Gerard Baker, Editor at Large, The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Opinion: Free Expression

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Based on his Wall Street Journal Opinion column "Free Expression," Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks every week with some of the world's leading writers, influencers and thinkers about a variety of subjects. Baker will welcome his guests from the worlds of politics, philosophy, and culture for wide-ranging dialogues that will enlighten and fascinate listeners. Episodes will be released each week.

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Gerard Baker, Editor at Large, The Wall Street Journal

Episodes

Dr. Albert Bourla 21.03.2022 32:01

On this episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks with Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla about how his company was able to develop a Covid-19 vaccine in under a year, the risks of new variants, and why some people distrust scientific institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Kotkin 14.03.2022 44:00

On this episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks with one of the world’s pre-eminent historians of Russia, Stephen Kotkin, about the autocratic ambitions behind Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, how the west can do more to resist his aggression and how he has placed China at an inflection point in its rise to global superpower status. Learn more about...

William P. Barr 08.03.2022 44:58

On this episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks with William Barr about his tumultuous time as Attorney General in the Trump administration. Barr forcefully refutes Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen, states why Donald Trump should not run again in 2024, and explains how the Trump presidency began to turn the tide against the progress...

Niall Ferguson 28.02.2022 40:28

On this episode of Free Expression, Gerry Baker speaks with historian and author Niall Ferguson about why the war in Ukraine represents a paradigm shift for the world, why Vladimir Putin is “rattling the nuclear saber,” and how this crisis is worse for Joe Biden than the ones that engulfed Jimmy Carter’s presidency in 1979. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawrence H. Summers 21.02.2022 39:10

In this episode of "Free Expression," former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers tells Gerry Baker why he would have rather been wrong in predicting the high rate of inflation, why the risk of a recession is high, and why the idea of a federal gas tax holiday is "the ultimate policy gimmick." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Condoleezza Rice 15.02.2022 32:23

On the inaugural episode of Free Expression, Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about the latest developments in the Russia/Ukraine crisis, the United States' possible role in the conflict, and her take on free speech on college campuses in her role as Director of the Hoover Institution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Free Expression 11.02.2022 1:12

Wall Street Journal Editor-At-Large Gerry Baker explains what is new podcast "Free Expression" is all about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices