In this pre-election podcast, TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll interviews political pundits Johah Goldberg, Editor-At-Large of National Review and Steve Hayward, author of The Age of Reagan, 1964-1980 about the upcoming mid-term elections and what their results could mean to America.

[27 minutes, 13 seconds]

TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll interviews Michael Anton of Fox News, AKA "Nicholas Antongiavanni," about his new book, The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men's Style.

[17 minutes, 45 seconds]

TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll interviews Mark Steyn, author of America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It. In his book, Steyn argues that the world will be divided between America and the rest; and for our sake America had better win.

[33 minutes, 04 seconds]

 

TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll interviews Bruce Frohnen, co-editor of American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia, which serves as the first comprehensive reference volume to cover what is surely the most influential political and intellectual movement of the last half century.

[18 minutes, 07 seconds]

TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll interviews Jim Geraghty, author of Voting to Kill: How 9/11 Launched the Era of Republican Leadership, which explores how recent elections have given the Republican Party its greatest political success since the 1920's.

[27 minutes, 07 seconds]

This week's guest is New York Post columnist Ryan Sager, who discusses his new book, The Elephant in the Room: Evangelicals, Libertarians, and the Battle to Control the Republican Party, which explores the splits and potential fusions between fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, libertarians, and "big government conservatives."

[33 minutes, 01 seconds]

This week's guest is former Marxist Dierdre McCloskey, a professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago who argues that capitalism - rather than being evil or even neutral - tends to improve people and to even encourage art!

[30 minutes, 0 seconds]

In part 2 of 2, Frederick Turner, author of Natural Religion, describes the spiritual journey that led him to believe that all religions could be true.

[21 minutes, 52 seconds]

In Part 2 of 2 of "Bloggers As the Fifth Estate," TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll interviews Glenn Harlan Reynolds of Instapundit.com, Charles Johnson of LittleGreenFootballs.com and Dean Barnett of SoxBlog.com and gathers their impressions of mainstream media in today's world.

[20 minutes, 26 seconds]

Science doesn't just coexist with faith -- it may actually support the existence of religion. So says Frederick Turner, author of Natural Religion, who argues that the universe is just weird enough to support a supernatural explanation.

[29 minutes, 20 seconds]

TCS Daily Editor in Chief Nick Schulz interviews guest Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of National Review, about his new book, The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life, in which Ponnuru argues that even the experts misunderstand the implications of Roe v. Wade. [38 minutes, 15 seconds]

TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll interviews Stephen D. Cooper, an Associate Professor of Communications at Marshall University about his new book, "Watching the Watchdog: Bloggers As the Fifth Estate" which addresses both sides of the isle of the blogosphere since 9/11.

[17 minutes, 22 seconds]

This week host Nick Schulz interviews guest Martin Fridson, author of Unwanted Intrusions: The Case Against Government Intervention in the Marketplace.

[36 minutes, 13 seconds]

TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll interviews Radley Balko, a policy analyst for the Cato Institute, about his report, "Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," which looks at the growing power and prevalence of SWAT and SWAT-style raids by local police departments for often routine police work.

[19 minutes, 04 seconds]

With the rise of pornography, blogging, and user-created encyclopedias, is more regulation needed on the Internet? TCS Daily Editor, Nick Schulz, discusses this question with Andrew Keen, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and digital media critic.

[28 minutes, 56 seconds]

TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll speaks with historian John Lukas on his latest book, "June 1941: Hitler and Stalin."

[MP3 format: 15 minutes, 41 seconds]

Nick Schulz, Editor of TCS Daily, interviews hurricane expert Dr. William Gray and discusses whether this year's storm season will be as bad as last year's, and whether global warming has anything to do with it.

[35 minutes, 59 seconds]

Nick Schulz, Editor of TCS Daily speaks with Andy Kessler, author of "The End of Medicine," about the lessons that the Silicon Valley holds for reducing healthcare costs.

TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll speaks with Wired Editor Chris Anderson on his new book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.

[17 minutes, 16 seconds]

Nick Schulz, Editor of TCS Daily speaks with Jim Glassman, TCS Daily founder and host, about how TCS Daily got started and the importance of the internet in disseminating information. Part two of this podcast includes an interview with Glenn Reynolds of instapundit.com on his new book, 'An Army of Davids'.

In part two of a two-part series, TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll speaks with two prominent members of the blogosphere: Chris Muir and Michael Yon.

[17 minutes, 41 seconds]

In part one of a two-part series, TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll speaks with two prominent members of the blogosphere: Chris Muir and Michael Yon.

[16 minutes, 56 seconds]

TCS Daily Managing Editor Max Borders discusses the US healthcare system and its ailments with Arnold Kling, author of "Crisis of Abundance."

TCS Daily Managing Editor Max Borders discusses the state of American art with economist and arts connoisseur Tyler Cowen, author of Good and Plenty: The Creative Successes of American Arts Funding.

[16 minutes, 41 seconds]

TCS Daily columnist Ed Driscoll speaks with futurist Alvin Toffler about his new book Revolutionary Wealth and more.

[MP3 format - 35 minutes, 7 seconds]

TCS Daily Managing Editor Max Borders speaks with Terry Anderson about his anniversary book, Free Market Environmentalism.

[19 minutes, 52 seconds]

TCS Daily Managing Editor Max Borders interviews Jeffry Frieden about his new book, Global Capitalism, Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century.

[8 minutes, 22 seconds]

TCS Daily Managing Editor Max Borders speaks with Charles Murray about his new book "In Our Hands." [23 minutes, 10 seconds]

TCS Daily Editor Nick Schulz delves into "weather oddities" with Dr. Randy Cerveny, author of "Freaks of the Storm: From Flying Cows to Stealing Thunder, the World's Strangest True Weather Events." [14 minutes, 51 seconds]

TCS Daily Editor Nick Schulz discusses what an expert is with Philip Tetlock, author of “Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?� [9 minutes, 31 seconds]

TCS Daily Managing Editor Max Borders chats with author Thomas P.M. Barnett about his latest books, "Blueprint for Action" and "The Pentagon's New Map." [12 minutes, 10 seconds]

TCS Daily Editor Nick Schulz chats with author David Henderson on risk, arbitrage and the need for constitutions both personal and political in his new book "Making Great Decisions in Business and Life."

TCS Daily Editor Nick Schulz sits down with author Tim Harford to discuss his book "The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor -- and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!" Harford talks about organic food, trade and what advice he'd give Paul Wolfowitz. [MP3 format - 8 minutes, 21 seconds]

TCS Daily Editor Nick Schulz sits down with author Henry Petroski to discuss his book "Pushing the Limits: New Adventures in Engineering." Petroski weighs in on engineering in the age of terrorism; the fall of skyscrapers; and the endurance of the paper clip. [MP3 format - 6 minutes]

Jim Glassman interviews Daniel Yergin, Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a highly respected authority on energy policy and international politics and economics.

Jim Glassman interviews three scientists about climate change and Hurricane Katrina.