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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Michael Apted’s ongoing Up series remains a profound work of art.
A witty and erudite homage to alcohol concedes its drawbacks but makes the case for its social—and civilizational—utility.
To become responsible citizens, young Americans need a full, accurate, and responsible account of their own country.
If DeWitt Clinton had never lived, New York probably would not have attracted you or your ancestors.
The reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris is a triumph not just for France, Catholics, and other Christians, but for everyone.
The holiday, especially in its American form, has been broadly adopted nearly everywhere in some fashion.
Remembering a friend and the spirit of the season
Neither Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nor Donald Trump can save Americans from the consequences of their own eating behavior.
Personal responsibility plays a role in obesity.
Nearly 2,000 years after it was written, Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations is rediscovered by each succeeding generation.
The best-selling nineteenth-century novelist stood at the forefront of a phenomenally successful experiment in social reform and improvement.
Legalization is pushing community mental health to the brink.
Why the United Kingdom will never be the same
Technology can help us govern better, but at what price to urban life?
A time before passenger jets, when ocean liners were “the greatest of the works of man”
