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The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
Chapter 7: What If You're Wrong?
Host Megan Phelps-Roper asks J.K.

Raising Parents with Emily Oster
Ep 8: Should You Have Kids?
For most of human history, having kids wasn’t much of a choice.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
Can America Survive Without Christianity?
Author Jonathan Rauch joins Bari on Honestly to discuss how the success of liberal democracy depends on a healthy Christianity to support it—and if Christianity falters, America will falter too.

Breaking History
The Trump White House and the New Opium Wars
The unraveling of U.S.–China economic ties echoes a darker chapter of history, when a trade dispute between the East and the West escalated into the First Opium War.

The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
Chapter 7: What If You're Wrong?
Host Megan Phelps-Roper asks J.K.

Raising Parents with Emily Oster
Ep 8: Should You Have Kids?
For most of human history, having kids wasn’t much of a choice.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
Can America Survive Without Christianity?
Author Jonathan Rauch joins Bari on Honestly to discuss how the success of liberal democracy depends on a healthy Christianity to support it—and if Christianity falters, America will falter too.

Breaking History
The Trump White House and the New Opium Wars
The unraveling of U.S.–China economic ties echoes a darker chapter of history, when a trade dispute between the East and the West escalated into the First Opium War.
Culture
Ben Meets America
Have San Francisco’s ‘Harm Reduction’ Tactics Worked?
We asked police, addicts, and residents to weigh in—while people appeared to overdose in front of our eyes.

Swing State Debates
Swing State Debates Episode Five: The Youth Vote in Michigan
While talking to Generation Z voters, I discovered a troubling consequence of our political divide: Liberal students are often barely familiar with the ideas they are against.

The Free Press Live
Wall Street Is Panicking. But Lloyd Blankfein Isn’t Sweating It.
“I think some of these things need to be done. I just don’t think we should risk the kind of chaos that could push us into a recession.” Lloyd Blankfein helps us make sense of the markets.

Hezbollah's Hostages
WATCH Hezbollah’s Hostages Season Finale: A World Without the Terror Group
History proves that tyranny can be overthrown. With Hezbollah now weakened, the brave dissidents of our series ask: How can we push for real political change?

The Freedom Debates
Will the Truth Survive Artificial Intelligence? Our Next Live Debate!
Aravind Srinivas of Perplexity and Fei-Fei Li face off against Jaron Lanier and Nicholas Carr on May 15 in San Francisco.

The America Debates
Our Next Live Debate: Should the U.S. Still Police the World?
Bret Stephens vs. Matt Taibbi October 9 in New York City. Plus: Watch this week’s debate on the economy now!

FP Live
The Free Press Live: December 4th, 2024
Join Michael Moynihan and Batya Ungar-Sargon as they sit down with guests including Michael Knowles, Rod Dreher, and Geoffrey Cain.

FP in Israel
Bari Weiss meets Palestinians | FP in Israel
Earlier this year, Bari Weiss and a team of Free Press journalists visited Israel. The result was a series of films, podcasts, and written articles called “FP in Israel.”

Ben Meets America
Have San Francisco’s ‘Harm Reduction’ Tactics Worked?
We asked police, addicts, and residents to weigh in—while people appeared to overdose in front of our eyes.

Swing State Debates
Swing State Debates Episode Five: The Youth Vote in Michigan
While talking to Generation Z voters, I discovered a troubling consequence of our political divide: Liberal students are often barely familiar with the ideas they are against.

The Free Press Live
Wall Street Is Panicking. But Lloyd Blankfein Isn’t Sweating It.
“I think some of these things need to be done. I just don’t think we should risk the kind of chaos that could push us into a recession.” Lloyd Blankfein helps us make sense of the markets.

Hezbollah's Hostages
WATCH Hezbollah’s Hostages Season Finale: A World Without the Terror Group
History proves that tyranny can be overthrown. With Hezbollah now weakened, the brave dissidents of our series ask: How can we push for real political change?

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