Re-Air: Bari Weiss: Age of Rising Conspiracy

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Mayim Bialik

Comedy, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In celebration of Bari Weiss' new position as Editor-in-Chief at CBS News, we are revisiting our conversation from 2 years ago! Bari Weiss (founder and editor of The Free Press, host of the Honestly podcast) opens up about her very public resignation from The New York Times, how the polarized mainstream media and negative news cycle can impact our wellness as a society, and the importance of being able to have conversations with people you may not always agree with. She explains how the digital revolution transformed the business model of news as an institution and considers the source of people’s paranoia with mainstream news, which has led to a rise in conspiracy theories. Bari reveals why her own grandma called her a right wing fascist, the values and historical perspective that guide her to stand up in the face of fear, and what the rise of gurus can tell us about our era. She discusses the importance of community and why sacrificing comfort is sometimes necessary to live a meaningful life. Check out our full episode with Bari Weiss: https://www.bialikbreakdown.com/watch-podcast/bari-weiss Follow us on Substack for Exclusive Bonus Content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BialikBreakdown.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube.com/mayimbialik⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.1	Hi, I'm I'm the Alec.
0:34.7	And I'm Jonathan Cohen.
0:35.6	And welcome to our breakdown. Very exciting news. Barry Weiss,
0:40.4	who runs the free press, has just been named the editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount acquires the free press.
0:49.3	And you might know Barry because she's been on our podcast. She obviously has her own podcast,
0:56.0	but she's a friend of the podcast, a former editor of mine, and we were so excited to hear this
1:01.9	news for her. As we've talked about before, we don't all have to agree with all news that's
1:06.4	published anywhere, but we really appreciate the voice that the free press has brought to our understanding
1:11.7	of the lens of news. And we thought this was a great time to let you hear our conversation with
1:18.1	Barry, where we talk about a lot of the things that led to the acquisition that's just in the
1:22.1	news this week. One of the things that is unique about Barry is that she left the New York Times
1:27.0	seeking a more transparent,
1:29.6	honest and balanced approach to news. And we respect everything that she's built, how she's been
1:35.9	able to collect a unique variety of voices and explore topics from both sides of the aisle.
1:42.6	And she's going to continue that work now with CBS.
1:45.9	Friendly reminder to check us out on Substack. We've got fun, exclusive content there. We actually
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