Today’s NRO podcast is with Justin Vaïsse, author of Neoconservatism: The Biography of a Movement. We discuss the definition of neoconservatism, why the original neocons abandoned the Democratic Party, and whether neoconservatism is best understood as a species of conservatism or liberalism.

These podcasts have been heavy on the history of conservatism lately: We’ve recorded on WFB, Whittaker Chambers, and Commentary. But this is NR and that’s how we roll.