The Bookmonger Creators & Guests

Dr. Karissa Haugeberg is a historian of medicine. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of History at Tulane University.Haugeberg's first book, "Women against Abortion: Inside the Largest Moral Reform Movement of the Twentieth Century," was published in 2017. In 2019, she co-edited the 9th edition of the textbook "Women’s America: Refocusing the Past."Haugeberg received her undergraduate education from the University of North Dakota and her Ph.D. in History from the University of Iowa.

Dr. George Mish Marsden is a historian who specializes in the interaction between Christianity and American culture, particularly on Christianity in American higher education and on American evangelicalism. Currently, he is a Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.Marsden is best known for his biography of the New England clergyman Jonathan Edwards, "Jonathan Edwards: A Life," which was published in 2003.

Naomi Schaefer Riley is a conservative commentator and author.

Yaakov Katz is an American-born Israeli journalist, author, and editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post.

Samuel Goldman is a national correspondent at The Week. He is also an Associate Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, where he is Executive Director of the Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom and director of the Politics & Values Program.Goldman's first book, "God's Country: Christian Zionism in America," was published in 2018. His second book, "After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division," was published in 2021. In addition to academic research, Goldman's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications.Goldman received his Ph.D. from Harvard and was a postdoctoral fellow in Religion, Ethics, & Politics at Princeton University.

Abigail Shrier is a journalist, writer for the Wall Street Journal, and author of the book Irreversible Damage.

James Hankins is an American intellectual historian specializing in the Italian Renaissance.

Russia scholar, Author, Adjunct Prof. JohnsHopkins. Former Moscow Correspondent, FT.

Ariel Sabar is an author and freelance journalist.Sabar's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic Magazine, Harper's, Smithsonian Magazine, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Washingtonian, and This American Life. His first book, "My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for his Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq," was published in 2008. His second book, "Heart of the City: Nine Stories of Love and Serendipity on the Streets of New York," was published in 2012. His third book, "Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife," was published in 2020.

Matt Lewis is a political writer, conservative pundit, blogger, podcaster, and columnist for The Daily Beast, formerly with The Daily Caller, and has written for The Week.

Mona Charen Parker is a columnist, journalist, political commentator, and writer who writes about foreign policy, terrorism, politics, poverty, family structure, public morality, and culture. She is currently Policy Editor of The Bulwark website and host of the podcast "Beg to Differ."Charen wrote for and then became an editorial assistant for National Review magazine. She then became a speechwriter for Nancy Reagan. During the Reagan administration, she worked in the White House Office of Public Liaison and in the Office of Communications. She then went on to work as Jack Kemp's speechwriter.Charen's syndicated column has been featured in more than 200 papers. Her columns have also appeared online at National Review Online, TownHall.com, and the Jewish World Review.Charen was a weekly commentator on CNN's Capital Gang Sunday while it was on the air. She appears regularly on John Batchelor's radio show.Charen's first book, "Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got it Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First," was published in 2003. Her second book, "Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help (and the Rest of Us)," was published in 2005. Her third book, "Sex Matters: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense," was published in 2018.Charen was born in New York City and raised in Livingston, New Jersey. She received her B.A. from Barnard College and her J.D. degree from The George Washington University Law School.

Jenna Storey is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs and Executive Director of the Tocqueville Program.

George Weigel is a Catholic neoconservative American author, political analyst, and social activist. He currently serves as a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel was the Founding President of the James Madison Foundation. He is the author of a best-selling biography of Pope John Paul II, Witness to Hope, and Tranquillitas Ordinis: The Present Failure and Future Promise of American Catholic Thought on War and Peace.

Andrew Klavan is a writer and political commentator.

Robby Soave is an editor at Reason. He was on the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Soave is the author of Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump.

Anne Applebaum is a journalist and historian whose work focuses on the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. Currently, she is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Daniel Halper is an American political writer, and co-author of the book A Convenient Death.

Susan Page is a journalist, biographer, and Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today.

Nicole Hemmer is a history expert of American politics and media. She is an author of Messengers of the Right and is an active public intellectual. Nicole writes a syndicated columnist for Fairfax Media while co-hosting and producing the popular history podcast Past Present.