67. Charlie Sykes, Conservative Media

Published: Sept. 15, 2019, 9 a.m.

Today's episode features Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie), a conservative political commentator who hosted a popular talk radio show from 1993 to 2016. He later joined The Weekly Standard magazine and hosted The Daily Standard podcast. In December 2018, after the shuttering of The Weekly Standard, he and William Kristol founded The Bulwark website, hiring many former staff members of the Standard. Charlie currently hosts the daily Bulwark podcast, which features interviews with politicians, professors, and commentators.\n\n\n\nBooks by Charlie Sykes:\n\n\n\n* How the Right Lost Its Mind (2017; updated preface in paperback edition)* Fail U: The False Promise of Higher Education (2016)* Profscam: Professors and the Demise of Higher Education (1988)\n\n\n\nHere is a transcript of the episode.\n\n\n\nRating the Show\n\n\n\nIf you enjoyed this show, please rate it on iTunes:\n\n\n\n* Go to the show\u2019s iTunes page\xa0and click \u201cView in iTunes\u201d* Click \u201cRatings and Reviews\u201d which is to the right of \u201cDetails\u201d* Next to \u201cClick to Rate\u201d select the stars.\n\n\n\nSee the full list of episodes of Half Hour of Heterodoxy >>