Bari Weiss

Founder and Editor at The Free Press

Editor of The Free Press @thefp Host of Honestly @thehonestlypod Head of @nelliebowles fan club

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The Free Press | Bari Weiss | Substack

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

Conversations with Coleman is where deep thinkers and curious minds meet for sharp, surprising, and unfiltered chats. Hosted by Coleman Hughes, writer, thinker, and guy who asks the questions other people dodge - this podcast isn’t about debating. It’s about discovery. Politics, philosophy, race, culture, science: it’s all fair game. If you're done with hot takes and hungry for real-talk, come join the conversation.
The Free Press | Bari Weiss | Substack

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

NewslettersSign InSubscribeFrannie BlockFrannie Block is a reporter for The Free Press. She started her career as a breaking-news journalist for the Des Moines Register, where she covered topics ranging from crime and public safety to food insecurity and the Iowa caucus. Share
Bari’s Picks of the Week: Men Melting Down

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

I’m girding myself for a weekend of binge-watching my favorite new show: The Real Housewives of Pennsylvania Avenue. We’ve already had a cameo by Ye. Trump is reportedly selling his Tesla. What could the next 48 hours bring?
The Free Press | Bari Weiss | Substack

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

NewslettersSign InSubscribeRupa SubramanyaRupa Subramanya is a writer based in Ottawa, Canada. She began her writing career at The Wall Street Journal India with a weekly column focusing on the intersection of economics, politics, and public policy. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Guardian among others. She is a former columnist for the National Post. Share
The Free Press | Bari Weiss | Substack

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

NewslettersSign InSubscribeMadeleine KearnsMadeleine Kearns is an associate editor at The Free Press. Previously, she was a staff writer at National Review where she regularly appeared on the magazine’s flagship podcast, “The Editors.” Her work has also appeared in The Spectator, The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, UnHerd, and a range of other publications. She writes and performs music. Share
The Free Press | Bari Weiss | Substack

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

NewslettersSign InSubscribeBari WeissBari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine. Share
Rod Dreher on the Threat from the Radical Right

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

The conservative writer Rod Dreher has spent years warning of the illiberalism of the left. But now he’s sounding the alarm about something else: a growing threat on the right. In a powerful and personal essay for The Free Press, Dreher writes about the rise of the radical right in America—an illiberal and even totalitarian strain of thinking that is gai…
How Qatar Bought America

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

In the past few weeks, Qatar has been all over the news with flashy headlines of a $400 million luxury jet that the country gifted to President Donald Trump. It symbolized their opulence and eagerness to please the U.S.But 40 years ago, Qatar was a country with a gross domestic product (GDP) of a few billion dollars. Since the 19th century, it has been run by the Al Thani family, which can trace its roots in the region back thousands of years. Qatar was long considered a backwater.
The Cover-Up of the Century

3 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

Here’s one thing I’ve noticed: The world is now divided. No, not into red or blue, or smokers versus vapers, or MAHA devotees against Big Mac enthusiasts. It’s divided into listeners and readers. I know this because I constantly meet people who read The Free Press, but have never listened to an episode of Honestly. Or people who are Honestly devotees who ask me: What’s The Free Press?
The Free Press | Bari Weiss | Substack

3 weeks ago | thefp.com | Bari Weiss

NewslettersSign InSubscribeNellie BowlesNellie Bowles is a reporter for The Free Press and its head of strategy. She was previously a reporter at The New York Times, where she won the Gerald Loeb Award for investigative journalism and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. She started her career at her hometown paper, the San Francisco Chronicle. Share