Get the Ricochet app
Ricochet will work fine in a browser on your mobile devices, but for the best experience please download our app.
Become a member.
Tired of the toxicity of social media? Why not join Ricochet for just $5/month? Think of it as an online bar. Come in, have a drink, hang out, say whatever you want. But don’t badger, bully, or berate the other drinkers. That's our only rule.
Mark Bauerlein
Mark Bauerlein is Senior Editor at First Things and Professor Emeritus of English at Emory University where he taught from 1989-2018, with a two-and-a-half-year break in 2003-05 to serve as the Director, Office of Research and Analysis, at the National Endowment for the Arts.
Series
Recent Episodes
Further reading: 2026 Erasmus Lecture tickets. Rape and Modern Sex War, by Camille Paglia "The Great Feminization Comes to Cornell," by Helen Andrews (Compact) "Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’," by Casey Park (Washington Post) "Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude," by Hayden Field (The Verge) "Beware Its Voice," by Ned Desmond (The Widening Gyre)
- Organization
First Things
Further reading: 2026 Erasmus Lecture tickets. Rape and Modern Sex War, by Camille Paglia "The Great Feminization Comes to Cornell," by Helen Andrews (Compact) "Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’," by Casey Park (Washington Post) "Anthropic bans ‘abusive or cruel behavior’ toward Claude," by Hayden Field (The Verge) "Beware Its Voice," by Ned Desmond (The Widening Gyre)
- Organization
In this episode, First Things senior editor Dan Hitchens joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “The Making of Roger Scruton,” from the October 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
September 2026
In this episode, Mark Regnerus joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Living Humanae Vitae in Poland,” from the October 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
Further reading: Christopher Caldwell, “Why the AfD Wins” (First Things) Dan Hitchens, “How Britain Escaped Assisted Suicide” (First Things) Dan Hitchens, “How Britain Defeated ‘Assisted Dying’” (Compact) Imogen Garfinkel, “Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother was euthanised against her will under Canada's assisted dying system - she died covered in blood with her hands clasped in prayer” (Daily Mail)
- Organization
In this episode, Christopher Caldwell joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Why the AfD Wins” from the October 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Guest:
- CCChris Caldwell
- Organization
Further reading: Darel E. Paul, “Jason Arday and the Therapeutic Academy” (First Things) Carl R. Trueman, “How the Therapeutic Killed Academic Standards” (First Things) Bethel McGrew, “Jason Arday and the Merciless Lie” (First Things) Tyler Austin Harper, “Why I Quit the Tenure Track” (The Atlantic) R. R. Reno, “The Failed 9/11 Memorial” (First Things)
- Organization
August 2026
In this episode, Brad Littlejohn joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Left to Our Own Devices,” from the August/September 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
In this episode, James F. Keating joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his new bimonthly topical newsletter for First Things, The Fourth Watch.
- Organization
July 2026
In this episode, Dana Gioia joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his most recent piece for Portico, "The Last of the Lost Generation."
- Organization
In this episode, J. J. Kimche joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his new bi-monthly topical newsletter for First Things, "The Jew From Nowhere."
- Organization
In this episode, Nathan Pinkoski joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent introduction to Éric Zemmour's book, "The Suicide of France."
- Organization
June 2026
In this episode, Matthew Schmitz joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent review, “Our Strange Catholic Moment” from the June/July 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
In this episode, Sam Zeno Conedera joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent review, “Ratzinger in the Whirlwind” from the May 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
In this episode, James R. Wood joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Liberalism Is Christianity’s Prodigal Child” from the June/July 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
May 2026
In this episode, First Things brings you the recording of the 2026 Neuhaus Lecture presented by Bishop Robert Barron. Please subscribe to access more information about future lectures and many great pieces!
- Organization
In this episode, Veronica Clarke joins Germán and Virginia (who are subbing in for R. R. Reno) on The Editor's Desk to talk about her recent review, “A Whole New World” from the May 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
April 2026
In this episode, Micah Mattix joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about Portico, a new literary quarterly published by the Institute on Religion and Public Life.
- Organization
In this episode, Sean McMeekin joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Goodbye to the Postwar Consensus” from the April 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
In this episode, Brad East joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent review, “Mainlining Nostalgia” from the April 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
In this episode, Michael J. Mazza joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Where the Dallas Charter Went Wrong,” from the March 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
In this episode, Glenn C. Arbery joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Lyric as Disclosure” from the March 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
March 2026
In this episode, First Things brings you the recording of the 2026 D.C. Lecture presented by Mary Harrington. Please subscribe to access more information about future lectures and many great articles!
- Organization
In this episode, Matthew B. Crawford joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent essay, “Love in the Time of Mass Migration” from the March 2026 issue of the magazine.
- Organization
Scroll for more