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Q&A: Elliott Abrams
The world is quaking with problems; America has a few of its own. Jay talks about some of them with Elliott Abrams, late of the Reagan State Department and the Bush (43) White House, now with the...
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Q&A: Robert Costa
Jay talks with Robert Costa, one of the leading political reporters and analysts in the country, about the Trump White House: Is it still fun to cover? Discuss this podcast at...
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Q&A: Michael Mukasey
Former attorney general Michael Mukasey sat down with Jay for a stimulating Q&A about our law, our politics, and our fate. Discuss this podcast on Ricochet....
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Q&A: The Williamsonian Persuasion
As Jay says at the outset, National Review roving correspondent Kevin D. Williamson is one of his favorite writers and favorite people. The two discuss a range of subjects, including Trump,...
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Q&A: George Will -- The Conservative's Conservative
Jay speaks with the incomparable conservative George F. Will on a wide range of topics including the Confederacy and its monuments, North Korea, and Afghanistan to name a few. Discuss this episode on...
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Q&A: Douglas Murray
Jay talks to Douglas Murray, a British intellectual and best-selling author, about politics and policy as well as novels, poetry, and music. Discuss this podcast at Ricochet....
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Q&A: The Lion of Berkeley
Jay speaks to Ben Shapiro about the his speech at Berkeley, higher education, the political temperature in America, health care, and some other things. This episode is a quick blast o’ Ben. Discuss...
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Q&A: Leyla Hussein
Leyla Hussein, prominent, fearless, and delightful, speaks to Jay about Female Genital Mutilation, which she describes as sexual assault. Discuss this podcast at Ricochet....
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Q&A: Kathryn Jean Lopez
On a recent National Review cruise, Jay sat down with an old friend and colleague, Kathryn Jean Lopez, a.k.a. K-Lo. They talk about some things dear to Kathryn’s heart — and to Jay’s — chiefly the...
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Q&A: Golda Schultz
Jay speaks with South African soprano Golda Schultz, currently working at the Metropolitan Opera. They talk about New York, South Africa, opera, Broadway, and life. Discuss this podcast at Ricochet....
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Q&A: Mark Helprin
Jay speaks with Mark Helprin, who has a new novel out: Paris in the Present Tense. Among his previous novels are Winter’s Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, and In Sunlight and in Shadow. The new one...
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Q&A: Angela Gheorghiu
Jay talks with Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu, one of the starriest, and most controversial, opera singers in the world, and a legend in her own time. Discuss this podcast at...
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Q&A: Catalina Serrano
Catalina Serrano is a Colombian and the wife of Andrés Felipe Arias, a minister in the cabinet of President Álvaro Uribe. Arias was, in fact, Uribe’s chosen successor. But Arias was railroaded in the...
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Q&A: Mark Galeotti
A year or two ago, a colleague of Jay’s said, “If you want to know anything about Russia and Europe – if you want to know anything about Putin’s influence worldwide – you MUST consult Mark Galeotti.”...
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Q&A: Stein Ringen
Jay talks with Stein Ringen, a professor emeritus at Oxford University. Ringen is the author of The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century. The two talk about Xi, Trump, Norway, John Kelly,...
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Q&A: Dr. Daniel Hannan
Jay talks with Dr. Daniel Hannan, the British writer-politician extraordinaire. The two discuss nationalism, populism, immigration, and much more. Discuss this episode at Ricochet. (Wikimedia...
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Q&A: Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum is a historian and journalist, a columnist for the Washington Post. She is a particular expert on the former Soviet Union and its bloc. Her latest book is Red Famine: Stalin’s War on...
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Q&A: Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson’s new book is The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won. Jay asks him a slew of questions, including: What caused the war? Was Hitler dumb to declare...
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Q&A: Ash Carter
Ash Carter is a physicist and a defense-policy expert, having served in government periodically for decades. He was secretary of defense from 2015 to 2017. He has spent his academic career at Harvard,...
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Q&A: Ryan Crocker
Ryan Crocker is one of the outstanding U.S. diplomats of our time. Jay asks Crocker about the State Department today. Along with others, Crocker has sounded the alarm about cuts to the Foreign...
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