First Things Podcast
728 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 659 ratingsFirst Things is published by The Institute on Religion and Public Life, an interreligious, nonpartisan research and education institute whose purpose is to advance a religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society.
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Episodes
A Roster of Saints
July 01, 2024 20:34 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MBIn 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
June 27, 2024 18:41 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBIn 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?
June 24, 2024 18:15 - 28 minutes - 26 MBIn this episode, Tracy Lee Simmons joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his book “Being Civilized: A Few Lines Amid the Breakage.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
What Is Conservative Education?
June 17, 2024 20:02 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBIn 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
June 13, 2024 20:45 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBIn 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?
June 10, 2024 20:18 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBIn 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
June 06, 2024 18:51 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this episode, Sabin Howard joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new work, the World War I Memorial in Washington D.C.
CONVICTED!
June 03, 2024 21:15 - 33 minutes - 31 MBIn this episode, Sohrab Ahmari joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent Compact article “Alvin Bragg’s Anti-Democracy Verdict.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
Ralston College
May 30, 2024 18:52 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this episode, Stephen Blackwood joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss Ralston College. Music by Jack Bauerlein.
The Virtue of Color-Blindness
May 28, 2024 19:39 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn 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
May 23, 2024 16:43 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIn 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
May 20, 2024 17:57 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBIn 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
May 16, 2024 17:09 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBIn 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
May 13, 2024 19:39 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBIn 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
May 09, 2024 19:09 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBIn 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
May 06, 2024 20:04 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIn 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
May 02, 2024 19:09 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIn 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
April 29, 2024 20:26 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBIn 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.
Film and Faith
April 25, 2024 17:38 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBIn 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
April 23, 2024 20:20 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBIn 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
April 19, 2024 14:33 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBIn 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.
Chaos in Our Souls
April 15, 2024 18:17 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBIn this episode, RJ Snell joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Lost in the Chaos: Immanence, Despair, Hope.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track.
The Battle with Demons
April 11, 2024 16:21 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this episode, Adam Blai joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “The Exorcism Files: True Stories of Demonic Possession.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited.
Hearing Hungary Out
April 10, 2024 18:59 - 25 minutes - 23 MBEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Gladden Pappin to discuss the state of Hungary in the world. Music by Jack Bauerlein.
Fr. Joseph Fessio on Pope Benedict XVI
April 09, 2024 19:22 - 26 minutes - 36 MBIn this episode, Fr. Joseph Fessio joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss Robert Cardinal Sarah’s new book, “He Gave Us So Much: A Tribute to Benedict XVI.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track.
Let Beauty Speak
April 04, 2024 18:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBIn this episode, Jimmy Mitchell joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Let Beauty Speak: The Art of Being Human in a Culture of Noise.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track.
The Best Consoler
April 02, 2024 20:56 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBIn this episode, David Bonagura joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Jerome’s Tears: Letters to Friends in Mourning.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track.
Voices from the Church
March 28, 2024 18:12 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBIn this episode, Francis X. Maier joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited.
What is the “Negative World”?
March 25, 2024 16:02 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBIn this episode, Aaron M. Renn joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track.
In the Courts of Three Popes
March 21, 2024 20:14 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this episode, Mary Ann Glendon joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss her new book, “In the Courts of Three Popes: An American Lawyer and Diplomat in the Last Absolute Monarchy of the West.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited.
We’re in an Anti-Family Age
March 18, 2024 16:34 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this episode, Timothy P. Carney joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track.
The Liberal of the 18th Century
March 14, 2024 19:55 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBIn this episode, Aaron Alexander Zubia joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book “The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited.
Gateway to Statesmanship
March 11, 2024 19:47 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBIn this episode, John A. Burtka IV joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Gateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill.” Music by J. S. Bach/C. Gounod, public domain. Track edited, cropped, and merged with another track.
Donor Beware
March 07, 2024 21:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this episode, Hans Zeiger joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his recent article “The Next Step for Disaffected Donors.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited.
Chesterton’s Everlasting Man
March 04, 2024 18:00 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBIn this episode, Dale Ahlquist joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “The Everlasting Man: A Guide to G. K. Chesterton’s Masterpiece.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
Popcorn with the Pope
March 01, 2024 17:05 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBIn this episode, David Baird joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss the new book, “Popcorn with the Pope: A Guide to the Vatican Film List.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
A Plan for Conservative Education
February 27, 2024 18:15 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MBIn this episode, Max Eden joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss AEI’s Conservative Education Reform Network’s annual report, “Sketching A New Conservative Education Agenda.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
Media Malfeasance
February 23, 2024 16:43 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this episode, Christine Rosen joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss her Commentary Magazine articles “All the President’s Press Men” and “Enola Gay, or, How the Media Imploded When It Came to Harvard’s President.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
Who is Gavin Newsom?
February 20, 2024 21:00 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this episode, John Cox joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “The Newsom Nightmare: The California Catastrophe and How to Reform Our Broken System.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
Fifty Years on Politics and Politicians
February 15, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBIn this episode, Cal Thomas joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book “A Watchman in the Night: What I’ve Seen Over 50 Years Reporting on America.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited.
How to Make Good Americans
February 12, 2024 17:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this episode, Chris Sinacola joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss the new book, “Restoring the City on a Hill: U.S. History & Civics in America’s Schools.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
Fundamentalists in the Public Square
February 08, 2024 20:12 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBIn this episode, Madison Trammel joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book “Fundamentalists in the Public Square.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited.
The American Past Distorted and Degraded
February 05, 2024 21:07 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBIn this episode, Jonathan Barth joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss “The Study of American History in Our Universities,” a report made by Arizona State University’s Center for American Institutions. Music by Jack Bauerlein.
The People’s Justice
February 01, 2024 17:09 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBIn this episode, Amul Thapar joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “The People's Justice: Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
Control Freaks and Billionaires
January 29, 2024 16:30 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBIn this episode, Seamus Bruner joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, “Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
The Rise of Antihumanism
January 26, 2024 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode, Matthew B. Crawford joins the podcast to talk about his article, “The Rise of Antihumanism” from August 2023. They evaluate the antihumanisms gripping the West. Music by Jack Bauerlein.
The Civic Bargain
January 25, 2024 18:55 - 32 minutes - 30 MBIn this episode, Josiah Ober joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book “The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives.” Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited.
Doctor’s Orders: Read the Bible When You’re Blue
January 23, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this episode, Curt Thompson joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book “The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.
The University of Austin is Off!
January 18, 2024 19:33 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBIn this episode, David Ruth joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss the vision and programs of the University of Austin. Music by Frederic Chopin licensed via Creative Commons. Tracks reorganized, duplicated, and edited.