Podcasts

Salon Podcast

Monthly gatherings where Liberties staff, writers, readers, and the public come together to discuss a question of pressing philosophical concern inspired by works published in Liberties. This is a community of kind, curious, and intelligent discourse. Join us!
DC SALON

Is There a Moral Aesthetic?

Liberties Journal hosts a monthly conversation in this iteration of which dozens of attendees ask and answer the question Is There a Moral Aesthetic?

NYC SALON

Is Iconoclasm Evil?

Liberties Journal hosts a monthly conversation in this iteration of which dozens of attendees ask and answer the question Is Iconoclasm Evil?

DC SALON 17

Does Success Help?

Liberties Journal hosts a monthly conversation in this iteration of which dozens of attendees ask and answer the question Does Success Help?

DC SALON 16

Is Curiosity Dangerous?

Liberties Journal hosts a monthly conversation in this iteration of which dozens of attendees ask and answer the question Is Curiosity Dangerous?

DC SALON 15

Is There Honor Without Revenge?

Liberties Journal hosts a monthly conversation in this iteration of which dozens of attendees ask and answer the question Is There Honor Without Revenge?

Required Reading

On Required Reading we talk with writers and readers about the texts — old and new — that influence or express their worldview.
David A. Bell

The Life and Death of the Book Review

David A. Bell joins Morten Høi Jensen to discuss his essay from Liberties' spring issue "⁠The Life and Death of the Book Review.⁠"

A.E. Stallings

How Poems Happen (For Me)

A.E. Stallings discusses her recent essay ⁠"How Poems Happen (For Me)"⁠ with Morten Høi Jensen.

Abbas Milani

Ali Khamenei: A Profile in Dogma

Abbas Milani and Morten Høi Jensen discuss Milani's recent Liberties essay "Ali Khamenei: A Profile in Dogma."

Yahia Lababidi

Secretaries of Silence

Yahia Lababidi discusses his recent Liberties essay "Secretaries of Silence" with Morten Høi Jensen. The essay is about the relationship between Czesław Miłosz and Thomas Merton.

James Wolcott

Gloire Days

James Wolcott and Morten Høi Jensen discuss Wolcott's essay "⁠Gloire Days⁠" and Trump's obsession with Mar-a-Lago.