Matt and Sam are joined by Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael from the 5-4 podcast to discuss the impending end of Roe v. Wade, especially the conservative legal movement's role and the right's use of the courts in how we got here.

How They Did It: Overturning Roe, Pt. 1 (w/ the 5-4 podcast)

A leftist's guide to the conservative movement, one podcast episode at a time, with co-hosts Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell.

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Matt and Sam talk to historian David Austin Walsh about his new book, "Taking America Back: The Conservative Movement and the Far Right."

Consider the Cranks (w/ David Austin Walsh)

Matt and Sam discuss the new PBS documentary about William F. Buckley, Jr., "The Incomparable Mr. Buckley."

The Inconclusive Mr. Buckley [Teaser]

Matt and Sam talk to the poet Christian Wiman about his recent book, Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair.

Against Despair (w/ Christian Wiman)

Matt and Sam are joined by historian Ronnie Grinberg to discuss her book "Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals."

"Write Like a Man" (w/ Ronnie Grinberg)

Matt and Sam watch the wonderful 1998 documentary "Arguing the World" — and go deep on  Irving Howe, Irving Kristol, Daniel Bell, and Nathan Glazer.

How They Did It: Overturning Roe, Pt. 1 (w/ the 5-4 podcast)

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