Reihan Salam is the executive editor of National Review.

"I’m incredibly curious about other people. I’m curious about what they think of as the constraints operating on their lives. Why do they think what they think? If I weren’t doing this job, I’d want to be a high school guidance counselor."

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Show Notes:

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[11:00] "The White Ghetto" (Kevin D. Williamson • National Review • Jan 2014)

[18:00] "Is Free Content Ruining Journalism?" (The VICE Podcast • Sep 2013)

[30:00] "Don't Send Your Kid to the Ivy League" (William Deresiewicz • New Republic • Jul 2014)

[33:00] Longform Podcast #35: Jay Caspian Kang

[34:00] "How the Suburbs Got Poor" (Slate • Sep 2014)

[38:00] Longform Podcast #12: Mina Kimes

[42:00] "Jason Schwartzman and Alex Ross Perry Discuss Their New Film, 'Listen Up Philip'" (The VICE Podcast Show • Oct 2014)

[57:00] "In Praise of Amazon" (Slate • Oct 2014)

[57:00] Grand New Party (with Ross Douthat • Doubleday • 2008)

[101:00] "Is It Racist to Date Only People of Your Own Race?" (Slate • Apr 2014)

[103:00] "Errol Morris on His New Movie, 'The Unknown Known'" (The VICE Podcast Show • Apr 2014)

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