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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 NordlingerE125. An Hour with Ily – Who Is Saying Farewell to Congress
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the congresswoman from Miami. She is also one of Jay’s favorite people in public life (and in life). A congresswoman since 1989, she is…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE124. Life and Death in China
Perry Link is one of the great China scholars of today. There have been two sides to his career: He is an expert on Chinese literature and language; and he has…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE123. ‘When the Livin’ Is Easy’
Throwing rules to the wind, Jay does a music program: a half-hour of music about summer, or related to summer. We’ll hear Mendelssohn, Webern, Barber, and…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE122. Times Past, Present, and Future: A Conversation with Frank Lavin
Frank Lavin has had a busy and interesting life. He worked for Reagan, Bush 41, and Bush 43. He was ambassador to Singapore. He is a robust free-trader. He is…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE121. Understanding Russia
David Satter is an American authority on Russia – a man who cares so much about Russia and the Russian people that he bothers to understand them. And to tell…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE120. A Conservative Brain
John J. Pitney Jr. is a famous conservative professor of political science. He works at Claremont McKenna College, in California. Jay asks him about California…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE119. JO’S at Large
As Jay says, John O’Sullivan is one of the most eminent political journalists in the English-speaking world. He is British — a Liverpudlian, and an exact…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE118. Brookhiser: A Wide World
Richard Brookhiser is a journalist and historian — the author of many books about the Founders. His latest book is Founders’ Son, about Abraham Lincoln and his…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE116. On and from Russia, Straight Talk
Vladimir Kara-Murza is a Russian democracy leader, and one brave hombre. Twice, he has been poisoned. Twice, he recovered. And he is still at his work. Jay…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE115. Mugabe’s Noble Challenger
Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980. Since then, it has been ruled by one man: Robert Mugabe, the dictator. Like most Zimbabweans, Evan Mawarire has never…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE114. Mr. Human Rights
This week, Jay has been at the Oslo Freedom Forum, the annual human-rights gathering in the Norwegian capital. Its founder is Thor Halvorssen, who also started…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE113. One Hero’s Daughter: So Much Is Demanded
Gao Zhisheng is one of the most heroic men in China, or anywhere. He is a human-rights lawyer who has put his neck on the line and paid for it with ten years…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE112. La Diva Divina Diana
Diana Damrau is an opera star – a German soprano – and a total delight. Jay sat down with her in New York for this “Q&A.” They talk about her new album – a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE111. Briefings by Negroponte
John Negroponte is one of the leading diplomats of our age. When he was a young man, he was at Henry Kissinger’s side in Vietnam. He had a Latin American…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE110. Tables Turned: Jay as Answerer
At Claremont McKenna College, in Claremont, Calif., there is a student-hosted podcast: “ Free Food (For Thought).” Jay was on the campus recently. And he sat…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE109. America’s College
This is Tara Ross’s moment – an extended moment. She is one of the country’s foremost experts on the Electoral College. This institution was put in the…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE108. Monkman and Monkmaniac
“ University Challenge” is a British quiz show, watched all over the world (particularly on YouTube). A major star of the recent season was Eric Monkman, of…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE107. In Venezuela: The Awful Latest
Venezuela is spinning out of control: starvation, desperation, chaos, fear. Hannah Dreier, the Associated Press correspondent in Caracas, is in the midst of…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE106. Old Masters and New
With his old friend Mark Farrell, the golf pro, Jay talks Masters 2017 – the shoot-out between Sergio Garcia of Spain and Justin Rose of Britain. Also, should…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE105. Being Norman Podhoretz
With Norman Podhoretz, you can talk about practically anything – so Jay does. They talk about writing, of course. Few do it as well as NPod. They talk about…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE104. President in a Front-line Country
For ten years – 2006 to 2016 – Toomas Hendrik Ilves was president of Estonia. He grew up in New Jersey. His parents, like many Estonian parents – if they were…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE103. Big Stick (No Shtick)
Eliot Cohen is a leading national-security scholar and an adviser to presidents, would-be presidents, and others. His latest book is The Big Stick: The Limits…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE102. ‘The Most Interesting Man in Washington, D.C.’
A friend of Jay’s – a journalist in Washington – described Arthur Brooks as “the most interesting man in Washington, D.C.” Brooks is the president of the…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE101. Burning Issues, and a Man to Address Them
Daniel Hannan, the British writer and politician, was honored at the recent “ideas summit” of the National Review Institute. Jay sat down with him there, to…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE100. Big Things with a Big Thinker
Robert P. George is a famed professor, working at Princeton University. He began modestly, in the hills of West Virginia. He went on to Swarthmore, Harvard…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE99. Taylor Is on the Case
Stuart Taylor is possibly the outstanding legal journalist of our time. His most recent book — co-authored with KC Johnson — is “ The Campus Rape Frenzy: The…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE98. A Maestro to Meet
Herbert Blomstedt is one of the leading conductors in the world. He was born in America, in 1927. But his family was Swedish, and they moved back to Sweden…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE97. The Skies over Europe, Darkening
James Kirchick is the author of an important new book: “The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age.” He and Jay talk it over: the…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE96. He’s No. 1: Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire. He is one of the most prominent conservative journalists in America. The 2016 cycle was a wild ride for…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE95. Student of Russia
Michael McFaul is one of the outstanding Russianists in America. A boy from Montana, he made Russia his life’s occupation, and preoccupation. He is a professor…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE94. The Range of Radek: An Important Discussion
Years ago, Radek Sikorski was the chief foreign correspondent of National Review. Later, he was a major politician and statesman in Poland: first the defense…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE93. A Podcastable Subject? Anyway, Abortion.
Alexandra DeSanctis is a colleague of Jay’s at National Review. A recent graduate of Notre Dame, she is a William F. Buckley fellow at NRI (the National Review…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE92. Wife and Defender: A Brave Voice from Russia
Ildar Dadin is a political prisoner in Russia. He has the unwelcome distinction of being the first person imprisoned under an onerous new law: a law that…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE91. Live from the Lady Gaga Room
Piotr Anderszewski is one of the leading pianists in the world. He paid a visit to New York, where Jay caught up with him in the offices of the Steinway…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE90. A Reporter in a Desperate Country
The Venezuelan situation is hard to believe: hunger, violence, a reversion to the primitive. Yet there is beauty there too, and human goodness. Hannah Dreier…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE89. An American Lawyer: What She Saw and Experienced in Cuba
Kimberley Motley is an American attorney and human-rights activist. She has been working in Afghanistan. She has been of particular help to girls and women…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE88. Democracy and Its Enemies
Jay calls Larry Diamond “Mr. Democracy.” Professor Diamond has devoted his career to the study and advocacy of democracy — a very important thing to study and…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE87. Ily on Castro, Freedom, and Life
As regular listeners may know, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the veteran congresswoman from Miami, is one of Jay’s favorite politicians: favorite politicians, favorite…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE86. Jamming with Fazil Say
Fazil Say is a famous pianist, and a composer as well. He is particularly associated with the music of Mozart. Years ago, he took Mozart’s Rondo alla turca and…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE85. On Fidel Castro, from a Man Who Knows
Jay wanted to turn to Lincoln Diaz-Balart, to get his thoughts on the death of Fidel Castro. Diaz-Balart is a veteran Miami lawyer and politician. He served in…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE84. Thanks (in Music)!
Jay ditches a traditional “Q&A” – a proper “Q&A” – to do a music program: a program of music related to Thanksgiving, or at least to thanksgiving: expressions…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE83. An American Sheriff
David Clarke is one of the most famous lawmen in America. He is the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He is a commanding personality who has much…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE82. Greatness and Responsibility
America and the world after the election of Trump: This is the general topic of Jay’s “Q&A” with John Hillen – who is, as Jay says, a soldier, scholar…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE81. Dana and Jasper: A Lady and Her Dog
Dana Perino is a leading personality on Fox News. She is also a former White House press secretary (for George W. Bush). She is just out with a book, “Let Me…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE80. Putin and the Present Danger
Anne Applebaum is one of the foremost writers on Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. She is a columnist for the Washington Post, and has…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE79. Things That Go Bump in Music
Jay takes advantage of “Q&A” to do away with “Q&A” and record a music program instead – this one related to Halloween. So there is a variety of spooky and…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE78. Mr. October: George F. Will
October is a big month for the baseball world. And Jay would like nothing better than to talk baseball with George Will — which he does. Will wrote a…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE77. A Blue-Chip Up-and-Comer
Grant Starrett is a lawyer and politician in Tennessee. Kind of a model, if you’re a conservative Republican – a blue-chipper. He ran for Congress this year…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE77. Sowell at the Keyboard, Taking Requests
Thomas Sowell has revised and enlarged his important book Wealth, Poverty and Politics. With Jay, he talks about – well, wealth, poverty, and politics. How…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE76. Dr. Rothman Is In
Jay has a little therapy session with Noah Rothman of Commentary magazine, one of his favorite analysts and writers. They talk about Trump and Hillary, of…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE75. In the Time of Trump: A Confab with Jonah
Jonah Goldberg is a leading conservative critic of Trump and Trumpism. Therefore, there is a big target on his back, and front, and everywhere else. And yet he…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE74. About Iraq: A Man Who Knows
At the end of the 1980s, Kanan Makiya wrote the book that taught everyone about Saddam Hussein’s Iraq: “ Republic of Fear.” His most recent book is a novel…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE75. A Boy on the Bus
That was the title of Timothy Crouse’s famed book of 1973: “ The Boys on the Bus.” It was about reporters covering the 1972 presidential campaign. This year…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE74. Thank You, Chicago!
The University of Chicago dropped a very pleasant bombshell this week: a letter to incoming freshmen, announcing that the university honors freedom of…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE73. Ask Dan
That would be a good name for a show, and it’s a good idea for a show: “Ask Dan” – Dan being Daniel Hannan, the distinguished British writer, and member of the…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE72. Talkin’ Trump (Plus Higher Things)
For conservatives, is the Supreme Court reason enough to vote for Donald Trump? Also, if you’re a conservative and you’re voting for neither Trump nor Hillary…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE71. Faraway Countries about Which to Know Something
The Baltics are little, beautiful countries a long way from the United States – and very close to Russia. They were once ruled – captured and brutalized – by…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE70. Your One-Man Political Almanac
What follows is a complete list of those who know more about American politics than Michael Barone: . Okay Barone is Jay’s guest, and they talk about…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE69. Dateline Caracas
As Jay says at the outset of this episode, there is a lot to follow in the world: ISIS, the American presidential election, and so on. But Venezuela is not to…
Q & A, Hosted by Jay NordlingerE68. ‘Sir Roger’ – So Right
Roger Scruton, the English philosopher, political writer, novelist, composer, etc., has just been knighted. So he is Sir Roger (as he long should have been)…