Taylor Ends the Gender Wars

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Leonard Sax joins in to discuss his new book, “The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups.” Intro music by Jack Bauerlein.

In this episode, Patricia Snow joins Rusty Reno at The Editor’s Desk to talk about her essay, “Taylor Swift's Sexual Revolution” from the November 2024 print edition of the magazine. Please subscribe to the magazine at www.firstthings.com/subscribe in order to access this and many other great pieces!

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Gavin Ortlund​ joins in to discuss his new book, “What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church.” Intro music by Jack Bauerlein.

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Samir Chopra​ joins in to discuss his new book, “Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide.” Intro music by Jack Bauerlein.

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Timothy S. Goeglein​ joins in to discuss his new book, “Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream.” Intro music by Jack Bauerlein.

In this episode, First Things senior editor Dan Hitchens joins Rusty Reno at The Editor’s Desk to talk about his book review, “Charity And Sarcasm” from the November 2024 print edition of the magazine. Please subscribe to the magazine at www.firstthings.com/subscribe in order to access this and many other great pieces!

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Eric Adler joins in to discuss his new book, “Humanistic Letters: The Irving Babbitt-Paul Elmer More Correspondence.” Intro music by Jack Bauerlein.

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Daniel McInerny joins in to discuss his new book, “Beauty and Imitation: A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, First Things senior editor Julia Yost joins in to discuss her new book, “Jane Austen's Darkness” Music by Jack Bauerlein.

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Mark Evans joins in to discuss his new book, “Mark! My Words: How to Discover the Joy of Music, the Delight of Language, and the Pride of Achievement in the Age of Trash Talk and Cultural Chaos.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.