Episode 134: A Clash between Co-Hosts

Hosted by David French & Alexandra DeSanctis

May 15, 2019 7:33 PM

Pro-life signs outside the Supreme Court in June 2014. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)

David and Alexandra discuss their difference of opinion on the tactical value of Alabama’s new abortion ban and debunk misinformation about Georgia’s heartbeat bill. They briefly consider possible conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

SHOW NOTES:

Episode 134: A Clash between Co-Hosts

May 15, 2019

David and Alexandra discuss their difference of opinion on the tactical value of Alabama’s new abortion ban and debunk misinformation about Georgia’s heartbeat bill.

Episode 133: The Strange Hatred for Bill Barr

May 8, 2019

Democratic attacks on Bill Barr, Trump's finances, asking the question, "If an unborn baby isn't a human being, what is it?" and why Alexandra was tempted to sign a petition ...

Episode 132: From Biden to Barr to South Bend

May 6, 2019

Joe Biden’s status as Democratic frontrunner, the Left’s flailing efforts to skewer Bill Barr, and recent travels across the continental U.S.

Episode 131: End the Penny Tyranny!

April 24, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, how criticism isn't "incitement" and disagreement isn't "dehumanizing," and all the ways the Washington Post is wrong about abortion

Episode 130: A Pox on All Y’all’s Houses

April 22, 2019

The Mueller report, public reactions, the rise of right-wing online political correctness, and the unfair attacks against Ben Shapiro.

Episode 129: The Sacred and the Profane

April 16, 2019

David and Alexandra discuss the burning of the Notre Dame, whether Bernie “won” his Fox News town hall, and whether other Democrats will beat a path to Fox’s door.

Episode 128: Live at the University of Michigan

April 11, 2019

David and Alexandra travel to Ann Arbor to discuss the importance of decency in discourse and virtue in conservatism.

Episode 127: The Many Names of Pete Buttigieg

April 8, 2019

Breaking down the Buttigieg boomlet, the role of declining faith and marriage in America's happiness crisis, and a discussion of the movie Unplanned and civility in the abortion debate.

Episode 126: Populism, Nationalism, and Wokeness

March 29, 2019

Tucker Carlson’s at the National Review Ideas Summit, a debate over nationalism, and to an escalation of identity politics in the Democratic primary.

Episode 125: Mueller Time

March 25, 2019

The implications of Mueller's conclusion that Trump didn't collude, the Steele dossier's malignant effect on the American body politic, and some good news in the fight for life.

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