Kristol Clear Podcast

Weekly Standard editor-at-large Bill Kristol makes the case for the people who mattered most in 2017.

Editor at large Bill Kristol talks with host Eric Felten about the fallout from Tuesday's defeat of GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore in the Alabama special election

Filling in for Bill Kristol, Michael Warren talks with host Eric Felten about the multi-vehicle smash-up that was this week in Washington. The Kristol Clear podcast is sponsored by The Great Courses. Our listeners can enjoy an entire month of unlimited access to watch any of their lectures for FREE – but you need to sign up through our special URL: TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/STANDARD

This week on the Kristol Clear Podcast, editor at large Bill Kristol discusses Michael Flynn's plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller.

Editor at large Bill Kristol talks with host Eric Felten about the role U.S. power can play in promoting peace, and the gratitude we share at our good fortune to be with family and friends for Thanksgiving.   Cocktail Note from Eric Felten The Thanksgiving cocktail discussed in the podcast is called a "Bella Ruffina" and was created by bartender Scott Beattie. It uses a chilled fizzy sweet red Italian wine called Brachetto d'Acqui, and red vermouth (preferably a bitter-sweet vermouth such as Carpano Punt-e-Mes. Here's the recipe: 4 oz Brachetto d'Acqui (chilled) 1 oz sweet (red) vermouth 1 dash  Combine in a champagne glass, give the briefest of stirs and enjoy while the bird is in the oven. Happy Thanksgiving!

Editor at large Bill Kristol talks with host Eric Felten about the need for accountability, responsibility, and deliberation in our politics.

Bill Kristol talks with host Eric Felten about the unfortunate parallels between Britain's Tories and the GOP.

Weekly Standard editor at large Bill Kristol talks with host Eric Felten about Mueller investigation indictments, the GOP's tax bills, and the worthy World Series.

Weekly Standard editor at large Bill Kristol on the announced retirements of President Trump's Senate antagonists.

This week on the Kristol Clear Podcast, editor at large William Kristol discusses the GOP's tax reform plan, and whether it'll fare better than GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Bill Kristol talks with host Eric Felten about the president's action on the Iran nuclear deal.

This week on the Kristol Clear Podcast, editor at large Bill Kristol talks with Eric Felten about the prospects President Trump chooses not to certify Iran in compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The Kristol Clear podcast is sponsored by The Great Courses. Our listeners can enjoy an entire month of unlimited access to watch any of their lectures for FREE – but you need to sign up through our special URL: TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/STANDARD.

Bill Kristol talks with host Eric Felten about everything from Twitter's new logorrhea to the civil war in the Republican party.

Bill Kristol talks with Eric Felten about Donald Trump's address to the United Nations.

Weekly Standard editor at large Bill Kristol talks about the controversy over Chelsea Manning's Harvard fellowship, Hillary Clinton's self-pitying book tour, and Constitution Day.

To kick off the Labor Day weekend, Bill Kristol talks with Eric Felten about what national holidays say about a society.

Bill Kristol talks with Eric Felten about the president's topsy-turvy week. Does Donald Trump have a strategy, or is he just lurching from thing to thing?

Bill Kristol looks at the president's reaction to Charlottesville and asks whether the conservative movement will split irrevocably over Trump.

Bill Kristol talks with Eric Felten about the North Korean crisis, the benefits of an organized White House, and Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure."

Bill Kristol talks about how President Trump packs in months' worth of upheaval into just a week's time.