How the New Middle East Was Made with Simon Sebag Montefiore
Last week I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the foremost historians of our time, Simon Sebag Montefiore. As I write this, his...
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Honestly with Bari Weiss
The most interesting conversations in American life now happen in private. This show is bringing them out of the closet. Stories no one else is telling and conversations with the most fascin...
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20 of 362 episodesTickets Now Live: Bari Weiss and Simon Sebag Montefiore in NYC
For the first time in almost a year, Bari is thrilled to host a live Free Press event, on October 1 in New York City. We’d love for you to j...
We’re All Living in Casey Neistat’s World
Today, on our inaugural episode of Second Thought, Suzy Weiss sits down with one of the most influential people in YouTube’s history: Casey...
A Note from Bari on Honestly
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What to Expect in 2026 with Niall Ferguson, John McWhorter, Dr. Mark Hyman, Leandra Medine Cohen, Suzy Weiss, and Sarah Isgur
This past year wasn’t easy—but it was certainly eventful. Donald Trump returned to the White House, issued a record number of executive orde...
The Birth of Christianity
It's Christmas Eve. A holiday celebrated by 2.4 billion people around the world, which centers on a 2,000-year-old story about a Jewish man...
CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk
Last week, Bari sat down with Erika Kirk for an hour-long town hall in front of a live audience on CBS. It was an extremely powerful convers...
Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?
One of the most complex medical, ethical, moral, and religious questions of our era is that of physician-assisted suicide—also known as Medi...
Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?
All parents know what goes into raising children: the time spent changing diapers in inopportune places; the hours of worrying—about what to...
Would America Be Safer Without the Second Amendment?
Few lines in the Constitution have provoked as much passion—or confusion—as this one: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the secu...
Kids Don't Need Phones with Jonathan Haidt
You probably know Jonathan Haidt as the guy trying to save your kids from smartphones and social media apps. Likely you’ve read The Anxious...
Democratic Dissident John Fetterman
Who owns the future of the Democratic Party? That’s the question on everyone’s mind since last Tuesday night—when the richest city in Americ...
How We Lost Ourselves to Technology—and How We Can Come Back
Do you feel uneasy? Do you feel a level of ambient anxiety? Do you feel despair, despite the fact that we live in the most luxurious time an...
Can Reading Fix Men?
It’s no secret that young men are sort of unwell. They are four times more likely to kill themselves, three times more likely to struggle wi...
Palmer Luckey and the Future of American Power
A former Senate staffer recently told our friend, reporter Dexter Filkins: “The last socialist systems in the world are in Cuba and the Pent...
Trailer | Spiral: Murder in Detroit
On October 21, 2023, beloved Detroit community leader Samantha Woll was found brutally stabbed to death outside her home—two weeks to the da...
How Katie Herzog Drank Her Way to Sobriety
If you’re listening to this, you probably know someone who has struggled with alcohol addiction, or maybe you’re an alcoholic yourself. It’s...
The Hostage Release and the Future of Gaza
At 3:22 a.m. ET on October 7, 2023, Bari texted her producer: “Candace, there’s war in Israel.” At that moment, Hamas men still roamed south...
María Corina Machado’s Fight to Free Venezuela
Congratulations are not usually in order for someone who has been forced into hiding, someone whose children are scattered across continents...
Niall Ferguson on October 7 and Our Changed World
This week commemorates the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023. That morning, Hamas invaded Israel. They slaughtered some 1,200 people a...