The most interesting conversations in American life happen in private. This show brings them out of the closet. Stories no one else is telling and conversations with the most fascinating people in the country, every week from The Free Press, hosted by former New York Times and Wall Street Journal journalist Bari Weiss.
A Note from Bari on Honestly
5 mins; January 22, 2026
What to Expect in 2026 with Niall Ferguson, John McWhorter, Dr. Mark Hyman, Leandra Medine Cohen, Suzy Weiss, and Sarah Isgur
149 hours 29 mins; December 31, 2025
The Birth of Christianity
70 hours 0 mins; December 24, 2025
CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk
53 mins; December 14, 2025
Should We Legalize Assisted Suicide?
92 hours 5 mins; December 09, 2025
Is Designing Babies Unethical—or a Moral Imperative?
84 hours 28 mins; December 02, 2025
Would America Be Safer Without the Second Amendment?
67 hours 41 mins; November 25, 2025
Kids Don't Need Phones with Jonathan Haidt
80 hours 16 mins; November 18, 2025
Democratic Dissident John Fetterman
81 hours 18 mins; November 11, 2025
How We Lost Ourselves to Technology—and How We Can Come Back
56 mins; November 04, 2025
Can Reading Fix Men?
64 hours 54 mins; October 30, 2025
Palmer Luckey and the Future of American Power
89 hours 47 mins; October 28, 2025
Trailer | Spiral: Murder in Detroit
1 min; October 23, 2025
How Katie Herzog Drank Her Way to Sobriety
65 hours 59 mins; October 21, 2025
The Hostage Release and the Future of Gaza
119 hours 50 mins; October 14, 2025
María Corina Machado’s Fight to Free Venezuela
51 mins; October 12, 2025
Niall Ferguson on October 7 and Our Changed World
69 hours 8 mins; October 08, 2025
He Spent 491 Days as a Hamas Hostage. This Is How He Survived.
95 hours 29 mins; October 07, 2025
The Future of The Free Press
9 mins; October 06, 2025
How One Man Overcame His Autism
93 hours 15 mins; September 30, 2025
Inside the Mossad
89 hours 7 mins; September 23, 2025
Woody Allen on Life and Death
95 hours 30 mins; September 17, 2025
Charlie Kirk’s Murder and the Rise of Political Violence
88 hours 11 mins; September 11, 2025
Justice Amy Coney Barrett
78 hours 16 mins; September 08, 2025
Conversations with Coleman: Three Hostages Families Disagree on How to Get Their Loved Ones Home
67 hours 32 mins; September 02, 2025
Breaking History: The Invention That Changed Everything
31 mins; August 26, 2025
The Radical Right Is Coming for Our Sons
45 mins; August 19, 2025
Why Amanda Knox Forgave the Man Who Sent Her to Prison
100 hours 8 mins; August 12, 2025
Why Unions Went for Trump
86 hours 2 mins; August 05, 2025
Jeffrey Epstein and Conspiracy America
66 hours 6 mins; July 29, 2025
Could Rahm Emanuel Be Our Next President?
83 hours 5 mins; July 23, 2025
Giga-Yachts, Flo Rida, and Bunkers. . . What Could Go Wrong?
85 hours 42 mins; July 22, 2025
Why Young People Love Socialism
54 mins; July 15, 2025
Is Anyone a Genius?
88 hours 28 mins; July 08, 2025
The Words That Made America
92 hours 38 mins; July 02, 2025
Is Iran’s Nuclear Program Damaged or Destroyed?
75 hours 27 mins; June 23, 2025
The U.S. Bombs Iran’s Nuclear Program
108 hours 9 mins; June 22, 2025
Niall Ferguson and Dexter Filkins: Who Will Win the Israel-Iran War?
67 hours 56 mins; June 16, 2025
Iran Strikes Israel, Oil Fields Ablaze, and Will the U.S. Enter the War?
80 hours 14 mins; June 15, 2025
Naftali Bennett and Michael Oren: Israel and Iran at War
56 mins; June 13, 2025
Amb. Mike Huckabee on Gaza Aid, Iran, and MAGA’s Foreign Policy War
84 hours 0 mins; June 10, 2025
How Qatar Bought America
73 hours 22 mins; June 03, 2025
The Biden Cover-Up and the Failure of the Press Corps
108 hours 38 mins; May 29, 2025
How to Examine Your Marriage and Your Life
66 hours 36 mins; May 27, 2025
Welcome to the Global Intifada
14 mins; May 23, 2025
Debate: Will the Truth Survive Artificial Intelligence?
73 hours 2 mins; May 22, 2025
Andrew Cuomo on His Past and New York’s Future
83 hours 36 mins; May 20, 2025
How China Captured Apple
94 hours 20 mins; May 13, 2025
Meet Casey Means, Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General
88 hours 47 mins; May 10, 2025
The Man Who Helped Michael Jordan Win
46 mins; May 08, 2025
Dana Perino on Trump’s White House, Fox News, and … Love
68 hours 27 mins; May 06, 2025
Douglas Murray on Joe Rogan, Hamas, and Moral Collapse in the West
81 hours 21 mins; May 01, 2025
100 Days of Donald Trump
78 hours 59 mins; April 29, 2025
Marco Rubio on Iran, Deportations and the State Dept. Shake-Up
36 mins; April 23, 2025
Can America Survive Without Christianity?
66 hours 51 mins; April 22, 2025
Ross Douthat: Why It’s Logical to Believe in God
93 hours 44 mins; April 17, 2025
Mark Hyman: How to Live Your Healthiest Life
121 hours 16 mins; April 15, 2025
Niall Ferguson: The Trade War and the Battle for the 21st Century
68 hours 21 mins; April 10, 2025
Axios Founders: Who Broke the Media?
94 hours 8 mins; April 08, 2025
Debating Pronouns with John McWhorter
67 hours 35 mins; April 03, 2025
Jay Bhattacharya Was “Dangerous.” Now He Leads NIH.
98 hours 48 mins; April 01, 2025
Leonard Leo: The Man Who Rebuilt the Supreme Court
79 hours 41 mins; March 27, 2025
Will Mahmoud Khalil Be Deported?
63 hours 54 mins; March 25, 2025
Debate: Do We Need a Religious Revival?
79 hours 54 mins; March 20, 2025
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Have a Plan for the Left
96 hours 6 mins; March 18, 2025
Alex Karp’s Fight for the West
80 hours 30 mins; March 15, 2025
Andrew Schulz Has Advice for Dems, Jews, and Comics
87 hours 53 mins; March 13, 2025
Meet Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s Highest-Ranking Whistleblower
68 hours 32 mins; March 11, 2025
The Dissidents Who Defeated Russia
44 mins; March 06, 2025
The Best Reality TV Is Actually in the Oval Office
61 hours 5 mins; March 04, 2025
The Future of Money with Brian Armstrong
72 hours 47 mins; February 27, 2025
German Elections, Antisemitic Nurses, and the Latest Hostage Release
62 hours 8 mins; February 25, 2025
‘We’re Releasing Dangerous Terrorists. . . and We Accept the Price’
37 mins; February 20, 2025
Can Rick Caruso Save LA?
66 hours 25 mins; February 18, 2025
How to Find Love in 2025
78 hours 49 mins; February 13, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard, Kanye West, and Mar-a-Gaza
55 mins; February 11, 2025
Can America Win the AI War with China?
65 hours 6 mins; February 06, 2025
Simon Sebag Montefiore: History Is Not Over
65 hours 51 mins; February 04, 2025
Tiger Mom Amy Chua Takes Washington
44 mins; February 01, 2025
Trump’s Second Week: DeepSeek, DEI in the Military and . . . Baby Chickens?
46 mins; January 30, 2025
'MAHA': The Unexpected Coalition of Nutritionists, Mushroom Shamans and Moms
67 hours 49 mins; January 28, 2025
26 Executive Orders, TikTok's Future, and Elon’s Arm
68 hours 27 mins; January 24, 2025
Trump’s Populism Isn’t a Sideshow. It’s as American as Apple Pie.
37 mins; January 22, 2025
Inauguration Day with the Speaker of the House
58 mins; January 20, 2025
H.R. McMaster on Trump: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
45 mins; January 16, 2025
L.A. Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot
56 mins; January 14, 2025
The UK Grooming Gangs and the Cowardice of the West
73 hours 47 mins; January 09, 2025
How Not to Die in 2025
76 hours 22 mins; January 07, 2025
How The Babylon Bee Predicted the Vibe Shift
83 hours 26 mins; January 02, 2025
What to Expect in 2025: Predictions from Niall Ferguson, John McWhorter, Nellie Bowles, Leandra Medine, and more
103 hours 40 mins; December 31, 2024
Tom Holland on How Christianity Remade the World
69 hours 23 mins; December 24, 2024
Why Jews Wrote Your Favorite Christmas Songs
38 mins; December 23, 2024
Sam Altman on His Feud with Elon Musk—and the Battle for AI's Future
59 mins; December 19, 2024
They Tortured Him for Years. Now They Rule Syria.
54 mins; December 17, 2024
Is Kemi Badenoch the Next Margaret Thatcher?
83 hours 16 mins; December 12, 2024
Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump