Back of the Book

A podcast featuring conversations with writers, scholars, and other experts about culture and the arts. Hosted by @cjscalia.

[Back of the Book @BackBookPod]

Michael Auslin of @HooverInst discusses the intellectual and material history of the Declaration of Independence. How have its ideas shaped American identity and values? How have Americans shared, preserved, and displayed the document itself?https://t.co/J8YPvyJmzn

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THE BACK OF THE BOOK is back! @cjscalia welcomes Christian B. Miller, A.C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest, to discuss his new book, The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World.
https://t.co/6wug1wYgiY

[Christopher J. Scalia @cjscalia]

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 I speak to Tess Chakkalakal of Bowdoin College about the trailblazing novelist and short-story writer Charles W. Chesnutt. Chesnutt, who published at the turn of the 20th century, called himself a post-bellum, pre-Harlem writer. He's also an interesting figure because of how his ideas for black progress landed somewhere between Booker T. Washington's and W.E.B. Du Bois's. Enjoy!👇
https://t.co/kbqsJedE3V

[Christopher J. Scalia @cjscalia]

🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨Brooke Allen discusses her new collection of literary essays (GOOD BONES: Glorious Relics from the Age of Reading), our slide into a post-literate society, and the future of criticism. Plus, shocking revelations about how classic fiction shaped the ‘80s show Divorce Court!
https://t.co/vvO8n9SkR3

[Christopher J. Scalia @cjscalia]

NEW EPISODE OF @BackBookPod: Joe Loconte tells the story of how CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien responded to the horrors of WWI, responded to the intellectual rot that followed, and confronted WWII.
https://t.co/9riuIhTDV2

[Christopher J. Scalia @cjscalia]

I'm recording a new episode of my podcast (@BackBookPod) today, which reminds me that I should remind you to follow it on Spotify because I talk to smart people about interesting things: https://t.co/SlmjcaJH3P

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Solly’s the best.

[Christopher J. Scalia @cjscalia]

🚨 NEW THANKSGIVING EPISODE🚨Meir Soloveichik, Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel and the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University, dropped by @BackBookPod to discuss the meaning of Thanksgiving, its Jewish origins, the history of Jews in America, and the current plight of antisemitism in America.
https://t.co/rGCi9gwY2R

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The critic and biographer Frances Wilson talks to @cjscalia about the fascinating life and career of novelist Muriel Spark. They discuss Spark's development as a writer, rocky personal life, turn to the Church--and how she made it hard to write about her. https://t.co/1PSo3WdBXS

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The Back of the Book turns 1 today! Celebrate by enjoying the newest episode, a conversation with biographer Brendan O’Meara about American track & field legend Steve Prefontaine.
https://t.co/O0QfQywryS

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

Really enjoyed this thoughtful conversation about Summer of Our Discontent with my @AEI colleague @cjscalia: https://t.co/tmbvAFDez7

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🚨NEW EPISODE!!! 🚨Ronnie Grinberg (@RonnieGrinberg) joins the show to discuss her book WRITE LIKE A MAN: JEWISH MASCULINITY AND THE NEW YORK INTELLECTUALS. She discusses the lives, ideas, & influence of Norman Podhoretz, Midge Decter, Irving Howe, et al.
https://t.co/XzfPXoLRV1

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NEW EPISODE: @RossBenes drops by to discuss how the low culture of 1999 produced the bizarre times we live in today. Tune in for more wrestling, video games, and Jerry Springer than you've had in decades! https://t.co/VB4kRRkqXz

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Our newest episode isn’t just any episode—it’s a very special one! The great @DanaGioiaPoet shares his thoughts about conservatives and culture. Where did it all go wrong? And where does the Right go from here?
https://t.co/BsogX7yy6i

[Jenna S @JennaLynn88]

And if you want to spend an hour listening to a conversation between @cjscalia & @frference about O’Connor and literature and culture I have just the thing: @BackBookPod episode here https://t.co/btNlbl8Jkq

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🚨SPECIAL EPISODE 🚨 @cjscalia talks about his new book, 13 NOVELS CONSERVATIVES WILL LOVE (BUT PROBABLY HAVEN'T READ)—and reveals what those novels are!
https://t.co/Wo3CpWwowT

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🚨Programming note🚨:

The next episode of THE BACK OF THE BOOK will air next week to coincide with the launch of @cjscalia’s new book, 13 NOVELS CONSERVATIVES WILL LOVE (BUT PROBABLY HAVEN’T READ) on May 20.

[Christopher J. Scalia @cjscalia]

On the newest @BackBookPod, I speak to @roddreher about his fascinating book LIVING IN WONDER: Finding Meaning in the Secular Age. This episode has it all--God, demons, and UFOs . . . Plus, poetry, prayer, and a Paul Simon lyric in the title. Listen:
https://t.co/vE4yyR2Srq

[Christopher J. Scalia @cjscalia]

My guest for the newest @BackBookPod is my brother, Father Paul Scalia. We talk about the Easter Triduum, his vocation, Christian literature, the state of the Catholic Church, and more.
https://t.co/TZBHvxzT6r

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NEVER MIND THE TARIFFS, HERE’S A NEW EPISODE!!! @cjscalia speaks with @Fisher_D of the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation about the politics of public art, his hope for cultural renewal, and the legacy of Sir Roger Scruton.
https://t.co/STXbzVKOwR

[Jenna S @JennaLynn88]

I could listen to @cjscalia and @TeviTroy talk all day, but I guess I'll have to settle for this one hour on @BackBookPod. But they make every minute count. Presidents, pop culture (or lack thereof), and titans of industry. It's all here, folks. Subscribe!