First Things Podcast

The editors discuss the blue wave in the midterm elections, the 39th Annual Erasmus Lecture, and Bob Dylan's audience with Pope Leo XIV.

Further reading:
"A Eulogy for Bullfighting," by Germán S. Díaz del Castillo (First Things)
"The Stench of Corruption," by R. R. Reno (First Things)
"Foucault’s Principalities & Powers," by Angela Franks (First Things)
"Foucault’s Idol of Nothingness," by Carl R. Trueman (First Things)

Further reading:
2026 Erasmus Lecture tickets.
Rape and Modern Sex War, by Camille Paglia
"The Great Feminization Comes to Cornell," by Helen Andrews (Compact)
"Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’," by Casey Park (Washington Post)
"Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude," by Hayden Field (The Verge)
"Beware Its Voice," by Ned Desmond (The Widening Gyre)

In this episode, First Things senior editor Dan Hitchens joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “The Making of Roger Scruton,” from the October 2026 issue of the magazine.

In this episode, Mark Regnerus joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Living Humanae Vitae in Poland,” from the October 2026 issue of the magazine.