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Further reading:

• "A Eulogy for Bullfighting," by Germán S. Díaz del Castillo (First Things)
• "The Stench of Corruption," by R. R. Reno (First Things)
• "Foucault’s Principalities & Powers," by Angela Franks (First Things)
• "Foucault’s Idol of Nothingness," by Carl R. Trueman (First Things)

Further reading:

• 2026 Erasmus Lecture tickets.
• Rape and Modern Sex War, by Camille Paglia
• "The Great Feminization Comes to Cornell," by Helen Andrews (Compact)
• "Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’," by Casey Park (Washington Post)
• "Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude," by Hayden Field (The Verge)
• "Beware Its Voice," by Ned Desmond (The Widening Gyre)

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)

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)

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In this episode, Hans Boersma joins Rusty Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, "Modernity and God-Talk," from the November 2025 issue of the magazine.

In this episode, Louise Perry joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about her recent essay, “Indigenous London,” from the November 2025 issue of the magazine.

The editors discuss the troubles at Heritage, the conservative think tank whose president recently touched off a controversy by releasing a video statement in support of Tucker Carlson. The controversy pits generation against generation and faction against faction within the conservative movement. Rusty Reno and Dan Hitchens join Julia Yost.

In this episode, Peter Thiel joins Rusty Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recently co-authored essay, "Voyages to the End of the World," from the November 2025 issue of the magazine.

In this episode, Virginia Aabram and Elizabeth Bachmann join Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about Virginia's recent essay, “The Road to Chartres,” from the October 2025 issue of the magazine.

In this episode, Leah Libresco joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about her recent book, “The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto.”

The editors discuss Great Britain’s assisted suicide bill, Pope Leo’s first major interview, and Charlie Kirk’s memorial service. Dan Hitchens joins Julia Yost.

In the first episode of While We're At It, Cameron Sexton joins in to talk about his work as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and Speaker of the state House.

In the first episode of While We're At It, a brand new interview series with First Things editor Rusty Reno, Michael Knowles joins in to talk about “The Pope and the Führer: The Secret Vatican Files of World War II,” a new four-part docuseries now available on DailyWire+.

The editors discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the rise of political violence in America. Rusty Reno joins Julia Yost.

In this episode, Mary Harrington joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about her recent essay, “The King and the Swarm,” from the August/September 2025 issue of the magazine.

In this episode, Jaspreet Singh Boparai joins Rusty Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, "Waugh Against the Fogeys," from the August/September 2025 issue of the magazine.

In this episode, Fr. Thomas Joseph White joins Rusty Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, "The Future of Catholic Theology," from the August/September 2025 issue of the magazine.

In this episode, Christopher Caldwell joins Rusty Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent review, "The Great Excommunicator" from the August/September 2025 issue of the magazine.

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Yoram Hazony joins in to discuss his book, "The Virtue of Nationalism."

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Alan Dershowitz joins in to discuss his recent book, "The Preventive State: The Challenge of Preventing Serious Harms While Preserving Essential Liberties."

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Christopher J. Scalia joins in to discuss his recent book, "13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven't Read)."