Your Questions, Answered

Once a year Matt and Sam take questions from listeners—and they always prove to be incredibly smart and interesting. This time around was no different, with questions that include such topics as: the crisis in Israel and Palestine, the influence of postliberal thinkers on the right, polarization and our political future, the state of the GOP, Willie Nelson, conservative art (and artists), and more! Sources: Joshua Leifer, " Toward a Humane Left ," Dissent , Oct 12, 2023; read Gabriel Winant's reply, " On Mourning and Statehood ," and Leifer's response to Winant here Patrick Deneen, Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future (2023) Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano (1952) Kurt Vonnegut, " Harrison Bergeron " (1961) Lilliana Mason, Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity (2018) Samuel L. Popkin, Crackup: The Republican Implosion and the Future of Presidential Politics (2021) Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins, Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats (2016) John Spong, " Daniel Lanois on Recording Willie Nelson’s Landmark Album 'Teatro ,'" Texas Monthly , June 2023 Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins (1971) Suzanne Schneider, " Light Among the Nati…