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WSJ Opinion: Free Expression

Based on his Wall Street Journal Opinion column "Free Expression," Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker speaks every week with some of the world's leading writers, influencers and thinkers about a variety of subjects. Baker will welcome his guests from the worlds of politics, philosophy, and culture for wide-ranging dialogues that will enlighten and fascinate listeners. Episodes will be released each week.

A Message About Free Expression

2 mins; December 11, 2025

Thinking With Machines

35 mins; December 04, 2025

Giving and Thanksgiving

37 mins; November 25, 2025

Does Supply-Side Economics Still Work?

36 mins; November 19, 2025

America, Russia, China and the Struggle for Global Supremacy

41 mins; November 12, 2025

Democrats Make a Startling Comeback on Election Day

37 mins; November 05, 2025

Are Women to Blame for Wokery?

32 mins; October 29, 2025

Science, Evidence, and the Existence of God

42 mins; October 21, 2025

A Fractured World

42 mins; October 15, 2025

Colonialism, Reparations, and the Rise of ‘White Guilt’

38 mins; October 08, 2025

An End To Climate Alarmism

45 mins; October 01, 2025

The Woke Revolution and the Populist Backlash

43 mins; September 25, 2025

Who’s to Blame for Political Violence?

38 mins; September 17, 2025

A Top Banker on the Fed, Tariffs, and the Uncertain Outlook for the U.S. Economy

30 mins; September 03, 2025

Tariffs, Stagflation and the New AI-driven Economy

31 mins; August 13, 2025

Democracy on the Brink

36 mins; August 05, 2025

Can Israel Win its War in Gaza?

42 mins; July 29, 2025

The Last Republican Holdout?

34 mins; July 23, 2025

Are the Socialists Taking Over the Democratic Party?

41 mins; July 09, 2025

Trump, the GOP and the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill'

24 mins; July 02, 2025

Is New York City Ready for a Democratic Socialist Mayor?

38 mins; June 25, 2025

A Turning Point in Middle East History

36 mins; June 17, 2025

Barry Diller on a Life in Hollywood

33 mins; June 10, 2025

Can the U.S. Avoid an Oncoming Debt Crisis?

38 mins; June 05, 2025

Newt Gingrich on Donald Trump’s Not-So-Conservative Triumph

33 mins; May 30, 2025

Kelsey Grammer Discusses his Sister’s Tragic Death, its Meaning and the Role of Faith in his Life

31 mins; May 22, 2025

Tariffs, Taxes and ‘The Big, Beautiful Bill’

34 mins; May 14, 2025

Choosing the Next Pope

43 mins; May 06, 2025

The Economic Outlook: The View from The White House

36 mins; May 02, 2025

The Trump Touch - Is America's Leadership Failing?

38 mins; April 23, 2025

Lessons from Nixon for Trump's New World Order

29 mins; March 06, 2025

Peace in Our Time or Dishonorable Surrender?

33 mins; February 26, 2025

Donald Trump's Russian Revolution

31 mins; February 19, 2025

Are We Facing a Constitutional Crisis?

34 mins; February 12, 2025

Will Free Expression Thrive Under Trump 2.0?

37 mins; February 05, 2025

The Second Trump Administration Hits the Ground Running

30 mins; January 29, 2025

Handling Russia in Donald Trump's Second Term

37 mins; January 23, 2025

Trump and the Economy - Second Time a Charm?

30 mins; January 15, 2025

Free Expression Encore: The Best of 2024

34 mins; December 27, 2024

The Year 2024: Donald Trump’s Comeback and a Realignment for the World

41 mins; December 18, 2024

Pardons, Lawfare, and How to Reform the Justice Department

29 mins; December 05, 2024

The Economy in A Second Trump Term

31 mins; November 19, 2024

Donald Trump’s Plan to Shake up America’s Military

28 mins; November 14, 2024

Donald Trump’s Triumphant Return to the White House

24 mins; November 06, 2024

The Final Stretch - or is it?

23 mins; October 30, 2024

Is Donald Trump Closing In on Victory?

27 mins; October 24, 2024

The Economy At and After the Election

35 mins; October 14, 2024

Peace Through Strength? Foreign Policy in a Second Trump Term

32 mins; October 09, 2024

Debates, October Surprises and the Coin-Flip Election

27 mins; October 03, 2024

Under the Heel of Chinese Tyranny

26 mins; September 24, 2024

Sen. Josh Hawley on Another Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump and the New Republican Party

20 mins; September 17, 2024

Trump's Missed Opportunity

26 mins; September 12, 2024

Can Republicans Take the Senate?

33 mins; September 03, 2024

The Election and the Economy

37 mins; August 29, 2024

The Onward March of Joy

27 mins; August 21, 2024

Is Trump Losing?

31 mins; August 13, 2024

Tim Walz And The Democrats’ Leftward Lurch

33 mins; August 08, 2024

Free Expression Encore: Jonathan Haidt

35 mins; July 26, 2024

Republicans Rally in the Face of Democratic Disarray

30 mins; July 18, 2024

Can Biden Survive?

26 mins; July 10, 2024

Britain Takes a Turn to the Left

30 mins; July 05, 2024

The Night That Sank Joe Biden

26 mins; June 28, 2024

The War on Free Speech and the Weaponization of the Law

35 mins; June 20, 2024

It's Time We Tried To Win This War

39 mins; June 13, 2024

Conviction Politics

37 mins; June 04, 2024

Will A Second Trump Term Fix the Border Crisis?

35 mins; May 29, 2024

How The U.S. Failed To Meet the China Challenge

38 mins; May 22, 2024

War and The Fragility of Civilization

36 mins; May 15, 2024

Sex, Lies And Testimony

38 mins; May 09, 2024

Campuses, Courtrooms and Swing States: Six Months to the Presidential Election

36 mins; May 01, 2024

Antisemitism U

40 mins; April 24, 2024

Will Israel be Allowed to Win?

30 mins; April 10, 2024

Is Modern Technology Ruining Our Children?

35 mins; April 04, 2024

The Growing Threat of Islamist Terrorism After the Moscow Massacre

38 mins; March 27, 2024

Soft Landing or Bumpy Road for the Economy?

30 mins; March 21, 2024

Four Years Later: The Real Cost of Covid

34 mins; March 14, 2024

Previewing A Tumultuous 2024 Election

36 mins; March 07, 2024

The War in Ukraine, the Future of Liberalism and the Rise of Populism - a View from Europe

29 mins; February 29, 2024

What’s Going Wrong and What’s Going Right in Higher Education

34 mins; February 20, 2024

How Big is The Democrats’ Joe Biden Problem?

35 mins; February 14, 2024

A Booming Economy?

32 mins; February 07, 2024

AI: Separating Science Fact from Science Fiction

30 mins; January 31, 2024

That Was Quick: Trump, Biden and the Shortest Primary Contest in History

32 mins; January 24, 2024

How Secure is the U.S. Election System?

34 mins; January 16, 2024

Does Nikki Haley Have the Big Mo?

30 mins; January 10, 2024

How Will Iowa and New Hampshire Shape the 2024 Campaign?

35 mins; January 05, 2024

Free Expression Encore: Cardinal Timothy Dolan

39 mins; December 27, 2023

Looking Back on a Year of Conflict

36 mins; December 18, 2023

Time to Cancel Campus Extremism

33 mins; December 13, 2023

Ukraine, Israel and Cold War II

40 mins; December 07, 2023

Election ‘24: A Real Democratic Primary?

35 mins; November 30, 2023

The Best of the Free Expression Podcast

39 mins; November 17, 2023

What's Gone Wrong (and Right) with the Democratic Party?

35 mins; November 09, 2023

Nikki Haley Rising?

31 mins; November 01, 2023

Will the U.S. Draw a Red Line on Iran and Hezbollah?

33 mins; October 25, 2023

Larry Fink on ESG, the Economy and the State of Democracy

46 mins; October 18, 2023

Hamas' Terror and Israel at War

23 mins; October 11, 2023

The Divided GOP and the Removal of Kevin McCarthy

24 mins; October 05, 2023

The Populist Party

31 mins; September 28, 2023

Can Tim Scott's Life Story and Faith in American Virtue Take Him to the White House?

26 mins; September 21, 2023

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