Honestly with Bari Weiss

Honestly with Bari Weiss

News & Politics

Bari Weiss and The Free Press investigate the stories and ideas that matter most. Honest, fearless, independent journalism.

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A Note from Bari on Honestly

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Jan 22, 2026 · 5m
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What to Expect in 2026 with Niall Ferguson, John McWhorter, Dr. Mark Hyman, Leandra Medine Cohen, Suzy Weiss, and Sarah Isgur

This past year wasn’t easy—but it was certainly eventful. Donald Trump returned to the White House, issued a record number of executive orders, deployed the National Guard to American cities—like …

Dec 31, 2025 · 2h 29m
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The Birth of Christianity

It's Christmas Eve. A holiday celebrated by 2.4 billion people around the world, which centers on a 2,000-year-old story about a Jewish man born in Bethlehem who became a rabbi, …

Dec 24, 2025 · 1h 10m
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CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk

Last week, Bari sat down with Erika Kirk for an hour-long town hall in front of a live audience on CBS. It was an extremely powerful conversation. Erika and Bari …

Dec 14, 2025 · 53m
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Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?

One of the most complex medical, ethical, moral, and religious questions of our era is that of physician-assisted suicide—also known as Medical Aid in Dying, or MAID. Eleven U.S. states …

Dec 09, 2025 · 1h 32m
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Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?

All parents know what goes into raising children: the time spent changing diapers in inopportune places; the hours of worrying—about what to feed them, how to educate them, how to …

Dec 02, 2025 · 1h 24m
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Would America Be Safer Without the Second Amendment?

Few lines in the Constitution have provoked as much passion—or confusion—as this one: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the …

Nov 25, 2025 · 1h 7m
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Kids Don't Need Phones with Jonathan Haidt

You probably know Jonathan Haidt as the guy trying to save your kids from smartphones and social media apps. Likely you’ve read The Anxious Generation, which has been translated into …

Nov 18, 2025 · 1h 20m
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Democratic Dissident John Fetterman

Who owns the future of the Democratic Party? That’s the question on everyone’s mind since last Tuesday night—when the richest city in America elected 34-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as …

Nov 11, 2025 · 1h 21m
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How We Lost Ourselves to Technology—and How We Can Come Back

Do you feel uneasy? Do you feel a level of ambient anxiety? Do you feel despair, despite the fact that we live in the most luxurious time and place in …

Nov 04, 2025 · 56m
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Can Reading Fix Men?

It’s no secret that young men are sort of unwell. They are four times more likely to kill themselves, three times more likely to struggle with addiction, and 12 times …

Oct 30, 2025 · 1h 4m
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Palmer Luckey and the Future of American Power

A former Senate staffer recently told our friend, reporter Dexter Filkins: “The last socialist systems in the world are in Cuba and the Pentagon.” My guest tonight is trying to …

Oct 28, 2025 · 1h 29m
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Trailer | Spiral: Murder in Detroit

On October 21, 2023, beloved Detroit community leader Samantha Woll was found brutally stabbed to death outside her home—two weeks to the day after the October 7 attacks on Israel. …

Oct 23, 2025 · 1m
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How Katie Herzog Drank Her Way to Sobriety

If you’re listening to this, you probably know someone who has struggled with alcohol addiction, or maybe you’re an alcoholic yourself. It’s one of the most universal human experiences. In …

Oct 21, 2025 · 1h 5m
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The Hostage Release and the Future of Gaza

At 3:22 a.m. ET on October 7, 2023, Bari texted her producer: “Candace, there’s war in Israel.” At that moment, Hamas men still roamed southern Israel, and the details were …

Oct 14, 2025 · 1h 59m
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María Corina Machado’s Fight to Free Venezuela

Congratulations are not usually in order for someone who has been forced into hiding, someone whose children are scattered across continents for their safety, someone whose supporters are sitting in …

Oct 13, 2025 · 51m
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Niall Ferguson on October 7 and Our Changed World

This week commemorates the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023. That morning, Hamas invaded Israel. They slaughtered some 1,200 people and took another 250 hostage. Forty-eight hostages, some alive …

Oct 08, 2025 · 1h 9m
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He Spent 491 Days as a Hamas Hostage. This Is How He Survived.

Two years ago today, five terrorists broke into Eli Sharabi’s safe room on Kibbutz Be’eri. He had been sheltered there for hours with his wife, Lianne, and teenage daughters, Noiya …

Oct 07, 2025 · 1h 35m
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The Future of The Free Press

An announcement from The Free Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 06, 2025 · 9m
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How One Man Overcame His Autism

Leland Vittert is one of America’s most recognizable television correspondents. You’ll know his face from years of frontline reporting in places like Egypt, Libya, Israel, and Ukraine. You may have …

Sep 30, 2025 · 1h 33m
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