All Episodes

My conversation with Jonathan Rauch about his new book "Cross Purposes"

Eliza Griswold's new book Circle of Hope is a cautionary tale about placing too much hope in your church

Major Garrett talks about Neil Postman's book "Amusing Ourselves to Death"

Moderates Keep Fighting & Don't Look for the Easy Way Out, with Aurelian Craiutu

Yuval Levin's "American Covenant" is a blueprint for peace-making and effective governance

Higher ed has lost sight of mission and purpose, John Inazu says

We Are Not Powerless: American Politics is "Entirely Fixable" says Nick Troiano in his new book "The Primary Solution"

What is a Christian politics? Michael Wear's new book argues it's mostly about who we are

David Leonhardt's book joins a chorus of warnings for the Democrats

Tim Alberta's new book portrays a tug of war for the soul of American Christianity

BUILDERS Interview: Matt Murphy on how community & music help him fight the paralysis of our times

Where Have All the Democrats Gone? With Ruy Teixeira

Evolution denial is a bigger deal than I realized

BUILDER interview: Joel Searby on overcoming broken politics & hopelessness

Yascha Mounk's measured response to the "Great Awokening"

Talking to Shannon Harris about "The Woman They Wanted"

Andrew Whitehead argues against Christian empire with data and his own personal conviction in American Idolatry

Are We Really Stuck With Biden Vs Trump, Again?

Karen Swallow Prior's "Evangelical Imagination" Describes a Culture in Crisis

How Russell Moore Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Apocalypse

John Blake was a "closeted biracial person" until he met his white mother

A New Book by Ben Terris Shows How Badly We've Misunderstood Power in the Age of Individualism

The Stanford Free Speech Incident with David Lat

Understanding the political radicalization of Charismatic Christians, with Matthew D. Taylor

Sen. Chris Van Hollen on another debt ceiling crisis in Congress

Sara Billups wrote a book for disillusioned evangelicals who don't want to give up on their faith

Fixing Congress isn't a partisan idea. Quietly, a bipartisan group has been working on this.

Yuval Levin is back with an optimistic take about the lessons from Kevin McCarthy's agonizing fight to become Speaker

Congress is set to pass a compromise between gay rights and religious freedom, says Tim Schultz

Paul D. Miller untangles the confusion around Christian Nationalism

Bonnie Kristian's crucial new book on our knowledge crisis and our "screen-broken brains"

Deconstructing Christians who leave the faith are rejecting a "shadow" of the real faith, with James K.A. Smith

What is Christian Nationalism, and what is it not? With Philip S. Gorski, author of "The Flag and the Cross"

Christine Emba talks about her book "Rethinking Sex: A Provocation"

We Need More Faith in the Public Square, Says Eboo Patel of Interfaith America

Meet the Democratic activist who wants to change how Christians look at politics, with Justin Giboney

David French is warning evangelicals away from authoritarianism

Talking "Jesus and John Wayne" with Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Andy Crouch on Taking Back Our Humanity from Technology

Deplatforming is Not Censorship, with Rick Hasen

Gillian Laub's Family Almost Split Apart During the Trump Years

Katherine Gehl Talks about Alaska's Voting Experiment

The Way Christians Read the Bible Has Big Implications

Robert Costa on "Peril" and whether American Democracy Can Survive

This Republican Strategist Says We're Being Bombarded With Disinformation

The 'Vital Center' of American Politics Needs Heroes & Myths to Beat Back Religious and Secular Extremists, Philip Gorski says

A New Podcast on Mars Hill Church Dives Deep into Evangelical Subculture

Is There a Way Out of Information Chaos & Cancel Culture? Jonathan Rauch Shines a Light

Dean Phillips, a rising star in Congress, thinks America is on the cusp of embracing ranked-choice voting

Curtis Chang Is Responding to Vaccine Hesitancy With Respect

Michael Slaby on Trump & Facebook and the Bigger Problem of Reforming the Internet

A conservative Christian book ignites debate over reparations — and faith itself

Will Big Money Donors Get Behind the Move to Get Rid of Partisan Primaries? Nick Troiano Is Working On It

Yuval Levin Wants the GOP to stop making it harder to vote

Can Americans Still Discuss Their Differences Constructively? David Blankenhorn Is Trying To Make it Happen.

Adam Kinzinger says the battle with Trumpism has to be fought in public (bc he knows political parties have lost their power)

The Congressman Who Became A Qanon Topic Himself: Rep. Tom Malinowski

Reducing Big Tech Censorship, Preserving Free Speech, and Fighting Disinformation, with Peter Pomerantsev

If Things Are Going to Hell, Let's Talk Structural Reform with Don Beyer

Russell Moore on the Capitol Insurrection and Why He's Willing to Put His Job On the Line to Speak His Mind

Brendan Buck on the Lessons of the Trump Disaster & the Urgent Need for GOP Pols to Tell the Truth to their Voters

John Dickerson Thinks The Way We Pick Presidents is FUBAR

He Fought Liberal Bias in Media But Then Realized He Didn't Understand Journalism

Eli Lake Has Hammered the FBI for its Handling of the Russia Investigation. He Weighs In on Trump's Refusal to Concede

We Have Entered the "Post-Truth" Era, With Pennsylvania's Lt. Gov. John Fetterman & Gisele Fetterman

How to Tell Real Conspiracies from Conspiracy Theories, With the BBC's Marianna Spring

The GOP Needs Fewer Tax Cuts and More Labor Unions, Argues Oren Cass

Tim Alberta On the Future of the Republican Party

Mindy Belz on What American Christians Can Learn from Middle Eastern Christians & Emily Belz on Qanon in the Church

Charlie Camosy Talks Abortion Politics

Kim Wyman, the Republican who oversees all-mail elections in Washington, on the security and integrity of the election

Republican Super Lawyer Ben Ginsberg Says When It Comes to Election Fraud, There's No Iceberg

Judy Wu Dominick thinks if you have wealth and aren't friends with others who don't, you're spiritually poor

Eddie Glaude on his timely book about James Baldwin, Racism, and the Betrayal of the Civil Rights Movement

Stacey Abrams and filmmakers Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes on their new documentary "All In: The Fight for Democracy"

Michael Steele on How Biden Should Respond to Trump and to Kenosha

Frank LaRose, Ohio's Top Elections Official, GOP official, Warns That a Single Law is Going to Delay Election Results in other Midwest Swing States

Top Republican Elections Official Who Has Advised Vice President Pence Says Trump Voting Fraud Claims are "Not Feasible"

Howard Dean on the Democratic Convention: "All We Have to Do Is Be Ourselves"

The Pure Pleasure of Speaking with Bill Buford, author of "Dirt", about food, writing, and adventure

Nicholas Carr on "The Shallows" 10 Years Later

Meet the Guy Who's Hauling All 4 Big Tech CEO's (Virtually) Up to the Hill Next Week, Rep. David Cicilline

The Election Nightmare Scenario that Keeps Rick Hasen Up At Night

Tom Ridge: For His Own Good, Trump Should Stop Knocking Mail-In Voting

Sen. Tim Scott on the killing of George Floyd and whether violence is a legitimate form of political action

NIH Director Francis Collins is overseeing the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine and is concerned about anti-vaccine activists

Religion reporter Terry Mattingly on White Evangelicals and the Qanon political cult

Tim Miller on the need to take conspiracy theories and disinformation seriously

The Man At the Center of the Red Hot Battle Over Voting Rights: Marc Elias

DL Mayfield on her new book, "The Myth of the American Dream: Reflections on Affluence, Autonomy, Safety & Power"

Jonathan Karl on his "Trump Show" book, media as the opposition, and the "fakest thing" of the Trump era

The Only Things Worth Discussing: Testing, Tracing & Therapeutics, with Adam White from AEI

Sen. Ben Cardin on Why Democrats Are Holding Up Money for the Small Business Emergency Fund

Congressman Patrick McHenry Says Every Small Business Who Needs an Emergency Loan Should Get One

It's His Job To Critique the President. How Do You Do That During a National Emergency?

Sen. Ron Wyden on His Push For A Vote-By-Mail Presidential Election

Yuval Levin on How to Come Back from the Coronavirus Pandemic

AFSCME President Lee Saunders on a contested convention and how adversity rejevenuated his union

Addisu Demissie - who ran Cory Booker's campaign - on the Democratic primary

Bakari Sellers On the South Carolina Primary and Joe Biden's Last Stand