George F. Will on Conservatism’s Homelessness

The Book Review

The New York Times

Arts, Books

4.0 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Will discusses “The Conservative Sensibility,” and David Maraniss talks about “A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father.”

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0:00.0	This week on the podcast, two veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists to talk about two
0:11.7	very different books.
0:13.2	First, what has happened to conservatism in this country?
0:17.5	George Will will be here to talk about his new book, The Conservative Sensibility.
0:22.1	How does a family survive after her father is blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American
0:26.7	Activities?
0:27.7	David Maraness will join us to talk about his memoir, A Good American Family.
0:32.3	Alexander Altair will give us an update from the publishing world,
0:35.6	plus we'll talk about what we eat and the wider world are reading.
0:39.0	This is the Book Review Podcast from the New York Times.
0:41.6	I'm Pamela Paul.
0:44.6	George Will joins us now from Washington.
0:55.9	He is a longtime colonist for the Washington Post as well as a frequent television
1:01.0	commentator, the author of 16 books.
1:04.0	His latest is called The Conservative Sensibility.
1:07.4	George, thank you so much for being here.
1:09.1	Glad to be with you.
1:10.5	This is a big book.
1:11.9	It feels monumental in its ambitions and scope.
1:15.2	Before we get into it, let's just start with the title in terms of the conservative sensibility.
1:21.4	How do you define conservatism?
1:24.1	It's a term that's been bandied about.
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