City Journal Audio
City Journal is America’s premier source of insightful policy analysis, sophisticated cultural commentary, and bold investigations that legacy journalists are too timid to touch. From incisive interviews to lively panel discussions, our podcasts extend CJ’s trademark rigor and wit beyond the written page to the dynamic world of streaming audio.
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A personal reflection on why we shouldn’t abandon the faith that has nourished Western civilization
The ambivalence of life in a great city
A conversation
Today’s young people are encouraged to believe that they are traumatized by their personal experiences and the injustices of history.
Elites are building a system to control and constrain Americans’ self-expression and political freedom.
On Britain’s authoritarian turn
Social media have unleashed a culture of instant judging.
A crisis of authority has left the public increasingly willing to believe implausible things.
Looking back at college basketball’s first great scandal, which dethroned the game from its place atop New York sports.
Lexington, Kentucky, builds on its core strengths and smart urban planning to forge a promising future.
A defense of the Division I athletic scholarship
Sportswriters are out of touch with fans.
John Joseph Hughes, New York’s first archbishop, was the catalyst for the cultural change that liberated the city’s Irish from their underclass behavior.
The literary glamorization of midlife divorce conveniently skips over the crucial role of marriage in human flourishing.
The financial bust reminds us that free markets require a constellation of moral virtues.
Shakespeare’s tragedy elucidates the paradoxes of human existence.
