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 thought experiment
New York City’s experience with social democracy is a cautionary tale for the rest of the country.
Why have young women been so prominent in the recent campus chaos?
The Fed should abandon inflation targeting and return to pursuing price stability.
The city’s future may depend on the socialist front-runner not doing much of what he says he’ll do.
The far Left is making inroads into local government races.
Polls show that young people embrace socialism—but they also distrust government regulation and admire entrepreneurialism and small business.
A visit to the dystopian Havana that tourists never see
The Innocents, the first and best film adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, is tough to beat for a Halloween film choice.
Notable British Trials is as complete an inventory of human depravity as has ever been assembled.
Reflections on sports spectatorship
From Covid eviction bans to tenant-slanted laws, property owners are under financial siege. Here’s what Trump can do about it.
Creeping censorship on digital platforms is alarming—but the decentralizing forces of new technology make Chinese-style control unlikely.
Watergate and Nixon’s resignation, 50 years on
The campaign against disposable bags and other products is harming the planet and the public.
Twenty years on, the Clydach killings remain horrific—and contested.
