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Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger

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About this Podcast:

Jay Nordlinger is a journalist who writes about a range of subjects, including politics, foreign affairs, and the arts. He is the music critic of The New Criterion. He is a senior resident fellow at the Renew Democracy Initiative, and a contributor to its publication, The Next Move. His guests are from the worlds of politics and culture, talking about the most important issues of the day, and some pleasant trivialities as well. www.jaynordlinger.com

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What is Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger about?

Jay Nordlinger is a journalist who writes about a range of subjects, including politics, foreign affairs, and the arts. He is the music critic of The New Criterion. He is a senior resident fellow at the Renew Democracy Initiative, and a contributor to its publication, The Next Move.

Who hosts Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger?

Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger is hosted by Jay Nordlinger. The show has published 543 episodes to date.

What has Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Golden Boy from Tennessee" (28 May 2026, 39 minutes), "Professor Mansfield Is In" (26 May 2026, 34 minutes), and "Law, Liberty, and Cass (Sunstein)" (21 April 2026, 43 minutes).

How often does Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger publish?

Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 543 episodes.

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Booking probability for Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger is 51%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger's contact route on record: verified email.

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Jay Nordlinger hosts Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger, a news podcast with 543 episodes published.

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  • Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger

    Golden Boy from Tennessee

    May 28, 202639 minS0

    <p>To quote my introduction,</p><p>Lamar Alexander is one of these golden children: Eagle Scout; president of his high-school class; governor of Boys State; editor of the college newspaper; Phi Beta Kappa; governor...

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    Professor Mansfield Is In

    May 26, 202634 minS0

    <p>It is always a treat to talk with Harvey Mansfield—Harvey C. Mansfield Jr., the scholar of political philosophy. He has been on the faculty of Harvard University (his alma mater) since 1962. Today, he is a professor...

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    Law, Liberty, and Cass (Sunstein)

    Apr 21, 202643 minS0

    <p>Introducing this Q&A, I say,</p><p>… our guest today is Cass Sunstein, the law professor, the legal thinker, the writer. For many years, he taught at the University of Chicago, and for many years since, he has taught...

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    The Rule of Law, a.k.a. the Ballgame

    Apr 14, 202648 minS0

    <p>Our latest guest on Q&A is a “legal eagle,” as I say in my introduction.</p><p>He is Gregg Nunziata, the executive director of SRL—the Society for the Rule of Law. The organization serves an important...

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    Political Worlds, Old and New

    Apr 9, 202647 minS0

    <p>Charlie Sykes is a veteran journalist, of a conservative bent. He is a writer and broadcaster. Find Charlie at To the Contrary, his Substack. On Q&A, he and I have had a meaty, wide-ranging chat.</p><p>He is a...

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    Freedom on Her Face

    Mar 30, 202645 minS0

    <p>Yaqiu Wang has devoted her life to the cause of human rights in China. It is a great and important cause. She has worked for Freedom House, Human Rights Watch, and the Committee to Protect Journalists. Currently, she...

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    A Man of Letters

    Mar 15, 202637 minS0

    <p>Don Williams—Donald Mace Williams—is a writer. A poet, a novelist, a journalist, a translator, and so on. A real man of letters. He has been steeped in poetry all of his life. When he and his family were living in...

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    Malinowski in the World

    Mar 12, 20261 hourS0

    <p>As I say in my introduction, Tom Malinowski has had a long and varied career: in the State Department, the White House, Congress, and elsewhere. I hugely enjoyed my hour of talking with this fellow. I think you will...

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    National, and International, Struggles

    Feb 21, 202647 minS0

    <p>Dalibor Roháč began life in Slovakia, or Czechoslovakia. He is now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, in Washington. His Ph.D. is in political economy. He says that his role is to explain Europe to...

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    Writer of Lives

    Feb 16, 20261h 8mS0

    <p>One of the writers I read most regularly is Clay Risen. He writes obituaries for the New York Times. Another way to say that is, he is a composer of mini-biographies, week after week.</p><p>He has also worked as a...

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    A Razor-Sharp Conservative, Up North

    Feb 8, 202656 minS0

    <p>Some years ago, I was looking into Stephen Harper, who was then the prime minister of Canada. David Frum said to me something like this: “You’ll want to talk to Jason Kenney. He’s a conservative intellectual who does...

  • Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger

    G-Man, Good Man

    Feb 4, 202638 minS0

    <p>I’ll quote from my introduction:</p><p>… our guest today is Michael Feinberg, a former FBI agent who is now a writer and editor with Lawfare. With the FBI, he won a slew of awards and commendations, but was forced...

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    An Unnerving World, Surveyed

    Jan 20, 202655 minS0

    <p>Last Friday, there was a day-long event at Princeton: the Aaron Friedberg Retirement Colloquium. Participants included a range of the professor’s colleagues and students (present and past). Friedberg has had a full...

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    Thinking about Iran

    Jan 17, 202629 minS0

    <p>This is an important moment in Iran: people are out in the streets, demanding change; the dictatorship is murdering them by the thousands. I definitely wanted to talk with Marina Nemat, a woman I have known and...

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    An American and Her Novel

    Jan 9, 202629 minS0

    <p>I have known Linda Chavez for many years, and have read her for even longer. Do you know I had a hard time introducing her? I really did. This is what I wound up saying:</p><p>... our guest is Linda Chavez—whose life...

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    By the Ambassador, Briefed

    Dec 18, 20251h 8mS0

    <p>When it comes to questions of U.S. foreign policy—when it comes to questions of world affairs in general—there are certain people I always want to hear from. One of them is Nick Burns—R. Nicholas Burns—the veteran...

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    FanDuel Nation

    Dec 13, 202551 minS0

    <p>Gambling on sports is as old as sports, no doubt. Cavemen must have gambled, somehow, when it came to tossing sticks or what have you. Jumping to the 20th century, we in America had the Black Sox scandal of...

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    Antisemitism Left and Right (and All Mixed Up)

    Nov 7, 20251h 9mS0

    <p>In my introduction to this Q&A, I say,</p><p>... our guest today is David Frum, the writer. What does he write? Books and articles, about history, politics, culture, and so on. He is almost the definition of a...

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    Live from the Royal Gallery

    Nov 6, 202556 minS0

    <p>For many years, a favorite guest of Q&A has been Daniel Hannan, the British writer and politician—since 2021 a member of the House of Lords. In this new Q&A, Dan is sitting in the Royal Gallery, in Parliament. (I am...

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    A Heartening Throwback

    Nov 3, 202549 minS0

    <p>In my introduction to this Q&A, I say,</p><p>... our guest today is a college student—a senior at Stanford—and a journalist already, believe it or not. We have known each other for some time. He is John R. Puri—more...

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