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The most interesting conversations in American life happen in private. This show brings them out of the closet. Stories no one else is telling and conversations with the most fascinating people in the country, every week from The Free Press, hosted by former New York Times and Wall Street Journal journalist Bari Weiss.

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Katie Herzog
Author and podcaster, known for her work on alcohol recovery.
Author of 'Drink Your Way Sober', co-host of Blocked and Reported podcast
Episode: How Katie Herzog Drank Her Way to Sobriety
Jon Goldberg-Polin
Father of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a hostage who was murdered
Episode: The Hostage Release and the Future of Gaza
Nimrod Palmach
Major in IDF Reserves who fought Hamas on October 7, 2023
Episode: The Hostage Release and the Future of Gaza
Rachel Goldberg-Polin
Mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a hostage who was murdered
Episode: The Hostage Release and the Future of Gaza
María Corina Machado
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Episode: María Corina Machado’s Fight to Free Venezuela
Niall Ferguson
Historian and columnist at The Free Press, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution
The Free Press, Hoover Institution
Episode: Niall Ferguson on October 7 and Our Changed World
Eli Sharabi
Survivor of Hamas captivity and author of the memoir 'Hostage'
Episode: He Spent 491 Days as a Hamas Hostage. This Is How He Survived.
Leland Vittert
American television correspondent and author
Episode: How One Man Overcame His Autism
Yossi Cohen
Former director of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency
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Episode: Inside the Mossad

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Bari Weiss
Host and journalist known for her insightful commentary on culture and politics.

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 16.1k ratings
  • My favorite pod

    Bari, there needs to be a section for book recommendations on The Free Press - So many books have been brought up in interviews that I always wish I could remember and go back to when I put something down!

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    5
    Pickle Juicery
    United States18 days ago
  • Sad to go

    I’ve followed your podcast for years. I appreciated your view points even if I didn’t agree. I belong to no political party. However, your silence on current national and international affairs is deafening. Your avoidance of criticizing this administration and human rights violations is cowardly. I wish you well, but I will no longer be supporting your platforms.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    ashv_dubs
    United States19 days ago
  • Go from strength to strength

    I love The Free Press—I started following them when they were just a newsletter called Common Sense, which is sorely lacking in our political discourse. I am so happy for the growing success of TFP and it gives me hope that the majority of Americans do indeed have common sense. I listen to this podcast for my news so I can get beyond the hype and listen to different views, after research and thinking has been done. Keep up the great work!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    nifferboop
    United States19 days ago
  • Sell out Israel apologist shill

    She has completely and intentionally pushed out any accountability on what is happening in Gaza.

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    1
    Ub40soon
    United States20 days ago
  • No principles, only narratives

    The guiding philosophy of this pod and publication is support for Israel, calling out anti-Semitism, and resentment of liberal media elites (Bari’s old bosses). It’s not a philosophy as much as a grievance narrative and it creates a lot of bad allegiances, namely the frequent normalizing of Trumpism and MAGA

    Apple Podcasts
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    He who shall remain nameless
    United States20 days ago

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How Katie Herzog Drank Her Way to Sobriety
Q: Tell us about the Sinclair Method and this kind of magical drug that I had never heard about until I started reading your work on this topic.
Katie explains that the Sinclair Method, developed by John David Sinclair, uses Naltrexone to interrupt the learned behavior of alcoholism by blocking the pleasurable response of drinking.
How Katie Herzog Drank Her Way to Sobriety
Q: What was your bottom?
Katie recounts how she literally had that moment every day where she tried to quit drinking but still fell into the cycle of addiction.
María Corina Machado’s Fight to Free Venezuela
Q: How did your family deal with the decision to stay in Venezuela?
It's something that we discussed in the meals at home. I mean, no one in my family thought about the possibility of living and forgetting about the destiny of our country.
María Corina Machado’s Fight to Free Venezuela
Q: María, you have the connections and the means to have been one of those 9 million people that could have fled. Why are you still in Venezuela?
I only conceived my life in freedom and in my country and in Venezuela, so I had no option.
María Corina Machado’s Fight to Free Venezuela
Q: How do you think about the sort of line of awardees that you are a part of?
It is something that's really humbling to be close to leaders that have admired all my life, that have inspired what I do and what we do.

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2. Jon Goldberg-Polin
3. Nimrod Palmach
4. Rachel Goldberg-Polin
5. María Corina Machado
6. Niall Ferguson
7. Eli Sharabi
8. Leland Vittert

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