William F. Buckley and the History of American Conservatism

In this episode, Matthew Continetti, author of The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism, joins prize-winning biographer Sam Tanenhaus to discuss Tanenhaus’s new book, Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, and to trace American conservatism’s evolution from the Progressive Era, through the rise of William F. Buckley Jr., to today. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

Resources

• Sam Tanenhaus, Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America (2025)
• Matthew Continetti, The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism (2022)

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