Bari Weiss
Journalist and editor-in-chief of CBS News; founder of The Free Press
Journalist and editor-in-chief of CBS News; founder of The Free Press
Every podcast episode featuring Bari Weiss that Attunex has found: 236 interviews and appearances across 69 shows between 2017 and 2026. Most often on Honestly with Bari Weiss (121), Real Time with Bill Maher (13) and Breaking History (9). Often in conversation with Bill Maher, Megyn Kelly and Coleman Hughes. Follow Bari in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.
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Last week I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the foremost historians of our time, Simon Sebag Montefiore. As I write this, his work has never felt more urgent. “We’re in a new world of…
Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros is done, handing David Ellison, son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, control of CBS, CNN, HBO Max, Paramount Plus and more. Geraldine Doogue and Hamish…
After completing his acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Ellison is facing questions about his relationship with Donald Trump and his plans for CNN. Jon shares what happened when he pressed…
Julia and Dylan reunite to examine Skydance’s post-merger playbook, and how David Ellison intends to manage an $80 billion debt load and deliver $6 billion in promised synergies. They also get into…
On this week’s episode of The Index we cover ground from high school sports to capital punishment to Bari Weiss’ possible takeover of CNN. And, “The Drop” a sequel to “Snowfall” has premiered. We…
WTW150 and we're celebrating with Bari Weiss's baby, the University of Austin (UATX), which wants you to know it's a "Renegade Academy" with FREEDOM, rigor, and merit. You sure about that? Lydia…
The $110 BILLION Paramount–Warner Bros. merger is officially done—but some of the wildest details have barely been talked about. We break down what Trump could get out of CNN’s new ownership, the $24…
A wide-ranging and provocative episode of The Tim Dillon Show covering politics, media, free speech, education, crime, and controversial stories making headlines. The conversation explores the…
The besties Jon Kelly and Peter Hamby convene to size up the newly minted Skydance, and the splashy trailer that introduced it. They also dig into what the reported exits of Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca…
Explore David Ellison's massive Skydance merger combining Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, focusing on his strategic decision to retain Mark Thompson at CNN and Bari Weiss at CBS News to preserve…
Tim discusses the Cornell 7 case and why college is over, death row inmate Christa Pike surviving a lethal injection, and Bari Weiss trying stand up comedy while giving Peter Thiel an award. Become a…
In this episode of Dylan2045ad’s Futurenomics , Bronx Shanequa breaks down the seismic reshuffle taking place across corporate news. Skydance has landed on the ashes of the Paramount-Warner Bros.…
(10/1/26) On this episode: Bari Weiss' job at CBS could be in jeopardy after media merger amid disastrously low 60 Minutes ratings - Zohran Mamdani announces 'combating antisemitism' task force -…
The future of CNN is coming into focus…at least for now. David Ellison has opened talks with Mark Thompson about extending his tenure as CNN’s chief. Oliver and Jon break down what the move signals…
California AG Rob Bonta has sued for peace in his fight with Paramount’s David Ellison, making Bari Weiss this week’s biggest winner. David says Republicans are poorly positioned to counter the…
Trump cries about the media avoiding his state dinner with China. Republicans are caught cozying with communists. Protestors erupt over Netanyahu's un speech. Republicans continue distancing…
Recorded live Friday September 25, 2026 Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break down a brutal week for the free press. Axel Springer chief Matthias Döpfner publicly honored Trump…
The anonymous source behind one of the stories that the White House used to justify its press ban was none other than JD Vance himself. We detail our exclusive reporting and get into the latest…
Jon Kelly and Peter reunite to debate 60 Minutes’ season premiere and whether Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton’s overhaul—or a weak NFL lead-in and shifting Nielsen math—explains its middling ratings. Then…
Editor-in-Chief of CBS News Bari Weiss attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 10, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan…
CBS News head Bari Weiss at a conference in Idaho in July. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) The Pardon Power Has Become a Private Tollbooth Clemency Without Scrutiny A 60 Minutes investigation found…
Bari Weiss and her 2018 New York Times article on the Intellectual Dark Web launched Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, and the Weinstein brothers into the mainstream. Nearly a decade later, we dissect how…
For the first time in almost a year, Bari is thrilled to host a live Free Press event, on October 1 in New York City. We’d love for you to join us. Many of you will know the name Dr. Simon Sebag…
This week, Kim Masters reports on the newly formed U.S. Film and Television Production Coalition and its push for a federal tax incentive to stem the loss of production overseas. Members representing…
The numbers are in for the “60 Minutes” premiere under Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton and… they’re not pretty. Oliver and Jon break down the shockingly low ratings, the industry’s reaction, and what it…
Julia and Dylan dig into Paramount’s Nashville-or-Texas brinksmanship with Rob Bonta and the red-state logic behind it, then unpack the Bari Weiss ratings discourse and Nielsen’s shifting…
CBS News Radio, a 99-year-old powerhouse reaching 20 million weekly listeners, has been shut down under Bari Weiss’s leadership — a move that stuns given its larger audience than the struggling CBS…
Is 60 Minutes’ huge season-premiere story FAKE ? The NEWSGIRLS investigate after former top military officials raised serious questions about whether some of the wildest claims in the report could…
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5️⃣ Burgum Spends $84,000 to Warn Visitors Off American History Doug Burgum will spend $84,000 on about a dozen National Park Service signs outside the National Museum of American History, telling…
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 Today, the House Oversight Committee has voted to hold Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt for failing to appear pursuant to a subpoena; Trump lashes out at the…
60 Minutes kicks off its 59th season with a bold, turbulent makeover—led by new CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and executive producer Nick Bilton. The overhaul sparked controversy, including…
Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, former…
This Week… More voters identifying as Democrats and not calling themselves Republican – Gallup Supreme Court rejects Trump’s mail ballot limits before elections | AP News Democrats say supreme court…
Today we discuss the New York Times reporting on the mystery surrounding the condition of Iranian Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and whether he is even still alive, the Saudi war against the Houthis, and…
FUN HALF link: https://youtube.com/live/_if4oe2zmbQ Welcome back to The Majority Report On today's program: 60 Minutes reports on two felons convicted of voter fraud are now in the business of…
Howard Kurtz on President Trump guaranteeing his 5-thousand dollar checks to Americans if the GOP wins in the midterms, dire warnings from AI researchers that improving superintelligence could cause…
Brian Williams and veteran television producer Jonathan Wald sat down with us at the Status Summit, discussing a wide array of topics, including: the declining relevance of the evening news…
60 Minutes season premiere sparks buzz with major leadership changes — a filmmaker without TV news experience now leads, and a conservative NY Times writer joins as correspondent — amid departures of…
Former CBS News & Stations Chief Wendy McMahon spoke at the Status Summit about the political pressures that Donald Trump is exerting on broadcast networks through the FCC, urging media companies not…
As CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss prepares to unveil a new era of 60 Minutes , questions are mounting over what America’s most-watched news program will look like under her leadership. Following…
Julia and Dylan break down this weekend’s high-stakes relaunch of 60 Minutes under Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton, and dig into MS Now’s new $8-a-month membership bet on parasocial fandom with talent…
Today on The Press Box, Bryan and David ponder what the upcoming new season of a Bari Weiss–led '60 Minutes' will look like. But they start by talking about NBC's broadcast of the opening game of the…
60 Minutes is reinventing itself for its 59th season with a bold new look, 4K resolution, and a revamped format under executive producer Nick Bilton — a tech-savvy outsider bringing fresh energy to…
CBS Didn’t “Mismanage” Coverage. It Tried to Rewrite Reality. The source, briefly Cecilia Vega says CBS News management pressured her to add misleading material to multiple stories, including false…
Dylan Byers joins Peter to break down Maria Bartiromo’s sudden exit from Fox News after forwarding internal guidance to Peter Navarro, which triggered an angry call from the White House. Then they…
Wren breaks down the wild names 60 Minutes has reportedly considered bringing into the fold — from Jerry Seinfeld and Stephen A. Smith to Maria Bartiromo, Scott Galloway and even Joe Rogan rumors —…
Jerry Seinfeld Biography Flash a weekly Biography. Jerry Seinfeld’s past few days have been a mix of legacy headlines, high‑profile invitations, and a touch of political controversy, all of it…
When surveillance cameras start reshaping police power, the real debate becomes civil liberties, consent, and accountability. In this concise recap of Breaking Points with Krystal Ball and Saagar…
A new Ron Wyden report reignites the Epstein banking scandal, alleging major banks ignored red flags and hid suspicious money flows for years. In this condensed recap of the full Breaking Points…
CNN executive Mark Thompson draws a hard line against sharing leadership with Bari Weiss ahead of David Ellison's looming acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery. We also break down Pixar's weekend…
When politics, memoirs, and media power collide, the fight over truth gets personal fast. In this condensed recap of The Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn Kelly and guest Bari Weiss unpack the controversy…
California’s slow vote count, a brewing CBS News power struggle, and a sharp political culture conversation all collide in this condensed recap of The Megyn Kelly Show. In the full episode, Megyn…
A fast-moving look at how political scandals, media spin, and public distrust collide. In this condensed version of The Rubin Report, Dave Rubin breaks down the imploding Maine Senate race around…
CBS News Radio is set to end its 99-year run on May 22nd, 2026, a move that signals a seismic shift in the American media landscape. Founded in 1927 by William S. Paley, the network became the…
A new tranche of Jeffrey Epstein emails forces a reckoning about who media outlets elevate and why. This condensed 2-minute summary (original 11 minutes) with hosts Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti and…
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We begin with this clip : Bari Weiss, newly named chief of the CBS News Division and founder of The Free Press Substack, reintroduces herself and the network prior to a Town Hall with Turning Point…
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In a 2020 interview, journalist Bari Weiss discusses the rise of antisemitism on the right and left and her book, “How to Fight Anti-Semitism.” Weiss details several factors driving antisemitism,…
This past year wasn’t easy—but it was certainly eventful. Donald Trump returned to the White House, issued a record number of executive orders, deployed the National Guard to American cities—like LA…
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It's Christmas Eve. A holiday celebrated by 2.4 billion people around the world, which centers on a 2,000-year-old story about a Jewish man born in Bethlehem who became a rabbi, who the Romans would…
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analysis of recent significant events at the intersection of media, presidential policy, and electoral politics. The central findings reveal two overarching themes: a crisis of credibility at a major…
Erika Kirk sits down with Bari Weiss, the new boss at CBS News, to discuss Charlie’s legacy, confront outlandish conspiracy theories, and take questions from the audience. Watch every episode ad-free…
Last week, Bari sat down with Erika Kirk for an hour-long town hall in front of a live audience on CBS. It was an extremely powerful conversation. Erika and Bari spoke about a lot—rising political…
As tensions rise with Venezuela, President Trump said land operations could start "pretty soon." Sources tell CBS News the administration is also planning more tanker seizures. Disney announced…
Erika Kirk discusses "conspiracy theorists" with Harris Faulkner on Fox News, Tucker Carlson says he doesn't buy the official narrative about Charlie Kirk's assassination, and more people in the…
One of the most complex medical, ethical, moral, and religious questions of our era is that of physician-assisted suicide—also known as Medical Aid in Dying, or MAID. Eleven U.S. states and…
All parents know what goes into raising children: the time spent changing diapers in inopportune places; the hours of worrying—about what to feed them, how to educate them, how to protect them and…
Few lines in the Constitution have provoked as much passion—or confusion—as this one: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and…
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You probably know Jonathan Haidt as the guy trying to save your kids from smartphones and social media apps. Likely you’ve read The Anxious Generation, which has been translated into 44 languages and…
Who owns the future of the Democratic Party? That’s the question on everyone’s mind since last Tuesday night—when the richest city in America elected 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani…
Do you feel uneasy? Do you feel a level of ambient anxiety? Do you feel despair, despite the fact that we live in the most luxurious time and place in human history? The point is, you are not crazy.…
It’s no secret that young men are sort of unwell. They are four times more likely to kill themselves, three times more likely to struggle with addiction, and 12 times more likely to be incarcerated…
A former Senate staffer recently told our friend, reporter Dexter Filkins: “The last socialist systems in the world are in Cuba and the Pentagon.” My guest tonight is trying to do something about…
If you’re listening to this, you probably know someone who has struggled with alcohol addiction, or maybe you’re an alcoholic yourself. It’s one of the most universal human experiences. In 2023, 10…
At 3:22 a.m. ET on October 7, 2023, Bari texted her producer: “Candace, there’s war in Israel.” At that moment, Hamas men still roamed southern Israel, and the details were far from clear. What we…
In celebration of Bari Weiss' new position as Editor-in-Chief at CBS News, we are revisiting our conversation from 2 years ago! Bari Weiss (founder and editor of The Free Press, host of the Honestly…
This week commemorates the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023. That morning, Hamas invaded Israel. They slaughtered some 1,200 people and took another 250 hostage. Forty-eight hostages, some…
Two years ago today, five terrorists broke into Eli Sharabi’s safe room on Kibbutz Be’eri. He had been sheltered there for hours with his wife, Lianne, and teenage daughters, Noiya and Yahel, reading…
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Leland Vittert is one of America’s most recognizable television correspondents. You’ll know his face from years of frontline reporting in places like Egypt, Libya, Israel, and Ukraine. You may have…
In this episode of The Brink, we sit down with journalist and media entrepreneur Bari Weiss to talk about the collapse of trust in our institutions, the rise of anti-Semitism, and the future of…
If you’re anything like us, you’re a sucker for a good spy show: Homeland, Tehran, Fauda, The Bureau. We’re fascinated by the life of spies—the secret meetings in Beirut cafés, the wigs and false…
You know the name Woody Allen. Everyone does. He’s made some of the most acclaimed films ever made: Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors—he list goes on and on and on. He’s…
Yesterday, in broad daylight, in front of a crowd of 3,000 people at Utah Valley University, Charlie Kirk was shot dead. Kirk was not just a husband, not just a father, and not just one of the most…
When Amy Coney Barrett was appointed to the Supreme Court, she was in some ways an unlikely choice. She was living in South Bend, Indiana, not New York or D.C. She went to Notre Dame Law School,…
As a bonus for our Hard Knox listeners we are sharing Amanda’s recent appearance on the podcast Honestly with Bari Weiss. Bari is a journalist, author, and founder of The Free Press, known for her…
You might have heard of the new term: “woke right.” It’s the idea that the illiberalism that has swallowed the progressive left—what we often refer to as “wokeness”—has come for the right. Here’s how…
On November 1, 2007, a man named Rudy Guede broke into a random home in Perugia, Italy, then raped and killed Meredith Kercher—a 21-year-old exchange student from the University of Leeds. You might…
The question of who represents the working class is probably the hottest debate in American politics. Is it Republicans? Democrats? Or socialists like Zohran Mamdani? Pundits can debate that question…
Here’s one fun question to ask at a dinner party: What is your favorite conspiracy theory? There’s the idea that the CIA killed John F. Kennedy. The moon landing was fake, and 9/11 was an inside job.…
Rahm Emanuel is giving every indication that he’s running for president in 2028—including by coming on Honestly yesterday. Emanuel, now 65 years old, has spent decades making a name for himself as…
Depending on who you ask, some would call the ultrarich “shameless”; others might say “aspirational.” For example: Mukesh Ambani, the Indian centibillionaire, has a room of snow in the Indian…
Just two weeks ago, New Yorkers voted en masse for a self-proclaimed socialist—someone who once called for “seizing the means of production.” This is, of course, Zohran Mamdani, who dominated in the…
Love him or hate him, many consider Elon Musk to be a modern-day genius. He co-founded PayPal, which transformed how people purchase things. He became the CEO of Tesla, which revolutionized electric…
America is turning 250. And we’re throwing a yearlong celebration of the greatest country on Earth. The greatest? Yes. The greatest. We realize that’s not a popular thing to say these days. Americans…
Journalist and Free Press founder Bari Weiss joins Jillian to unpack the geopolitical firestorm surrounding Israel—from the war in Gaza to the 12 day war with Iran, and how America’s foreign policy…
When we last recorded Saturday night, the U.S. had just announced its strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The U.S. had entered the war. The restrainers had seemingly lost. In the following hours,…
It’s the fourth day in the war between Iran and Israel. Many questions hang in the air. Chief among them: Will Israel be able to fulfill its main goal in the war—to end Iran’s nuclear program? Will…
In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, we bigin with breaking news as Israel launches a massive airstrike on Iran taking out three top military and six nuclear scientists as…
We’re sharing the latest episode of Conversations with Coleman, a podcast that joined The Free Press network this week. Coleman Hughes engages deep thinkers and curious minds in sharp, surprising,…
There are people who have résumés we might call “diverse” or “wide-ranging.” And then there are people like Mike Huckabee who, at age 69, has seemingly crammed several lifetimes’ worth of careers…
I am proud to announce that I have relaunched my podcast, Conversations with Coleman, with The Free Press. My first guest is none other than Bari Weiss, who talks to me about the recent surge in…
The founders of The Free Press, Bari Weiss and Nellie Bowles sit down with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch to discuss their new media company, their Jewish journey, and several of the central challenges facing the…
In the past few weeks, Qatar has been all over the news with flashy headlines of a $400 million luxury jet that the country gifted to President Donald Trump. It symbolized their opulence and…
In 2023 and 2024, there were many things that were unsayable. Perhaps the most unsayable—at least in legacy media circles—was that the President of the United States was not capable of being…
A lot of people fall in love outside of their marriages. Some have affairs. Some leave their wives or husbands. But not a lot of people are Agnes Callard. Agnes did something really unique. She fell…
Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, were staffers at the Israeli Embassy. They had just planned a trip for Sarah to meet Yaron’s parents. He had recently bought an engagement ring. Then on…
When you think about great political comebacks, maybe you think of Donald Trump, or Richard Nixon, or “comeback kid” Bill Clinton. You might soon add Andrew Cuomo to that list. In 2020, Cuomo was at…
The majority of people listening to this episode are hearing it on an iPhone. As most of us can attest, the iPhone is so central to our lives that if we lose it, we feel totally unmoored from our…
There’s an endearing saying that the U.S. surgeon general’s primary role is to be the nation’s family doctor. They represent America’s medical community, educate the public on current health risks,…
I want to tell you the story of a kid, born in 1937 into segregated Washington, D.C. He’s 9 when his father dies and 13 when his mother has a mental breakdown, disappears, and is institutionalized.…
Sometimes we have a guest who needs no introduction. You know Dana Perino. She took on the job of White House press secretary when President George W. Bush was at his most unpopular—back in 2007 and…
President Donald Trump has been in office for 100 days. Israel has been at war with Hamas in Gaza for 570, and Russia and Ukraine have been at war for over 1,000. Douglas Murray has had a front-row…
Yesterday, The Free Press had a major scoop: The State Department is launching the biggest shake-up in decades in an effort spearheaded by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Today, Rubio joins us on…
In the past few weeks, Bari has done two episodes on religion—one asking, “Do we need a religious revival?,” and then a follow-up conversation with Ross Douthat asking how people who grew up in the…
You may have noticed on this show that Bari Weiss is always asking her guests, “Do you believe in God?,” “What is your favorite biblical character?,” or “Do we need a religious revival?” And you…
In 2025 it seems like there are two types of people—those who are insanely diligent about health, the people who learn everything there is to know about ingredients, the people who run every beauty…
John McWhorter is one of the greatest living experts on the English language—and many others, too. He’s an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia, a columnist at The New York Times, and he’s…
A few years ago Jay Bhattacharya was an obscure Stanford professor—a medical doctor who also had a PhD in economics. Then Covid hit, the lockdowns began, and “Doctor Jay”—as he is known—became a…
You may have never heard of Sarah Wynn-Williams, but that’s about to change. She’s written a memoir about her nearly seven years at Facebook, the company that has since rebranded as Meta. In doing…
President Donald Trump was inaugurated on Monday, and he came out swinging. On his first day, he signed 26 executive orders and rolled back about 80 of former president Joe Biden’s executive actions.…
*This episode originally ran on December 23, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss* Did you know that the Americans who wrote nearly all of the Christmas classics were . . . Jewish? Many of these…
*This episode originally ran on November 12, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss* Even your most optimistic Mar-a-Lago member didn’t see Donald Trump winning the popular vote and taking all seven swing…
*This episode originally ran on November 2, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss* Bullshit is an American tradition. Think the theatrics of P.T. Barnum, miracle products sold ad nauseam on television in…
*This episode originally ran on October 12, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss* We all know the horrid tale of what happened in Israel on October 7, 2023. Waves of gunmen attacked families in their…
*This episode originally ran on September 26, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss* In September 2024, a man armed with an assault rifle was apprehended on a southern Florida golf course. He was planning…
*This episode originally ran on August 6, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss* Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to be cruising after she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. But…
*This episode originally ran on September 7, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss* After Oct. 7, 2023—when Hamas attacked Israel— students at colleges across America etched themselves into infamy with…
*This episode originally ran on July 4, 2024 on Honestly with Bari Weiss* On our nation’s 248th birthday, Joe Biden faced the wrath of a thousand pundits. The whole world watched the elected leader…
It’s the biggest crime—and cover-up—in British history. And most people, at least until recently, haven’t even heard of it. Thousands of young girls, mostly children, were systematically groomed and…
There is something so delicious about a single, tight joke in one headline that captures the political moment, or even just the banality of our lives. Here are some examples: “Drugs Win Drug Wars”;…
Whether you believe in the story of the virgin birth and the resurrection, or whether you believe that those miracles are myths, one thing is beyond dispute: The story of Jesus and the message of…
Merry Christmas, Honestly listeners! We hope you’ve been enjoying the parties, the spirit of charity, the lights, the tree at Rockefeller Center, the schmaltzy movies, and of course, the infectious…
Happy Thanksgiving, Honestly listeners! If you’re anything like the rest of America, you’ll be spending the day with family, cooking turkey, eating sweet potatoes, and. . . watching football. Whether…
Peggy Noonan does what we try to do every day at The Free Press: tell the truth, make sense of things plainly and without pretension, frame the news in a way that helps the reader make sense of…
On Tuesday night, president-elect Donald Trump announced that the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, along with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will head a new initiative in the Trump administration:…
Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States. . . again. It was a historic political comeback for a candidate rejected by the people just four years ago. But this time, Trump took…
Our newsroom reflects our readers: We aren’t voting in unison. Today, Bari Weiss explains how The Free Press is handling Election Day inside the office. Read Bari’s full essay. If you liked what you…
There are no perfect candidates. But what do you do when both candidates are not just imperfect but deeply flawed, and seen by many as unqualified for the job? We are just one week away from a…
We don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that we’re standing at the precipice of what could be a third world war. At the very least, the thing that we refer to as the “Free World” is burning at its…
Gad Saad was born in Beirut in 1964 into one of the last Jewish families to remain in Lebanon. But the country that was once called “the Paris of the Middle East” began to turn. Saad remembers one…
We all know the horrid tale of what happened in Israel on October 7, 2023. Waves of gunmen attacked families in their homes and young people attending a music festival. The marauders filmed their…
This week, we're bringing you interviews of journalists Bari Weiss and Douglas Murray with their unique perspectives on Iran's recent ballistic missile attack on Israel. All this and more awaits you…
We’ve released a few episodes on Honestly for the anniversary of October 7. Today, we’re bringing you one more conversation with someone who has been breaking news on the ground every single day of…
We expected Hamas to kill Jews. We didn’t expect Americans to celebrate it. Today on Honestly, Bari Weiss’s reflections on the anniversary of October 7. Plus, one of our most memorable episodes of…
When we planned the conversation you’re going to hear today—a live conversation with Douglas Murray—we thought it would be a searching conversation that we’d release on the anniversary of October…
(2:19) Defining the polarizing forces in American society (5:11) How institutions like the New York Times were captured by radicals, giving up "the heroin needle of prestige" (16:39) Avoiding…
The American dream is the most important of our national myths. It’s the idea that, with hard work and determination, anyone in this country can achieve middle-class security, own a home, start a…
In the past few weeks, there’s been an increasing number of threats to freedom of speech around the world. In France, authorities arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov for failing to adequately moderate…
A few months ago, we learned about a young man whose name we’re withholding, which is something we very rarely do, because he insists it’s for his safety. This young Palestinian man is from a small…
The United States locks up nearly two million people, the highest number of prisoners for any country in the world. That represents about 20 percent of the world’s prison population, even though the…
A few weeks ago, fresh from being knighted by King Charles, historian Sir Niall Ferguson officially joined The Free Press as a columnist. His first piece was rather provocatively called “We’re All…
This week, Erin and Sara sit down with journalists Bari Weiss and Nellie Bowles. They discuss how to have conversations with people who hold differing viewpoints, the importance of asking questions,…
In January, I was announced as a 2024 TED speaker in Vancouver. Predictably, a small group of very loud people were angry—mostly on Twitter. Then, five TED fellows resigned. They wrote a letter to…
Steven Pinker is a world-renowned cognitive psychologist, and is widely regarded as one of the most important public intellectuals of our time. His work delves into the complexities of cognition,…
In an unflinching look at issues that widen the political divide in the US, journalist and editor Bari Weiss highlights why courage is the most important virtue in today's polarized world. She shares…
Fifteen years ago, Vice was the envy of the media industry. While other outlets were shrinking, the edgy multimedia organization with a knack for virality was growing. At its peak, Vice had a…
In an unflinching look at issues that widen the political divide in the US, journalist and editor Bari Weiss highlights why courage is the most important virtue in today's polarized world. She shares…
The first episode of Seinfeld aired in 1989. Thirty-five years later, the show remains at the apex of American culture. People speak in Seinfeld-isms, they flirt on dating apps over Seinfeld, they…
Nellie Bowles wasn’t always the TGIF queen you know and love at The Free Press. In fact, Nellie was, for a very long time, deeply embedded in the progressive left. Before Bari and Nellie met—and fell…
Megyn Kelly is joined by Bari Weiss, founder and CEO of The Free Press, and Nellie Bowles, author of the new book "Morning After The Revolution," to talk about the New York Times proudly not covering…
There’s a new $6 billion-dollar industry. Its global market size is expected to increase to $100 billion within the decade. No, it’s not a fancy new app or a revolutionary gadget: it’s weight-loss…
www.dashmedia.co Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020, Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that,…
A 25-year veteran of NPR spills the beans how his employer lost the trust of America. The brains of the publicly-funded radio outlet seemed to have been broken by Donald Trump's election in 2016, and…
On Election Night 2016, many of us thought we knew who would be the next president of the United States. We were blindsided when Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump. Legacy media quickly scrambled…
An Oklahoma highway was reopened after it was shut down when a bridge over the Arkansas River was struck by a barge. Again, Glenn asks: Where is Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg? Glenn and Stu…
The Free Press founder and editor Bari Weiss joins to discuss the series of debates the Free Press is hosting, starting with immigration. Glenn and Bari also discuss the current updates on the…
If the First Industrial Revolution used water and steam to fundamentally change the nature of work, the current industrial revolution—the disruption of automation, information, the internet, and now…
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has been explaining the human condition to us better than anyone else. He first did it with his book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and…
When we went to Israel, we tried tirelessly to get into Gaza but Israel’s counteroffensive made it impossible for us to go to the strip during those days. Instead, we spent time in and around the…
What happens when a country has to ask its citizens the unthinkable: What are you willing to die for? It’s a question that feels so outside the current American experience. When was the last time you…
American kids are the freest, most privileged kids in all of history. They are also the saddest, most anxious, depressed, and medicated generation on record. Nearly a third of teen girls say they…
A little over two years ago, in the pages of The Free Press, Pano Kanelos announced that he was starting a new university in Austin dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth. The headline was stark:…
Last year was certainly eventful. It brought spy balloons, Donald Trump’s indictments, the coronation of a king, the fall of a crypto prince, and no shortage of chaos in Washington, from the ousting…
Megyn Kelly is joined by Bari Weiss, founder and CEO of the Free Press, to discuss former liberals becoming instantly "conservative" after October 7, what's behind so many Black Americans opposing…
Failing to unequivocally denounce students’ calls for Jewish genocide has cost one university president her job and raises questions as to whether the current levels of anti-Semitic vitriol and…
It’s Thanksgiving week, which for many of us means eating too much turkey and pumpkin pie. For others, it means getting into arguments with your Gen Z cousin who, in a fit of righteous rage, calls…
Bari Weiss recently gave the Barbara K. Olson Memorial lecture at the Federalist Society, in which she detailed the horrific aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 attack against Israel, the ensuing “battle…
America is experiencing the same hatred as Israel, but because of our size it is more diluted and we tend to think we are not under attack by the same forces. Bari Weiss explains to a large degree…
There are a lot of experts that you may have heard on the news in the past few weeks. People who know a great deal about Hamas or Hezbollah or Iran or China or Russia—regional experts. There are also…
In light of the unfolding events in the Middle East, we invited Bari Weiss to speak to us and examine the different sides of the conflict. Bari Weiss is an American journalist, writer and editor. She…
In the early hours of Saturday morning on October 7, Israel was invaded by Hamas terrorists by land, air, and sea, which The Free Press has been covering all week in detail. With over 1,300 Israeli…
On October 7, Hamas terrorists streamed across the border in pickup trucks, on foot, by motorcycle, and even on paragliders. Once inside Israel, they abducted and murdered Israelis. They shot people…
On Wednesday night, Fox Business and Rumble hosted the second Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in beautiful Simi Valley, California. Bari Weiss and The Free…
In 1973, Leonard Cohen announced he was done with music for good. The same year, in October, war broke out in Israel. The Yom Kippur War would become the bloodiest in Israel’s young history—and Cohen…
Russell chats to Bari Weiss, founder and editor of The Free Press, host of the 'Honestly' podcast and author of 'How to Fight Anti-Semitism. She was also famously picked by Elon Musk to reveal The…
It's "Free Press" day on The Megyn Kelly Show. Megyn Kelly is joined by Bari Weiss, founder and CEO of The Free Press, to talk about legacy publications and how they're failing, the way The Free…
Last month, Britain’s National Health Service made major news when they announced that they were banning the use of puberty blockers for children, except for those enrolled in a tightly regulated…
It’s almost hard to believe, but in the 1950s doctors were frequently portrayed in TV commercials for. . . cigarettes. That’s because smoking wasn’t just seen as cool and glamorous, but as an actual…
Russell chats to Bari Weiss, founder of 'The Free Press', host of the 'Honestly' podcast, former Twitter Files journalist and New York Times editor about the future of AI; whether it's the end of the…
Peter Thiel doesn’t shy away from taking big bets. From Facebook (he was the company’s first outside investor) to Gawker (he successfully conspired to put the website out of business) and, of course,…
Shortly after her fourteenth birthday, Hadley Freeman stopped eating. From the age of fourteen to seventeen, she lived in various psychiatric wards with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. And for the…
When most people think about war, they think about senseless killing, brutality, violence and horror. But when journalist Sebastian Junger thinks about war — even though he has witnessed firsthand…
Bari Weiss (founder and editor of The Free Press, host of the Honestly podcast) opens up about her very public resignation from The New York Times, how the polarized mainstream media and negative…
Sam Harris speaks with Bari Weiss, Michael Shellenberger, and Renee DiResta about the release of "the Twitter files" and the loss of trust in the institutions of media and government. They discuss…
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Ken Burns is the most famous documentary filmmaker in America. He has made 35 films over the past 5 decades on historical and cultural subjects like the Civil War (which is the most streamed film in…
From Biden getting on board the classified documents train to the raw milk revolutionaries who are skeptical of Big Dairy, today we bring you a roundtable to discuss, debate and pull apart the news…
Bari Weiss is a journalist ( New York Times , Wall Street Journal ) and author of How to Fight Antisemitism . She and Bridget have an in-depth conversation about how full personhood is not possible…
Russell chats to Bari Weiss, journalist and founder of The Free Press, who's recently worked on revealing the Twitter files with Elon Musk. Find out more about Bari, here - https://www.thefp.com/…
David Sedaris is a humorist and author of many best selling books: Calypso, Theft By Finding, Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, Holidays On Ice, Barrel Fever… just to…
A red wave, or a red ripple? It's the first ever Megyn Kelly Show Election Night special event, with Larry Elder, Bari Weiss, David Sacks, Dennis Prager, Emily Jashinsky, Ryan Grim, Tom Bevan, and…
Megyn Kelly previews tonight's special Election Night episode of The Megyn Kelly Show LIVE on YouTube and on SiriusXM Triumph ch. 111 from 9-11pmET. There will be no filler, no filter, and no spin,…
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