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Politics After Literacy (ft. Mary Harrington)

In this episode, Mary Harrington joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about her recent essay, “The King and the Swarm,” from the August/September 2025 issue of the magazine.

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  Recovering the University’s Soul | 2026 Neuhaus Lecture

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  Disney Adulting (ft. Veronica Clarke)

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  Why Portico? (ft. Micah Mattix)

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  Is Churchill America’s Hero? (ft. Sean McMeekin)

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  The Return of the Mainline? (ft. Brad East)

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  The Sexual Abuse Crisis Is a Law Crisis (ft. Michael Mazza)

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  Disclosure in Modern Poetry (ft. Glenn Arbery)

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  Our Crisis is Metaphysical | 2026 D.C. Lecture | 2026 D.C. Lecture (Presen…

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  The Countryman–Foreigner Distinction (ft. Matthew Crawford)

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  Admiration as Inspiration (ft. Elizabeth Corey)

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  What Virgil Teaches America (ft. Spencer Klavan)

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  The Promises of Gay Liberation (ft. Scott Yenor)

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  The Evangelical Elite Gap (ft. Aaron Renn)

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  Caravaggio the Destroyer (ft. Jaspreet Singh Boparai)

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  The Realities of Empire (ft. Nathan Pinkoski)

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  The Church of Sarah Mullally (ft. Damian Thompson)