High Noon

In this episode of  High Noon with Inez Stepman , Inez interviews Ben Shapiro, host of the popular podcast and radio program “The Ben Shapiro Show,” Editor Emeritus of Daily Wire, and author of numerous books, including  The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America’s Institutions Against Dissent . Inez and Ben discuss how the authoritarian left has garnered the institutional...

In this episode of  High Noon with Inez Stepman , IWF fellow and  The Federalist  Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky rejoins the podcast to do a requiem on the domestic impact of the Afghanistan debacle. Inez and Emily lay out the dire (but well-deserved) situation with regard to institutional trust and how this international failure will impact the way that Americans think of their gov...

In this episode of  High Noon , Inez Stepman speaks with combat-wounded retired Marine bomb tech Johnny Joey Jones about the ongoing situation in Afghanistan. Joey Jones provides listeners with an overview of the real situation on the ground mid-pullout, and a look at the politicization of the military higher brass. He also gives voice to the betrayal many veterans feel about the way the Bide...

In this episode of  High Noon , John Daniel Davidson joins the podcast to take a deep dive into the crisis unfolding on our Southern border and U.S.-Mexico relations going all the way back into the nineteenth century and beyond. Davidson and Stepman detail the worsening catastrophe at the border, as well as adding historical context to the entanglement between the American West and Mexico goi...

In this episode, Katie Herzog, co-host of the popular podcast Blocked and Reported, joins High Noon. Herzog is a frequent contributor to Bari Weiss’ Substack page, where she has published a series of reported pieces on how ideology is infecting medical schools and hospitals, including the elimination of teaching about biological sex and pressure on medical researchers to stay away from “controvers...

In this episode of  High Noon , David Marcus joins the podcast. Marcus is the political reporter for the  New York Post  and the author of  Charade: The COVID Lies That Crushed a Nation.  Before becoming a political writer, he was an actor and the co-founder of a theater company. David and Inez discuss the failure of expertise and institutional actors during the course of...

In the thirteenth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Barbara Estrada and Hanna Liubakova, two journalists fighting to get the word out about the Cuban protests for  libertad  and the year-long struggle in Belarus to peacefully oust “the last dictator in Europe.” Each has played a critical role in getting news from the Cuban and Belarusian protests out, respectively. They shar...

In the twelfth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Mike Gonzalez of the Heritage Foundation, author of  The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free. Before entering the think tank world, Gonzalez worked as an international journalist for many years, including covering the Mujahideen in Afghanistan and being jailed by a dictator in Panama, and...

In the eleventh episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Michael Knowles. Knowles is the Author of  Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds , as well as the satirical  Reasons to Vote for Democrats . He’s the host of The Michael Knowles Show at  The Daily Wire , “The Book Club” at PragerU, and the popular podcast Verdict with Ted Cruz. Stepman and Knowles dig deeper i...

In the tenth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Robert Pondiscio of the American Enterprise Institute. Pondiscio has spent more than two decades in the education system, both as a civics teacher and as a writer and reformer. He is the author of numerous books, most recently  How the Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice. Robert and Inez discuss...

In the ninth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Emily Jashinsky. Emily wears many hats, from culture editor at  The Federalist  to educating young journalists at the Young America’s Foundation’s internship program. More recently, she's taken the helm of  The Hill’s   Rising , a popular independent news program that pairs populist right and populist left perspectives...

In the eighth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Fox News contributor and podcast host Ben Domenech. Domenech is the publisher and co-founder of  The Federalist , as well as a host for Fox News Primetime. In this conversation, Stepman and Domenech explore the futures of the left and right, the failures of America’s elite class, and the responses of the two parties to shifting poli...

In the seventh episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Spencer Klavan. Klavan is the associate editor of the  Claremont Review of Books  and the Claremont Institute’s online publication,  The American Mind . He’s also the author of an academic publication, Music in Ancient Greece, as well as a translation of the Book of Isaiah. Klavan hosts a popular podcast, Young Heretics,...

In the sixth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with two guests uniquely situated to enlighten listeners on the increasingly pressing problems posed by Big Tech companies and corporate America going “woke.” Vivek Ramaswamy is an entrepreneur and author with incredible insights from the belly of the beast on political discrimination, “shareholder” capitalism, and how big business is invading...

In the fifth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute, who almost certainly has more police community meetings under her belt than any reporter at  The New York Times , about rising crime in America’s cities. Stepman and Mac Donald discuss the reality of who is most often victimized by high crime rates, lay out a defense of meritocracy, and...

In the fourth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman talks with Professor John McWhorter, a professor of linguistics at Columbia University and host of a podcast on his subject of expertise called Lexicon Valley. He is also a co-host of the popular Glenn Show, along with Glenn Loury on Bloggingheads TV, as well as an important and valued commentator on matters of race and identity. Stepman and McWhort...

In the third episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman talks with Christopher Rufo, an investigative journalist and filmmaker whose work has become the tip of the spear for those with concerns about critical race theory and how it’s sweeping classrooms, government agencies, and corporate board rooms. Stepman and Rufo talk about the extent of CRT’s penetration of various important institutions, as well as...

In the second episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman talks with Melissa Chen about how to grapple with a geopolitically rising China, and about how the country goes into this civilizational clash hobbled by domestic insecurities about our open society. Chen and Stepman also discuss the balance between individualism and community, and how many are now seeking or actively creating political identit...

Inez Stepman talks to Dr. Debra Soh about the biology of sex differences, how to tell if the science you’re relying on has been infected with politics, and the courage it takes to stand up for scientific truth in a world gone woke. -- High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a free society. Inviting interesting thinkers from all parts of the political spectr...

In this introductory episode, host Inez Stepman lays out the need for debate on controversial subjects in a democracy and sets the stage for future discussions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.