Sphere Podcast

Economist Noah Smith, author of the "Noahpinion" Substack, returns to the Sphere Podcast to debate high-skilled immigration with Sphere Media Publisher Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry.  Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefing: https://policysphere.com/subscribe Noah's Substack: https://www.noahpinion.blog/ Subscribe to the Sphere Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Yoram Hazony. Dr Hazony is best known as the founder of the National Conservative Conference, which is held under the auspices of his Edmund Burke Foundation. He is also the President of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem, and the author of numerous books, including "The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Luke Niforatos, co-founder and Executive Vice President of the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions about, you guessed it, pot. Marijuana. Cannabis. The ganj. (Yes, nobody's said that since 1972.) The issue of marijuana rescheduling has been in the news lately, with President Trump saying he's consi...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Wilfred Reilly, professor at Kentucky State University, co-host of the Cut The Bull podcast, and author of many books, about what's been in the news lately. They discuss Wilfred's upcoming book, but most of all, what the "Womanosphere" is and why it's a problem. Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning...

On this somewhat special episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, debates economist Noah Smith, author of the "Noahpinion" Substack, on immigration and mass deportations.  Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefing: https://policysphere.com/subscribe Noah's Substack: https://www.noahpinion.blog/ Subscribe to the Sphere Podcast on Apple Podcasts: htt...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Sebastien Laye, a Franco-American economist and AI entrepreneur, columnist for the Washington Examiner on AI policy and founder of the Economic Singularity Institute. They discuss the "AI Action Plan" released by the White House to much fanfare: its regulatory outlook, its allegedly pro-worker agend...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Clare Morell, a Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and author of "The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones." They talk about the evidence for why smartphones are bad for kids, why things like parental controls and screen time limits aren't enough and you...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Harry Moser, President of the Reshoring Initiative. Harry holds a BS and MS in mechanical engineering from MIT, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. After rising to CEO of a large American machine tool manufacturer, Harry had a front row seat to the destruction of American manufacturing. Rathe...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Ryan T. Anderson, about his past year as President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, what a Washington think tank actually does, the world of big conservative donors... And for some reason they get sidetracked into a conversation about euthanasia.  Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Br...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews James Orr, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Cambridge, Chair of the Edmund Burke Foundation UK and Trustee of the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation, about the state of politics and policy in Britain.  Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefing: https://polic...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, has a wide-ranging conversation with Nick Denton. Most famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) as the founder of Gawker Media, Denton remains an active investor and entrepreneur with keen insights on current affairs, economics, and geopolitics. Gobry and Denton talk about the history of Gawker, Denton's...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Jeremy Carl, Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, on his book "The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism Is Tearing America Apart." Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefing: https://policysphere.com/subscribe Follow Jeremy on X: https://x.com/realJeremyCarl Subscribe to the Sphere Podc...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Mark Nelson, a nuclear engineer and founder of Radiant Energy Group, a nuclear energy consultancy, on the history of how the French Republic managed to get energy and nuclear right, and what the US can learn from it. Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefing: https://policysphere.com/subscribe...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews the great conservative writer Rod Dreher, to talk about his latest book, "Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age." Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefing: https://policysphere.com/subscribe Subscribe to Rod's Substack: https://roddreher.substack.com/ Follow Rod on X:...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, talks to John Coogan. John is the founder of Lucy, a non-tobacco nicotine products company, and TBPN, and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Founders Fund.  John and PEG discuss the irrationality of the way nicotine is regulated in the US and how that makes life harder for entrepreneurs and, more importantly...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, talks to Tim Carney, a Senior Political Columnist at the Washington Examiner and a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, about his latest book, "Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be."  It's a wide-ranging conversation about all the ways in whic...

On this episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, talks to Brad Wilcox, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia and Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies. He is also the author of "Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization." They talk about the Institute for Family Studies and what it is...

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, has his first returning guest! He talks to Ross Douthat, conservative columnist at the New York Times, about his just-released book, "Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious." They talk about why we need a new book about religion (PEG was originally skeptical, but reading Ross's book convinced him), w...

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Paulina Neuding, a Swedish journalist who has been covering issues relating to immigration, crime, and multiculturalism in Sweden for over 10 years. They talk about the situation in Sweden: the history of immigration in Sweden, the consequences, what it is about Swedish culture that explains...

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Gabriel Rossman, Professor of Sociology at UCLA. They talk about what sociology is, what the concept of social construction means and why it's not the nonsense that people typically assume it is.  Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefing: https://policysphere.com/subscribe Gabriel'...

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Josiah Neeley, Senior Fellow and Director of Energy Policy at the R Street Institute. He is also the co-host, with Razib Khan, of the podcast Khanversation. Josiah and Pascal-Emmanuel discuss the future of energy policy under Trump.  Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefing: https:...

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Ernst Van Zyl, who, in addition to being head of public relations for AfriForum, the biggest civil-rights organization in Africa, is a well-known blogger and YouTuber under the name "Conscious Caracal." Ernst and Pascal-Emmanuel discuss the expropriation law that was recently passed in South...

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Wilfred Reilly, a professor, and author of several books, including "Hate Crime Hoaxes" and "Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me." Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefing: https://policysphere.com/subscribe Follow Wilfred on X: https://x.com/wil_da_beast630 Buy his books: https://www.amazo...

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews a very special guest: Tucker Carlson. We talk about the mood at the Trump Inauguration, but more broadly about why Washington is so badly broken, and what can be do to fix it. And, of course, his favorite books. We really enjoyed this conversation. Subscribe to the PolicySphere Morning Briefi...

On this week's episode of the Sphere Podcast, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Publisher of Sphere Media, interviews Steven Glinert, Founder and CEO of Sphere Semi, a semiconductor company in the national security space. We discuss everything at the intersection of semiconductors and policy: why semiconductors are so important and valuable, why they're tricky to manufacture, the economic and national securi...