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After Party with Emily JashinskyThanksgiving Tips, Why America is Good, and the Gift of Friendship, w/ Rachel Bovard & Inez StepmanFor this special Thanksgiving Eve episode of “After Party,” Emily Jashinsky is joined by her good friends Rachel Bovard, Vice President at the Conservative Partnership Institute, and Inez Stepman, Legal Analyst for Independent Women’s Forum. The episode is a blend of politics, personal stories, and holiday fun. They start with new polling showing young women want to leave America, which Emily frames as part of a larger happiness decline. Rachel and Inez counter with a sense of renewed optimism, and love of country. Inez shares how Thanksgiving represents her immigrant family’s gratitude for American freedoms after life behind t...
2025-11-271h 08
3 Martini LunchHow the 'Assassin's Veto' Is Stifling Conservative SpeechInez Stepman of the Independent Women’s Forum fills in for Jim on the Thursday 3 Martini Lunch. Join Inez and Greg as they explain why the government shutdown gives President Trump the opportunity for DOGE 2.0, how the assassination of Charlie Kirk gives college administrators more ability to stifle conservative speech on campus, Hamas asking for absurd changes to the Gaza plan, and Islamist terrorism in England.First, they welcome President Trump's plans to cut parts of government through powers he holds during this government shutdown. Inez explains what Trump and OMB Director Russell Vought can do in this si...
2025-10-0229 minAfter Party with Emily JashinskyKimmel-Colbert Crossover Fail, Jeffries Can't Take a Joke, and the Elite Effort to Control Speech, with Rachel Bovard and Inez StepmanEmily Jashinsky breaks down the shifting landscape of late-night TV. She contrasts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert’s overtly political approach with Jimmy Fallon’s “Carson-style” comedy and how Fallon is thriving in the digital landscape. Then Emily is joined by her friends Rachel Bovard, Vice President at the Conservative Partnership Institute, and Inez Stepman, Legal analyst for Independent Women’s Forum. They discuss President Trump mocking of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Jeffries’ reaction, NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani supposedly changing his tune on police, why conservatives believe the CATO Institute’s political violence study is deeply flawed, how Pres...
2025-10-021h 14
Just Asking QuestionsInez Stepman: How Socialism Seduced New YorkersIs Zohran Mamdani's success in New York politics the mark of socialist resurgence or just a reflection of a deeply fractured party base? Zach Weissmueller is joined by two very concerned New Yorkers. Our own Liz Wolfe and Inez Stepman, who's a policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum.
Stepman critiques the ideological cocktail attracting young New Yorkers to socialism. She argues that Mamdani's appeal is more cultural than it is economic, which leads to a discussion of whether libertarianism can actually be effective in combating Mamdani-esque movements.
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2025-07-031h 20
The American Mind PodcastNew York, New Left (ft. Inez Stepman)New York assemblyman (and amateur rapper) Zohran Mamdani has hit upon a distilled blend of socialism, anticolonialism, and woke omnicausery to secure a Democratic primary win in New York City’s mayoral race. Does his victory signal the party's new direction after months of post-election flailing? Legal policy analyst and friend of the Institute Inez Stepman joins the hosts to discuss Mamdani’s rise and chances of victory. Then: the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Trump v. Casa doesn't end the birthright citizenship debate, but it does free up the executive from judicial overreach and could do a lot to re...
2025-07-031h 193 Martini LunchMassive Immigrant Shift to GOP, Organized Chaos in LA, Hawley’s Wage Hike PlanInez Stepman of the Independent Women’s Forum fills in for Jim today on 3 Martini Lunch. Join Inez and Greg as they review a CNN poll showing immigrant voters shifting significantly to the GOP, address the clear organization present in the LA riots, and ponder the effects of Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s call for a minimum wage hike. First, Inez and Greg analyze new CNN polling that shows a dramatic 40-point swing toward Republican immigration policies among legal immigrant voters over the past four years. Inez adamantly presents the recent situation with the LA riots as a prime...
2025-06-1027 min3 Martini LunchMusk Blasts 'Beautiful Bill,' Jeffries Vows to Dox ICE Agents, Dems Still Devalue Female AthletesInez Stepman of the Independent Women's Forum fills in for Jim today on 3 Martini Lunch Join Inez and Greg as they delve into Elon Musk’s anger over the Big Beautiful Bill, Hakeem Jeffries’ plans to dox ICE members, and the recent surplus of news about trans athletes stealing achivements from female athletes.. First, Inez and Greg discuss Musk’s frustration over what he considers "a disgusting abomination" - the GOP's Big Beautiful Bill because it is not nearly serious enough about cutting spending. Inez agrees that we need much more fiscal restraint but she supports the bill because...
2025-06-0427 min
Stu Does AmericaEp 1052 | Wis. Gov. Tony Evers’ SLIMY Veto Plot Passes State Supreme Court | Guest: Inez StepmanStu Burguiere investigates Wisconsin Democrat Governor Tony Evers’ subtle veto manipulation that will allow him to bend the state’s budget to his liberal will. How was this situation allowed to happen, and how do we stop it from happening again? Then, Inez Stepman from the Independent Women's Forum joins to explain why it’s important for males to have single-sex safe spaces as well as women. And Stu reacts to the death of Pope Francis and looks ahead to the future of the church.TODAY’S SPONSORS PRIZEPICKSDownload...
2025-04-2146 min3 Martini LunchTrump Targets Federal Bureaucracy, Columbia in Chaos, Simple Gratitude Sparks OutrageInez Stepman of the Independent Women's Forum fills in for Jim today on 3 Martini Lunch Join Inez and Greg as they break down President Trump's executive order ending collective bargaining for federal employees in key national security roles, the escalating turmoil at Columbia University, and the backlash Inez faced online for simply expressing gratitude for her husband.First, Inez explains why Trump's order removing collective bargaining for federal employees at the Pentagon, State Department, Homeland Security, EPA, and other agencies is long overdue. She argues that as head of the executive branch, the president should have the authority t...
2025-03-3125 min
UndercurrentsInez Stepman: The Department of Education deserves to dieGo to my sponsor https://aura.com/undercurrents to get a 14-day free trial and start protecting your data — because if you don’t, who will?Become a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Inez Stepman joins Emily to react to Donald Trump’s decision to sign an executive order on Thursday instructing Linda McMahon to begin the process of closing the Education Department. Stepman argues the Department caused an “explosion of bloat” and Trump’s move to shutter it won’t harm students at all. ...
2025-03-2126 min3 Martini LunchTrump's Marching Orders to Congress, Trump's IVF Order, Why Young Men Moved Towards TrumpInez Stepman of the Independent Women's Forum fills in for Jim on this episode of the 3 Martini Lunch podcast. Join Inez and Greg as they discuss Trump’s legislative priorities, his controversial executive order on in vitro fertilization (IVF), and the role COVID played in shifting young men towards Trump in the 2024 elections.First, Inez and Greg break down Trump’s call for a single reconciliation bill to tackle border policy, energy, defense, and tax cuts. Trump is aligning with the House strategy, while the Senate currently plans to divide the issues into two separate bills. Inez explains how...
2025-02-1920 min
UndercurrentsInez Stepman: Trump is the most competent Republican in decadesBecome a supporter of the show - just $1 for the first month: https://unherd.com/undercurrents/Inez Stepman joins Emily to argue that Trump’s blizzard of executive actions and budget cuts is the “revolution” Republicans promised their voters for years and never delivered. Stepman says Trump is firmly within his constitutional authority to reign in the power of the bureaucracy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-01-2937 min
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningInez Stepman: Silicon Valley's post-human worldOn this episode of Unsuperivsed Learning Razib talks to native Californian, Inez Stepman. Stepman has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from UC San Diego, and obtained her J.D. from University of Virginia. She is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Independent Women's Forum, a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute and a contributor to The Federalist. Stepman is also a co-host of the High Noon podcast. Razib and Stepman first talk about her reaction to Marxist author Malcom Harris' Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism and the World, exemplified by her piece in First Things, Ambitious...
2024-10-191h 32
New Right Poast RadioNRP Radio: Tuna Tacos with the Dudes (ep. 20 with Inez Stepman)Good news, white dudes: you don’t have to be the bad guy anymore. You can simply accept your new role as the bumbling oaf sidekick. Inez Stepman thinks Tim Walz is a Dem olive branch to white men who are tired of being called Nazis, and would happily trade in their oppressor status for “subordinate goofball.” We discuss this, the DQ (Divorce Question), our dark elf Silicon Valloid overlords, and much more. NRP Radio is a weekly podcast that captures the new right zeitgeist. We discuss the week’s happenings, memes and controversies: All the S**t that’s...
2024-08-241h 02
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningInez Stepman: Silicon Valley's post-human worldThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.razibkhan.comIf you have a sibling with autism, your future child’s risk for an autism diagnosis is increased by a factor of 2 to 3.5×. Orchid’s whole genome embryo reports can help mitigate your child’s risk by screening for over 200 genetic variants definitively linked to autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Discuss your situation with a genetics expert.On this episode of Unsuperivsed Learning Razib talks to native Californian, Inez Stepman. Stepman has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from UC San Die...
2024-08-1629 min
The Megyn Kelly ShowBiden's Outrageous Title IX Changes Hurting Women and Men, with Alex Clark, Mary Morgan, May Mailman, Inez Stepman, and KC Johnson | Ep. 771Megyn Kelly opens the show by revealing for the first time she voted for Donald Trump in 2020, the reasons why that relate to her concerns about her daughter and sons, Biden’s outrageous changes to Title IX that help "trans" women but hurt biological women and men, the way it endangers girls and harms the due process rights of boys and men, and more. Then May Mailman and Inez Stepman of the Independent Women's Forum join to discuss why Biden’s new Title IX rules will hurt biological men and women, the infringement on parents' rights with these changes, why...
2024-04-191h 37
The Freedom of Thought PodcastWhen Mozilla Fired Its Founder: On the 10 Year Anniversary of Brendan Eich Leaving His CompanyCo-founder of Mozilla and creator of JavaScript, Brendan Eich had made remarkable contributions to the technology sector. He also had contributed $1,000 to the (successful) Proposition 8 campaign against same-sex marriage. On April 3, 2014, Mozilla forced him out of the company he had founded, with apologies for not having acted sooner.Watching it all unfold, Prof. Todd Zywicki was concerned, warning that this would not stop with financial contributions for ballot initiatives – that it was not a stable equilibrium. At least at the time, Inez Stepman was less troubled, confident that such disagreements could be resolved through market forces. Who was right? Jo...
2024-04-031h 04
The Karol Markowicz ShowThe Karol Markowicz Show: Partying with Inez StepmanIn this episode, Karol interviews Inez Stepman about her experience living in New York City and the challenges the city is facing. They discuss the decline of New York and other cities, the role of the NYPD and the New York Post, and Inez's work at the Independent Women's Forum. They also explore the problem of loneliness in society and whether these societal problems are solvable. Karol and Inez discuss the impact of social media on society, the role of technology in isolation, and the importance of real-life interactions. They explore how social media platforms have changed the way...
2024-03-1139 minThe Megyn Kelly ShowDisastrous Biden Poll, and How Australia Cracks Down on Illegal Immigration, with Kmele Foster, Inez Stepman, and Paul Murray | Ep. 717Megyn Kelly is joined by Kmele Foster, co-host of The Fifth Column and Inez Stepman, senior policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum, to discuss the Senate finally unveiling the new “border” compromise bill, all the instant criticisms of the bill from all sides, why the issue of illegal immigration is so important to Americans, the devastating new 2024 NBC News poll for Biden that has Trump up five points, whether the Trump trials hurt the left's "democracy" arguments, Trump up huge among independents and on issues related to immigration and economy, Nikki Haley’s appearance on Saturday Night Live trashin...
2024-02-051h 36
Young HereticsInterview: Inez Stepman, Bane of the AcademyAcademia delenda est...et tunc recolenda. "The academy must be destroyed...and then rebuilt." Today's guest, Inez Stepman, is a thoughtful obsesrver of the American education system and an insightful exponent of hard-nosed practical action plans to revive the country's academic health. We discuss the great American tradition of local, homegrown classical education and the role it will play in our uncertain future. Check out our sponsor, the Ancient Language Institute: https://ancientlanguage.com/youngheretics/ Subscribe to Inez's podcast, High Noon: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/high-noon/id1557719559 Check out Inez's other w...
2023-12-2247 min
The Auron MacIntyre ShowMake the Colleges Pay! | Guest: Inez Stepman | 10/6/23Student loan payments are starting up again, but this is an issue that Republicans should be winning on. Inez Stepman, host of the "High Noon" podcast, joins me to discuss how the Right can win the debate on student debt and end the progressive patronage network in American universities.Follow on:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148afSubstack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com...
2023-10-0653 min
Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise PerryWhy I'm an Anti-Feminist - Inez Stepman | Maiden Mother Matriarch 33This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukMy guest today is Inez Stepman, she's a journalist and host of the podcast High Noon. She is also a senior policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum. On the podcast we discuss why Inez won't call herself a feminist, despite her career promoting policy in the interests of women; we discussed why she believes the term ‘feminist’ carries a lot of neg… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-10-011h 02
Razib Khan's Unsupervised LearningInez Stepman: fixing higher educationToday Razib talks to Inez Stepman, a senior policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum, a Lincoln Fellow with the Claremont Institute and a senior contributor to The Federalist. Stepman also hosts two podcasts, High Noon and Clown Car. She and Razib first discuss the current distress, both economic and cultural, in higher education as several decades of bloat, inflation-beating cost increases and political radicalism run up against their natural limits. Stepman's recent policy report, Taxing Universities, tackles the massive fiscal bill that the American people will face in the next generation as bad loans backed by the federal governmen...
2023-09-121h 10
She ThinksInez Feltscher Stepman: Policy Focus: Taxing UniversitiesInez Stepman joins the podcast to discuss this month’s policy focus: Taxing Universities. We look at the reasons why student debt is a burden on so many Americans and why a bailout is regressive and unfair. We also consider how universities have made so much money in the process. Taxing universities places the responsibility—and the bill—where it belongs. Inez Feltscher Stepman is a senior policy analyst at IWF and host of High Noon with Inez Stepman, a podcast that hosts conversations with heterodox thinkers on a variety of important cultural and political subjects...
2023-07-2822 min
Federalist Radio HourInez Stepman On The Supreme Court’s Huge SessionOn this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Inez Stepman, a senior policy analyst at Independent Women's Forum and host of "High Noon with Inez Stepman," joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the Supreme Court's return to the Constitution and analyze the effect rulings on student loans, free speech, and affirmative action will have on Americans for years to come.
2023-07-0656 min
The Buck Sexton ShowInez Stepman - Winner Take All PoliticsInez Stepman is a Lincoln fellow at the Claremont Institute, a writer for The Federalist and a podcast host.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-07-0123 minThe Auron MacIntyre ShowIs America over Pride? | Guest: Inez Stepman | 6/5/23After a successful string of boycotts, a number of major corporations have chosen to tone down or completely remove their Pride propaganda this season. Is America finally over Pride, or is woke capital making a tactical retreat before preparing for the next big push? Inez Stepman of the "High Noon" podcast joins me to discuss.-Follow on:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148afSubstack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/
2023-06-061h 12
King of StuffInez Stepman: Of Markets and NationsThe king welcomes Inez Feltscher Stepman to discuss the evolution of many conservatives from free markets to free nations. Inez is a senior policy analyst at IWF and host of High Noon with Inez Stepman, a Ricochet podcast that hosts conversations with heterodox thinkers on a variety of important cultural and political subjects. She has over a decade of experience in education policy, and also handles issues related to institutional capture and the definition of sex in law and culture.Jon then rambles on about all the stuff in the news: Asa Hutchinson fever! Sununu-mentum! San Francisco vs...
2023-05-3152 min
The Carousel Podcast42. Inez StepmanToday we have Inez Stepman, a thinker I discovered recently and am incredibly impressed by. Her gender analysis is rooted in Red Pill theory—she admittedly came up reading Chateau Heartiste—and she’s the first woman I’ve ever heard bring up the concept of hypergamy.She joins Peachy Keenan and Aimee Therese on the Mount Rushmore of Female Dissident Right (FDR), although I’m not sure she would agree with this characterization. She’s got a JD from UVA and now works for the Independent Women’s Forum, a right-leaning think tank which recently filed an amicus brie...
2023-04-071h 22The Auron MacIntyre ShowDismantling Woke Patronage | Guest: Inez Feltscher Stepman | 1/4/23Podcaster and columnist Inez Feltscher Stepman joins me to discuss her new piece on Elon Musk and why the elimination of the woke patronage network might be a critical part of the battle for free speech.Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-auron-macintyre-show/id1657770114Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3S6z4LBs8Fi7COupy7YYuM?si=4d9662cb34d148afOn Substack: https://auronmacintyre.substack.com/Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuronMacintyreFollow on Gab: https://gab.com/AuronMacIntyreSubscribe on...
2023-01-041h 35
High NoonAfter Dark – Christmas EpisodeEmily Jashinsky and Inez Stepman chat about what holds up in Milton Friedman's classic Capitalism and Freedom — and what definitely doesn't. They also talk about Twitter 2.0 and the insulting and anti-democratic omnibus bill. Culture Editor Emily gives her best recs for cozy week-off binge watches, and both hosts share their Christmas and New Year traditions.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a free society. The podcast features interesting thinkers from all parts of the political spectrum to discuss the most controversial subjects of the day in a way that hop...
2022-12-2857 min
The Book Club | PragerUThe Book Club: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy with Inez StepmanWhat happens if you follow your heart, pursuing love and happiness above all else, devoid of duty or virtue? Nothing good according to Leo Tolstoy, author of Anna Karenina. Inez Stepman, senior policy analyst at Independent Women’s Forum, joins Michael Knowles for a deep dive into this great literary work about fidelity, marriage, and betrayal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-12-1635 min
Doomer OptimismDO 96 - Inez Stepman w/ Ashley ColbyAshley and Inez solve the battle of the sexes.
Inez Feltscher Stepman @InezFeltscher is a senior policy analyst at IWF and host of High Noon with Inez Stepman, a podcast that hosts conversations with heterodox thinkers on a variety of important cultural and political subjects. She has over a decade of experience in education policy, and also handles issues related to institutional capture and the definition of sex in law and culture. She is a Lincoln Fellow with the Claremont Institute and a senior contributor to The Federalist. Her work has additionally appeared in ou...
2022-11-251h 21High NoonAfter Dark – On Crossing the Rubicon, Bad Vibes Loan Forgiveness, and the Post-Religious Sexual World of Andrew TateAt the end of every month, Emily Jashinsky and Inez Stepman run through a docket of the past several weeks of news and analysis. This month, they discuss how the right should respond to the raid at Mar-A-Lago and the potential prosecution of political opposition, the rage the direct class politics of student loan bailouts has stirred up, and whether older millennial victims of the mainstreamed sexual revolution will become Cassandras for the next generation, or drag them down the same path. Plus: Inez warns Emily about the dangers of consorting with Tankies, and the ladies c...
2022-08-311h 04
The Randy Tobler Show on NewsTalkSTL8.27.22 Hour 1 | Guest Inez StepmanInez Stepman joins us to discuss the Mar-A-Lago Affidavit, Education, Openborders, and Student Loan Forgiveness
2022-08-2843 minHigh NoonPascal-Emmanuel Gobry – On Free Markets as a Tool Rather Than an EndThis week on High Noon, Inez speaks with Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, in some quarters better known by his initials, PEG. Gobry and Stepman discuss how free markets can be used as a tool for higher goods rather than an end in themselves, and whether atomization, aimlessness, and falling fertility rates are inevitable consequences of modernity or phenomena with a more proximate cause. They also chat about differences between his native France and the United States, the home team gets in a little French ribbing.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a...
2022-08-2457 minHigh NoonRepresentative Chip Roy – On Slaying the Weaponized Administrative StateAfter the Rubicon-crossing raid at Mar-a-Lago, Inez Stepman speaks to one of the lone voices in Washington who has consistently tried to starve and strangle the illegitimate administrative state, Congressman Chip Roy (TX-21). Congressman Roy and Stepman discussed what “making law” in the USA truly looks like in an age where Schoolhouse Rock’s Bill on Capitol Hill seems a fanciful notion, and how to combat the many-headed hydra of the public-private regime.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a free society. The podcast features interesting thinkers from all parts o...
2022-08-1753 minHigh NoonChristopher Bedford – On Institutionalized Culture War and Why Everything Feels Like It's Falling ApartThis week on High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews Chris Bedford, senior editor at The Federalist, board member at YAF's National Journalism Center, and founding partner at RightForge, a new venture seeking to build the guts of an alternative to the Big Tech censored internet.Chris and Inez discuss why culture war concerns seem to always fall by the wayside in a Washington D.C. seemingly resistant to realignment politics, and why everything from the rule of law to supply chains seems to just plain not work in 2022 America.--High Noon is an...
2022-08-1055 minHigh NoonJillian Kay Melchior – A Report on the War in UkraineThis week, High Noon with Inez Stepman checks in on Russia’s war against Ukraine. It can be easy to forget, considering how many problems the United States faces at home, but the war has now been raging since February, heading into its sixth month. Stepman talks to the Wall Street Journal’s Jillian Melchior, who has done three on-the-ground reporting trips to the region since February. Stepman and Melchior spoke about how to sort out live-time digital war propaganda from fact, and how our $40 billion is being spent — or whether it’s getting to the intended target at all. We als...
2022-08-0345 minHigh NoonAfter Dark – On Feminism as Cope, Why SSRIs are Becoming Controversial, and the Terrifying Void of ModernityAs always, the last Wednesday of the month on High Noon is reserved for the docket episodes with Emily Jashinsky, wherein Inez and Emily chat about the stories that caught their attention over the past several weeks as deserving of a second look. Stepman and Jashinsky discussed the legacy media’s emotionally satisfying freakout over Republican politicians finally acknowledging that they’re closer to opposition party than free press. They follow up with a deeper and more self-critical conversation about a viral New Yorker “mature hookup app” article, and the extent to which ideologies like radical feminism and...
2022-07-271h 01
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE187. Inez Stepman Believes You Can't Sit Out The Culture WarInez Stepman is a senior policy analyst at Independent Women's Forum, has over a decade of experience in education policy, and also handles issues related to the definition of sex in law and culture. She sits down with Bridget to discuss why you can't sit out the culture war in this day and age because it will come through your door, how we get a false sense of security from people who are defecting from the hard, woke Left, when in fact their ideals are being insitutionalized at a rapid pace, why it's going to get worse before it...
2022-06-301h 24High NoonIan Rowe – On Agency and Finding a Middle Ground Between Atomization and Blaming the SystemThis week on High Noon with Inez Stepman, the indefatigable Ian Rowe joins the pod. Rowe is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a visiting fellow with the Woodson Center as part of their 1776 Unites project. He is the author of the new book Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover their Pathway to Power, and runs a new set of charter schools in the Bronx based on the four cardinal virtues.Ian and Inez discussed how perception and ideology can aff...
2022-06-1553 min
GIRLBOSS, INTERRUPTED#007 | An Interview with an Antifeminist: Inez StepmanIn this episode, Helen speaks with Inez Stepman about the uses and limits of anti-feminism and how gender wars have flattened the sexes to stereotypes.
Inez Feltscher Stepman is a senior policy analyst at IWF and host of High Noon with Inez Stepman, a podcast that hosts conversations with heterodox thinkers on a variety of important cultural and political subjects. She has over a decade of experience in education policy, and also handles issues related to institutional capture and the definition of sex in law and culture.
She is a Lincoln Fellow with the Claremont Institute and a senior contri...
2022-06-0244 minHigh NoonAfter Dark – On Elon Musk vs. The System, Redpilled Tech Bros, and the Consequences of Mass IncompetenceThe last week of every month, High Noon: After Dark features Emily Jashinsky and Inez Stepman on the news of the past weeks. This month, Emily and Inez discuss whether the attacks and accusations against Elon Musk are working or lifting the veil on a rigged system for ordinary Americans; if redpilled tech bros passed over by woke quota systems can revive a future for American innovation and competence; and the left’s uncomfortable relationship with democracy.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a free society. The podcast features inter...
2022-05-2554 minHigh NoonLibby Emmons – On What Got Her Canceled in the Theater World and the Complicated Relationship Between Morality and ArtThis week on High Noon with Inez Stepman, Libby Emmons joins the pod. Emmons is editor-in-chief of The Post Millennial and, prior to that, a canceled playwright. Stepman and Emmons have a wide-ranging conversation that includes everything from the defense of humanity against both transgenderism and transhumanism that got her exiled from her feminist theater company, to the complicated relationship between morality and art.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a free society. The podcast features interesting thinkers from all parts of the political spectrum to discuss the most cont...
2022-05-181h 00High NoonDanielle Crittenden – On Disappearing Feminine Allure, the Heated Battle Between the Sexes, and Whether Feminism Has Always Been Out of TouchThis week on High Noon with Inez Stepman, Danielle Crittenden of Femsplainers fame, and author of What Our Mothers Didn’t Tell Us joins the pod to discus her wonderful essay, "When the Sexes Blur There’s No Sex." Crittenden and Stepman talked about why young women find femininity and womanhood so unappealing to the point where ”transitioning” to the opposite sex is an attractive option, and how dating norms have accelerated to a point nearly everyone agrees is broken. They also chat about some of the original flaws of the feminist movement going back to the 1950s, and how feminist...
2022-05-0453 minHigh NoonAfter Dark – On Our Billionaire Champion, Florida Striking Back Against Disney, and How the Pandemic May Have Killed off the Girl BossIt’s that time again, the end of the month… which means it’s once again Emily time on the pod.Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky joins Inez Stepman on High Noon this week — in perhaps our most optimistic podcast to date — to talk about Elon Musk’s apparently successful bid for Twitter, Florida stripping Disney of certain special perks in the wake of the company’s political battles against a parental rights bill in the state, and how the pandemic may have killed off girl boss ambition.--High Noon is an intellectual down...
2022-04-2758 minHigh NoonJoseph Massey – On Poetry, Power Games, and Advice for the CanceledThis week, poet Joseph Massey joins High Noon with Inez Stepman. Massey has written movingly about his experience being canceled at the height of the Me Too era in Quillette and The American Mind, and has now started a publishing company to publish his newest book of poems, Rosary Made of Air. Massey’s poetry has a beautiful sense of place, austerity, and stillness. His poems have become a little breath of loveliness for many on Twitter, including Megyn Kelly.Massey and Stepman discuss the inhumanity of cancel culture, the insularity of the current artistic elite, and who...
2022-04-2058 minHigh NoonAfter Dark: On the Right’s Chomskyite Temptation, Vacuum of Leadership, and SlapGateThe last week of every month, High Noon: After Dark features Emily Jashinsky and Inez Stepman on the news of the past weeks. Stepman and Jashinsky delve into the Right’s Chomskyite temptations with regard to what increasingly looks like the merging of wokeness and the American-led global order, as well as the limitations of that pessimistic domestic frame when assessing Russia’s war in Ukraine. Additionally, they turn homeward to discuss a disturbing development slipped into the Violence Against Women Act, and what it would take to make the GOP get serious about the event horizon of tyranny at hom...
2022-03-3058 min
Indisputable with Dr. Rashad RicheyThe Bullpen REPLAY: January 6 Riot, One Year LaterInez Stepman, Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute, enters The Bullpen to discuss the January 6 Capitol Riots. Debate Guest: Inez Stepman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2022-03-2224 min
At The BarWho Governs Us?Erin Hawley, senior legal fellow with Independent Law Center, joins Inez Stepman At The Bar. They discuss the West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency case, currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will determine whether the agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions — and what that means for the power of bureaucracy at large.--Hosted by Inez Stepman of Independent Women’s Forum and Jennifer Braceras of Independent Women’s Law Center, At The Bar is virtual happy hour conversation about issues at the intersection of law, politics, and culture.Yo...
2022-03-1740 minHigh NoonDr. Carol Swain – On the Collapse of Academia and What it Would Take to Hold America TogetherThis week, Dr. Carol Swain joins High Noon with Inez Stepman. Dr. Swain has a long train of degrees, from (most recently) a Master of Legal Studies from Yale Law, a Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master’s in Political Science from Virginia Tech, a BA in criminal justice from Roanoke College, and an associate degree from Virginia Western Community College. Swain taught as a tenured professor at Princeton and Vanderbilt, from where she retired in 2017. She was the co-chairwoman for President Donald Trump’s 1776 Commission as a response to th...
2022-03-1653 minHigh NoonClaudia Rosett – On What Can Be Done in Ukraine and America's Crisis of Decadence in a Dangerous WorldOn this episode of High Noon, Claudia Rosett joins Inez Stepman to give her perspective on the ongoing war in Ukraine from her 37 years of experience reporting in uprisings and war zones all over the world. A former Moscow bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, Rosett discusses how America and the West's weakness has led us to this point, what can or should be done about the devastation in Ukraine now, and whether or not America is still the land of freedom as juxtaposed to authoritarian systems around the world.--High Noon is an...
2022-03-0956 minAt The BarPresident Biden’s First Supreme Court PickOn this episode of At The Bar, Inez Stepman and Jennifer C. Braceras discuss President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to replace Stephen G. Breyer as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Dan Urman, director of Northeastern University’s Undergraduate Program for Law and Public Policy, and Mike Davis, former Chief Nominations Counsel for Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, join the conversation.--Hosted by Inez Stepman of Independent Women’s Forum and Jennifer Braceras of Independent Women’s Law Center, At The Bar is virtual happy hour conversati...
2022-03-0455 minHigh NoonBoris Ryvkin – On the Invasion of Ukraine, Putin’s Understanding of the World, and the Future of the U.S.-Led OrderThis week on High Noon with Inez Stepman, Inez is joined by Boris Ryvkin, former national security advisor to Senator Ted Cruz and an indispensable voice of explanation on the Russian invasion of Ukraine that is putting the world into crisis. Combining Russian, Ukrainian, and English sources with his own prodigious knowledge of history and foreign relations, Boris talks listeners through the intertwined historical roots of Russia and Ukraine, the likely differences in thinking and national character between Russians and the West, and what is likely to come next for Ukrainians resisting invasion. Stepman and Ryvkin also discuss the f...
2022-03-021h 29High NoonDavid Azerrad – On Tribalism, Oligarchy, and Reviving the Manly Spirit of AmericaOn this episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews David Azerrad, Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government.Azerrad and Stepman discuss how to deal realistically with man’s inherent tribalism, how to balance the increasingly oligarchic power of our credentialed elites, and whether we need more democracy or better elites. They also dive into the role of manly spiritedness in building civilization, and how to revive the American masculine ideal.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a free...
2022-02-0948 minHigh NoonAfter Dark: Emily Jashinsky and Inez Stepman Talk Shifting Coalitions, a Race Against the Clock, and How Self-Definition and Hypernovelity Make Us All InsaneIt’s the last Wednesday of the month, which means another episode of High Noon: After Dark with Inez Stepman and The Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky.From the Federalist studio, Jashinsky and Stepman chat about how the GOP could blow the chance voters are giving them and consign us to a continued decline under incompetent and woke institutions. They also discuss a key moment in the shifting coalitions of left and right, predatory universities, and finally, meaning and identity in a postmodern, hypernovel world and how self-definition makes us insane.--High N...
2022-01-261h 02At The BarRace-Based Preferential COVID TreatmentsOn this episode of At The Bar, Inez Stepman and Jennifer C. Braceras discuss the legality of dispensing medical treatment on the basis of race. Wen Fa from the Pacific Legal Foundation and Aaron Sibarium from the Washington Free Beacon join the conversation.--Hosted by Inez Stepman of Independent Women’s Forum and Jennifer Braceras of Independent Women’s Law Center, At The Bar is a virtual happy hour conversation about issues at the intersection of law, politics, and culture.You can find the latest At The Bar episodes wherever you get your...
2022-01-1452 minHigh NoonJohn Wood, Jr. – On Honest Conversations About Race and the Possibility of RedemptionThe first High Noon guest of the new year is John Wood, Jr. Wood is a national ambassador for Braver Angels. He’s also a former congressional candidate, a musician, and a writer, speaker, and thinker. John and Inez talk about finding a balance between a constrained vision of human nature and the possibility of genuine reconciliation despite America’s very real racial divisions.Woods and Stepman have an honest conversation about the unique struggles, as well as the unique contributions, of black citizens to the United States, and whether any barriers to continued advancement are truly...
2022-01-121h 10
Indisputable with Dr. Rashad RicheyBullpen: Jan 6th CommitteeDebate Guest: Inez StepmanInez Stepman enters the Bullpen to discuss the January 6 committee. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2022-01-0621 minHigh NoonAfter Dark: Emily Jashinsky and Inez Stepman Talk the “Media Variant,” Political Power of Brooklyn vs. West Virginia, and the Demise of FriendshipAt the end of every month, The Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky joins Inez Stepman to discuss a docket of stories. This month, they discuss the class dynamics of the Omicron wave that is sweeping the nation, and who really has more political power in 2021, West Virginia because of a powerful Senator, or AOC’s Brooklyn, NY district. Emily and Inez also delve into disturbing surveys showing Millennials and Gen Z have given up on friendship.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a free society. Inviting inter...
2021-12-291h 15High NoonRod Dreher – On How to Live with Dignity in a Pre-Totalitarian SocietyThis week on High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews Rod Dreher, senior editor at The American Conservative and author of the book Live Not By Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents.Live Not By Lies is all about preparing yourself — mentally, spiritually, practically — for the possibility of living as a dissident in a hostile and totalitarian society. Each of Dreher’s points is buttressed by his many interviews with people who have “lived it” under communism in Eastern Europe and Russia.Dreher and Stepman discuss critical lessons for our own pre-totalitarian moment, such as where to draw th...
2021-12-2255 minHigh NoonAaron Sibarium – On the Bureaucratic Mechanisms of Wokeness and How to Deinstitutionalize ItThis week on High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews Aaron Sibarium, associate editor at Washington Free Beacon and the reporter behind breaking the latest Yale Law School controversies. Stepman questions Sibarium about his focus on the bureaucratic mechanisms of implementing wokeness in institutions, how it became as ubiquitous as it seems to be, and what his reporting suggests about how it might be deinstitutionalized.Aaron and Inez also discuss potential unintended consequences of the Civil Rights Act and the right’s uneasy relationship with two of the potential roadblocks to increasing woke bureaucratic power: meritocracy and democracy....
2021-12-1559 minHigh NoonSeth Barron – On Urban Decay and the Last Days of New YorkThis week on High Noon, Inez Stepman does a deep dive with The American Mind’s Seth Barron into the problems most urban Americans are increasingly contending with: rising crime, mentally ill and aggressive homeless people, intermittently closed schools, and more. Barron is a lifelong New Yorker and the author of the book The Last Days of New York: A Reporter’s True Tale.Seth and Inez also discuss the role of the city in American life, and what it would take to turn the downward spiral most cities are facing around.--High N...
2021-12-0856 minHigh NoonMadeleine Kearns – On the State of Womanhood in 2021On this episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews Madeleine Kearns, National Review columnist and contributor at The Spectator. Madeleine and Inez discuss a range of topics related to the female experience in 2021, from Gen Z’s waning enthusiasm for sex-positivity to generational fragility and the regrettable sunset of the womanly slap.The discussion also delves into how women and relationships are portrayed in narrative and literature, from Anna Karenina to "The Sex Lives of College Girls."--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a free society. Inviting...
2021-12-0141 minHigh NoonAfter Dark: Emily Jashinsky and Inez Stepman Talk Moral Responsibility in the Wake of Rittenhouse AcquittalOn this episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman formally introduces a new segment, After Dark, with The Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky. The last week of every month, Emily and Inez will be chatting about the most under-covered stories of the month.This month, they talk about where moral responsibility for the disaster in Kenosha lies, and the duplicity of an establishment elite that is happy to abandon rule of law but chooses to heap the consequences of doing so on 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse.Emily and Inez also discuss whether they think the grow...
2021-11-241h 14High NoonBatya Ungar-Sargon – On Woke Media and Working Class DignityOn this episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews Batya Ungar-Sargon, author of the new book Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy. The Newsweek opinion editor outlines how journalism as a profession has transformed from the domain of the working-class hero to the credentialed bubble denizen.Stepman and Ungar-Sargon discuss the possibility of a left-right alliance against a woke managerial elite, as well as the importance of working-class dignity and participation in democracy with regard to culture and economics.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possi...
2021-11-171h 01High NoonTony Kinnett – On How Schools Are Gaslighting Parents about CRTOn this episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews Tony Kinnett, the Indianapolis teacher and curriculum coordinator behind a viral video explaining how critical race theory makes its way into public school lessons. Kinnett is one of the founders behind the heterodox teacher hub Chalkboard Review, as well as a guest columnist in a variety of outlets.Kinnett debunks the post-Virginia election gaslighting about CRT not being part of what is taught in public schools, and blows the whistle on how districts get away with lying to parents about it. He also shares why he’s chos...
2021-11-1041 minHigh NoonDavid Harsanyi – On Busting the Myth of European SuperiorityOn this episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews National Review senior writer David Harsanyi, author of the new book Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent.Harsanyi busts some common American myths about the superiority of European healthcare systems, welfare state payments, and tolerance of diverse newcomers with hard facts that compare apples to apples, warning that America risks not only its success but the heart of its distinctive culture if it follows the European path.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that ma...
2021-11-0352 minHigh NoonMary Eberstadt – On Family Breakdown and the Human AnimalOn this episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews Mary Eberstadt, novelist, playwright, essayist, columnist, and author of several books, including her most recent, Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics.Eberstadt urges compassion for the “woke,” arguing essentially that many of us have been denied the natural family “habitat” to become psychologically healthy members of the species by family breakdown and abandonment of religion. She weaves together threads of sociology, statistical research, animal observation, and theology to paint a difficult picture of just how detached from a natural family life we have gotten in the mod...
2021-10-2741 minHigh NoonRobby Soave – On Some Good News About Big Tech and ModernityOn this episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman interviews Robby Soave, author of the new book Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook or the Future. Robby is also senior editor at Reason magazine, where he has been at the forefront of reporting the truth about stories like the Covington protestors incident and the UVA rape hoax. Robby and Inez discuss concerns about our emerging technological landscape, social media censorship, and the relationship between tech companies and the government. They also go back and forth about whether the rapid digitalization of our lives will be transformative in a...
2021-10-2047 minHigh NoonRobert P. George – On Truth, Human Dignity, and Creating “Infrastructure” for Free SpeechIn this episode of High Noon with Inez Stepman, Inez interviews Professor Robbie P. George of Princeton University. Professor George outlines why he hasn’t given up on the academy, and how he and an ideologically diverse group of professors are fighting back against cancel culture. Stepman and Professor George also discuss the importance of seeking truth over victory, and the courage necessary to jump into the fray in censorious times.Professor George is the sixth McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, which he founded, at Prin...
2021-10-0651 minHigh NoonHelen Raleigh – On Confronting the CCP and the Possibility of a Cultural Revolution in AmericaIn this episode of High Noon with Inez Stepman, Helen Raleigh joins the podcast to offer her firsthand account of living under the Chinese Communist system before immigrating to America. Author of Confucius Never Said and Backlash: How Communist China’s Aggression Has Backfired, Helen mingles lessons learned from her unique background with research and strategy to chart a possible course to maintain American dominance in the world, and liberty at home.In addition to authoring several books, Helen’s work has been published in The Federalist, The Wall Street Journal, and many other outlets.--
2021-09-2952 minHigh NoonTimothy Carney – On American Alienation and How to Bootstrap Community in a Modern WorldIn this episode of High Noon with Inez Stepman, Inez interviews Timothy Carney, author of Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse, a book about the sociological contours of the crisis of meaning and loneliness that drives our politics. Carney is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the senior columnist at The Washington Examiner, as well as being published and interviewed everywhere from The Atlantic, New York Times, and MSNBC to The Wall Street Journal and Fox News.Stepman and Carney discuss how class segregation factors into our political division, the declining r...
2021-09-2248 minHigh NoonRebeccah Heinrichs – On the Impact of Incompetence and Forging a Uniquely American Foreign PolicyIn this episode of High Noon with Inez Stepman, Inez interviews Rebeccah Heinrichs. Heinrichs is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and an adjunct professor at the Institute of World Politics, a graduate school for national affairs. She specializes in national security, international relations, arms control, and missile defense, and she has served as an expert in that capacity in the U.S. House of Representatives.Heinrichs and Stepman discuss the impact of our incompetent withdrawal from Afghanistan on the future of American foreign policy and on our relationships with our allies. They also search f...
2021-09-1553 minHigh NoonBen Shapiro – On the Dangers of the Authoritarian Left and Why A Bigger Welfare State Won’t Solve our Atomization CrisisIn this episode of High Noon with Inez Stepman, Inez interviews Ben Shapiro, host of the popular podcast and radio program “The Ben Shapiro Show,” Editor Emeritus of Daily Wire, and author of numerous books, including The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America’s Institutions Against Dissent.Inez and Ben discuss how the authoritarian left has garnered the institutional backing their counterparts on the far right could never dream of, and how that fact stands as a rebuttal to some liberal left types who try to argue that the dangers are equivalent. Shapiro also defends capitali...
2021-09-0828 minHigh NoonSpecial Episode: On Catastrophic Elite Failure and the Domestic Consequences of AfghanistanIn this episode of High Noon with Inez Stepman, IWF fellow and The Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky rejoins the podcast to do a requiem on the domestic impact of the Afghanistan debacle.Inez and Emily lay out the dire (but well-deserved) situation with regard to institutional trust and how this international failure will impact the way that Americans think of their government and especially their leadership class.If Americans on both the left and the right clearly see that their elite does not deserve power or trust, what are the possibilities of a p...
2021-09-0154 minHigh NoonJoey Jones – On Betrayal and Chaos in AfghanistanIn this episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with combat-wounded retired Marine bomb tech Johnny Joey Jones about the ongoing situation in Afghanistan.Joey Jones provides listeners with an overview of the real situation on the ground mid-pullout, and a look at the politicization of the military higher brass. He also gives voice to the betrayal many veterans feel about the way the Biden administration has left Afghanistan, as well as critiques of politicians from both parties about how they’ve handled the war with more of an eye to political optics than to the sac...
2021-08-2545 minShe ThinksPolicy Focus: Critical Race TheoryInez Stepman joins the podcast this week joins the podcast to discuss this month’s policy focus: Critical Race Theory. We discuss the basic tenants of CRT, break down the confusion that surrounds it, and explain why this unpopular worldview has made its home in academia. Inez Feltscher Stepman is a senior policy analyst at IWF, with a decade of experience in education policy. She is a Lincoln Fellow with the Claremont Institute and a senior contributor to The Federalist. Her work has additionally appeared in outlets such as USA Today, Newsweek, and New York Post, and she...
2021-07-3030 min
Subversive w/Alex KaschutaInez Stepman - Forgetting Nature On The Way To UtopiaI speak to Inez Stepman about our rejection of nature in the search for Utopia.
We also speak about:
- What it means to be an anti-feminist woman.
- Demographic collapse, the fertility crisis, and anti-natalism
- Politics on a simple axis: humanity is fallen or changeable?
- Abundance as a double-edged sword.
- Technology as a way to forget about nature.
- Transhumanism and rationalism
- The desexing of sex and the death of sexual tension
- Rape, consent, and...
2021-07-281h 21High NoonSpecial Episode: Journalists' Stories and Warnings from Cuba and BelarusIn the thirteenth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Barbara Estrada and Hanna Liubakova, two journalists fighting to get the word out about the Cuban protests for libertad and the year-long struggle in Belarus to peacefully oust “the last dictator in Europe.”Each has played a critical role in getting news from the Cuban and Belarusian protests out, respectively. They share which stories of courage or brutality have touched them the most, and offer suggestions for what those of us in the West can do to help protestors risking their lives for freedom....
2021-07-2154 minHigh NoonMike Gonzalez – On the Formation of Political “Identities” and the Right Way to Fight Critical Race TheoryIn the twelfth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Mike Gonzalez of the Heritage Foundation, author of The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free.Before entering the think tank world, Gonzalez worked as an international journalist for many years, including covering the Mujahideen in Afghanistan and being jailed by a dictator in Panama, and ultimately landing as a columnist for the Wall Street Journal for many years. He has another book slated to come out this fall, on the organization Black Lives Matter. His work on the...
2021-07-1451 minHigh NoonMichael Knowles On the Necessity of Bringing Back Politics and the Limitations of Being SpeechlessIn the eleventh episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Michael Knowles. Knowles is the Author of Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds, as well as the satirical Reasons to Vote for Democrats. He’s the host of The Michael Knowles Show at The Daily Wire, “The Book Club” at PragerU, and the popular podcast Verdict with Ted Cruz.Stepman and Knowles dig deeper into the specifics of our heritage, beyond some of the dueling buzzwords in our time about free speech and cancel culture. They discuss the limitations of both the libertarian conception of the United St...
2021-07-0750 minHigh NoonRobert Pondiscio – On How the Education System Went from Shaping Patriots to Indoctrinating RevolutionariesIn the tenth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Robert Pondiscio of the American Enterprise Institute. Pondiscio has spent more than two decades in the education system, both as a civics teacher and as a writer and reformer. He is the author of numerous books, most recently How the Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence, and the Battle Over School Choice.Robert and Inez discuss the purpose of a public education system in a self-governing republic, as well as the tension between liberal pluralism and creating the kind of common body of cultural commitments and i...
2021-06-3054 minHigh NoonEmily Jashinsky – On New Media and the Primacy of Culture Over EconomicsIn the ninth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Emily Jashinsky. Emily wears many hats, from culture editor at The Federalist to educating young journalists at the Young America’s Foundation’s internship program. More recently, she's taken the helm of The Hill’s Rising, a popular independent news program that pairs populist right and populist left perspectives.Which came first: culture or economics? And is the concentration of economic power leading to a cultural monopoly? What is the future of independent media? Stepman and Jashinsky touch on these topics and more.--
2021-06-231h 00High NoonBen Domenech – On the Future of the Right and Left in AmericaIn the eighth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Fox News contributor and podcast host Ben Domenech. Domenech is the publisher and co-founder of The Federalist, as well as a host for Fox News Primetime.In this conversation, Stepman and Domenech explore the futures of the left and right, the failures of America’s elite class, and the responses of the two parties to shifting political coalitions and the potential realignment of working-class and Hispanic voters.They discuss the importance of the culture war and why Paul Ryan and other establishment GOP...
2021-06-1656 minHigh NoonSpencer Klavan on the Classics, Confronting Death, and Kim KardashianIn the seventh episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Spencer Klavan. Klavan is the associate editor of the Claremont Review of Books and the Claremont Institute’s online publication, The American Mind. He’s also the author of an academic publication, Music in Ancient Greece, as well as a translation of the Book of Isaiah. Klavan hosts a popular podcast, Young Heretics, where he explores, through the lens of the Western canon, “truth, beauty, and the stuff that matters.”Stepman and Klavan discuss why the Western classics have fallen out of favor in the academy, Am...
2021-06-091h 09High NoonVivek Ramaswamy and Rachel Bovard – On Protecting Democracy from Big Tech and Woke CapitalismIn the sixth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with two guests uniquely situated to enlighten listeners on the increasingly pressing problems posed by Big Tech companies and corporate America going “woke.”Vivek Ramaswamy is an entrepreneur and author with incredible insights from the belly of the beast on political discrimination, “shareholder” capitalism, and how big business is invading what was once rightly considered the domain of democracy and self-government. Rachel Bovard is the policy director at the Conservative Partnership Institute with years of experience working in the Senate on issues related to censorship, privacy, and tech...
2021-06-0250 minHigh NoonHeather Mac Donald – On Uncomfortable Truths about Policing and CrimeIn the fifth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman speaks with Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute, who almost certainly has more police community meetings under her belt than any reporter at The New York Times, about rising crime in America’s cities.Stepman and Mac Donald discuss the reality of who is most often victimized by high crime rates, lay out a defense of meritocracy, and address critiques of the Enlightenment from the left and right.--High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a fre...
2021-05-2649 minHigh NoonJohn McWhorter – On the Evolution of Language and How Identity Has Become Our New ReligionIn the fourth episode of High Noon, Inez Stepman talks with Professor John McWhorter, a professor of linguistics at Columbia University and host of a podcast on his subject of expertise called Lexicon Valley. He is also a co-host of the popular Glenn Show, along with Glenn Loury on Bloggingheads TV, as well as an important and valued commentator on matters of race and identity.Stepman and McWhorter discuss the subjects of two different books he has out right now. The first, on the history of English profanities, is Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter, T...
2021-05-1938 min