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Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger
Jay Nordlinger is a journalist who writes about a range of subjects, including politics, foreign affairs, and the arts. He is the music critic of The New Criterion. He is a senior resident fellow at the Renew Democracy Initiative, and a contributor to its publication, The Next Move. His guests are from the worlds of politics and culture, talking about the most important issues of the day, and some pleasant trivialities as well.
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Episodes
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerAn Immaculate Singer: Kate Lindsey
Kate Lindsey is a mezzo-soprano, from Richmond, Virginia. She is now based in the U.K. She is a versatile singer, singing opera roles and songs. A brainy…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerOpera Star
Ausrine Stundyte is an opera star—a soprano from Lithuania. As Jay says in his introduction, “She is a phenomenal singer, and a phenomenal singing actress. She…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Soprano, High and Mighty
Kathryn Lewek is an American soprano, who, this summer, has been singing at the Salzburg Festival. That’s where Jay caught up with her. They talk about her…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerMuti, Music, and Harmony
Maestro Riccardo Muti is a fixture at the Salzburg Festival. This year, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony. Between rehearsals…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Legal Eagle, on Law and Life
Ilya Somin is a law prof and all-around intellectual. He is of a libertarian bent. He teaches at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. He…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerDaughter of Cuba
Rosa María Payá is a democracy activist. So was her father, Oswaldo—killed by the Cuban regime in 2012. With Jay, Rosa María talks about political prisoners…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Life in Academe, a Life in the World: Eliot A. Cohen
For The Atlantic, Eliot A. Cohen has written a piece called “Farewell to Academe.” The subtitle is: “I leave with doubts and foreboding that I would not have…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerFrom Russia, a Brave, Conscientious Woman
Anastasia Shevchenko was a civil-society leader in Russia. She was the first person prosecuted under the Kremlin’s notorious law concerning “undesirable…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerSaturday Night in America
Christian Schneider is a writer and podcaster. With Scot Bertram, he hosts a podcast about “Saturday Night Live.” Jay talks with him about “SNL,” about…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerUkraine, from Independence till Now
Adrian Karatnycky is a New Yorker with Ukrainian-Polish heritage. For eleven years, he was president of Freedom House. Today he is with the Atlantic Council…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerSon of Nicaragua
Carlos Fernando Chamorro is one of the most important journalists in all of Latin America. He is a Nicaraguan—though the dictatorship has stripped him of his…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerFrom Rwanda, the Hotel Manager
Across the globe, Paul Rusesabagina is known as “the hotel manager.” In 2004, Don Cheadle portrayed Rusesabagina in the movie “Hotel Rwanda.” (Cheadle won an…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerPainter of Our Revolution
Richard Brookhiser has written many books about the American Revolution and the Founding Fathers. He got interested when he went to college—to Yale, where he…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Ukrainian on Ukraine
Illia Ponomarenko is one of the leading war reporters and defense analysts in Ukraine. He himself is Ukrainian—from the east of the country. He went to college…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerScholar, and Explainer, of Islam
Mohamad Jebara grew up in Ottawa, Canada, the son of Lebanese immigrants. He, and they, were “cultural Muslims.” But he soon became a scholar of Islam, and a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerLaw, Economics, and Life, with an Italian Couple
Simone Sepe and Saura Masconale teach at the University of Arizona. He is in the law school; she is in the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerEconomist of Freedom
Vernon L. Smith is one of the leading economists of our time. He was born in Wichita, on January 1, 1927. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Memorial Prize with…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Distinguished American Couple from Europe
Robert Mundheim is a leading professor of law, who has also worked in the private sector and in government. (He worked on the Iran hostage crisis, in…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Righteous, Patriotic Lightning Rod in Arizona
Stephen Richer has been at the center of election controversies in Arizona. He is the recorder of Maricopa County. Donald Trump defamed him. So did Kari Lake…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerPropaganda: Its Art and Its Artists
Peter Pomerantsev is an authority on propaganda—and counter-propaganda. He is a Soviet-born British writer and teacher. His latest book is “How to Win an…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerHoward Buffett, Ukraine, and the World
Howard G. Buffett is, among other things, the head of the foundation that bears his name. He has been “many, many things in life,” as Jay says: “businessman…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerAn American-Russian Film Director and His Sensational Movie
Michael Lockshin is a film director, who grew up in both the United States and Russia. (Actually, he grew up in the Soviet Union, too.) He has made a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Democracy Man
Carl Gershman was the founding president of the National Endowment for Democracy, serving in that position from 1984 to 2021. Jay talks with him about his…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Man of Parts (All of Them Interesting)
Patrick Chovanec, as Jay says in his introduction, is a hard man to sum up: an econ whiz; a China man; a politico (of a sort); a writer. Now he is a pilot. His…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerAI: The Whys and Wherefores
David Zuluaga is an intellectual, a philosopher, a management consultant, a politico—many things. He is also a friend of Jay’s. And he has been spending a lot…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerBurning Issues, with Bret Stephens
Bret Stephens is a columnist for the New York Times. Previously, he was a columnist for the Wall Street Journal. In 2013, he won the Pulitzer prize for…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe U.S. in the World: Basic and Blunt Questions
Luke Coffey is an expert on foreign policy and national security. He works at the Hudson Institute. He was in the Army, serving in Afghanistan. Jay asks him…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerAbout Ukraine, Essential Questions
Phillips O’Brien is a professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He has had a British career. He was born and bred in Boston…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerMark Helprin on Love, War, and More
The latest novel by Mark Helprin is “The Oceans and the Stars.” What’s it about? Helprin gives this summation, in his conversation with Jay: “love and war.”…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerLet’s Play Off!
Jay hosts a sportscast, with his usual gurus, David French and Vivek Dave. How ’bout them Lions? How about Bill Belichick? And Nick Saban? NBA-wise, how about…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Professor-Ambassador Who Combats the Antisemites
Deborah Lipstadt is a well-known scholar of modern Jewish history, antisemitism, and Holocaust denial. She has written many books. In the 1990s, she was…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerFrom Ukraine, a War Correspondent
Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign-affairs correspondent of the Wall Street Journal. He was that paper’s bureau chief in Afghanistan and Pakistan. His…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Virus of Antisemitism
Shai Davidai is a professor at the Columbia business school. Recently, he has been writing about the explosion of antisemitism on his campus—an explosion that…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerSoccer, Etc.: A Writer at Large
Simon Kuper is a jack of many journalistic trades. He is a columnist for the Financial Times. He is a prominent soccer writer. He has written a book about…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Warrioress for Truth about Israel and Jews
Since October 7, Aviva Klompas has provided an extraordinary service. She has brought a wealth of information about that day’s attack. And about the people…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerSharansky on the Present Crisis
Introducing Natan Sharansky, Jay Nordlinger calls him “the great dissident and refusenik; the Israeli politician; the Jewish leader; the human-rights…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerAmid the Anti-Israel Storms at Yale
Sahar Tartak is an undergraduate at Yale University. She was an intern at National Review magazine last summer. She is a Jewish, pro-Israel student in a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerGeorge Weigel on Our Perilous Times
George Weigel is one of America’s leading political writers and social critics. His biography of John Paul II—“Witness to Hope”—is one of the great modern…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerShakespeare and Power and Life
Eliot A. Cohen, the scholar of international affairs, is a favorite guest of “Q&A.” He has written a new book, a Shakespeare book: “The Hollow Crown…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerIsrael in This Moment
Once more, Jay speaks with Haviv Rettig Gur, the Israeli journalist, about what is going on in Israel and the profound meaning of this moment. Get full access…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThrash-Metal Reaganite Kid as Economic-Policy Guru
A conversation with Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, about the economy, politics, and life. Get full access to Onward and Upward at…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerHaviv Rettig Gur: For Israel, ‘a New Era, a New World’
Haviv Rettig Gur is one of the leading journalists in Israel. He is the senior analyst of the Times of Israel. He is a regular guest on “Q&A.” Listeners want…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerMaestro Fischer, in Session
Adam Fischer is a noted Hungarian conductor (as is his brother, Ivan). He conducted at the Salzburg Festival in August. And, in an event hosted by the Salzburg…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerGlobalization: Yes
Jay’s guest is Scott Lincicome of the Cato Institute. He and Cato have launched a defense of globalization, or the right of people in different nations to…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerMaestro Sunshine
Marco Armiliato is a veteran conductor from Italy. He has spent most of his career in opera, and in Italian opera in particular. He is a regular at the Met…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerFighting for His Heroic Father, Jimmy Lai
Sebastien Lai is the son of Jimmy Lai, the great Hong Kong entrepreneur and publisher who is now a political prisoner: a symbol of the general struggle of Hong…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerOf Economics and Termites
Michael R. Strain is an economist at the American Enterprise Institute. Jay talks with him about his upbringing, his education, and how he arrived at his…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerGeorge F. Will, Classically Conservative
In this conversation, Jay asks George Will about issues that both have been thinking about: the GOP presidential race; Ukraine; our fiscal house (wobbly)…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Chat with Lea
Lea Desandre is an Italian-French mezzo-soprano and one of the brightest lights in singing today. She trained, for years, as a dancer. But music proved to be…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Soprano on the Rise
Adriana González is a star of the Salzburg Festival this year. She is a soprano from Guatemala—an unusual place for a classical musician to be from. Sitting on…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerTruth in Movies? Etc.
Issue upon issue: climate; “Barbenheimer”; political labels; conspiracy theories; transgenderism; Ukraine; books . . . Like many other people, Kevin D…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Wrestling Champion, and Human-Rights Champion, from Iran
Sardar Pashaei is an Iranian-American athlete and democracy activist. He comes from a family of dissidents. Also a family of athletes. He and his brothers were…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Great Singer: Our Friend Flicka
Frederica von Stade—“Flicka,” universally—is one of the outstanding singers of our age. She is an American mezzo-soprano. With Jay, she talks about music and…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerScholar, and Friend, of the Chinese
Earlier, Jay spoke with Perry Link about Liu Xiaobo, the great Chinese democracy leader, of whom he has co-authored a biography. For that episode, go here. In…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Great Man from China
Liu Xiaobo was one of the great men of our age. He was a Chinese intellectual and democracy leader. In 2010, while in prison, he was awarded the Nobel Peace…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerOn Ukraine and Russia, from an Authority
Kyle Parker, of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, is a fount of knowledge. He was key in the formation of the U.S. Magnitsky Act. That got him placed on Putin’s…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Voice from Egypt
Sanaa Seif is a young woman from Egypt. She is a democracy campaigner. A human-rights campaigner. Egypt has about 60,000 political prisoners. One of them is…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerNazanin Boniadi, Actress and Human-Rights Activist
Nazanin Boniadi is a British actress who has been seen in many movies and television shows. Among the former, “Hotel Mumbai.” Among the latter, “How I Met Your…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Joker, Coach Spo, and More
A sportscast, with Jay’s gurus David French and Vivek Dave. They begin with the new marriage between the Saudis and the PGA Tour. And then they get to…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerMaestro Riccardo Muti and His World
Riccardo Muti is one of the most renowned musicians before the public today. Born in 1941, he has conducted in Milan, Vienna, London, Philadelphia—many places…