Got (Raw) Milk? How the Cow Became a Culture Warrior

It’s not just about what you put on your cereal. Meet the raw-milk revolutionaries who are raging against the machine. | Continue reading


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We Have a Tripledemic. Not of Disease, But of Fear.

Getting sick sometimes is the price of returning to normal. Dr. Vinay Prasad thinks it’s more than worth it. | Continue reading


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How DEI Is Supplanting Truth as the Mission of American Universities

An obsession with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion threatens students, professors, and the very credibility of higher education in the U.S. | Continue reading


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Bad Moms

Emily Oster joins me and Nellie Bowles to discuss parenting, Covid, and making enemies left and right. | Continue reading


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Will Jordan Peterson Lose His License for Wrongthink?

The Canadian psychologist is right to resist re-education. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

TGIF: Congress Is Back. Let the Insanity Begin.

Kevin McCarthy needs more friends. Cardi B talks stagflation. Jordan Peterson resists re-education. And so much more. | Continue reading


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Bad Moms with Emily Oster

Listen now (81 min) | When my wife Nellie was pregnant last year, we became obsessed with Economist Emily Oster’s book, Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong–and What You Really Need to Know. Amidst a barrage of conflicting and confusing pregnancy advic … | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Reason There’s Been No Cure for Alzheimer’s

Medicine had nothing to offer my father and millions of other Americans. I set out to find out why. | Continue reading


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There Is No Right Side of History

I’m a political progressive. The idea that “history” is on our side—which we’re sure to hear during this 118th Congress—is a dangerous myth. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Our Promise to You in 2023

An immense thank you to those who got us here. And our pledge for the new year. | Continue reading


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TGIF: One Last Time for 2022

Greta Thunberg and Andrew Tate give this long, strange year the send-off it deserves. | Continue reading


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What We Learned in 2022

Sebastian Junger on underdogs. Thomas Chatterton Williams on self-restraint. Masih Alinejad on freedom. Jennifer Sey on marriage. And more. | Continue reading


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Drink Your Way to Sobriety in 2023

A little known treatment upends all conventional wisdom about alcoholism. It also saved my life. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

How Twitter Rigged the Covid Debate

The platform suppressed true information from doctors and public-health experts that was at odds with U.S. government policy. | Continue reading


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I Was Taught 'God Hates Christmas.' Now, I Love It.

Megan Phelps-Roper on bridging past and present without burning it all down. | Continue reading


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Was Santa Actually a Mushroom-Tripping Reindeer Herder?

In which our intrepid reporter Leighton Woodhouse explores the competing theories behind Father Christmas. | Continue reading


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Two Holiday Treats: David Sedaris and David Mamet

In lieu of TGIF, a conversation with our favorite humorist. Plus: Christmas cartoons from the brilliant playwright. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

A Holiday Treat with David Sedaris!

Listen now (80 min) | David Sedaris is a humorist and author of many best selling books: Calypso, Theft By Finding, Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked, Holidays On Ice, Barrel Fever… just to name a few. He’s also one of my favorite w … | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

O Holy Crap

My local Montana landfill is full of the remains of short-lived coffee grinders, pens, peelers, laptops. After Christmas, I’ll need to reserve a bigger plot. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Actually, Color-Blindness Isn’t Racist

Why have today's most celebrated intellectuals ignored the historical record to recast it as a reactionary idea? Coleman Hughes explains. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Rise of the DeSantis Democrats

Like Reagan Democrats once upon a time, these voters have already reshaped the political landscape in Florida. Can they do the same nationally in 2024? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Twitter Files and the Future of the Democratic Party With Silicon Valley's Congressman

Ro Khanna on why we should be skeptical of Big Tech's power. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Twitter Files and the Future of the Democratic Party With Silicon Valley's Congressman

Listen now (68 min) | Ro Khanna is a progressive congressman representing California's 17th District, the wealthiest Congressional district in the U.S. He's the Silicon Valley congressman, and his constituents are the coastal elites of the elites. But if you didn't know any of th … | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

TGIF: Just Another Week in the U.S.A

Trump's NFTs. SBF's vegan jail food. Plus: 'dragphobia,' nuclear fusion and, yes, more Twitter. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Our Reporting at Twitter

If the story of Twitter's former overlords is about their prejudices and power trips, the question now is what Elon Musk will do with the powerful tools they created. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Twitter's Secret Blacklists

Teams of employees were tasked with suppressing the visibility of accounts or subjects deemed undesirable or dangerous—all in secret, without informing users. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago