Episode 30 – Two Deaths in England (8. 10. 17)
On this episode of the FIRST THINGS Podcast: Associate editor Julia Yost discusses the death of Charlie Gard with Charles Camosy, associate professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham and...
View ArticleEpisode 31 – Welcome to Post-Christian Society (8. 25. 17)
On this episode of the FIRST THINGS Podcast: Editor Rusty Reno talks with associate editor Julia Yost about the violence in Charlottesville. Rusty observes that racial unrest has changed since the...
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (9. 6. 17) – Religion on the College Campus
Drew Trotter joins senior editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss the renewal of religion in higher education through his work with the Center for Christian Study and its network of campus chapters.
View ArticleEpisode 32 – A Song of Vice and Fire (9. 14. 17)
On this episode of the FIRST THINGS Podcast: Senior editor Julia Yost talks with former assistant editor Alexi Sargeant about HBO’s Game of Thrones. Subtopics include dragons and zombies, monarchy and...
View ArticleFrom the Print Edition: “Dress Up,” by G. Bruce Boyer (June 2017)
A society hospitable to the down and out will not be afraid to dress up. Read the text version here: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/06/dress-up For more recordings of essays and articles like...
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (10. 12. 17) – The Revolt Against the Masses
Fred Siegel joins senior editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss the origins of contemporary conflicts between mass and elite in American history.
View ArticleEpisode 33 – The Truth About Dogs (10. 25. 17)
On this episode of the FIRST THINGS Podcast: Senior editor Julia Yost talks with Leah Libresco Sargeant about Harvey Weinstein, whose record of sexual harassment and assault was an open secret in...
View ArticleFrom the Print Edition: “The Myth of Scientific Objectivity,” by William A....
The purported objectivity of scientific inquiry is a damaging myth. Science has been ideologically captured since its birth, and “value-laden inquiry” is not a recent deviation but is rather...
View ArticleEpisode 34 – Reformation! (11. 2. 17)
On this episode of the FIRST THINGS Podcast: Senior editor Julia Yost talks with Carl Trueman about Martin Luther, the German monk who argued against the practice of indulgences, and in the process...
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (11. 9. 17) – The Decline and Fall of...
Peter Meyer joins senior editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss the history of Catholic education in the United States from its heyday in the 1960s to its virtual dissolution in the twenty-first century.
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (12. 7. 17) – Failure of Fatherhood
Heather Mac Donald joins senior editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss how America’s high out-of-wedlock birthrate is at the heart of inner-city violence today.
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (12. 18. 17) – Justice Kennedy and...
Mark Movsesian and senior editor Mark Bauerlein discuss the Supreme Court’s oral argument session regarding “Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.”
View ArticleEpisode 35 – The Fall of Gender Neutrality (12. 23. 17)
On this episode of the FIRST THINGS Podcast: Editor Rusty Reno talks with senior editor Julia Yost about the allegations and revelations of sexual misconduct that occupied Americans all this fall. Are...
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (2. 12. 18)– The Administrative Threat
Philip Hamburger and Mark Bauerlein discuss Hamburger’s new book, “The Administrative Threat,” and the ways in which today’s administrative state curtails Americans’ basic constitutional freedoms.
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (2. 27. 18) – In Praise of Bourgeois Culture
Amy Wax joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss how our society’s abandonment of bourgeois norms and values has resulted in widespread behavioral dysfunction.
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (3. 21. 18) - Inside the Mind of Thomas More
David Oakley and senior editor Mark Bauerlein discuss Oakley’s book “Inside the Mind of Thomas More: The Witness of His Writings.”
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (4. 4. 18) - The Dangers of Economism
Richard Spady discusses his essay "Economics as Ideology," published in the April 2018 issue of First Things.
View ArticleThe Theological Roots of Foreign Policy, Presented by Michael Doran
Michael Doran delivers the 2018 First Things Lecture in Washington, D.C. This lecture is also available in the pages of First Things and on firstthings.com.
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (4. 30. 18) – Three American Poets
Mark Bauerlein discusses three poems about winter by American greats Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens.
View ArticleConversations with Mark Bauerlein (5. 14. 18) – Introducing the Classic...
Senior editor Mark Bauerlein is joined by Jeremy Tate, president and co-founder of the Classic Learning Test, to discuss the revitalization of standardized testing and American education.
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