The Law & Liberty Podcast

James Patterson is joined by Rita Koganzon of the University of Houston to talk about the Amish, the Satmar, and democratic education. Brian A. Smith : Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal, Law & Liberty , and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawliberty.org and thank you for listening. James M. Patterson: Hello, you are listening to Liberty Law Tal...

German-American political scientist Yascha Mounk joins associate editor Rachel Lu to discuss his book The Identity Trap .

Helen Joyce and Maya Forstater join host Helen Dale to discuss transgender activism, civil rights law, and Forstater's recent discrimination lawsuit. 

Avik Roy joins host James Patterson to discuss Freedom Conservatism, its "Statement of Principles" and the broader political and intellectual environment.  Brian Smith : Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal, Law & Liberty , and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawliberty.org, and thank you for listening. James Patterson: Hello, and welcome to Liber...

Yonatan Green joins host Rebecca Burgess to discuss Israel's legal system and the reform proposals that have been generating controversy in 2023.

John O. McGinnis joins host John G. Grove to analyze the major cases from the Supreme Court's recently concluded term, which has taken place in the midst of a concerted effort to undermine the institution's legitimacy. 

Douglas Murray joins Law & Liberty  Senior Writer Helen Dale to talk about the state of racial discourse, national conservatism, and his recent book,  War on the West . 

Justin Dyer and Kody W. Cooper join host James Patterson to discuss their recent book, The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics .

Hugh Liebert joins host Rebecca Burgess to discuss statesmanship, from Plutarch to Kissinger.

Helen Dale joins Brian Smith to discuss the Romans and us. 

Johnathan O'Neill joins host John Grove to discuss his recent book,  Conservative Thought and American Constitutionalism Since the New Deal.    John Grove: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal Law & Liberty and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawliberty.org and thank you for listening. Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. I'm John Grove, the managing edit...

Jakub Grygiel joins Rebecca Burgess to discuss the ancient wisdom in his recent book, Classics and Strategy .  Brian Smith: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal, Law & Liberty, and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawandliberty.org and thank you for listening. Rebecca Burgess: Hello, and welcome to Liberty Law Talk. My name is Rebecca Burgess. I'm...

Stephen F. Knott joins host James Patterson to discuss his recent book,  Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy . Brian Smith: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal, Law & Liberty , and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawliberty.org, and thank you for listening. James Patterson: Hello. You are listening to Liberty Law Talk, the podcast for Law & Libe...

Will Inboden joins host Rebecca Burgess to discuss  Hand-Off: The Foreign Policy George W. Bush Passed to Barack Obama , a collection of documents related to the 2008-2009 presidential transition. Brian Smith: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal, Law & Liberty , and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawliberty.org. And thank you for listening. Rebe...

Georgetown Professor of Political Science Joshua Mitchell joins host Brian Smith to discuss his book,  Tocqueville in Arabia , newly available in paperback, and offer Tocquevillian insights into the malaise of modernity. Brian Smith: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal Law & Liberty, and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawliberty.org, and thank y...

Matti Friedman joins host Rebecca Burgess to discuss Israeli culture and identity, immigration trends, religious and linguistic divisions, and his latest book,  Who by Fire . Rebecca Burgess: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. My name is Rebecca Burgess. I'm a contributing editor with Law & Liberty , and joining me today is Canadian Israeli journalist Matti Friedman. His work graces the pages of The New...

Brian Smith: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. My name is Brian Smith. I am the editor of Law and Liberty . With me today, I am very pleased to have Gordon Wood, who is the Alva O. Way University professor, and professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. The author of 10 books, including most recently, Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution . He is the recipient of numer...

Paul Edgar joins Rebecca Burgess to discuss the picture of statesmanship we can glean from an extended ancient inscription on a statue of Idrimi of Alalakh, discovered in 1939. Edgar has written on the Idrimi inscription for Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy .   Brian A. Smith: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal, Law & Liberty , and is hosted by our st...

Brian Smith: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. My name is Brian Smith and I am the editor of Law & Liberty . With me today is Spencer Klavan, a prominent podcaster who has a new show with DailyWire+ forthcoming, classicist, magazine editor for the Claremont Review of Books , and the author of the new book, How to Save the West, Ancient Wisdom for Five Modern Crises . And I'm very glad to have Spencer o...

My name is Brian Smith, and joining me today is Samuel Gregg, a distinguished fellow in political economy at the American Institute for Economic Research. A contributing editor at Law and Liberty , author of numerous books, including most recently, The Next American Economy , which we discussed here on the podcast in October . Sam, thanks for joining me. Samuel Gregg: Brian, thanks for having me o...

John Foster Dulles represented the apex of liberal mainline Protestantism's influence on American power and policy.     Brian A. Smith ( 00:03 ): Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal, Law & Liberty, and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawliberty.org, and thank you for listening. James Patterson ( 00:17 ): Hello, you are listening to Liberty Law Ta...

Kevin R. C. Gutzman joins host John G. Grove on this episode of  Liberty Law Talk to discuss his latest book,  The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe.

In his new book,  Burning Down the House , Andrew Koppelman argues that libertarianism has gone down a dangerous path inspired by Ayn Rand, Robert Nozick, and Murray Rothbard. He joined host Rachel Lu for a spirited debate and discussion about limited government and the role of the state.

Brian A. Smith: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal, Law and Liberty , and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawliberty.org. And thank you for listening. Samuel Gregg: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. My name is Sam Gregg, and I'm distinguished fellow in political economy at the American Institute for Economic Research, and I'm also contributing editor...

James Dominic Rooney joins host James Patterson to discuss his recent  Law & Liberty  exchange on Confucianism, as well as political catholicism in the West.   Brian A. Smith: Welcome to Liberty Law Talk. This podcast is a production of the online journal Law & Liberty and hosted by our staff. Please visit us at lawliberty.org, and thank you for listening. James Patterson: Hello, and welcome to Li...