SAPIR Conversations
Hosted by Bret Stephens · SAPIR: Ideas for a Thriving Jewish Future
4.8from 159 ratings
- 102
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 159
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 167K
- YouTube views
About SAPIR Conversations
SAPIR is a journal exploring the future of the American Jewish community and its intersection with cultural, social, and political issues. These podcasts are recordings of Zoom webinars we have held with our contributors (season numbers correspond with issue numbers). To find out more and join our next events live, visit www.sapirjournal.org.
- Publisher
- SAPIR: Ideas for a Thriving Jewish Future
- Category
- religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 May 2021
- Latest episode
- 13 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 102 episodes have a transcript.
13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The SAPIR Debates: Is the Administration's Campus Crackdown Good for America?
30 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Censorship Won't Help the Jews with Yascha Mounk
22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The State of Jewish Books with Ruth Wisse and Adam Bellow
Inside a recent episode
The SAPIR Debates: Is the Administration's Campus Crackdown Good for America?
Published 13 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They own real estate tax-free. They can build an endowment tax-free. They can issue bonds tax-free to raise money whenever they want. They can give free housing to faculty. It's actually, they get grants and contracts from the government. The government subsidizes their enrollment via student loans. The universities are deeply, deeply intertwined with the federal government, with the US taxpayer. And that comes with obligations. And one of those obligations that the universities for a long time basically upheld was that the universities would be places that supported the basic values and traditions of American society, of our system of governance, of our, dare I say, culture. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on SAPIR Conversations
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- Noah Pollak
- Jonathan Rauch
- Yascha Mounk
- Reihan Salam
- Anne Neuberger
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 167,337
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 98 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 61 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- Quality
- 76
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 51
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Questions about SAPIR Conversations
Who hosts SAPIR Conversations?
Bret Stephens host the show. Published by SAPIR: Ideas for a Thriving Jewish Future.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does SAPIR Conversations take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
Where can I read transcripts?
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