Lee Smith

Lee Smith is a veteran journalist whose work appears in Real Clear Investigations, the Federalist, and Tablet. He is the author of “The Permanent Coup” and “The Plot Against the President.”

Decorated Ex-CIA Officer Zeroes In on Terrorists to Keep America Safe | Words That Matter

Peter Theroux’s new memoir “In Obscura” recounts how a pillar of America’s most famous literary family (brothers Paul ...

Words That Matter June 21, 2024
Families Are Fighting the Public School System–and Winning | Words That Matter

School choice crusader Corey DeAngelis explains how the teachers’ unions overplayed their hand during the COVID crisis. Parents ...

Words That Matter June 14, 2024
Movie-Star Nick Searcy’s New Book Tells the Truth About Hollywood—and Jan. 6 | Words That Matter

Star of countless Hollywood films, and best known for his role in TV smash hit “Justified,” Nick Searcy ...

Words That Matter June 7, 2024
Why Young People Are Fleeing the Trans Cult

In her new book “Detrans,” author Mary Margaret Olohan explains how trans ideology has infiltrated trusted institutions, from ...

Words That Matter May 31, 2024
How Did the US Ruling Class Get so Comfortable Lying to Americans?

In his new book, Mark Moyar explains how as a U.S. official he was targeted by colleagues for ...

Words That Matter May 24, 2024
Are US Campus Activists Fueled by the Politics of Envy and Rage?

A new book explains how Marxism has poisoned the minds of young Americans to divide the country and ...

Words That Matter May 17, 2024
Roger Stone on America’s Most Destructive Political Scandal

In this riveting episode of "Political Prisoner," Lee Smith and Roger Stone discuss the targeting of Paul Manafort ...

Words That Matter May 9, 2024
Former US Official Now Under Fire Asks: Can We Keep Our Republic?

One-time Trump DOJ lawyer Jeffrey Clark is fighting more legal cases than even the president he served.

Words That Matter May 3, 2024
How Progressive Billionaires Are Preparing for the 2024 Election

How are US oligarchs like George Soros, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg undermining our political system?

Words That Matter April 26, 2024
Can the Right Rescue the Conservation Movement from Climate Change Fanatics?

“The Conservative Environmentalist” by Benji Backer, he says that preserving America’s natural beauty calls for free-market innovation, not ...

Words That Matter April 22, 2024
How One FBI Agent Lived Up to His Oath–And Told the Truth

Can the FBI be fixed or is it game over for the world’s most famous law enforcement agency?

Words That Matter April 12, 2024
How a NYC Bureaucrat Shaped Modern America

Does a half-century-old book hold the key to the future of US cities? Writer Ron Coleman explains.

Words That Matter April 5, 2024
Why are Kirk Cameron’s Children’s Books Controversial?

Star of 1980s TV sitcom “Growing Pains,” Kirk Cameron started writing children’s books to instill values in his ...

Words That Matter March 29, 2024
Did Western Thought-Leaders Betray Western Ideas? | Words That Matter

Some of the modern world’s most esteemed thinkers and writers corrupted Western civilization’s moral, spiritual, and intellectual standards.

Words That Matter March 22, 2024
New Novel Imagines Massive Terror Attack on US

Novelist and retired U.S. Army Col. Kurt Schlichter was terribly angry about—and worried by—the massive 10/7 attacks on ...

Words That Matter March 15, 2024
Will Wall Street Survive ESG?

Author of a new book on ESG investing Paul Tice tells Lee Smith that if Wall Street doesn’t ...

Words That Matter March 8, 2024
Is Human History Really a Story of Progress, or One of Failure?

In his next book "What's Wrong with the Right Side of History,” historian Lee Harris explains how progressives’ ...

Words That Matter March 1, 2024
Controversial New Book Challenges Narrative That WWII Japan Forced Korean Women Into Prostitution

Harvard Law Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s new book about a North Korean plot to ruin relations between South ...

Words That Matter February 26, 2024
Will US Proxy War in Ukraine Collapse America?

A new book on ancient Greek history shows how a proxy war brought Athens to its knees and ...

Words That Matter February 16, 2024
How the Internal Migration From Blue to Red States Is Changing America

Roger Simon talks about 'American Refugees,' his new book about how Americans are fleeing liberal cities to find ...

Words That Matter February 9, 2024
A New Children’s Book About a Little Girl’s Adventure Searching for What She Loves Most

Country Music Star RaeLynn has written thousands of songs during her meteoric rise to stardom — including Gold ...

Words That Matter February 2, 2024
Did US Public Health Institutions Usher In a ‘1984’-Style Regime?

Dr. Scott Atlas speaks with Lee Smith about how the official response to Covid gave us a glimpse ...

Words That Matter January 19, 2024
Are We Collapsing Like Ancient Greece?

Can Thucydides' "History of the Peloponnesian War" illuminate our current situation?

Words That Matter January 12, 2024
A Great Book Can Inspire Your New Year!–Novelist Walter Kirn Explains

A great book can inspire your New Year!

Words That Matter January 5, 2024
Gauging the Freedom of America’s 50 States–And Which State Is Most Free

Freedom is thriving from coast to coast, and from New England to the Prairies, says the author of ...

Words That Matter December 22, 2023
The Red-Hot Center of the DC Literary World Is Congress

We have a conversation about spy thrillers and the true story of a Cold War secret that became ...

Words That Matter December 15, 2023
Why Do Global Elites Think They Need to Impose Their Worldviews on Us?

We discuss a new book about the world’s richest and most powerful men

Words That Matter December 8, 2023