First Things Podcast

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First Things Podcast episodes

October 01 Roger Scruton's Eternal Youth (ft. Dan Hitchens)
In this episode, First Things senior editor Dan Hitchens joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “The Making of Roger Scruton,” from the October 2026 issue of the magazine.
40 min
September 24 Brave New Sexual Ethics (ft. Mark Regnerus)
In this episode, Mark Regnerus joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Living Humanae Vitae in Poland,” from the October 2026 issue of the magazine.
50 min
September 22Standing Athwart AI, Yelling Stop
Further reading:
Christopher Caldwell, “Why the AfD Wins” (First Things)
Dan Hitchens, “How Britain Escaped Assisted Suicide” (First Things)
Dan Hitchens, “How Britain Defeated ‘Assisted Dying’” (Compact)
Imogen Garfinkel, “Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother was euthanised against her will under Canada's assisted dying system - she died covered in blood with her hands clasped in prayer” (Daily Mail)
36 min
September 11 The German Right's Golden Moment (ft. Christopher Caldwell)
In this episode, Christopher Caldwell joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Why the AfD Wins” from the October 2026 issue of the magazine.
59 min
September 04Everything is America
Further reading:
Darel E. Paul, “Jason Arday and the Therapeutic Academy” (First Things)
Carl R. Trueman, “How the Therapeutic Killed Academic Standards” (First Things)
Bethel McGrew, “Jason Arday and the Merciless Lie” (First Things)
Tyler Austin Harper, “Why I Quit the Tenure Track” (The Atlantic)
R. R. Reno, “The Failed 9/11 Memorial” (First Things)
33 min
August 27 Of Things and Devices (ft. Brad Littlejohn)
In this episode, Brad Littlejohn joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Left to Our Own Devices,” from the August/September 2026 issue of the magazine.
42 min
August 20 The Fourth Watch (ft. James Keating)
In this episode, James F. Keating joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his new bimonthly topical newsletter for First Things, The Fourth Watch.
1 hr
July 23 The Critic as Artist (ft. Dana Gioia)
In this episode, Dana Gioia joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his most recent piece for Portico, "The Last of the Lost Generation."
1 hr 1 min
July 09 The Jew from Nowhere (ft. J. J. Kimche)
In this episode, J. J. Kimche joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his new bi-monthly topical newsletter for First Things, "The Jew From Nowhere."
44 min
July 03 The Once and Future France (ft. Nathan Pinkoski)
In this episode, Nathan Pinkoski joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent introduction to Éric Zemmour's book, "The Suicide of France."
54 min