# Multimedia 

Multimedia 

---

- [Podcasts](/podcasts)
- [Cato Video](/multimedia/cato-video)
- [Video Series](/search/category/video-series)
- [Events](/multimedia/events)

Download:

[ 

Video 

](https://fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/b7455ebc-2612-43d2-ad42-03d37871ad82/49283803-fc06-4824-9c61-d4cb3282bb68/main.mp4) 

[ 

Audio 

](https://feeds.acast.com/public/streams/5e2e15a046f4465f31c89d8c/episodes/691dee2ea8b3b3aea0e29494.mp3) 

Events • November 17, 2025 

# *Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America*

Few people exerted as profound an influence on the postwar conservative movement and the “fusionist” project of attempting to align libertarians with traditional conservatives on issues of shared interest as William F. Buckley Jr. The founder and longtime editor of *National Review*, Buckley hosted the weekly PBS program *Firing Line*, wrote a syndicated column, and authored roughly 50 books. He also found time to run for mayor of New York City in 1965. He had no real intention of winning but rather hoped to influence the terms of the debate over how the city was governed.

[![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) 
This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). 

##### Featuring 

![Sam Tannenaus portrait](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2025-10/sam-tannenhaus-circle.jpeg?itok=sBb6Vx8u) 

##### Sam Tanenhaus 

Author, *Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America*

[![Walter Olson](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Walter%20Olson.jpg?itok=yhYxyT_7)](/people/walter-olson) 

##### [Walter Olson](/people/walter-olson)

Senior Fellow, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

[ 

](mailto:wolson@cato.org) 

[![Steelman-cropped-4](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2026-06/Steelman-cropped-4.jpg?itok=L9eiw98p)](/people/aaron-steelman) 

##### [Aaron Steelman](/people/aaron-steelman)

Senior Fellow and Policy Advisor, Cato Institute