Conversations with Bill Kristol

By Bill Kristol

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 Dec 24, 2019

ian
 Nov 30, 2019
great podcast series for serious conservatives, but esp for the ones just embarking on a career.

Jon
 Jun 30, 2019
Intellectual conservative podcast.

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 Mar 9, 2019

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Conversations with Bill Kristol features in-depth, thought-provoking discussions with leading figures in American public life.

Episode Date
Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Trump’s First Term—and a Second?
Apr 18, 2024
David Axelrod on Biden v. Trump 2024
Apr 03, 2024
Joe Klein: Can the Democrats Get their Act Together?
Mar 15, 2024
Timothy Snyder on Ukraine, Russia, America—and What’s at Stake
Mar 08, 2024
Doug Sosnik on the State of the Race: Trump, Biden, and 2024
Feb 15, 2024
Whit Ayres on 2024: How Weak is Trump? What about Biden?
Feb 02, 2024
Aaron Friedberg on the China Challenge—and a World in Disarray
Jan 19, 2024
Peter Berkowitz on Israel at War: A Nation United and Divided
Jan 05, 2024
Ruth Wisse on Anti-Semitism—and Why it Matters
Dec 14, 2023
Jonathan Karl: What Would a Second Trump Term Look Like?
Nov 28, 2023
Ray Takeyh on 10/7, Hamas, and Iran
Nov 17, 2023
Eric Edelman on the New World Disorder
Oct 31, 2023
Jason Furman on the Economy: Where Are We Now—and Where Might We Be Going?
Oct 11, 2023
Fred Kagan on Ukraine: Where Things Stand
Sep 29, 2023
James Carville on Biden, Trump, the Democrats, and 2024
Sep 14, 2023
Stephen Rosen on the China Challenge
Sep 07, 2023
Whit Ayres on the State of the Race: Is It Still Trump's Party?
Aug 25, 2023
Ryan Goodman on the Trump Trial: What Might Happen?
Aug 04, 2023
Google’s Royal Hansen on AI: Where Are We? Where Are We Going?
Jul 26, 2023
Whit Ayres: Is Trump Inevitable? Do Any of the Other Republicans Have a Chance?
Jul 13, 2023
Doug Sosnik: The Realignment of American Politics—and its Implications
Jun 27, 2023
Ryan Goodman: Does Donald Trump Really Face Legal—and Political—Jeopardy?
Jun 15, 2023
Leah Boustan on Immigration: Then and Now
May 31, 2023
A.B. Stoddard on 2024: Trump, DeSantis, Biden…and Chaos?
May 17, 2023
Frederick Kagan on the War in Ukraine: Where things Stand, and Where they Might be Going
May 02, 2023
Dan Balz on Trump, Biden, the Media, and 2024
Apr 20, 2023
Robert Kagan on American Foreign Policy Between World War I and World War II—and Beyond
Apr 04, 2023
Jason Furman on the Threat of Inflation, Prospects for the Economy, and Turmoil in the Banking Sector
Mar 22, 2023
Aaron Friedberg on China, the War in Ukraine, and the Geopolitical Stakes
Mar 03, 2023
Anne Applebaum on Ukraine: One Year Into the War
Feb 15, 2023
Neil Rogachevsky on Israel’s Declaration of Independence
Feb 02, 2023
Francis Fukuyama on the War in Ukraine, Authoritarianism, and Liberal Democracy
Jan 24, 2023
James Carville: Biden, Trump, Our Parties, and 2024
Jan 10, 2023
Harvey Mansfield on Locke, Aristotle, and the Spirit of Liberalism
Dec 20, 2022
Royal Hansen: Cybersecurity and National Security in the Digital Age
Dec 09, 2022
Whit Ayres: The Republican Party, Donald Trump, and the Road to 2024
Nov 29, 2022
Ronald Brownstein: After the 2022 Midterms, What’s Next?
Nov 11, 2022
Frederick Kagan on Ukraine: Where Things Stand—and the Stakes for the Future
Oct 26, 2022
Ray Takeyh on Iran: Are We Witnessing a Revolution?
Oct 14, 2022
William Baude: On the Supreme Court after Dobbs
Sep 29, 2022
William Galston: The Politics of Abortion after Dobbs, the 2022 Midterms, and Beyond
Sep 09, 2022
Tom Tugendhat on Ukraine, NATO, and Strengthening the Alliance of Free States
Sep 01, 2022
Ed Glaeser: The Case for Cities
Aug 27, 2022
Whit Ayres: On the Republican Party, Donald Trump, the Midterms and 2024
Aug 05, 2022
A.B. Stoddard on Biden, Trump, and the Parties: How Crazy Could It Get in 2023 and 2024?
Jul 27, 2022
Joe Trippi: The Democrats and the 2022 Midterms
Jul 13, 2022
Eric Edelman on Ukraine, NATO, and Confronting Our Strategic Challenges
Jun 23, 2022
Stan Veuger on Inflation, the Economic Outlook, and Public Policies we Need
Jun 08, 2022
Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns: the Biden Administration, the Parties, 2022 and 2024
May 18, 2022
Michael Luttig: January 6 and the Ongoing Threat to American Democracy
May 12, 2022
Frederick Kagan on the War in Ukraine: Where Things Stand
Apr 28, 2022
Mark Mills: Energy Realism and Geopolitics
Apr 18, 2022
Stephen Rosen: Taking The Nuclear Threat Seriously
Mar 31, 2022
Aaron Friedberg: The War in Ukraine and the Geopolitical Moment
Mar 23, 2022
Paul Cantor: Shakespeare and Politics
Mar 13, 2022
Garry Kasparov: Dictators and Democracies
Mar 06, 2022
Eric Edelman: How the West Should Respond to Putin’s War in Ukraine
Mar 01, 2022
Anne Applebaum: Putin’s War on Ukraine and its Consequences
Feb 25, 2022
Diana Schaub: Interpreting Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Feb 02, 2022
Jonathan Karl: Why Donald Trump’s Election Lies Matter
Jan 20, 2022
John McWhorter on Woke Politics, Race, and Education
Jan 06, 2022
Ashish Jha on Covid-19: On the Omicron Variant and the Outlook for 2022
Dec 14, 2021
Shep Melnick on Title IX: Equity, Due Process, and Free Speech on Campus
Dec 02, 2021
Scott Lincicome on the Economy, Inflation, and the Supply Chain
Nov 19, 2021
Linda Chavez: The Border, the Biden Administration, and Immigration Reform
Nov 05, 2021
Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli as the Founder of Modernity
Oct 21, 2021
William Baude on Election Subversion: How Great a Threat?
Oct 08, 2021
Joe Trippi: The Biden Administration, the Parties, and Looking Ahead to the Midterms
Sep 21, 2021
Donald Kagan: War and Human Nature
Sep 08, 2021
Aaron Friedberg: On US-China Relations and the Threats We Face
Sep 03, 2021
Eric Edelman: The Crisis in Civil-Military Relations
Aug 26, 2021
David Epstein: The Political Ideas of The Federalist
Aug 12, 2021
Ashish Jha: On the Delta Variant, Vaccines, and Where We Stand
Jul 28, 2021
Harvey Mansfield: On Political Philosophy
Jul 16, 2021
Eric Edelman: On the Consequences of Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Jul 09, 2021
Sean Trende on the Republicans, the Democrats, and Looking Ahead to 2022 and 2024
Jun 30, 2021
Jonathan Rauch on Polarization, Information Warfare, and Cancel Culture
Jun 18, 2021
Paul Cantor: Shakespeare and Comedy
Jun 02, 2021
Roya Hakakian: Immigration and the American Idea
May 20, 2021
Stan Veuger: What is Bidenomics?
May 06, 2021
Mark Blitz on Reason, Politics, and Human Nature
Apr 23, 2021
James Carville: The Democrats, The Republicans, and the Biden Administration
Apr 08, 2021
Leon Kass on the Book of Exodus
Mar 24, 2021
Garry Kasparov: On Vladimir Putin, his Global Influence, and Standing up for Freedom
Mar 10, 2021
Larry Summers: On the Economic Outlook, the Case for Public Investment, and the Threat of Inflation
Feb 25, 2021
Ashish Jha: Covid-19, Vaccines, and the Outlook for 2021
Feb 20, 2021
Mark Blitz on Martin Heidegger
Feb 11, 2021
Scott Lincicome: The Race for Vaccines and Global Collaboration in Science and Commerce
Jan 28, 2021
Robert Gibbs: Joe Biden and the Challenge of a Presidential Transition during a Crisis
Jan 14, 2021
Sean Wilentz: Conspiracy Theories and American Politics, Then and Now
Jan 01, 2021
Ashish Jha on Covid-19, the Path to Recovery, and Lessons Learned
Dec 23, 2020
Eric Edelman: Foreign Policy and the Biden Administration
Dec 01, 2020
Ronald Brownstein: After 2020, What’s Next in Our Politics?
Nov 10, 2020
Diana Schaub: The Life and Ideas of Booker T. Washington
Oct 29, 2020
Mike Murphy on Trump vs. Biden: Two Weeks to Go!
Oct 20, 2020
Mike Murphy on Trump vs. Biden: The Home Stretch
Oct 02, 2020
Jack Goldsmith: Assessing the Rule of Law in the Trump Presidency
Sep 22, 2020
Mike Murphy on Trump vs. Biden: The State of the Race
Sep 02, 2020
Paul Cantor: The Crisis in Higher Education—and Opportunities for Learning Online
Aug 20, 2020
Marc Lipsitch: On the Covid-19 Pandemic in the US
Aug 05, 2020
Sean Wilentz: On the Importance of Studying and Debating American History
Jul 23, 2020
Joe Trippi on Trump vs. Biden: The State of the Race
Jul 09, 2020
Christine Rosen: Cancel Culture and the New Illiberalism
Jun 24, 2020
Remembering Charles Krauthammer
Jun 21, 2020
Stan Veuger: The Economic Fallout from Covid-19
Jun 11, 2020
Aaron Friedberg: On Increasing Tensions in the U.S.-China Relationship
May 27, 2020
Mike Murphy: Donald Trump vs Joe Biden
May 14, 2020
Harvey Mansfield: Liberal Democracy as a Mixed Regime
May 02, 2020
Chester Finn: Education Reform in America
Apr 18, 2020
Arthur Melzer: The Lost History of Esoteric Writing
Apr 04, 2020
James Ceaser: How We Select Presidential Candidates, Then and Now
Mar 21, 2020
Paul Cantor on The Western
Mar 07, 2020
Harvey Mansfield on Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws
Feb 22, 2020
Diana Schaub on Frederick Douglass
Feb 15, 2020
Jonathan V. Last: The Demographic Baby Bust and its Consequences
Feb 08, 2020
Stan Veuger on Europe Today: Politics, Economics, and the Future of the EU
Jan 25, 2020
N. Gregory Mankiw: On the Economic Ideas of the Left and Right Today
Jan 11, 2020
Jack Goldsmith: On Jimmy Hoffa, labor unions, and the rise and fall of the mob
Jan 01, 2020
Mike Murphy on the Democratic Race and the 2020 Presidential Election
Dec 13, 2019
Greg Weiner: Why Daniel Patrick Moynihan Matters
Nov 30, 2019
James Capretta: Is There a Crisis in American Healthcare Today?
Nov 16, 2019
Paul Cantor on the Shakespeare Authorship Question
Nov 02, 2019
Adam White: The Supreme Court and the Conservative Legal Movement Today
Oct 19, 2019
Steve Hayes: The Conservative Movement Today and the Republican Party After Trump
Oct 05, 2019
Jim VandeHei: The Transformation of our Media Landscape and Its Political Implications
Sep 19, 2019
General Jack Keane: September 11, 2001 at The Pentagon
Sep 10, 2019
Eric Edelman: America’s Strategic Position, Great Power Competition, and the Liberal World Order
Sep 06, 2019
Harvey Mansfield on Free Speech and Higher Education Today
Aug 24, 2019
James Hankins on Meritocracy Today: The Cases of America and China
Aug 10, 2019
Diana Schaub on Lincoln’s Political Thought: The Lyceum Address and The Gettysburg Address
Jul 27, 2019
Aaron Friedberg: On the Rise of China and the Strategic Threat to the United States
Jul 13, 2019
John J. DiIulio Jr.: Big Government, Then and Now
Jul 01, 2019
A Conversation with Charles Krauthammer
Jun 21, 2019
Harvey Mansfield on Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
Jun 15, 2019
Jim Manzi: On Global Warming, Climate Change, and What To Do About It
Jun 01, 2019
Edward Conard: Economic Growth, Innovation, and Middle-Class Prosperity
May 18, 2019
Andrew Ferguson on Identity Politics and American Culture
May 04, 2019
Paul Cantor on the Dark Side of the American Dream
Apr 20, 2019
Robert Kagan on Authoritarianism and the Threat to the Liberal Democratic Order
Apr 06, 2019
Joe Trippi on the Race for the Democratic Nomination in 2020
Mar 21, 2019
James Ceaser on James Madison as the First American Founder
Mar 09, 2019
Jeff Bergner: The Vanishing Congress
Feb 23, 2019
Kristen Soltis Anderson: Millennials and Generation Z on Trump, the Left, and Big Government
Feb 09, 2019
Michael Strain: Against Economic Pessimism
Jan 26, 2019
Stephen Rosen: US Foreign Policy, Great Power Competition, and the Rise of China
Jan 12, 2019
Harvey Mansfield on Aristotle, Democracy, and Political Science
Dec 29, 2018
Mike Murphy: Onward to 2020!
Dec 15, 2018
Ronald Brownstein: From the 2018 Midterms to the 2020 Elections
Dec 01, 2018
Jack Goldsmith: Cybersecurity, Cyberwarfare, and the Threats We Face
Nov 17, 2018
Christine Rosen on the Me Too Movement, Women, and Men
Nov 03, 2018
Scott Lincicome: In Defense of Free Trade
Oct 20, 2018
Paul Cantor on Great Television and the Emergence of a TV Canon
Oct 06, 2018
Eric Edelman: Restoring American Leadership in the World
Sep 22, 2018
Harvey Mansfield on the Wisdom of The Federalist
Sep 08, 2018
Linda Chavez on Immigration and American Identity
Aug 25, 2018
Jim Manzi on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Technological Innovation
Aug 11, 2018
Steven F. Hayward on Winston Churchill and Statesmanship
Jul 28, 2018
Ronald Brownstein on Red and Blue America, 2018, and 2020
Jul 14, 2018
Diana Schaub on the Life and Political Thought of Frederick Douglass
Jul 02, 2018
Paul Cantor on Shakespeare and Politics (Part II)
Jun 21, 2018
Christopher Caldwell on Populism and the Future of the European Union
Jun 15, 2018
Edward Conard on Innovation, Income Inequality, and High-Skilled Immigration
Jun 02, 2018
Paul Begala on the Democratic Party, the Midterms, and 2020
May 19, 2018
Garry Kasparov on Dictators and Democracies
May 05, 2018
Jonah Goldberg on Nationalism, Populism, and Identity Politics
Apr 21, 2018
Peter Berkowitz: Defending Liberal Democracy
Apr 07, 2018
James C. Warren on Today’s Media Landscape and the Problem of Fake News
Mar 26, 2018
Nicholas Eberstadt: Understanding North Korea
Mar 09, 2018
Charles Murray: Reflections on a Distinguished Career in Ideas
Feb 26, 2018
Mike Murphy on the Trump Administration, the Midterms, and 2020
Feb 09, 2018
John Podhoretz on Movies, TV, and American Popular Culture
Jan 27, 2018
Garry Kasparov on Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Politics, and AlphaZero Chess
Jan 15, 2018
Jack Goldsmith on American Institutions and the Trump Presidency
Jan 02, 2018
Harvey Mansfield on Tocqueville’s Machiavellianism
Dec 18, 2017
Dan Balz on the media and Donald Trump’s presidency
Dec 03, 2017
Kristen Soltis Anderson on Millennials and American Politics
Nov 20, 2017
Jonah Goldberg on Donald Trump and the Future of Conservatism
Nov 06, 2017
Spencer Abraham and Vin Weber on Congress, Trump, and the Parties
Oct 20, 2017
Eric Edelman on the Global Threat of Authoritarianism
Oct 08, 2017
Paul Cantor on Shakespeare’s Rome
Sep 25, 2017
Thomas Donnelly on Addressing the Challenges to American Primacy
Sep 11, 2017
Christina Hoff Sommers on Google, GamerGate, and Threats to Free Speech
Aug 28, 2017
Harvey Mansfield on Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
Aug 14, 2017
Irwin Stelzer: Strengthening and Preserving Democratic Capitalism
Jul 31, 2017
Ronald Brownstein on America’s Political and Electoral Fault Lines
Jul 16, 2017
Mike Murphy on President Trump, 2018, and 2020
Jul 03, 2017
Martin Feldstein on America’s Economic Vitality
Jun 19, 2017
Josh Bolten on Managing the White House in Moments of Crisis
Jun 03, 2017
John Walters on the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic
May 22, 2017
Senator Ben Sasse on American Society and Culture
May 08, 2017
Harvey Mansfield on the Neil Gorsuch Confirmation Hearings
Apr 24, 2017
N. Gregory Mankiw: America’s Economy and the Case for Free Markets
Apr 09, 2017
Christopher Caldwell on the Situation in Europe
Mar 27, 2017
Vin Weber on American Internationalism, Trump, & Our Parties
Mar 13, 2017
David Axelrod on the Democrats, the Republicans, and President Trump
Feb 27, 2017
Christopher DeMuth And Adam White on Reforming the Administrative State
Feb 11, 2017
James Ceaser on Our Parties, Conservatism, and President Trump
Jan 29, 2017
Andrew Ferguson on Journalism, Politics, and Culture
Jan 16, 2017
Jonah Goldberg on Conservatism and President Trump
Jan 03, 2017
Harvey Mansfield on Donald Trump and Political Philosophy
Dec 19, 2016
William Galston on the 2016 Elections, Populism, and the Democrats
Dec 05, 2016
Elliott Abrams on the Death of Fidel Castro and the Future of Cuba
Dec 01, 2016
2016 Post-Election Special: Spencer Abraham and Jay Cost
Nov 20, 2016
Steven F. Hayward on Ronald Reagan and the Study of Statesmen
Nov 07, 2016
Justice Clarence Thomas: Reflections on Twenty-five Years on the Court
Oct 22, 2016
Elliott Abrams: How Should the Next President Conduct U.S. Foreign Policy?
Oct 10, 2016
Harvey Mansfield on Mysteries, Wodehouse, Wilson, Churchill, and Swift
Sep 26, 2016
Charles Murray on Populism, Globalization, The Bell Curve, and Politics Today
Sep 12, 2016
Mark Blitz on Natural Rights, Liberal Democracy, and the American Regime
Aug 29, 2016
Paul Cantor on Literature and Liberty
Aug 15, 2016
Spencer Abraham and Jay Cost on the 2016 Presidential Race
Aug 03, 2016
Harvey Mansfield on America’s Constitutional Soul
Aug 01, 2016
Jonah Goldberg on Donald Trump’s Candidacy, Liberalism, and Conservatism
Jul 18, 2016
General David Petraeus on American Leadership in the World
Jul 05, 2016
Garry Kasparov on American Politics Today
Jun 20, 2016
James Ceaser on the New Progressivism
Jun 06, 2016
Peter Thiel on the Global Economy, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence
May 22, 2016
Harvey Mansfield on Manliness
May 09, 2016
Garry Kasparov on Russia Since the End of the Cold War
Apr 25, 2016
Robert P. George on Our Universities, Natural Law, and Social Conservatism
Apr 11, 2016
Stephen Rosen on Our Geopolitical Challenges and American Leadership
Mar 28, 2016
Robert D. Putnam on Our Civic Life in Decline
Mar 14, 2016
Garry Kasparov on Chess and Politics in Soviet Russia
Feb 29, 2016
Spencer Abraham and Jay Cost on the 2016 Republican Race
Feb 24, 2016
General David Petraeus on his Command in Iraq
Feb 15, 2016
Rich Lowry on Conservatism, Donald Trump, and the 2016 Race
Feb 03, 2016
Harvey Mansfield on Our Political Parties
Feb 01, 2016
Larry Summers on Political Correctness and our Universities
Jan 18, 2016
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Challenge of Radical Islam
Jan 04, 2016
Leon Kass on Bioethics, the Bible, and Athens and Jerusalem
Dec 21, 2015
Harvey Mansfield on Niccolo Machiavelli and the Origins of Modernity
Dec 07, 2015
Larry Summers: An Economist in Government
Nov 23, 2015
Thomas Donnelly and Gary Schmitt on the U.S. Military and Foreign Policy
Nov 09, 2015
Arthur Brooks on the American Enterprise Institute and Think Tanks Today
Oct 26, 2015
Paul Cantor on Popular Culture
Oct 12, 2015
Newt Gingrich on America and the State of the World
Sep 28, 2015
Spencer Abraham and Jay Cost on the State of the 2016 Race
Sep 12, 2015
Harvey Mansfield on Alexis de Tocqueville
Aug 31, 2015
Mitch Daniels on Making Government Work
Aug 17, 2015
Christina Hoff Sommers on How Feminism Went Awry
Aug 03, 2015
Justice Samuel Alito on the Supreme Court and His Education
Jul 20, 2015
David Gelernter on American Culture, Computer Science, and Art
Jul 06, 2015
Donald Kagan on War and Human Nature
Jun 22, 2015
Peter Berkowitz on Liberal Education and Our Illiberal Universities
Jun 08, 2015
Fred Barnes on Reporting on Politics
May 25, 2015
Harvey Mansfield on Leo Strauss and the Straussians
May 11, 2015
Gary Bauer on Main Street Conservatism
Apr 27, 2015
Charles Krauthammer on His Career in Writing and Ideas
Apr 13, 2015
Jeff Bell on the Conservative Movement and the Republican Party
Mar 30, 2015
Paul Begala on Bill Clinton and the Clinton White House
Mar 16, 2015
James Ceaser on the Constitution and Constitutional Politics
Mar 02, 2015
Bill Bennett on the Book of Virtues, Education Reform, and the War on Drugs
Feb 16, 2015
Frederick W. Kagan on the U.S. military in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at home
Feb 02, 2015
Harvey Mansfield on Party Government and Modern Political Philosophy
Jan 19, 2015
Newt Gingrich on the 1994 Republican Revolution and his Career in Politics
Jan 05, 2015
Jim Manzi on the Scientific Method in Business and Government
Dec 22, 2014
Ruth Wisse on anti-Semitism, Jewish Politics, and Yiddish Literature
Dec 08, 2014
Brit Hume Podcast on the Ascent of Fox News and Our Media Today
Nov 25, 2014
2014 Post-Election Special
Nov 11, 2014
Joe Lieberman: Reflections on a Career in Elected Office
Nov 10, 2014
Christopher DeMuth on Ideas and Public Policy in Washington
Oct 27, 2014
Dick Cheney: Personal Reflections on his Public Life
Oct 13, 2014
Jack Keane on the U.S. Military and the Troop Surge in Iraq
Sep 29, 2014
Peter Thiel on Innovation and Stagnation
Sep 15, 2014
Harvey Mansfield II on Conservatism, Constitutionalism, and Feminism
Sep 01, 2014
Mark Blitz on Ancient and Modern Political Philosophy
Aug 18, 2014
Yuval Levin on Reform Conservatism
Aug 11, 2014
Paul Cantor on Shakespeare
Jul 28, 2014
Charles Murray on Economic and Moral Life in America
Jul 14, 2014
Elliott Abrams on the State Department and the White House
Jun 30, 2014
Amy and Leon Kass on Liberal Education and Citizenship
Jun 30, 2014
Harvey Mansfield on Political Philosophy
Jun 30, 2014