The Commonweal Podcast Creators & Guests

Christine Emba is a journalist, currently working as an opinion columnist and editor at the Washington Post.Previously, Emba was a Fellow in Criticism at The New Criterion, and prior to that she was a Deputy Editor in The Economist's Intelligence Unit, where she focused on technology and innovation.Emba received her B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.Emba was raised in Virginia.

Dr. Matthew Sitman is a journalist and political commentator. Currently, he is the Associate Editor of Commonweal. He co-hosts the podcast "Know Your Enemy."Sitman was raised in central Pennsylvania and attended Grove City College. He received his Ph.D. in political theory from Georgetown University. He taught in the Politics Department at the University of Virginia and, most recently, was the literary editor of the popular news and culture website, The Dish.

Adam Kirsch is a poet and literary critic. Currently, he is on the seminar faculty of Columbia University's Center for American Studies, an editor of the Wall Street Journal's Weekend Review section, and poetry editor of The New Criterion.Kirsch's poems have appeared in Paris Review, Partisan Review, the Formalist, Harvard Review, and the New Criterion. His first book, the collection "The Thousand Wells," was published in 2002. He has published four collections of poetry, six books on literary criticism, and three biographies.