at Charlie Hebdo
E14. The Eternal Norman P.
E13. The Tuck Man
E12. Countering Extremism, Creatively
E11. A Chic and Gutsy Woman from Iran
E10. Black Unbound
E9. From the (Reportorial) Front Lines
E8. Baltimore and Beyond
E7. Our Sagacious Cousin
E6. Viva Ileana!
E5. A Tour with Tom Cotton
E3. The Majority Leader
E2. An Author at Large
E1. Kasparov: A Champion for All Seasons