David Volodzko speaks with Ayaan Hirsi Ali about her new Substack project Restoration, the September 11 attacks, her father’s influence on her views, whether Islam can be reformed, the importance of Saudi Arabia’s political shift, what it would take for the West to win its conflict with subversive powers such as Islamism and Marxism, her conversion to Christianity, how to balance compassion with practical concerns in the immigration debate, the subversion of our universities and news outlets, the moral awakening of October 7, the importance of freedom of speech and civility, the breakdown of the marketplace of ideas, the heroism of figures such as Elon Musk and Bari Weiss, how Ukraine affects us all, the meaning of bravery, the principles of being a dissident, and more.

Both speakers recently wrote essays about the Soviet dissident Yuri Bezmenov and the subversion of American society by Marxist influences, we they reference in the conversation—“We Have Been Subverted” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and “How Marxism Subverted America” by David Volodzko.

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