Culture Wars with Jonathon Van Maren

When Hessy Taft was six months old, it was a dangerous time to be a Jewish child in Nazi Germany. But in a bizarre twist of fate, the Nazis selected her baby photo to publish in one of their publications as the ideal Aryan child. Hessy joined Jonathon to tell him the story.

Mark Steyn is a commentator and New York Times best-selling author. On this episode of The Bridgehead, Mark and Jonathon chat about demographics, abortion, and the rise of Islam.

Ezra Levant is a Canadian activist, journalist, author, and television host at the TheRebel.media. He joined Jonathon Van Maren to talk about the state of free speech and the silencing of Christians in Canada.

Dr. Robert Jensen is a porn researcher and the author of Pornography and the End of Masculinity. He joined Jonathon Van Maren to discuss how porn is destroying men and the culture.

Rev. Gerard Wilberforce is a priest from the United Kingdom—and great-great grandson of the abolitionist William Wilberforce. He joined Jonathon to discuss the legacy of his ancestor—and what William Wilberforce would be doing today if he were alive.

Shelley Lubben is a former porn star and founder of the Pink Cross Foundation. She joined Jonathon to talk about what really goes on inside the porn industry.

Joel C. Rosenberg is a New York Times best-selling fiction and non-fiction author. He joined Jonathon to talk about the persecution of Christians overseas as well as the duty of Christians to defend the defenceless here at home.

Maurice Vellacott is an outgoing Member of Parliament. He joined Jonathon to talk about political strategies of moving the abortion debate forward.

Dr. Efraim Zuroff is an Israeli historian of American origin who has played a role in bringing Nazis indicted for war crimes to trial. Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem, is the coordinator of Nazi war crimes research worldwide for the Wiesenthal Center and the author of its annual (since 2001) “Status Report” on the worldwide investigation and prosecution of Nazi...

Imaculee Ilibagiza is a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide. She wrote her powerful story in the book Left To Tell. She joined Jonathon to discuss her experiences, and the power of forgiveness.

Phyllis Schlafly, is an American constitutional lawyer, conservative activist, author, and founder of the Eagle Forum. She is known for her staunch social and political conservatism, her opposition to modern feminism and for her campaign against the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. Author of many books, she is arguably the most successful political activist of the last century. She joined Jonathon...

Dr. Clenora-Hudson Weems is the author of the ground-breaking book Emmett Till: The Sacrificial Lamb of the Civil Rights Movement. She joined Jonathon Van Maren to talk about the impact of imagery on the Civil Rights movement—and what we can learn from the story of Emmett Till.

Barbara Kay is a columnist and editor with the National Post who writes often on Canada’s no-holds-barred abortion regime. Although she is pro-choice, she regularly speaks out against pro-choice fanaticism. She joined Jonathon to talk about where pro-lifers and pro-choicers can find common ground.

Gavin McInnes is a Scottish-Canadian writer, creative director, actor, and co-founder of Vice Magazine. He used to be a liberal pro-choice celebrity. Now, he’s pro-life. He came on The Bridgehead to tell us why.

Kathy Shaidle is a bomb-throwing Canadian blogger, columnist, and poet. She joined Jonathon Van Maren to talk chat about the state of free speech in Canada.

A well-known Canadian journalist, Paul Wells is an editor at Maclean’s and author of several books. He joined Jonathon Van Maren to talk about his most recent book on Stephen Harper, The Longer I’m Prime Minister.

Peter Hitchens is a renowned journalist, commentator, and author hailing from the United Kingdom. His scathing tomes having taken on everything from left-wing ideology (The Abolition of Britain) to the flamboyant atheism of his brother Christopher (The Rage Against God.) He came on The Bridgehead to discuss the current state of the West—and dig into some of the issues we face.

Jonathon interviews Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor, author of Eva's Story: A Survivor's Tale, and stepsister of Anne Frank.

Jonathon Van Maren speaks with with Lord George Weidenfeld of the British House of Lords, and Steve Maman of the Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq. Lord Weidenfeld, a Holocaust survivor, shares how a conversation with Pope John Paul II and a long-standing debt of gratitude to Christians spurred him to act. Steve Maman, often called "the Jewish Schindler," talks about what his neg...

Jonathon Van Maren interviews Dr. Monica Miller, author of "Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars."

Jonathon Van Maren interviews historian Frank McDonough about his book Sophie Scholl: The Woman Who Defied Hitler.

Jonathon Van Maren interviews author, journalist, and lecturer Adam Hochschild about his book Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebel's in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves and his history of abolition.

The late Leon Leyson, the youngest Jew on Oskar Schindler's famous list, joined Jonathon Van Maren some time ago to tell his story--of knowing Oskar Schindler, of his rescue, and of what we can learn.

Chris Slattery of Frontline Crisis Pregancy Centres joins Jonathon from Manhattan to talk about how he fights the highest abortion rate in North America--seven out of ten pregnancies aborted--in New York City, the Abortion Capital. His stories horrify--one woman who had 26 abortions--and thrill--she cancelled her 27th and chose life.

Member of Parliament Rob Anders joins Jonathon Van Maren to talk about the uphill battle social conservatives have in politics--and what they must do to win.