Emile: Americans Flee Mask Mandates, Jeffrey H. Anderson
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Picks of the week: Emile: Has Michigan Forgotten 2020?, Carmel Richardson Helen: Why Hungary's Jews Are the Safest in Europe, Ari Blaff Micah: Pumpkin Spice Loneliness, Matthew Schmitz Sohrab: Another Cheney Loses Another War, Bradley Devlin
Picks of the week: Emile: Searching for the Buckeye Base, Micah Meadowcroft Helen: The Meaning of Chess's Cheating Scandal, Scott McConnell Declan: A Venezuelan Gang Crosses Biden's Open Border, Edgar Beltran Micah: Protect America First, Terry Schilling
- Emile: Death Without Dignity, John Hirschauer
- Micah: The Meaning of Abandoned Equipment, R. Jordan Prescott
- Helen: Imran Khan and the Pakistani Deep State, Bradley Devlin
- Sohrab: Putin's Last Laugh, Rod Dreher
- In Defense of Cultural Christianity, Sohrab Ahmari, Gladden Pappin, & Chad Pecknold
- Emile: Ruling Class Turns on Conservative Americans, Rod Dreher
- Micah: Running to Unchain Wyoming, Pavlos Papadopoulos
- Helen: Yokel Wokeism in Western Pennsylvania, Andrew Cuff
- Declan: How Women Get Men to Heaven, Casey Chalk
It's a Trump-heavy episode this week, as Emile, Helen, Declan, and Bradley unpack the unprecedented FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. Plus, new reports of Mark Milley undermining the 45th president as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and Trump-endorsed candidates win primaries in Arizona, Washington, and Michigan.
Picks of the week:
- Emile: The Failure in Uvalde Was Societal, Kevin Roberts
- Helen: Long LIV Golf, Collin Pruett
- Declan: Pride and Prejudice, Michael Warren Davis
- Bradley: The Meaning of the Raid on Mar-a-Lago, Andrew Kloster
Emile, Helen, and Declan are joined by staff reporter Bradley Devlin to unpack Joe Biden's disastrous trip to Saudi Arabia amidst soaring gas prices. Plus, Democrats look to distract from sagging poll numbers by codifying gay marriage into law—and 47 GOP congressmen go along with it. And in Indiana, the "good guy with a gun" meme comes true, with a heroic Good Samaritan stopping a mass shooter in his tracks.
Picks of the week:- Emile: Powers and Peoples, Micah Meadowcroft
- Helen: The Strange Case of Frank Morrissey, Jonathan Leaf
- Declan: Setting Fathers Against Sons, John Hirschauer
- Bradley: Crap Economics, Michael Warren Davis
- Micah: Seed Oils and Bad Science, Carmel Richardson
- Helen: The Dean of Non-Interventionism, Hunter DeRensis
- Emile: America the Beautiful, Micah Meadowcroft`
Helen and Micah are joined by associate editor Declan Leary to discuss the Supreme Court's overturn of Roe v. Wade in deciding the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health case. As the question of abortion and the nature of the human person is returned to the people and their elected representatives, what comes next? Plus, the trio go over a few of the other recent decisions from the Court, on issues ranging from gun rights to religious liberty.
- Emile: National Conservatism: A Statement of Principles, Edmund Burke Foundation
- Helen: Are Sanctions Hurting Russia?, Dimitri A. Simes
- Micah: America Is Crippling Small Farmers, Kevin Stocklin
- Bradley: Ukraine Isn't Worth Nuclear War, Doug Bandow
- Emile: The Right to a Javelin, Micah Meadowcroft
- Helen: Christian Realism vs. The Simulation World, Michael Warren Davis
- Micah: Get Smart on Intelligence, Jason Morgan
- John:`Silver Screen, Red Scare, Helen Andrews
- Helen: "Two Faces of Originalism," Matthew Schmitz
- Sohrab: "Who Is Really Winning in Ukraine," Doug Bandow
- Micah: "The Weather Above Ground," Scott McConnell
- Emile: On Roe: Thank You, Donald Trump, Rod Dreher
- Helen: Life During Wartime, Bill Kauffman
- Micah: Mourning in America: Life After Roe, Jason Morgan
- Sohrab: America First Wins, Emile Doak
Emile, Helen, Sohrab, and associate editor Declan Leary discuss rumors that President Biden will cancel substantial amounts of student debt through executive action, his Department of Homeland Security's newly established Disinformation Governance Board and its strange executive director, and TAC contributor James Pogue's thoughtful Vanity Fair piece on New Right figures like J.D. Vance and Curtis Yarvin—which even Jeff Bezos has read.
Picks of the week:
- Emile: The China Initiative Wasn't Racist, by J. Arthur Bloom
- Helen: The Decline and Fall of NASCAR, by Wells King
- Sohrab: Liberal Integralism, by Casey Chalk
- Declan: Right About the Environment, by Micah Meadowcroft
Should Taylor Lorenz have doxxed ‘Libs of TikTok’? Emile, Helen, Micah, and Sohrab discuss anonymity on social media, plus a bold strike back at Disney by Governor DeSantis and a bold endorsement from Donald Trump in the Ohio Senate primary.
Picks of the week:
- Helen: The Decline & Fall of NASCAR, Wells King
- Micah: Three Lessons from the French Election, Auguste Meyrat
- Sohrab: France Turning Back to Nationalism, Doug Bandow; Taylor Lorenz Attacks Libs of TikTok, John Hirschauer
- Emile: JD Vance, You’re Hired, Sohrab Ahmari
A special episode this week, as Micah and Emile recap TAC and American Moment's emergency conference, "Up From Chaos: Conserving American Security," which featured remarks from Sen. Rand Paul, Rep. Thomas Massie, Rep. Matt Rosendale, JD Vance, Joe Kent, David Sacks, and many more. Plus, Micah sits down for an exclusive interview with one of the conference's keynote speakers, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC).
- Emile: No Allies Who Buy Babies, Declan Leary
- Sohrab: The Mariupol Theater Bombing, Pedro Gonzalez
- Helen: The Bright Ages, Michael Warren Davis
- Micah: Finis Europa, Nicolas Hausdorf
- Emile: Orders of Political Operations, Micah Meadowcroft
- Helen: In Praise of Religious Populism, Matthew Schmitz
- Sohrab: We Poked the Bear, Doug Bandow
- Micah: Pizza and Jeers at the Kavanaughs', John Hirschauer
- Helen: Are Mexican Cartels Terrorist Organizations?, Collin Pruett
- Sohrab: To Clean Up NYC, Expand Kendra's Law, Anne Hendershott
- Micah: Weapons of Financial Destruction And the New World Order, David C. Hendrickson
- Emile: Dispatch From the Anti-CPAC, Declan Leary
- Emile: On Borders Worth Defending, Micah Meadowcroft
- Micah: Right Again, Unfortunately, On Russia, Bradley Devlin
- Helen: The Covid Regime's Cassandra, John M. Vella
- Sohrab: How Democratic Is the Covid State?, Helen Andrews
Emile: Billy Remembers, Frances Widdowson
- Helen: The Truckers Fighting Dystopia, Sohrab Ahmari
- Sohrab: Class Contradictions, Matthew Schmitz
- Micah: All the Institutions Failed, Jason Garshfield
- Emile: Covid Safety Theater Is Not Benign, Peter Van Buren
- Emile: Stephen Breyer Is Still Alive?, Matthew Walther
- Sohrab: Joe Biden's Low-Energy Blunder, C. Boyden Gray & Michael Buschbacher, and Insanity in New York, John Hirschauer
- Micah: The Dependency Trap, Jason Morgan
- Helen: Ukraine's Relentless Lobbyists Take to Congress, Bradley Devlin
- Helen: How Russia Went Wrong, Dimitri A. Simes
- Sohrab: The Software of Civilization, Micah Meadowcroft
- Micah: The Big Money Behind Abortion Activism, Hayden Ludwig
- Emile: Voting Rights And Wrongs, Matthew Walther
- Emile: The Athletic Sells Out, John Hirschauer
- Helen: Stoned in America, Bruce Gilley
- Micah: If Only It Were the Apocalypse, Matthew Walther
- Sohrab: New York's Anti-White Triage Policy, John Hirschauer
- Emile: Things Worth Getting Mad About, Declan Leary
- Sohrab: Just Stop Listening, Sohrab Ahmari
- Helen: American Orphans In the Wasteland, Andrew Doran
- Micah: The Time to Resist Vax Passports is Now, Helen Andrews
Emile, Helen, Micah, and Sohrab discuss heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and the foreign policy blob's eagerness to get the U.S. involved. Plus, Congress kills the effort to include women in the military draft, and Sohrab explains his decision to leave New York City.
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Picks of the week:
- Emile: Wallen Breaks the Cycle, Carmel Richardson
- Micah: Healing 'San Fransicko', Katya Sedgwick
- Sohrab/Helen: Rittenhouse Got the South Africa Treatment, Emma Freire
Emile, Helen, Sohrab, and Micah discuss the tragic Christmas parade attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, amidst a national crime wave, whether this will lead to a return of law-and-order politics. Plus, Twitter has a new CEO, and some people still seem to care about a new COVID variant in the form of Omicron.
Take the 2021 TAC Reader Survey. Picks of the week:- Emile: SUVs Don't Kill People, Sohrab Ahmari
- Micah: On Brick, Madeline Johnson
- Sohrab: 'Housing First' Fails in San Francisco, John Hirschauer
- Helen: Vonnegut Against War, Peter Tonguette
- Helen: A Nation of Online Gamblers, Matthew Walther
- Micah: The Wheel of Empires, Helen Andrews
- Curt: Each Generation Needs A New Invitation, Kevin Frazier
- Emile: Our Military Brass Has Learned Nothing, Bradley Devlin
- Helen: "Merchants of Death," Hunter DeRensis
- Micah: "I Survived (Because of) Bible Belt Religion," Brandon Meeks
- Sohrab: "The Covid War Is a Class War," Bradley Devlin
Emile, Helen, Micah, and Sohrab discuss the victory of Glenn Youngkin over Terry McAullife in Virginia's gubernatorial election. Plus, fresh back from Orlando, the team talk about what they're taking away from the National Conservatism Conference 2021.
Picks of the week:
- Helen: Italy’s Green Pass Demonstrations Shake Europe, Giovanni Giacalone
- Micah: The Bush Family Affair With China, John Meroney
- Sohrab: After the Liberalism Debates, Sohrab Ahmari; and, Itegralism Redux, Rod Dreher
- Emile: Becoming Conservative Maximalists, Carmel Richardson
- How the Right Fell in Love with Hungary, Elizabeth Zerofsky, New York Times
- Against the Dead Consensus, First Things
- Helen: River Warrior, David Randall
- Micah: Eric Zemmour, France's Buchanan, Krzysztof Tyszka-Drozdowski
- Emile: On the Value Of Memory, And Remembering the South, Bradley G. Green
- Sohrab: Building A Family-Friendly Country, Gladden Pappin
- Micah: Yes, Bring Back the Decalogue, E.J. Hutchinson
- Helen: Casino Capitalism, Literally, Helen Andrews
- Emile: Noem Man's Land, Bradley Devlin
Emile Doak, Helen Andrews, Declan Leary, and Matthew Walther react to a New York Times report that FBI informants were part of the January 6 riot—a story that conservative media have been covering for months. Plus, Congress wants to draft America's daughters, and another round of Covid theater.
Picks of the week:
- Emile: Forty Years Fighting the Anti-Culture, Sohrab Ahmari
- Helen: The Most Dangerous Man in America, Declan Leary
- Declan: Talking About Class in America, Matthew Walther
- Matthew: Big Apple is Watching, Carmel Richardson
- Micah: Thank God For Rednecks, Michael Warren Davis
- Sohrab: We Are All Transgender Now, Declan Leary
- Helen: A Rapture Deferred, Nick Burns
- Emile: Remember When We Had Sovereignty?, Carmel Richardson
- Micah: The Sufficient Condition for Forever War Is Never War, Jason Morgan
- Helen: The Resilient Parish Buildings of Quebec, Madeline Johnson
- Sohrab: First They Came For the Infants, Matthew Walther
- Emile: Ruthie Leming, Gone Ten Years Today, Rod Dreher
It's a new host lineup at TAC Right Now. Emile Doak, Helen Andrews, Sohrab Ahmari, and Micah Meadowcroft discuss the Texas heartbeat bill and its detractors, literal fake news on ivermectin and Oklahoma hospitals, and, in light of Labor Day, whether the Right should embrace organized labor.
Editors' picks:
- Helen: Our Experts' Epidemic of Incompetence, Bradley Devlin
- Micah: Can the Right Fight Corporate Power?, Sohrab Ahmari
- Emile/Sohrab: A Lesson From Robert E. Lee, Helen Andrews
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This week, Ryan talks to Charles Lehman of the Manhattan Institute about the crime wave. What's happening in our cities? And why now? Helen joins Ryan to discuss the ongoing unrest in South Africa. It is time to ask, is the “Rainbow Nation” experiment at the end of the line?
This week, we're joined by David Chavern, president and CEO of the News Media Alliance, which is fighting for an antitrust exemption so news publishers can negotiate directly with the big tech platforms. What this means for the news, and for conservative journalists. In the intro segment, more on January 6, J.D. Vance enters the Ohio Senate race, and Trump gets back on the trail.
In this latest episode, famed author Thomas Frank joins the podcast for a discussion about Biden's court historian Jon Meacham, and how he's been speaking truth to fellow liberals. In the intro, the Lincoln Project exonerates itself and Peter Daszak's fall from grace.
In the latest Right Now, your hosts speak to George Packer, a writer at the Atlantic and author of Last Best Hope: American in Crisis and Renewal, about America's four tribes and ideological polarization. In the intro segment, Lina Khan confirmed as FTC chair and a look at January 6 informants.
In this episode, your hosts speak to Joe Kent, running for a seat in Congress in Southern Washington, about his experience serving abroad, the challenges facing Americans today, and living on the outskirts of lawless Portland. In the intro, Biden's immigration changes, the single-family-rental trend, and another election pointing toward the Latino shift to the GOP in Texas.
This week, Helen and Ryan speak to Donald Ritchie, author of the new book The Columnist: Leaks, Lies and Libel in Drew Pearson's Washington, about the life of the legendary gossip. In the intro segment, immigration changes and the fall of Anthony Fauci.
This week, we speak to Justin Shubow, president of the National Civic Art Society, about the White House's plan to purge him and several other appointees from the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts. In the intro segment, the voting patterns of millennials, and Ryan's new project to support anti-critical race theory school board candidates
This week, we speak to Alec MacGillis, a reporter at ProPublica and author of the new book, Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America, about how Amazon has transformed the American economy and workforce. In the intro segment, a woke pastor's ancestry debunked, and our project on big philanthropy.
The specter haunting the Twitter left, Aimee Terese, co-host of the What's Left podcast, joins your hosts to discuss how the left is a marketing division of the Democratic Party, how she was cancelled, and the therapeutic totalitarianism to come. In the intro, Caitlyn Jenner and Elise Stefanik's ascent to House leadership.
For this week's episode, New York Post reporter Juliegrace Brufke joins the pod to discuss Liz Cheney's likely exit from House GOP leadership. And in the second half, a debate about Trump's Facebook ban being maintained by their Oversight Board. For that we're joined by Patrick Hedger, VP at the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, and Martin Avila, founder of RightForge.
An early episode this week, as your hosts are joined by TAC senior reporter Curt Mills to recap President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress. You'll also hear your hosts' picks for the worst SOTU response of all time, which Sen. Tim Scott's compares pretty favorably to. In the intro, unpacking the fake story about John Kerry snitching on the Israelis.
On this week's episode, your hosts talk to one of Trump's staunchest supporters in the Florida legislature on his new run for Congress. In the intro segment, the Chauvin verdict and the Post Office's surveillance program.
This week, investigative reporter Patrick Radden Keefe joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty, which explores the roots of the opioid crisis. In the intro, your hosts talk David Chipman's nomination to head the ATF, and infrastructure.
In this week's episode, Arthur talks to Steve McIntyre of the Climate Audit blog on the developing crisis in Ukraine, and why it's so dangerous. In the intro segment, your hosts dissect GaetzGate.
This week your hosts have a double-header of interviews, starting with Julie Kelly from American Greatness, to talk about the ongoing prosecutions of people present at the January 6 riots. In the second half, Joe Grogan, former head of the White House Domestic Policy Council under Trump, to talk about the push for vaccine passports, and efforts to ban them.
On this week's episode, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio joins the podcast to discuss his recent bout with Amazon, and some of the family support proposals making the rounds on the Hill. In the intro segment, the hosts discuss the spate of mass shootings and the cancellation of a Teen Vogue editor.
In this week's Right Now, Ryan talks to NY City Councilman Joe Borelli about Andrew Cuomo's recent troubles. In the intro segment, your hosts unpack the latest panic about anti-Asian racism, and what it's missing.
For this week's episode, Sean Kennedy of the Maryland Public Policy Institute, joins the hosts for a discussion of the costs of public disorder since last summer, costs which fall disproportionately on the poor. In the intro, Curt Mills tunes in to talk about the fall of the Republican senatorial old guard.
Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican from Arkansas, joins the podcast for a conversation about border security, working-class prosperity, and China. In the intro segment, the hosts discuss the QAnon insurrection that failed to materialize last week, and the proposed Jan 6 commission.
When a vacuum cleaner salesman gets involved in the spy game and winds up in over his head, that's Graham Greene's Our Man in Havana—or is it Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina? Journalist John Meroney joins the podcast to talk about his profile of Senator Burr in the latest TAC print issue. Also in this episode: Ryan's theory of "Covid Brain" and a new poll showing just how few Trump supporters believe in QAnon, or have even heard of it.
On this week's episode, co-host Ryan Girdusky takes a well-deserved victory lap now that the story he broke about John Weaver's sexual harassment of young men while at the Lincoln Project has been widely publicized — even the New York Times couldn't ignore it. In the interview segment, famed reporter Robert D. Kaplan talks about his new biography of Bob Gersony, who he describes as "a character out of a Saul Bellow novel trapped in settings depicted by Joseph Conrad."
Few members of the working class end up holding elected office of any kind. North Carolina's Lt. Governor Mark Robinson is the only one nationwide to hold a statewide office. Hear about his extraordinary rise to prominence and how the GOP can learn to appeal to the working class.
This week's episode begins with two segments on the riot at the Capitol on Wednesday, first with TAC senior reporter Curt Mills, and second with editorial fellow Declan Leary, who was there. In the interview segment, we speak to Keith Windschuttle, editor-in-chief of Quadrant and author of a new book about the Pell trial.
Who were the worst Nobel Peace Prize awardees, recent and long-past? Marcus Nobel, President of United Earth and a member of the Nobel family, joins the host to talk about where the prize went wrong, and what could fix it. Plus, the COVID relief debate and the anniversary of John Lennon's murder.
Helen Andrews returns to TAC Right Now for a special interview with His Imperial Highness Prince Ermias Selassie, grandson of the last reigning emperor and president of the Crown Council of Ethiopia, about the crisis there that, thankfully, appears to be winding down. In the intro, the flight from California and the COVID relief talks.
Last week, American Compass and The American Conservative collaborated on a discussion of the successes and failures of the Trump presidency. The print articles can be found on our website, but in this episode, Arthur Bloom moderates a panel with American Compass's Oren Cass, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, and Rachel Bovard of the Conservative Partnership Institute, who has been heard on this show before.
This Tuesday, TAC will run a series of articles on the successes and failures of the Trump administration in partnership with American Compass. Oren Cass, executive director of American Compass, joined Arthur and Ryan to preview them, and talk about the prospects for the realignment. Also, Georgia and the GOP Senate's giveaway to big tech.
Former Congressman Dave Brat has been at the center of some of the biggest political dramas of our times, starting with his upset defeat of Eric Cantor. In 2018 he became the latest elected official deposed by CIA agents, when he was beaten by Abigail Spanberger. Arthur and Ryan talk to him about 2022, and why there are no free markets.
In this episode, Arthur and Ryan are joined by Pedro Gonzalez, associate editor of American Greatness, for a conversation about lessons from the 2020 election, what to expect in the next Congress, and how to realign the party.
