Uncertain Things Podcast
1) When Speech Is Violence, Etc. (w/ Matt Welch)
Matt Welch, co-host of The Fifth Column podcast and editor at large for Reason Magazine, joins Adaam to discuss the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. It’s grim. How grim? Very. Get off social...Show More
2) The Lost Pleasures of Discomfort (w/ Christine Rosen)
What’s lost when we opt for the convenience of technology over the difficult, awkward, thrilling realities of human interaction? With so much tech to reach for, when do we lose the ability to interact...Show More
3) One Minute to Paradise (w/ Jonah Goldberg)
Jonah Goldberg, host of The Remnant and author of Suicide of the West, joins Adaam for a session of unfettered nerdery and gloom, in which definitions shall be debated, Straussian hats worn, and metap...Show More
4) Thou Shalt Not Be a Socialist (Ruth Wisse)
It is an extra (((special))) episode on Uncertain Things as Ruth Wisse, senior fellow at the Tikvah Fund and author of Jews and Power, hosts Adaam for Friday afternoon cookies and Talmud. The two disc...Show More
5) Lower Expectations of Humanity (Yuval Levin)
AEI Senior Fellow Yuval Levin rejoins the pod to discuss the enemies of continuity. He and Adaam debate the definition of conservatism and whether it’s the Annihilist urge that dominates the contempor...Show More
6) War Is Hell (Dan Senor)
Dan Senor, host of the Call Me Back podcast and co-author of The Genius of Israel, is bullish on Israel. Is there anything that could change his mind? He and Adaam discuss what makes Israeli society s...Show More
7) The Law Is How We Deal With Our Mistakes (Alan Dershowitz)
Alan Dershowitz is one of the most prolific legal scholars (and civil rights litigators) in this country of ours. In his latest book, The Preventive State, he takes the first step in developing the ju...Show More
8) The Mood Music of Anti-Racism (Coleman Hughes)
Coleman Hughes, author of The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America and writer for The Free Press, argues that recent progressive theories about antiracism have looped all the way b...Show More
9) The Hope for Gaza (w/ Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib)
Is there hope for Palestinians in Gaza after the war? What will happen to Hamas? Does anyone still want a Two State Solution? And will the war with Iran change the game? Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, resident...Show More
10) The Enemies of Free Speech (w/ Greg Lukianoff & Nadine Strossen)
Former ACLU President Nadine Strossen and FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) President Greg Lukianoff join Adaam to discuss their upcoming book War on Words: 10 Arguments Against F...Show More