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| Is Churchill America’s Hero? (ft. Sean McMeekin) | 23 Apr 2026 | 00:57:25 | |
In this episode, Sean McMeekin joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Goodbye to the Postwar Consensus” from the April 2026 issue of the magazine.
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| The Return of the Mainline? (ft. Brad East) | 16 Apr 2026 | 00:45:04 | |
In this episode, Brad East joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent review, “Mainlining Nostalgia” from the April 2026 issue of the magazine.
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| Caravaggio the Destroyer (ft. Jaspreet Singh Boparai) | 22 Jan 2026 | 00:51:43 | |
In this episode, Jaspreet Singh Boparai joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent review, “Caravaggio and Us” from the January 2026 issue of the magazine.
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| We Are More Alone than Ever | 16 Sep 2024 | 00:31:49 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Christine Rosen joins in to discuss her new book, “The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Clint Eastwood’s Lonely Heroes | 12 Sep 2024 | 00:29:46 | |
In this episode, Matthew Schmitz joins Rusty Reno at The Editor’s Desk to talk about his article, “Clint Eastwood’s Law” from the October 2024 print edition of the magazine. Please subscribe to the magazine at https://www.firstthings.com/subscribe in order to access this and many other great pieces! | |||
| The Fall of the American College | 09 Sep 2024 | 00:28:24 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, David R. Barnhizer joins in to discuss his new book, “Conformity Colleges: The Destruction of Intellectual Creativity and Dissent in America's Universities” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Procedures Will Not Save America | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:26:51 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, James Davison Hunter joins in to discuss his new book, “Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Reading Done Right | 29 Aug 2024 | 00:34:29 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Daniel Buck joins in to discuss his new report, “Think Again: Should Elementary Schools Teach Reading Comprehension?” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Ancestral Meaning of Conservatism | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:30:16 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Graham McAleer joins in to discuss his new book, “The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Which Future for America? | 22 Aug 2024 | 00:27:13 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Bruce Abramson joins in to discuss his new book, “American Spirit or Great Awokening?: The Battle to Restore or Destroy Our Nation.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Super-Ego, Digitized | 19 Aug 2024 | 00:32:05 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Mark Edmundson joins in to discuss his new book, “The Age of Guilt: The Super-Ego in the Online World.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| What a Murder Says About a Life | 15 Aug 2024 | 00:34:33 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, J. Warner Wallace joins in to discuss his new book, “The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Tragic Trump | 12 Aug 2024 | 00:32:19 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Victor Davis Hanson joins in to discuss his new book, “The Case for Trump.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Realities of Empire (ft. Nathan Pinkoski) | 15 Jan 2026 | 00:58:21 | |
In this episode, Nathan Pinkoski joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent review, “Hegemon or Empire?” from the January 2026 issue of the magazine.
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| Evangelicals for Sale | 08 Aug 2024 | 00:29:08 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Megan Basham joins in to discuss her new book, “Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Education in a Pluralist Country | 05 Aug 2024 | 00:30:12 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Ashley Rogers Berner joins in to discuss her new book, “Educational Pluralism and Democracy: How to Handle Indoctrination, Promote Exposure, and Rebuild America’s Schools.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Are Children Worth It? | 01 Aug 2024 | 00:23:42 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman join in to discuss their book, “What Are Children For?: On Ambivalence and Choice.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| America Was Not Stolen | 29 Jul 2024 | 00:28:54 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Jeffrey Fynn-Paul joins in to discuss his book “Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Immigration Insanity | 25 Jul 2024 | 00:28:02 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Peter Skerry joins in to discuss his article “Insane Asylum: The Policy Disaster at the Border.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Truth About Sexual Transition | 22 Jul 2024 | 00:25:42 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Jennifer Lahl joins in to discuss her book “The Detransition Diaries.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Why Ecclesiocentrism? | 18 Jul 2024 | 00:31:28 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, James R. Rogers joins in to discuss his book “Hell Shall Not Prevail: Essays on Ecclesiocentric Postliberalism.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Bible on Trial | 15 Jul 2024 | 00:25:39 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Päivi Räsänen joins in to discuss her experience of judicial persecution in Finland for speaking openly about her beliefs and defending traditional family structures. Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Plight of White People | 11 Jul 2024 | 00:28:07 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Jeremy Carl joins in to discuss his book “The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Is Pride Dying? | 08 Jul 2024 | 00:21:13 | |
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Rusty Reno joins in to discuss his piece in the August/September issue of First Things, “Pride Month,” as well as Matthew Schmitz's recent piece, “The Fall of Pride.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Church of Sarah Mullally (ft. Damian Thompson) | 08 Jan 2026 | 00:44:49 | |
In this episode, Damian Thompson joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Canterbury Fails,” from the December 2025 issue of the magazine.
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| The Constitution Can Save Us | 03 Jul 2024 | 00:31:51 | |
In this episode, Yuval Levin joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his book “American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| A Roster of Saints | 01 Jul 2024 | 00:33:00 | |
In this episode, Archbishop Alfred Hughes joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his book “Spiritual Masters: Living and Praying in the Catholic Tradition.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Censorship at the Court | 27 Jun 2024 | 00:25:15 | |
In this episode, Dan Schneider joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his article “Supreme Court Considers Turning First Amendment Inside Out” for the Washington Times. Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The End of Civilization? | 24 Jun 2024 | 00:28:21 | |
In this episode, Tracy Lee Simmons joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his book “Being Civilized: A Few Lines Amid the Breakage.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Israel, June 2024 | 20 Jun 2024 | 00:33:07 | |
Israel, June 2024 by First Things | |||
| What Is Conservative Education? | 17 Jun 2024 | 00:29:10 | |
In this episode, Rick Hess joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his book “Getting Education Right: A Conservative Vision for Improving Early Childhood, K–12, and College.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:28:05 | |
In this episode, Joseph Pearce joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his book “The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: A History in Three Dimensions.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Why Was Gen. Sheridan in New Orleans? | 10 Jun 2024 | 00:28:28 | |
In this episode, Robert Cwiklik joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his book “Sheridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| A Classical Sculptor and World War I | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:31:14 | |
In this episode, Sabin Howard joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new work, the World War I Memorial in Washington D.C. | |||
| CONVICTED! | 03 Jun 2024 | 00:33:52 | |
In this episode, Sohrab Ahmari joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent Compact article “Alvin Bragg’s Anti-Democracy Verdict.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| John Searle's Minds and Machines (ft. Edward Feser) | 02 Jan 2026 | 00:49:42 | |
In this episode, Edward Feser joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “The Common Sense of John Searle,” from the December 2025 issue of the magazine.
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| Ralston College | 30 May 2024 | 00:29:57 | |
In this episode, Stephen Blackwood joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss Ralston College. Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Virtue of Color-Blindness | 28 May 2024 | 00:29:33 | |
In this episode, Andre Archie joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book "The Virtue of Color-Blindness." Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track. | |||
| America's Working Class vs Elites | 23 May 2024 | 00:28:34 | |
In this episode, Batya Ungar-Sargon joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss her new book "Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women." Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track. | |||
| Classical Education the Hillsdale Way | 20 May 2024 | 00:27:45 | |
In this episode, David Diener joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss Hillsdale College’s classical education program. Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited. | |||
| Responding to the Anti-Israel Encampments | 16 May 2024 | 00:31:47 | |
In this episode, Gabriel Noah Brahm joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute’s Israel Initiative and the Israeli perspective on the campus unrest in the United States. Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| The Common Arts in the Classroom | 13 May 2024 | 00:27:09 | |
In this episode, Christopher Hall joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his organization Always Learning Education and his book "Common Arts Education: Renewing the Classical Tradition of Training the Hands, Head, and Heart." Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track. | |||
| Civics Is a Discipline | 09 May 2024 | 00:27:25 | |
In this episode, Jenna Silber Storey joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss the new American Enterprise Institute report, “Civic Thought: A Proposal for University-Level Civic Education.” Music by Jack Bauerlein. | |||
| Orthodox Christian Education | 06 May 2024 | 00:30:51 | |
In this episode, John Mark Reynolds joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss the Saint Constantine School and Orthodox Christian education in the United States. Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited. | |||
| Reimagining Christian Political Duty | 02 May 2024 | 00:30:42 | |
In this episode, Ephraim Radner joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Mortal Goods: Reimagining Christian Political Duty.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track. | |||
| The Story of the Comfort Women | 29 Apr 2024 | 00:27:50 | |
In this episode, J. Mark Ramseyer joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his co-written new book, “The Comfort Women Hoax: A Fake Memoir, North Korean Spies, and Hit Squads in the Academic Swamp.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track. | |||
| The Sabbath is Back! (ft. J. J. Kimche) | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:38:25 | |
The Sabbath is Back! (ft. J. J. Kimche) by First Things | |||
| Film and Faith | 25 Apr 2024 | 00:30:12 | |
In this episode, Carson Holloway joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Film and Faith: Modern Cinema and the Struggle to Believe.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited. | |||
| Jesus Isn’t Woke | 23 Apr 2024 | 00:32:28 | |
In this episode, Lucas Miles joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Woke Jesus: The False Messiah Destroying Christianity.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track. | |||
| The Left’s Dark Money | 19 Apr 2024 | 00:31:02 | |
In this episode, Scott Walter joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Arabella: The Dark Money Network of Leftist Billionaires Secretly Transforming America.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited. | |||