About this episode

Sam Tanenhaus discusses his biography of William F. Buckley.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danieloppenheimer.substack.com If you want to hear my guest on the show today, Sam Tanenhaus, talk in depth about his magisterial new biography of William F. Buckley, which if there’s justice in the world will win all the awards, I recommend you listen to Andrew Sullivan’s interview with Tanenhaus , or the Know Your Enemy interview with Sam, or the

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Oppenheimer

Guest: Sam Tanenhaus

Topics covered

• biography
• politics
• media
• interviews
• culture

Keywords

• William F. Buckley
• Sam Tanenhaus
• biography
• politics
• interview

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