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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 NordlingerA Superb African Voice, for Freedom
Togo is a West African country, of about 8 million. Since 1967, it has been ruled by two dictators, father and son. An outstanding—and outstandingly…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Agony and the Glory of College Football
The college-football playoffs are coming up. On hand to discuss them are David French, Vivek Dave, and Rahul Danak. Also, should coaches just up and leave…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerPolitics with Hotline Josh
Josh Kraushaar, of National Journal, is one of the best political reporters and analysts in America. His handle, on Twitter, is “Hotline Josh,” for reasons he…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerJohn Bolton on Ukraine, Russia, and Us
Vladimir Putin’s Russia is threatening Ukraine as never before. Why does it matter? What is the interest of the United States? John Bolton has long experience…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Rehab Man
Walter Wolf has written an unusual book on a very difficult and important topic—a book that meets a screaming need: “The Right Rehab: A Guide to Addiction and…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerDaniel Asia – Composer of Music, Fighter for Music
Daniel Asia is a composer and a professor at the University of Arizona. He heads the American Culture and Ideas Initiative. Some of his articles are available…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerSporting and Unsporting
With two of his gurus, David French and Vivek Dave, Jay talks college football, Major League Baseball, the NFL, and college basketball. The guys hash over the…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerKasparov to America: ‘Just Don’t Get Crazy’
Garry Kasparov is the chess champion and democracy champion. He was Jay’s very first guest on “Q&A,” in 2015. For 255 months, Kasparov was the world’s No. 1 in…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerBernard-Henri Lévy and His World
Widely known as “BHL,” Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French philosopher and writer. He is one of the leading “public intellectuals” of our time. Not content with his…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Great American Success Story
Mark Haidar is “a tech whiz and entrepreneur,” as Jay says. Mr. Haidar has founded or co-founded several companies and has several patents. He lives in Dallas…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Blithe, Brave Spirit
You will want to meet Masih Alinejad, an extraordinary woman from Iran. She is a journalist, who defied the rulers of her home country. She is now in exile, in…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger‘He Who Tires, Loses’
That is the slogan of Leopoldo López: “El que se cansa, pierde.” “He who tires, loses.” López is a face and voice of the Venezuelan opposition. He was…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerCosta on ‘Peril’
Robert Costa, the Washington Post reporter, is a frequent guest on “Q&A,” and an old friend and colleague of Jay’s. With Bob Woodward, Costa has written…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerListen to Coach Bacon
John U. Bacon was Jay’s guest on “Q&A” last summer—talking about some terribly serious issues in college sports. In this new episode, JUB talks about his new…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerJohn Bolton on Afghanistan
The heading of this episode tells you the necessary: John Bolton discusses Afghanistan with Jay. Bolton has served in the national-security field for many…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerFor Afghanistan, a ‘Digital Dunkirk’
Christopher Meyer has had an action-packed life. For 33 months, he was deployed across three combat zones, in support of special operations. He received a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA Singer to Know
Regula Mühlemann is a “bright and rising and wonderful young soprano,” as Jay says in his introduction. She is from Switzerland. And she performed at the…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Multi-Talented Maria
Maria DeCotis is a comedienne, an actress, a writer, a singer, a dancer—a Renaissance woman in entertainment. She came to broad public attention when she…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerAfghanistan, Belarus, and Other Countries of Concern
Radek Sikorski is a veteran journalist, writer, politician, and statesman. He has been foreign minister and defense minister of his country, Poland. He is now…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerHouse of Lords, ‘House of Cards,’ and the Great, Broad, Daunting World
Jay has a leisurely, wide-ranging, enriching hour with Daniel Hannan, the writer, columnist, and member of the House of Lords. What’s that all about, by the…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerSimone, Giannis, Djokovic, and Other Athletes We Have Known
Jay convenes a sportscast, with two of his regular gurus: David French and Vivek Dave. They talk some Olympics—Simone and the twisties, plus other issues…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerGeorge F. Will: A Spin through National and World Concerns
There are always many things on George F. Will’s mind, and on Jay’s, too. In this episode, they discuss the January 6 committee. Big Tech. Critical race…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerAn American Reporter from Cuba, Talking about Cuba
José de Córdoba is a Latin America correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. Jay has known him for several years. De Córdoba has reported from all over the…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerTwo Amigos, Jawing
Jay’s guest is Kevin D. Williamson, his friend and National Review colleague. They talk about things on their mind – including crime, inflation, Cuba…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerJohn Bolton and This World of Dangers
In a brisk, bracing, and highly substantive half-hour with Jay, John Bolton covers a lot of topics. The late Donald Rumsfeld, the missile-defense cause, and…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerIn College Sports, Heavy Questions
John U. Bacon is a veteran journalist and book-author. He has written on a variety of subjects, especially sports—sports at the University of Michigan, in…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerIsraeli Politics: The Tumult, the Glory
Last month, Jay hosted Haviv Rettig Gur, an analyst and writer with the Times of Israel. HRG explained the Hamas war (the latest one). He is back by popular…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerAn Inspiring Young Leader from Hong Kong
Nathan Law is a democracy leader from Hong Kong. Born in 1993, he became the youngest person ever elected to the Legislative Council—age 23. He co-founded a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerTelling the Syrian Story
Waad al-Kateab is a Syrian journalist and documentarian. She filmed daily life in Aleppo, during the siege of that city, which lasted four years. Today, she is…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerIsrael vs. Hamas, Explained
Haviv Rettig Gur is a senior analyst with the Times of Israel. In the last few days, he has written a searching article about the latest Hamas war, and the…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Rise of Marvin Kalb
For 30 years, Marvin Kalb was a reporter and commentator for CBS News and NBC News. He was the last of the “Murrow Boys.” In the 1980s, he was the host of…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerPlague Times: A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis
Nicholas Christakis is an unusual academic—a physician, a sociologist, and more. He is also a champion of free speech. Christakis is a Greek American, who grew…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerA First-Rate Life Coach: Dana Perino
Dana Perino has written three books, all filled with wisdom and light. Books tend to reflect their authors. She has podcasted with Jay about all three of them…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Conscience of a Uyghur-American Journalist
Gulchehra Hoja works at Radio Free Asia, in Washington, D.C. She is a Uyghur, a Uyghur American. The Chinese government has imprisoned more than a million…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerAcademic, Activist, and Righteous Warrior: Donna Hughes, Foe of Sex Trafficking
As Jay says in his introduction, Donna M. Hughes is “an academic and activist—a righteous warrior.” She is a professor of women’s studies at the University of…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerHell Time for Hong Kong
Ellen Bork is a veteran analyst of Far Eastern affairs—and a devoted friend of freedom and democracy. Perry Link is an eminent professor of Chinese and Chinese…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerSports: A Darwinian Mêlée
That’s a phrase that David French uses in this episode: “a Darwinian mêlée.” He is talking about the survival of the fittest in the NBA—but the phrase applies…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerArtificial Intelligence, Ready or Not
Michael Wooldridge is the chairman of the computer-science department at Oxford University. He is a specialist in artificial intelligence, and the author of a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerMeijer of Michigan
Peter Meijer is a new congressman from Grand Rapids, Mich. He is the son of Hendrik Meijer, with whom Jay did a “Q&A” three years ago (here). The Meijers own a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerThe Joy of Jonah
Jay talks with Jonah Goldberg about his writing life, his dogs, his political thought. Bill Buckley, Charles Krauthammer, Donald Trump. Music, sports, food…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE335. Man of the Times: Michael Powell
Michael Powell is a national reporter for the New York Times. He has had many beats in his career, including sports. Today, he has a tricky one, you might even…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE334. An American, Chicago Born: Steven B. Smith
Steven B. Smith is indeed an American, Chicago born. (The line is Saul Bellow’s, cited by Smith in this “Q&A.”) He is a political scientist, a political…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE333. Claire Berlinski, Bold and Unique
On Twitter, Claire Berlinski bills herself as a “rootless cosmopolitan.” She has styled her new newsletter “The Cosmopolitan Globalist.” There is such a thing…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE332. From the British Parliament to Mississippi: Douglas Carswell
Douglas Carswell grew up in Uganda. For a dozen years—2005 to 2017—he was a member of the British parliament. He is a conservative and a free-market man. In…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE331. Burma: What Happened?
Jared Genser is an American human-rights lawyer, who has represented many political prisoners and dissidents all over the world. From 2006 to 2010, he served…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE330. Vegetarian Haggis, U.S. Politics, and More
Jay hosts two of his young colleagues from National Review: Madeleine Kearns, of Glasgow, and Cameron Hilditch, of Belfast (or nearby). He has had them as…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE329. John Hare: A Philosophical Life
John Hare is an eminent philosopher—a professor of philosophical theology at Yale. Among his books are “Why Bother Being Good? The Place of God in the Moral…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE328. Incendiary Subjects
A sportscast with Jay’s favorite gurus: Sally Jenkins, Vivek Dave, and David French. Bill Belichick and the Pats. The coach’s turning down of the Presidential…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE327. Pathologist with a Pen: Kevin D. Williamson on America
Jay talks once more with one of his favorite writers and people — Kevin D. Williamson, whose new book is “ Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE326. A Filmmaker and the Khashoggi Murder
In 2017, Bryan Fogel made “Icarus,” a film about Russia, sports, and doping. It was a highly consequential film. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE325. On Liberty, with Richard Brookhiser
The latest of Richard Brookhiser’s many excellent and useful books is “ Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea.” What can Americans rally…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE324. After the Election, America at a Boil
Once more, Tim Alberta, the ace reporter from Politico, is Jay’s guest. He has done some of the best writing in the post-election (as in the pre-election). Try…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE323. A Tour with Declan Walsh, Foreign Correspondent
Declan Walsh is a veteran foreign correspondent, whom Jay has read and cited for years. Walsh has reported from many spots, most of them troubled – very. He…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE322. Manliness, Machiavelli, and More, with Harvey Mansfield
Harvey Mansfield, the professor of government and political philosopher at Harvard, is one of the great teachers in America. He does some splendid teaching in…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE321. Sorting It Out, with Robert Costa
In these post-election days, Jay wanted to talk to his old friend and colleague Robert Costa: national political reporter of the Washington Post; analyst for…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE320. Sports in a Year of Pandemic
A wide-ranging conversation with Sally Jenkins, columnist of the Washington Post, and David French, senior editor of The Dispatch. An NBA season. A Major…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE318. Lincoln, Mookie, and the Piggly Wiggly: A Conversation with George F. Will
In the middle of the World Series, you want to talk baseball with George F. Will. You want to talk baseball with him anytime, actually, and a number of other…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE317. 1619 and All That: A Conversation with Bret Stephens
Earlier this month, Bret Stephens wrote a searching essay on the New York Times’s 1619 Project. Stephens is a columnist for the New York Times himself. The…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE305. ‘Child of the Peace’: A Young Thinker from Northern Ireland
Cameron Hilditch is a writer for National Review, born in 1998, as the Troubles wound down: the Troubles in Northern Ireland. This Northern Irishman is a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE304. David French and Our National Split
There was once a movie called “Divorce American Style.” David French was going to title his new book “The Great American Divorce.” But the title is “ Divided…