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Conversations with Bill Kristol

Conversations with Bill Kristol features in-depth, thought-provoking discussions with leading figures in American public life.

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Most frequent guests

  1. Harvey Mansfield 24 episodes
  2. Eric Edelman 12 episodes
  3. Paul Cantor 12 episodes
  4. Aaron Friedberg 10 episodes
  5. Ron Brownstein 9 episodes
  6. Mike Murphy 8 episodes
  7. Garry Kasparov 7 episodes
  8. James Carville 7 episodes
  9. Doug Sosnik 6 episodes
  10. Frederick Kagan 6 episodes

Every guest on Conversations with Bill Kristol

126 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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    David Epstein

    David Epstein: The Political Ideas of The Federalist · Aug 2021

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    Arthur Brooks

    Arthur Brooks on the American Enterprise Institute and Think Tanks Today · Oct 2015

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    Nicholas Eberstadt

    Nicholas Eberstadt: Understanding North Korea · Mar 2018

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    John McWhorter

    John McWhorter on Woke Politics, Race, and Education · Jan 2022

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    Edward Glaeser

    Ed Glaeser: The Case for Cities · Aug 2022

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    Charles Murray

    Charles Murray: Reflections on a Distinguished Career in Ideas · 3 episodes

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    Leah Boustan

    Leah Boustan on Immigration: Then and Now · May 2023

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    Anne Applebaum

    Anne Applebaum on Ukraine, Europe, Trump, and the Danger of Authoritarianism · 5 episodes

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    Ayaan Hirsi Ali

    Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the Challenge of Radical Islam · Jan 2016

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    Christine Rosen

    Christine Rosen: Cancel Culture and the New Illiberalism · 2 episodes

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    Francis Fukuyama

    Francis Fukuyama on Trump’s Bullying and Europe’s Response · 2 episodes

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    Garry Kasparov

    Garry Kasparov: Dictators and Democracies · 7 episodes

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    Jonah Goldberg

    Jonah Goldberg on Nationalism, Populism, and Identity Politics · 4 episodes

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    Jonathan Rauch

    Jonathan Rauch on Polarization, Information Warfare, and Cancel Culture · Jun 2021

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    Marc Lipsitch

    Marc Lipsitch: On the Covid-19 Pandemic in the US · Aug 2020

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    Renee DiResta

    Renée DiResta on Social Media, Political Power, and Elon Musk · Feb 2025

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    Timothy Snyder

    Timothy Snyder on the Trump Administration at Home, and What’s at Stake in Ukraine · 2 episodes

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    Ashish Jha

    Ashish Jha on Covid-19: On the Omicron Variant and the Outlook for 2022 · 4 episodes

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    James Carville

    James Carville on Politics Today, 2026, and 2028 · 7 episodes

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    Larry Summers

    Larry Summers on Trump, Tariffs, and Threats to the Economy · 4 episodes

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    Mike Murphy

    Mike Murphy on Trump vs. Biden: Two Weeks to Go! · 8 episodes

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    David Axelrod

    David Axelrod on Biden v. Trump 2024 · 2 episodes

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    James Hankins

    James Hankins on Meritocracy Today: The Cases of America and China · Aug 2019

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    Jim VandeHei

    Jim VandeHei: The Transformation of our Media Landscape and Its Political Implications · Sep 2019

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    Kristen Soltis Anderson

    Kristen Soltis Anderson: Millennials and Generation Z on Trump, the Left, and Big Government · 2 episodes

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    Peter Thiel

    Peter Thiel on the Global Economy, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence · 2 episodes

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    Yuval Levin

    Yuval Levin on Reform Conservatism · Aug 2014

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    Ben Sasse

    Senator Ben Sasse on American Society and Culture · May 2017

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    Christopher Caldwell

    Christopher Caldwell on Populism and the Future of the European Union · 2 episodes

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    David Gelernter

    David Gelernter on American Culture, Computer Science, and Art · Jul 2015

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    Diana Schaub

    Diana Schaub: Interpreting Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address · 5 episodes

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    Harvey Mansfield

    Harvey Mansfield on Rational Control and Liberalism · 24 episodes

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    Jason Furman

    Jason Furman on the Trump Tariffs and the US Economy · 5 episodes

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    Jim Manzi

    Jim Manzi: On Global Warming, Climate Change, and What To Do About It · 3 episodes

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    Leon Kass

    Leon Kass on the Book of Exodus · 2 episodes

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    Peter Berkowitz

    Peter Berkowitz on Israel at War: A Nation United and Divided · 3 episodes

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    Roya Hakakian

    Roya Hakakian: Immigration and the American Idea · May 2021

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    Scott Lincicome

    Scott Lincicome on Trump's New Tariff Regime: Unpredictability, Uncertainty, and Risk · 4 episodes

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    Tom Tugendhat

    Tom Tugendhat on Ukraine, NATO, and Strengthening the Alliance of Free States · Sep 2022

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    A.B. Stoddard

    A.B. Stoddard on Trump’s Psyche—and The Implications for 2028 · 4 episodes

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