Show overview
Conversations launched in 2025 and has put out 42 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 29 min and 31 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. Published by First Things.
From the publisher
Conversations is published by First Things, America's most influential journal of religion & public life.
Latest Episodes
View all 42 episodesWhy Leftists Love Tyranny (ft. Jamie Glazov)
Justice for Alito (ft. Mollie Hemingway)
America’s Prodigal Fathers (ft. Timothy S. Goeglein)
Life Lessons from a Basketball Coach (ft. Rob Jenkins)
Art Criticism for Art’s Sake (ft. Michael Clune)
The Disappearance of Rational Control (ft. Harvey Mansfield)
Ep 37The Real JD Vance (ft. Frank DeVito)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Frank DeVito joins in to discuss his recent book, JD Vance and the Future of the Republican Party.
Ep 36The Slow Death of Publishing (ft. Justin Lee)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, First Things Associate Editor Justin Lee joins in to discuss his recent book, "A Prisoner's Cinema.”
Ep 35How Activism Gets Funded (ft. John Sailer)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, John Sailer joins in to discuss his recent book, "The Mellon Foundation’s Idea of ‘Social Justice.’"
Ep 34Will Trump’s Coalition Last? (ft. Joseph Prud’homme)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Joseph Prud’homme joins in to discuss his recent book, The New Conservatism and its Critics.
Ep 33Politics of the Professoriate (ft. John Tomasi)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, John Tomasi joins in to discuss his recent book, Viewpoint Diversity: What It Is, Why We Need It, and How to Get It.
Ep 30Ralston College’s Human Endeavour (ft. Stephen Blackwood)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Stephen Blackwood joins in to discuss Ralston College's unique approach to Classical Studies through immersive, spoken-language education in Ancient Greek and Latin.
Ep 29A Commitment to Remembrance (ft. Andrew Zwerneman)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Andrew Zwerneman joins in to discuss his recent article, "Stoke the Fire for America’s 250th."
Ep 28Above Animal Instinct (ft. Jonathan Leaf)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Jonathan Leaf joins in to discuss his recent book, The Primate Myth: Why the Latest Science Leads Us to a New Theory of Human Nature.
Ep 27The Burning World of William Blake (ft. Mark Vernon)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Mark Vernon joins in to discuss his recent book, Awake!: William Blake and the Power of the Imagination.
Ep 26The Downfall of the Republican Establishment (ft. Daniel McCarthy)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Daniel McCarthy joins in to discuss his recent article, "The plot against J.D. Vance."
Ep 25Self-Destructive Liberalism (ft. Philip Pilkington)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Philip Pilkington joins in to discuss his recent book, "The Collapse of Global Liberalism: And the Emergence of the Post Liberal World Order."
Ep 24How Science Trumped Materialism (ft. Michel-Yves Bolloré)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Michel-Yves Bolloré joins in to discuss his recent book, "God, the Science, the Evidence."
Ep 23America’s Iron Men (ft. Matthew Spalding)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Matthew Spalding joins in to discuss his recent book, "The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence."
Ep 22Restoring Breadth and Depth to Education (ft. Solveig Gold)
In the latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Solveig Gold joins in to discuss her recent article, co-authored with Joshua Katz, entitled "Make the Ivy League Excellent Again," which will come out in a volume soon.