On a special edition of Firing Line this Friday 6/26 (check local listings), Margaret Hoover interviews several GOP rising stars in Congress, including Elise Stefanik and Jaime Herrera Beutler, on their paths to Congress, their policies and what it will take to get more GOP women in Congress. | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

"How come I haven't been invited to any of the reunions?" filmmaker Michael Moore asks Margaret Hoover after learning they are distant cousins through President Hoover. "It should be a very interesting Thanksgiving between us Hoovers," Moore notes of his newly discovered family ties. | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

In 2020, Dr. Cornel West told Margaret Hoover health care is "absolutely" a human right. But Robert P. George argued health care should not be provided by the government "unless it's absolutely necessary." "Reasonable people of goodwill can disagree," George added. Check out Margaret Hoover’s new interview on PBS, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

In his new biography, author Sam Tanenhaus describes Bill Buckley as an arguer, not a thinker. “Bill Buckley lived and thought in the moment,” said Tanenhaus. “If a debate came up, he would almost always have a striking, original, or at least sesquipedalian answer for you…But if you asked him to step back from that and put all the arguments together, then he really struggled.” Check out part 2 of Margaret Hoover’s interview with Sam Tanenhaus on PBS, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. |

Author Sam Tanenhaus discusses his new biography of William F. Buckley Jr., the architect of the modern American conservative revolution. “There was nobody like him before. There hasn't been anyone since,” says Tanenahus. “Bill Buckley was probably the most famous intellectual in America for that entire span.” Check out Margaret Hoover’s interview with Sam Tanenhaus on PBS, YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover