WSJ Opinion: Free Expression
de Gerard Baker, Editor at Large, The Wall Street Journal
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A Message About Free Expression
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Based on his Wall Street Journal Opinion column "Free Expression," Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks every week with some of the world's leading writers, influencers and thinkers about a variety of subjects. Baker will welcome his guests from the worlds of politics, philosophy, and culture for wide-ranging dialogues that will enlighten and fascinate listeners. Episodes will be released each week.
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- A Message About Free Expression · 2 min · Episodul 182After nearly three years of enlightening conversations, Gerry Baker’s weekly Free Expression podcast is coming to an end. But you can still read his column every week in the…
- Thinking With Machines · 34 min · Episodul 181Artificial intelligence has gone from science fiction to an everyday reality in a few years. As the technology advances and transforms almost everything we do, the need to…
- Giving and Thanksgiving · 36 min · Episodul 180The time of year when we express our gratitude for our many blessings offer an opportunity to reflect on the importance of giving. On this episode of Free Expression, Gerry Baker…
- Does Supply-Side Economics Still Work? · 35 min · Episodul 179Once a defining principle of conservative governing economic policy, supply-side economics has taken some political hits in the last decade. The progressive left has always…
- America, Russia, China and the Struggle for Global Supremacy · 39 min · Episodul 178How can the U.S. win the new Cold War against its old Cold War adversaries? Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have come to a truce of sorts in their trade war, with the U.S. reducing…
- Democrats Make a Startling Comeback on Election Day · 36 min · Episodul 177Reports of the death of the Democratic party appear to have been greatly exaggerated. The party made big gains across the country in Tuesday’s off-year elections. The races for…
- Are Women to Blame for Wokery? · 31 min · Episodul 176American society has been transformed in the last half century by the entry into the workforce of large numbers of women. Equal gender opportunity has commanded a large consensus…
- Science, Evidence, and the Existence of God · 41 min · Episodul 175For most of the last few centuries, advances in scientific understanding have seemed to undermine arguments for the existence of God. Physical phenomena ascribed to a deity have…
- A Fractured World · 41 min · Episodul 174We may be seeing peace break out in the Middle East, but it’s still trade war elsewhere - especially with China. Donald Trump has threatened a 100% tariff on the rival superpower…
- Colonialism, Reparations, and the Rise of ‘White Guilt’ · 37 min · Episodul 173In America and much of the West, it's become axiomatic to regard colonialism as a stain on human history. The story told in classrooms and popular culture is one of unrelenting…
- An End To Climate Alarmism · 44 min · Episodul 172Last week at the United Nations, Donald Trump derided the climate change movement, calling it a ‘con job,’ a view that the Republican party signed onto as the president won his…
- The Woke Revolution and the Populist Backlash · 41 min · Episodul 171The murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the summer of rage that followed was a seminal event in U.S. politics. It was seized on by progressive ideologues who controlled most of…
- Who’s to Blame for Political Violence? · 36 min · Episodul 170The assassination of Charlie Kirk marked the latest escalation of politically motivated violence, and it may be a breaking point for the country. After the murder of Democratic…
- A Top Banker on the Fed, Tariffs, and the Uncertain Outlook for the U.S. Economy · 29 min · Episodul 169With Donald Trump’s tariffs heading towards a Supreme Court showdown, his efforts to reshape the Federal Reserve in his own image intensifying, and another Washington battle…
- Tariffs, Stagflation and the New AI-driven Economy · 30 min · Episodul 168With emerging signs that Donald Trump's revolutionary tariff regime may be starting to take a toll on U.S. economic prospects, what's the outlook for the immediate future? And…
- Democracy on the Brink · 35 min · Episodul 167Liberal democracy is under siege. Domestically, popular discontent with civic, cultural and political institutions is tempting voters in many democracies towards more…
- Can Israel Win its War in Gaza? · 41 min · Episodul 166While Israel continues to achieve great military successes against Hamas, Hezbollah and most recently Iran in its almost two year campaign, the humanitarian consequences of the…
- The Last Republican Holdout? · 34 min · Episodul 165Donald Trump’s control of the Republican Party is almost complete. But there are still some members pushing back against the president. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is a persistent…
- Are the Socialists Taking Over the Democratic Party? · 39 min · Episodul 164The hottest properties in the Democratic Party at the moment are self-described democratic socialists. Zohran Mamdani won the party’s nomination for New York City mayor last…
- Trump, the GOP and the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill' · 23 min · Episodul 163Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress set a July 4th deadline to pass a spending package the President and others gave the moniker the “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” Getting…
