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Charles Murray, the F. A. Hayek Emeritus Chair in Cultural Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, talks about his new book, Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America.

David Lat is a lawyer turned legal journalist, writer, and speaker. He is the founding editor of Above the Law, one of the nation’s largest legal news websites, which reaches more than 1.5 million unique visitors a month. His writing about law and legal affairs has also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, among other publications.

Katie Herzog, co-host of the Blocked and Reported podcast, talks about Critical Race Theory, why Tom Hanks isn't anti-racist enough, and why Lin Manuel-Miranda had to apologize for In The Heights.

Jonathan Rauch is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing writer at the Atlantic. On this podcast, he talks about his new book, The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth.

Will Rahn, senior editor at Yahoo News, and Jamie Weinstein, host of The Jamie Weinstein Show, talk with Matt about whether Donald Trump is the frontrunner for 2024, Kamala Harris' questionable political skills, and what Mitch McConnell is really up to.

Social psychologist Ron Friedman talks about his new book, Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success.

Edward-Isaac Dovere, a staff writer for The Atlantic, talks about Battle for the Soul: INSIDE THE DEMOCRATS' CAMPAIGNS TO DEFEAT TRUMP.

Historian and author David Pietrusza talks about D-Day.

Bestselling author, historian, and ghostwriter, David R. Stokes talks about his latest book, JFK's Ghost: Kennedy,

A century after the horrific events of May 31-June 1, 1921, author Tim Madigan talks about his critically acclaimed and best-selling book, The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.

Legendary journalist and bestselling author Bernard Goldberg joins Matt to talk about the media changing its tune over the Wuhan "lab leak" story, revelations that Chris Cuomo was advising his governor brother, why liberal journalists don't cover race honestly, and why Donald Trump poses a bigger threat to the GOP's future than Liz Cheney.

Art Tavana, an L.A.-based former writer for Playboy and L.A. Weekly, Goodbye, talks about his new book, Guns N’ Roses: The Crime, Beauty, and Amplified Chaos of America’s Most Polarizing Band.

Jonathan Taplin's life has been an extraordinary journey that has put him at the crest of every major cultural wave in the past half century: he was tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band in the 60s, producer of Mean Streets in the 70s, an executive at Merrill Lynch in the 80s, creator of the Internet’s first Video-on-Demand service in the 90s, and is now a cultural critic and author writing about technology in the new millennium. His latest book is called, The Magic Years: Scenes From a Rock-and-Roll Life.

Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty talks about her new book, The Triumph of Nancy Reagan.

Noa Tishby on Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth

Daniel K. Williams, professor of history at the University of West Georgia, talks about his new book, The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship.

Aside from the obvious, lots of interesting stuff happened on Christmas day. On this classic episode, historian and author David Pietrusza joins Matt to discuss Washington’s Christmas crossing of the Delaware, the World War I Christmas truce, and Winston Churchill’s Christmas visit to Washington, DC, in 1941.

Thomas E. Ricks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, talks about his new book, First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country.