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Summer 2023

Podcasts

City Journal’s 10 Blocks podcast features rich conversations on public policy and culture with host Brian C. Anderson.

In the Risk Talking podcast, host Allison Schrager—economist, journalist, and author—discusses cutting-edge economics in plain language.

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America’s Cultural Revolution:
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything


New Book by Christopher F. Rufo

Christopher Rufo Show

Christopher Rufo is a conservative journalist who specializes in critical race theory, gender ideology, and the capture of America’s institutions. In this podcast series, he’s taking a deep look at the revolutionary changes consuming the United States—and what conservatives can do to fight back.

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When Race Trumps Merit


The new book by Heather Mac Donald

Special Issue 2023:
Can California Be Golden Again?

The Spotlight

John Hirschauer The Last Institutions

In Pennsylvania, advocates and officials work to shutter state-run facilities that some have called home for decades.

Dec 27 2022
Rupert Murdoch The War on Technology

We’re headed for another American century—unless the technophobes prevail.

Steven Malanga The Cost of Bad Intentions

Progressive policies threaten a new era of urban dysfunction.

Michael Anton Tom Wolfe’s California

In the Golden State, the great writer first chronicled the social changes that would transform America.

James B. Meigs The Chump Effect

Progressive policies penalize those who play by the rules and shower benefits on those who don’t.

Brian Patrick Eha The Media and the Virus

American press coverage of Covid-19 was first dismissive, then alarmist—but always condescending.

George L. Kelling, William J. Bratton Why We Need Broken Windows Policing

It has saved countless New York lives—most of them minority—cut the jail population, and reknit the social fabric.

Chris R. Morgan The Logical Extremist

David Cronenberg’s movies reflect a world teeming with novel contagions, vast conspiracies, and radical therapies.

Fred Siegel Who Lost the Middle Class?

A question for historians in the not-too-distant future

Victor Davis Hanson What Made Them Do Their Duty?

At the Twin Towers, cops and firemen showed they really were New York’s Finest, New York’s Bravest.

Robert Pondiscio Literacy Is Knowledge

Why teaching reading means teaching content

Heather Mac Donald Law School Humbug

The hottest new legal theories may be antithetical to the very notion of law, but their influence is growing, even beyond the ivy-covered walls.

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