Matt Lewis And The News

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks about his latest book, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country.

David Frum, staff writer for the Atlantic, and author of 'Trumpocalypse' talks about the inflation problem, why Never Trump conservatives should support normal Republicans like Glenn Youngkin, why he's more worried about illiberal Right than the "woke" left, and Sen. Josh Hawl

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Deputy Opinion Editor at Newsweek, talks about her new book, 'Bad News: How the Woke Left is Undermining Democracy.'

Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia Secretary of State who stood up to Donald Trump in 2020, talks about his new book, Integrity Counts.

David Drucker, senior correspondent for The Washington Examiner, talks about his new book, In Trump's Shadow: The Battle for 2024 and the Future of the GOP.

Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, talks about The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America.

Stephen Hayes, Editor and CEO of The Dispatch, talks with Matt Lewis about Joe Biden’s presidency, the Virginia gubernatorial election, the GOP’s 2024 field, why the culture war isn’t just talk, and whether we should be freaked out by China’s hypersonic missile test. Follow Stephen Hayes on Twitter. *** If you like this podcast, please […]

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat talks with Matt about his new book, The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery.

Henry Olsen, Washington Post columnist and author of The Working Class Republican, talks with Matt about what Reaganites get wrong about Ronald Reagan, how Republicans can win with a populist message after Donald Trump, and why working-class Hispanics must be part of the plan.

Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason, talks with Matt about Bright Sheng, the music professor accused of racism for screening 'Othello.' They also discuss Robby's new book, Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future.

Katie Herzog, co-host of the Blocked & Reported podcast, talks with Matt about Dave Chappelle's new Netflix special.

New York Times bestselling author David Bodanis talks about his latest book, The Art of Fairness: The Power of Decency in a World Turned Mean.

Tom Nichols, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, talks with Matt Lewis about his latest book, Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault From Within on Modern Democracy. *** If you like this podcast, please consider leaving a five-star review on iTunes. It really makes a difference in helping people find us! Follow Matt Lewis & Cut Through […]

Hanna Trudo, Senior Political Correspondent at The Hill, talks with Matt about AOC, Krysten Sinema, the modern progressive movement, and the infighting over Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda.

Clowns to the left of us! Jokers to the right! Famed GOP strategist Mike Murphy returns to the podcast to talk with Matt about the problems confronting Democrats and Republicans right now.

Journalist and author Glenn Greenwald talks with Matt about the political reordering going on in America, the Trump presidency, Russiagate, media bias, and more!

Futurist & New York Times bestselling author Martin Ford talks about his new book, Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything.

Rod Dreher, senior editor at The American Conservative and author of the book 'Live Not By Lies,' talks with Matt Lewis about why he sees Viktor Orb

Legendary columnist George Will talks about his new book, American Happiness and Discontents.

avid Frum, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy, talks with Matt about Republican retirements, the importance of patience in politics, whether Trump was the "inevitable conclusion" of the GOP, George W. Bush's speech on the 20th anniversary of 9-11, & more!