This is about wars that are personal and political. Angela Keaton is the executive director of the Randolph Bourne Institute and the director of operations at Antiwar.com. She formerly produced Antiwar Radio with host Scott Horton. She wrote about her life and world view for The Daily Bell.

For reasons that are obvious to anyone who knows his biography and his work, Jim Goad might be the most underappreciated social critic in America. He edited the notorious and influential zine Answer Me!, authored The Redneck Manifesto, and served more than two years in prison for a crime he writes about with breathtaking honesty. He currently … Continue reading Episode 28: Jim Goad →

Scott Horton is the author of the widely acclaimed Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and the host of the indispensable foreign policy radio program and podcast The Scott Horton Show. Since 2003, he has conducted more than 4,500 interviews with journalists, politicians, former military leaders, lawyers and experts on foreign policy and war. … Continue reading Episode 27: Scott Horton →

When this interview took place, Laura Kipnis was under a Title IX investigation by her university and being sued in civil court for publishing her book, Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus, a critique of the sexual “McCarthyism” at American universities and the “blatantly paternalistic” feminism that drives it. Kipnis is a professor of … Continue reading Episode 26: Laura Kipnis →

Kmele Foster is back, by popular demand. He is the co-host of the Fifth Column podcast and Lead Producer at FreeThink Media.

Alex Epstein is a philosopher and “energy theorist” whose book The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels cuts against all the conventional wisdom on energy policy and climate change but presents the most persuasive argument I have seen on the issue. He is the president and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress.

Petey DeAbreu is a comedian working in New York City. This might be the first time you’ve heard of him, but I’m guessing it won’t be the last.

Dave Smith is a stand-up comedian, radio personality, political commentator, host of the podcast Part of the Problem, and co-host of the Legion of Skanks podcast. He can be seen regularly on The Greg Gutfeld Show and Red Eye on Fox News, as well as Kennedy on the Fox Business Network.

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a New York Times op-ed contributor, a visiting lecturer at The Wharton School, and a former Google data scientist. His work focuses on using big-data sources to uncover previously hidden behaviors and attitudes.

I had wanted to talk with Glenn Loury ever since I first heard his podcast, The Glenn Show, and last week I got my chance. From listening to this interview I think you’ll be able to understand why I consider him to be the finest public intellectual we have. Glenn Loury is the Merton P. … Continue reading Episode 20: Glenn Loury →