The Certainty Trap - #17 Ilana Redstone

Our Republic - #21 Michael Tomasky

Joey speaks with Michael Tomasky. Michael is the editor of The New Republic and editor-in-chief of Democracy. We discuss Trump’s war on civil society, polarization, federal programs, race, and other topics. He and his writing appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and on PBS, MSNBC, C-SPAN, Fox News, and other media. He can be found on X @ [https://x.com/lexiohudson?lang=en]mtomasky [https://x.com/mtomasky] and Bluesky @mjtoma.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/mjtoma.bsky.social].

The Soul of Civility: In Response to Rhetoric and Political Violence - #20 Alexandra Hudson

Joey speaks with Alexandra Hudson. We discuss her book The Soul of Civility and Joey’s recent speech [https://www.youtube.com/live/QrLSaLA7VaM?si=RSpJzaGruMYmEPLl&t=3035] at an anti-gay church in the context of the Charlie Kirk assassination. Alexandra is the founder of Civic Renaissance [https://www.civic-renaissance.com/]. She and her writing appeared in The Wall Street Journal, TIME, POLITICO, and on CBS, PBS, Fox News, and other media. She can be found on Instagram at alexandraohudson [https://www.instagram.com/alexandraohudson/?hl=en], on X @LexiOHudson [https://x.com/lexiohudson?lang=en], and on her website [https://alexandraohudson.com/].

On Liberty - #19 Nick Gillespie

Joey speaks with Nick Gillespie. We discuss our takes on the state of the arts, conservative art and entertainment, the Kennedy Center, the role of the audience in media, misinformation, political prejudices and polarization, our family backgrounds, understanding the New Right, reactionary Catholicism, anti-wokeness, the Trump administration and DOGE, government spending, and other topics. Nick can be found on X @nickgillespie [https://x.com/nickgillespie/highlights], Substack @ Nick Gillespie [https://open.substack.com/users/582055-nick-gillespie?utm_source=mentions], and at Reason.com [https://reason.com/people/nick-gillespie/] Nick hosts the Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie podcast and is an editor-at-large at Reason magazine. The star libertarian has been with Reason since 1993. He received his Ph.D. in English literature from SUNY Buffalo. He also holds an M.A. in English with a concentration in creative writing from Temple and a BA in English and Psychology from Rutgers. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, Slate, Salon, Time, The Daily Beast, Marketplace, Suck, and numerous other publications.

Breaking Bread - #18 Bret Stephens & Chloe Valdary

Joey speaks with Bret Stephens and Chloe Valdary. We discuss DEI, prejudice on the right and left, MAGA, wokeness, social media, polarization, communicating across the aisle, intentions and misunderstandings, graciousness, human uniqueness, understanding one’s political opponents, the media and Trumpism, the crisis of meaning and connection, balancing moral clarity with compassion, antisemitism, pro-Hamas protesters, perceptions of Israel, Daryl Davis, and other topics. Bret can be found on his NYT [https://www.nytimes.com/by/bret-stephens] page [https://www.nytimes.com/by/bret-stephens]. Chloe can be found on Instagram @cvaldary [https://www.instagram.com/cvaldary/?hl=en], Substack at Chloé Valdary [https://open.substack.com/users/94997141-chloe-valdary?utm_source=mentions], and her website [https://chloevaldary.org/]. Bret is an Opinion columnist at the New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/by/bret-stephens] and Editor-in-chief of Sapir [https://sapirjournal.org/authors/bret-stephens/]. He was previously at The Wall Street Journal [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/bret-stephenshttps://www.wsj.com/news/author/bret-stephens], The Jerusalem Post [https://www.jpost.com/tags/bret-stephens], and Commentary [https://www.commentary.org/author/bret-stephens/]. He earned a BA in political philosophy from the University of Chicago and an MA in comparative politics from the London School of Economics. He has won numerous awards, including a 2013 Pulitzer Prize. Chloe is a writer, entrepreneur, and diversity & inclusion educator. She runs the DEI program Theory of Enchantment [https://theoryofenchantment.com/] and her app, Dojo [https://www.enchanteddojo.com/]. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of New Orleans in 2015 with a BA in International Studies. She has also contributed to The New York Times and The Atlantic [https://www.theatlantic.com/author/chloe-valdary/].

The Certainty Trap - #17 Ilana Redstone

Joey speaks with Ilana Redstone. We discuss her book The Certainty Trap [https://www.amazon.com/Certainty-Trap-Question-Ourselves-More_and/dp/1634312562], the state of academia, conservative media, trust in media, reaching across the aisle, polarization around Israel-Palestine, dialogue in Islam, prejudice, democracy, travel, family, Joey’s experience in college, and other topics. Ilana can be found on X @irakresh [https://x.com/irakresh] and her website [https://www.ilanaredstone.com/about]. Illana is a professor of sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is also co-director of the Mill Institute at UATX. She has a joint Ph.D in demography and sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She also authored Unassailable Ideas [https://www.amazon.com/Unassailable-Ideas-Unwritten-Discourse-Education/dp/0190078065] and Why We Disagree About Inequality [https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Disagree-about-Inequality/dp/150955713X?tag=googhydr-20&source=dsa&hvcampaign=books&gclid=Cj0KCQiA19e8BhCVARIsALpFMgEsx7EfIGlJ_udqaC9RjvI6JdZjwOJx3ekqlshUrh8PLfZnVWuLku8aAigaEALw_wcB]. Her writing has appeared in Forbes, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and other outlets.