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#361 | Emmet Penney: Roadblocks to a Nuclear Renaissance, the Broken Energy Grid, and the Decarbonization Challenge |
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| 4/14/23 |
Supercast Ask Me Anything Teaser | Anniversary Best of the AMA Edition - Future Plans, DeSantis vs. Trump, Graduate School, Politician Inte... |
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| 4/13/23 |
#360 | Renu Mukherjee: The End of Affirmative Action and the Future of Higher Education |
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| 4/11/23 |
#359 | Jacob Helberg: The Geopolitics of the Great U.S.-China Tech Decoupling |
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| 4/7/23 |
Supercast Teaser | Realignment Discussion & Ask Me Anything: Saagar and Marshall on Wisconsin & Chicago's Elections, Trump's Court Hearing, ... |
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| 4/6/23 |
358 | Henry Olsen: Trump vs. DeSantis and the Fight for the New Republican Party |
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| 4/4/23 |
Introducing The Realignment Part II - The Lead Up to 2024 and Beyond |
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| 3/30/23 |
357 | The Revolts That Shock Britain and the Realignment of Western Politics with Matthew Goodwin |
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| 3/28/23 |
356 | Inside the TikTok Ban/Forced Sale Debate with Adam Kovacevich |
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| 3/24/23 |
Realignment Discussion & Ask Me Anything: Saagar and Marshall on Why Realignment Ideas Don't Spread, the Iraq War Anniversary, and More...(S... |
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| 3/23/23 |
Iraq War 20th Anniversary | Robert Draper on How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq |
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| 3/21/23 |
355 | The Global AI Race and the Future of Great Power Competition with Paul Scharre |
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| 3/16/23 |
354 | Is America a Superpower in Peril? - with David McCormick |
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| 3/14/23 |
353 | How the Consulting Industry Warped the Economy, Infantilized Government, and Weakened Business with Mariana Mazzucato |
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| 3/10/23 |
Realignment Discussion & Ask Me Anything: Saagar & Marshall on Why They Interview Politicians, Saagar's Engagement, and More...(Supercast Ex... |
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| 3/9/23 |
352 | How the Media Lost Its Way and Lessons for 2024 with Steve Krakauer |
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| 3/7/23 |
351 | Cheap Debt, Bailouts, Crashes, and the Fight for Economic Resilience with Liz Hoffman |
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| 3/3/23 |
350 | Busting the Myth of Market Fundamentalism with Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway |
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| 3/2/23 |
349 | Vivek Ramaswamy Makes the Case for His 2024 Presidential Campaign |
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| 2/28/23 |
348 | Is Taiwan Next?: Part II with Elbridge Colby |
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| 2/24/23 |
347 | Driving Battlefield Innovation from Afghanistan & Iraq to Ukraine and Beyond with Pete Newell |
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| 2/23/23 |
346 | The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism with Martin Wolf |
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| 2/21/23 |
345 | The Realignment Live Part III: Future of Families, Radical Decentralization, & the Paper Belt on Fire |
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| 2/17/23 |
344 | Inside the Nuclear Energy Renaissance with Bret Kugelmass |
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| 2/16/23 |
343 | The Realignment x The Good Time Show: ChatGPT and the Rise of AI, Media Critiques, Searching for Crypto's "Facebook Moment," and the F... |
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| 2/15/23 |
Realignment Discussion + Ask Me Anything: Saagar & Marshall on the GOP Primary, UFOs, a Senate Retirement, and Take Listener Questions (Supe... |
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| 2/14/23 |
342 | Trump's Last Defense Secretary on Cutting the Pentagon Budget, Base Closures, Forever War Accountability, and New Threats with Christo... |
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| 2/10/23 |
341 | The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America with Philip Bump |
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| 2/9/23 |
340 | Is a "Bill of Obligations" the Answer to America's Turmoil? with Richard Haass |
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| 2/7/23 |
339 | The Realignment x Moment of Zen: Silicon Valley & DC, Trump vs DeSantis, and the future of media & politics |
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| 2/3/23 |
338 | How to Fix America's "Underpants Gnomes" Problem with Frank DiStefano |
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| 2/2/23 |
337 | The Realignment Live Part II: Kevin Roberts, John Burtka, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Nate Hochman, Saurabh Sharma, & Chris Griswold |
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| 1/31/23 |
336 | The Realignment Live Part I: Matt Stoller, Julius Krein, Elbridge Colby, Jane Coaston, Yuval Levin, and Jason Willick |
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| 1/27/23 |
335 | America's Pacific Power Paradox and the Roots of Asia's Instability with Van Jackson |
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| 1/25/23 |
334 | Is Main Street Conservatism the Future of the Right? with Helen Andrews & Emile Doak |
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| 1/24/23 |
333 | Inside the New House China Select Committee with Rep. Mike Gallagher |
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| 1/20/23 |
332 | How the Congo's Cobalt Fuels Electric Vehicles, Batteries, and Modern-Day Slavery with Siddharth Kara |
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| 1/19/23 |
331 | One Small Step Towards a Fusion Energy Breakthrough with Charles Seife |
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| 1/18/23 |
Realignment Q&A Mailbag: Does Davos/the World Economic Forum Matter, the Gilded Age and Today's Politics, Dungeons & Dragons, and Neocon Tho... |
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| 1/17/23 |
330 | Does Great Power Equal Responsibility? America and the World from WWI to Ukraine with Robert Kagan |
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| 1/13/23 |
329 | Saagar & Marshall on Congress, Airline Debacles, & Taiwan + John Lettieri on Non-Competes and American Dynamism |
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| 1/12/23 |
328 | The Pentagon Isn't Ready for the New World of Disruptive Innovation with Steve Blank |
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| 1/11/23 |
Realignment Q&A Mailbag | The Return of Serious Politics? Speaker Drama and Realignments, ChatGPT, and more...(Supercast Exclusive) |
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| 1/10/23 |
327 | Welcome to 2023 - Navigating Political & Market Chaos with Bradley Tusk |
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| 12/14/22 |
326 | Ian Kershaw: The Personalities Who Built and Destroyed Modern Europe |
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| 12/13/22 |
325 | Shannon K. O'Neil: The Globalization Myth - Why Regions Matter |
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| 12/12/22 |
324 | Paul Millerd: Imagining a New Story for Work with the Pathless Path |
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| 12/9/22 |
323 | James Rickards: How Broken Supply Chains Will Sink the Global Economy |
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| 12/8/22 |
322 | Jeremi Suri: America's Unfinished War Over Democracy |
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| 12/7/22 |
321 | Beverly Gage: How the FBI and Its Politics Shaped the American Century |
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| 12/6/22 |
320 | Trae Stephens: Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy |
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| 12/5/22 |
319 | Frank Dikötter: Shattering the Myths of China After Mao |
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| 12/2/22 |
318 | Noah Smith: Vibe Shifting Out of the Long 2010s |
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| 12/1/22 |
317 | Saagar & Marshall's 2022 Year-in-Review: China Protests & Zero COVID, the End of History Returns, and Is America Politically Exhausted... |
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| 11/29/22 |
316 | William D. Cohan: The Rise & Unimaginable Fall of General Electric, America's Iconic Corporation |
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| 11/22/22 |
315 | David Sax: The Over-Hyped Digital World and Why Our Future Is Analog |
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| 11/18/22 |
314 | Saagar & Marshall: Unpacking Trump's 2024 Announcement + the 2022 Midterm Results |
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| 11/17/22 |
313 | William Inboden: How Ronald Reagan Won the First Cold War |
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| 11/15/22 |
312 | Christopher Marquis: How China's Communist Roots Shape Its Economy, State Party, and Xi Jinping's Ambitions |
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| 11/11/22 |
311 | Lars Doucet on Georgism: Land and Why Rent is too High & Wages too Low |
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| 11/10/22 |
310 | The Realignment x Breaking Points Election Analysis & Coverage |
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| 11/8/22 |
309 | Michael Gibson: Setting the Higher Ed Paper Belt on Fire |
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| 11/4/22 |
308 | Johnathan Bi: René Girard, Mimetic Theory, and Confronting the Apocalypse |
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| 11/3/22 |
307 | Saagar & Marshall: Elon Musk's Twitter Buy & the Death of Social Media + Pre-Midterm Predictions |
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| 11/1/22 |
306 | Lyle Jeremy Rubin: A Marine Questions American Power, Capitalism, & the Future of the Left |
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| 10/27/22 |
305 | Nick Santhanam: The Return of Manufacturing and a Better, Faster, Stronger America |
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| 10/25/22 |
304 | Shadi Hamid: The Problem of Democracy |
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| 10/21/22 |
303 | Jai Malik & Lucas Bagno: Disrupting America's Industrial Base |
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| 10/20/22 |
302 | Timothy Shenk: The Struggle to Realign American Politics from Alexander Hamilton to Obama and Trump |
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| 10/18/22 |
301 | Rana Foroohar: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World |
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| 10/14/22 |
300 | Thomas E. Ricks: How the Civil Rights Movement Waged a "Good War" |
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| 10/13/22 |
299 | Reza Aslan: How Should Americans React to Iran's Revolution(s)? |
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| 10/11/22 |
298 | Josh Steinman: Inside Trump's NSC & Rebuilding America's Industrial Base |
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| 10/7/22 |
297 | Saagar & Marshall: Marc Andreessen's Book List, Semiconductors, Responding to Putin's Speech, and More... |
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| 10/6/22 |
296 | Richard Reeves: Why Modern Boys and Men Are Struggling and What to Do About It |
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| 10/4/22 |
295 | Chris Miller: The Chip War and the Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology |
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| 9/30/22 |
294 | Steve Case: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places Are Building the New American Dream |
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| 9/29/22 |
293 | Saagar & Marshall: Nord Stream Leak Origins + How Should We Deter Nuclear Conflict? |
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| 9/27/22 |
292 | Scott Galloway: America Adrift - The Story of the U.S. Through 100 Charts |
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| 9/22/22 |
291 | Geoffrey Cain: Should TikTok Be Banned or Independently Spun-Out? |
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| 9/21/22 |
Teaser | Marshall & Saagar Supercast Subscriber Q&A: Personal Bias, American Dynamism, Ukraine's Offensive, Book Recs, and More... |
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| 9/20/22 |
290 | David Phillips: The War for the Soul of the Navy Seals, Recruitment Shortfalls, and the Military's Afghanistan/Iraq Hangover |
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| 9/16/22 |
289 | Jonathan Darman: How FDR, Lyndon Johnson, and Ronald Reagan Realigned America |
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| 9/15/22 |
288 | Michael Tomasky: Why Progressive, Middle-Out Economics Will Succeed Neoliberalism |
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| 9/13/22 |
287 | Jack Detsch: Will Ukraine's Counteroffensive Change the Course of the War? |
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| 9/9/22 |
286 | Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to Global Domination - Mark Bergen on How YouTube Got to Billions of Daily Views |
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| 9/8/22 |
285 | Saagar & Marshall: Was the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan Botched? + 9/11 Anniversary Reflection |
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| 9/6/22 |
284 | The Realignment x The Pull Request: Antonio García Martinez on What's Broken, How to Fix It, or Do We Just Move to Balaji's Network St... |
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| 9/2/22 |
283 | California at the Epicenter of America's New Energy Crisis - Katherine Blunt on the Fall of PG&E, the Grid, and New Energy Sources |
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| 9/1/22 |
282 | The Realignment X Narratives Podcast: How Do We Make it to the 2030s? |
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| 8/30/22 |
281 | Why Are Latino Voters Moving Towards Trump? - Geraldo Cadava on the GOP's Relationship with Hispanic Voters |
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| 8/26/22 |
280 | Saagar & Marshall on Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plans + Beth Macy on the Next Stage of the Opioid Crisis |
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| 8/25/22 |
279 | Sprinting Towards Conflict with a Peaking China - Michael Beckley on the Dangers of the Next Decade |
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| 8/23/22 |
278 | Why Were Schools Closed So Long During COVID? - Anya Kamenetz on What COVID Did to Children |
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| 8/19/22 |
277 | Does America’s Most Important Asian Ally Want to Fight? - Tobias Harris on a pacifist Japan in the 21st century |
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| 8/18/22 |
276 | Saagar & Marshall: What Are Realignments? Liz Cheney's Defeat + Trump's Centrality, and U.S.-Taiwan Policy After Pelosi's Visit |
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| 8/16/22 |
275 | Jason Willick: Mar-a-Lago and Justice in a Divided America |
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| 8/12/22 |
274 | Franek Sokolowski & Wiktor Babinski: How Sanctions Are Crippling Russia |
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| 8/11/22 |
Teaser | Listener Q&A: Vibes vs. Policy, Responding to Binary Moments, Marshall's Dad + Alex Epstein, Peter Zeihan's Worldview, How to Ask G... |
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| 8/9/22 |
273 | Elliot Ackerman: Reckoning with America's End in Afghanistan |
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| 8/5/22 |
272 | Frank DiStefano: Why Democrats & Republicans Haven't Realigned (Yet) |
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| 8/4/22 |
271 | Special: Dr. Mark Trexler (AKA Marshall's Dad) Responds to Alex Epstein on Climate Change and Energy Policy |
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| 8/2/22 |
270 | Season Premiere: Saagar & Marshall Discuss Andrew Yang's Forward, Pelosi in Taiwan, and More |
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| 7/22/22 |
269 | Season Finale: Eve Fairbanks on What South Africa's Reckoning Means for the U.S. |
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| 7/21/22 |
268 | Saagar & Marshall on Realignments + Mark Leibovich on Trump's DC |
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| 7/20/22 |
Listener Q&A: Collapsing Institutions and Medicore Elites. How to Get Into Suits. What Are the Best Books on the Path to WW1? Do Blue State ... |
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| 7/19/22 |
267 | Matthew Ball: How the Metaverse Could Revolutionize Everything |
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| 7/14/22 |
Note for Listeners About Today and Tomorrow's Episodes, Season Finale, and Subscribe to the Show! |
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| 7/12/22 |
266 | Nick Seabrook: Gerrymandering, Responsive Politics, and the Threat to Democracy |
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| 7/8/22 |
265 | Peter Leyden: Is California the Future of American Politics? |
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| 7/7/22 |
264 | Balaji Srinivasan: How and Why to Start New Countries |
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| 7/6/22 |
Teaser | Biweekly Supercast Listener Q&A: Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils, Saagar's Graduate School Advice, Peter Zeihan and the Blob, an... |
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| 7/5/22 |
263 | Steven McGregor: Will the U.S. Win the Next Battle of Midway? |
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| 7/1/22 |
262 | Saagar & Marshall: Marc Andreessen Reflections, Roe v. Wade Overturn and Where We Go Next + the Case for Suits and Ties |
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| 6/30/22 |
261 | Katherine Boyle: Getting Serious About American Dynamism |
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| 6/28/22 |
260 | Marc Andreessen on Everything: The Need to Build, Web3's Value, Political Realignments, Collapsing Trust, U.S. History, and More... |
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| 6/24/22 |
Unlocked | Saagar & Marshall's First Subscriber Q&A Discussion |
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| 6/23/22 |
259 | Chris Fenton: Top Gun: Maverick & the Future of Hollywood in China |
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| 6/22/22 |
Teaser | Subscriber AMA: Our Favorite Elections, Government Gas Cards, Media Echo-Chambers, and More... |
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| 6/21/22 |
258 | Michelle Wilde Anderson: How Recessions & Politics Dismantle Local Governments |
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| 6/17/22 |
257 | Saagar & Marshall: Unpacking Peter Zeihan, Senate Gun Legislation, and Will Biden Run Again in 2024? |
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| 6/16/22 |
256 | Andrew Rice: How the Year 2000 Broke America |
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| 6/15/22 |
Teaser | Monthly Supercast Q&A: Trump vs. Desantis, What's the Next Realignment, Celebs in Politics, and More... |
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| 6/14/22 |
255 | Peter Zeihan: The End of the World Is Just the Beginning |
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| 6/13/22 |
Teaser | What Trump's Foreign Policy Legacy Means for 2024 |
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| 6/10/22 |
254 | Saagar & Marshall: Jan. 6 Committee, SF DA Recall, and Celebs in Politics |
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| 6/9/22 |
253 | Realignment Double-Header: Is a U.S. Conflict with China Inevitable? |
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| 6/7/22 |
252 | Ian Bremmer: Pandemics, Climate Change, and Disruption. Do Crises Equal Opportunity? |
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| 6/3/22 |
251 | Alex Epstein: The Case for Fossil Fuels |
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| 6/2/22 |
250 | David Gelles: Undoing the Legacy of the Man Who Broke Capitalism |
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| 5/31/22 |
249 | Saagar & Marshall: America's Gun Debate + Should the U.S. Fight for Taiwan? |
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| 5/27/22 |
248 | Yoram Hazony: Realigning Conservatism |
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| 5/26/22 |
247 | Ira Shapiro: Is the U.S. Senate Broken? |
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| 5/24/22 |
246 | Zach Graumann: What Are the New Rules of Politics? |
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| 5/20/22 |
245 | Phil Klay: Citizenship in an Age of Endless & Invisible Wars |
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| 5/19/22 |
244 | Michael Kazin: The Future of the Left in a Realigning America |
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| 5/17/22 |
243 | Saagar & Marshall: Baby Formula Shortage, Stocks/Crypto, Debating $40 Billion to Ukraine, and More... |
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| 5/13/22 |
242 | Christopher Blattman: Why Studying the Roots of War Shows the Paths to Peace |
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| 5/12/22 |
241 | Francis Fukuyama: How the Left and Right Challenge Classical Liberalism |
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| 5/10/22 |
240 | Saagar and Marshall Discuss the Supreme Court and Russia's Victory Day Parade |
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| 5/6/22 |
239 | Josh Mitchell: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe |
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| 5/5/22 |
238 | Gen. Robert Spalding: Can China's "Unrestricted Warfare" Beat the U.S.? |
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| 5/3/22 |
237 | Matthew Continetti: What's the Future of the Right in a Realigning America?? |
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| 4/29/22 |
236 | Saagar and Marshall Discuss Musk & Twitter, How Saagar Became Part of the Story, and Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness Decision |
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| 4/21/22 |
235 | Mike Solana Returns: A Heretical View of Silicon Valley |
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| 4/19/22 |
234 | Yascha Mounk: Can Diverse and Divided Democracies Survive? |
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| 4/15/22 |
233 | Saagar and Marshall Debate Finland and Sweden in NATO, Elon Musk & Twitter, Ukraine, and More |
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| 4/14/22 |
232 | Sohrab Ahmari: A Radical Challenge to the American Overclass |
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| 4/12/22 |
231 | David Sacks: The Case for Realism & Non-Interventionism |
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| 4/11/22 |
We're launching the next phase of The Realignment. Get in early. |
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| 4/7/22 |
230 | Ukraine Series Finale: Fredrik Logevall: Lessons from Pre-WWII JFK for Today |
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| 4/6/22 |
ANNOUNCEMENT: "I'm pretty tired. I think I'll go home now." |
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| 4/5/22 |
229 | Rupert Russell: Commodity Markets and the Making of Our Chaotic World |
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| 4/4/22 |
228 | Seth G. Jones: Irregular Warfare and the Future of Global Competition After Ukraine |
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| 4/1/22 |
227 | Aparna Pande: India's Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World |
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| 3/31/22 |
226 | Saagar's Triumphant Return: Marshall & Saagar Discuss Ukraine and More |
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| 3/30/22 |
225 | Jon Wolfsthal: How Do We Handle Nuclear Weapons After Ukraine? |
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| 3/29/22 |
224 | Dr. Jennifer Sciubba: How the Population Boom & Bust Is Reshaping the World |
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| 3/28/22 |
223 | Sean McFate: The New Rules of War for the Age of Durable Disorder |
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| 3/25/22 |
222 | William Drozdiak: Emmanuel Macron and a Fractured Europe Confront Putin's Russia |
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| 3/24/22 |
221 | Mark Valentine: Can Artificial Intelligence Disrupt the Battlefield? |
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| 3/23/22 |
220 | Robert Farley: Air Wars in Ukraine and Beyond |
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| 3/22/22 |
219 | Amy B. Zegart: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The Future of U.S. Intelligence After Ukraine |
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| 3/21/22 |
218 | Elbridge Colby: Is Taiwan Next? |
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| 3/18/22 |
217 | Ian Buruma: How the Ghosts of Churchill and Appeasement at Munich Haunt Ukraine |
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| 3/17/22 |
216 | Ian Morris: How Russia's Grand Strategy Drives the War in Ukraine |
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| 3/16/22 |
215 | John Nagl: Russia's Insurgency Problem |
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| 3/15/22 |
214 | Christian Brose: Can the U.S. Military Compete with Russia and China? |
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| 3/14/22 |
213 | Ben Bowman: Unpacking Ukraine + Calling Out The Realignment's Cynicism |
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| 3/11/22 |
212 | Neil Lanctot: How the Legacy of World War I Shapes Our Response to Ukraine |
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| 3/10/22 |
211 | Marshall and Saagar Unpack Ukraine: Peace Deals, Oil Sanctions, Russophobia, and Settling In for the Long-Haul |
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| 3/9/22 |
210 | Hal Brands: What Can the Cold War Teach Us About Modern Conflict with Russia and China? |
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| 3/8/22 |
209 | Demetri Kofinas: What’s Next in Ukraine Part II |
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| 3/7/22 |
208 | Alec Ross: What Happens When Companies Get Involved in Geopolitics? |
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| 3/4/22 |
207 | David Kilcullen: Insurgencies, Resistance, and Russian Strategy and Tactics |
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| 3/3/22 |
206 | Ukraine Emergency Podcast #2: Marshall and Saagar Unpack the Ukraine Crisis |
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| 3/2/22 |
205 | Nate Sibley: Russia's Rulers Aren't Who You Think and What Sanctions Can (and Can't) Do |
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| 3/1/22 |
204 | Jimmy Soni: PayPal and the Origins of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and David Sacks |
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| 2/28/22 |
ANNOUNCEMENT: Daily Ukraine Coverage Starts 3/2 + Request for Qs for Upcoming Reaction Show |
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| 2/25/22 |
Emergency Podcast: Marshall and Saagar Unpack the Ukraine Crisis |
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| 2/24/22 |
203 | Lisa Miller and Andrea González-Ramírez: What AOC Means for the Future of American Politics |
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| 2/22/22 |
202 | Jeremy W. Peters: How Republicans Lost Their Party and Got What They Wanted |
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| 2/17/22 |
201 | Demetri Kofinas: What’s Next in Ukraine? |
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| 2/15/22 |
200 | Kara Frederick: The Right vs. Big Tech, Debating Misinformation, & Nuanced Takes in Un-Nuanced Times |
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| 2/10/22 |
199 | Peter S. Goodman: How Billionaires Devoured the World |
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| 2/8/22 |
198 | Erich Schwartzel: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy |
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| 2/3/22 |
197 | Joseph Weisberg: An Exit Strategy for the Second Cold War with Russia |
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| 2/1/22 |
196 | Sebastian Mallaby: How Venture Capital and the Power Law Shape the Future |
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| 1/27/22 |
195 | Frank DiStefano: How to Realign American Politics |
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| 1/25/22 |
194 | Extended Q&A + Geoff Cain on Xinjiang’s Police State |
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| 1/20/22 |
193 | Realignment x The Deep End: Saagar Enjeti on Building Breaking Points |
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| 1/18/22 |
192 | Jonathan M. Katz: Reckoning with American Empire + Debating “War Is a Racket” |
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| 1/13/22 |
191 | Glenn Hubbard: Walls vs. Bridges in a Disrupted America |
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| 1/11/22 |
190 | Christopher Leonard: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy |
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| 1/6/22 |
189 | Stephen Marche: Is the U.S. on the Path to Dissolution? |
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| 12/30/21 |
188 | Roy Bahat: How Can We Build a Win-Win Society? |
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| 12/28/21 |
187 | Greg Lukianoff: The Second Great Age of Political Correctness |
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| 12/21/21 |
186 | Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel: The Problem and Promise of WFH |
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| 12/16/21 |
185 | Mark Yzaguirre: Realignment or Not, Normies Get Votes |
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| 12/14/21 |
184 | Steve LeVine: The U.S. and China’s Great EV Battery War and the Next Supply Chain Crunch |
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| 12/9/21 |
183 | Matt Ridley: Lessons from Investigating the Origins of COVID-19 |
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| 12/7/21 |
182 | Alex Kantrowitz: Twitter’s New Leadership, Moving on from the Facebook Whistleblower, and Questions About the Internet’s Future |
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| 12/2/21 |
181 | Kyle Strickland: 20th Century Racial Liberalism’s Reached a Dead End. What’s Next? |
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| 11/30/21 |
180 | The Realignment Conference Part II: Centralization vs. Decentralization and the Future of Populism |
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| 11/25/21 |
179 | Thanksgiving Special: Jeremy Dauber on the History of Comics, Debates Over Diversity/Representation, and the State of Comedy |
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| 11/23/21 |
178 | John McWhorter on Race in America: Third Wave Anti-Racism, Lessons from BLM and Summer 2020, and the Case Against “Woke” Racism |
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| 11/18/21 |
177 | Tim Marshall: How the Power of Geography Shapes 21st Century Flashpoints |
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| 11/16/21 |
176 | ConstitutionDAO’s Julian Weisser and Will Papper: We’re Trying to Buy the Constitution |
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| 11/11/21 |
175 | Michael Shellenberger: How Progressives Failed America’s Cities |
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| 11/9/21 |
174 | Derek Robertson: What’s Next for America’s New Culture Wars |
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| 11/4/21 |
173 | Kyla Scanlon on Everything: The Metaverse, Inflation, Web3, Supply Chains, and more |
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| 11/2/21 |
172 | The Realignment Conference: Antonio García Martínez, Jacob Helberg, and Mike Solana: Technology x Politics, U.S.-China, and Local Poli... |
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| 10/28/21 |
171 | Ross Douthat: The Limits of Modern Medicine in a Post-COVID World |
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| 10/26/21 |
170 | Christopher Mims: Inside the Supply Chain Crisis |
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| 10/21/21 |
169 | Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels: What Universities Owe Democracy |
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| 10/19/21 |
168 | Parag Khanna: How Migration and Asia Will Define the 21st Century |
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| 10/14/21 |
167 | Evan Osnos: The Making of America’s Fury and China’s Ambition |
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| 10/12/21 |
166 | Jacob Helberg: What a Tech “Gray War” Means for Taiwan, the U.S.-China Relations, and Geopolitics |
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| 10/7/21 |
165 | Bradley Tusk: How Mobile Voting Could Save Democracy |
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| 10/5/21 |
164 | Andrew Yang: The Case for a New Party, Open Primaries, and Ranked Choice Voting |
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| 9/30/21 |
163 | Eliana Johnson and Chris Stirewalt: The Real Lessons from the 2016 and 2020 Elections |
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| 9/28/21 |
162 | Max Chafkin: What the Rise of the Silicon Valley Right Means for America |
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| 9/23/21 |
161 | Alec Ross: Welcome to the Raging 2020s |
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| 9/21/21 |
160 | Peter Bergen: What the Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden Means for the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy |
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| 9/16/21 |
159 | Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying: How the 21st Century Drove Us All Crazy |
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| 9/14/21 |
158 | Elbridge Colby: Welcome to the Era of Great Power Conflict |
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| 9/9/21 |
157 | Adam Tooze: How Covid Reshaped Capitalism, the Cold War, and Politics |
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| 9/7/21 |
156 | Ben Mezrich: How the GameStop Short Squeeze Brought Wall Street to Its Knees |
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| 9/2/21 |
155 | Mehran Sahami and Jeremy M. Weinstein: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How to Fix It |
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| 8/31/21 |
154 | Jeffrey Selingo: COVID Was Supposed to Change College. Why Didn’t It? |
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| 8/26/21 |
153 | Amy Chua: How Tribalism Set the World on Fire After 9/11 |
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| 8/24/21 |
152 | Final Extended Realignment Q&A…For Now |
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| 8/19/21 |
151 | Ret. General Dan Bolger: Why We Lost in Afghanistan and Iraq |
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| 8/17/21 |
A Quick Note for the Season Finale (Back on 8/19) |
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| 8/12/21 |
150 | Theodore R. Johnson: How National Solidarity Can Defeat Racial Division |
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| 8/10/21 |
149 | Spencer Ackerman: How the War on Terror Broke America |
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| 8/5/21 |
148 | Kinsey Grant and Josh Kaplan: What’s the Future of Media Look Like? |
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| 8/3/21 |
147 | Vivek Ramaswamy: Does Politics Have a Place in Corporate America? |
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| 7/29/21 |
146 | Amanda Litman and Pete Davis: If All Politics is National, What Happens Back Home? |
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| 7/27/21 |
145 | Robert Draper: How and Why America Went to War in Iraq |
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| 7/22/21 |
144 | Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang: The Ugly Truth About Facebook |
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| 7/20/21 |
143 | Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell: How Wall Street and Venture Capital Fueled the Great Startup Delusion |
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| 7/15/21 |
142 | Jeff Shesol: What the Billionaire Space Race Means for Cold War II |
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| 7/13/21 |
141 | Bruno Maçães: Geopolitics for the End Time |
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| 7/8/21 |
140 | Antonio García Martínez: America’s Thirty Years’ War |
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| 7/6/21 |
139 | George Packer: How America Fractured and the Way Forward |
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| 7/1/21 |
138 | Katherine Boyle: What’s America’s Problem? |
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| 6/29/21 |
137 | Dr. Julian Zelizer: We Burnt the House Down. Now What? |
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| 6/24/21 |
136 | Josh Rogin: An Honest Conversation About the Wuhan Lab Leak Theory |
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| 6/22/21 |
135 | Alex Kantrowtiz: Can Tech Survive Washington’s Onslaught? |
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| 6/17/21 |
134 | Dr. Eric Weinstein: What Happens Now? |
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| 6/15/21 |
133 | Conor Dougherty: The Housing Crisis vs. the American Dream |
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| 6/10/21 |
132 | Charlotte Alter: Are Millennial Politicians the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For? |
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| 6/8/21 |
131 | Katherine Gehl: Breaking the Duopoly with Political Innovation |
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| 6/3/21 |
130 | Frank DiStefano: Welcome Back to The Realignment |
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| 6/1/21 |
129 | Krystal Ball and Saagar Are Leaving Rising. Here’s What’s Next |
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| 5/27/21 |
128 | Edward-Isaac Dovere: How Joe Biden Proved Everyone Wrong |
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| 5/26/21 |
BONUS | Marshall's New Podcast, The Deep End: Erik Torenberg on the Future of Higher Education |
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| 5/25/21 |
127 | Zachary Karabell: Welcome to the Anti-American Century |
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| 5/20/21 |
126 | Brad Stone: What Does an Unbound Amazon Mean for America? |
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| 5/18/21 |
125 | Emergency Book Recommendation Episode |
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| 5/13/21 |
124 | Niall Ferguson: The Politics and History of Catastrophe |
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| 5/11/21 |
123 | Senator Josh Hawley Part II |
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| 5/6/21 |
Vacation Special: Team Realignment’s Favorite Episodes, Books, and Podcasts |
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| 5/4/21 |
122 | Cade Metz: How Google, Facebook, Elon Musk’s OpenAI, and the U.S. and Chinese Governments Will Shape AI’s Future |
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| 4/29/21 |
121 | Julia Galef: The Path to Thinking Better with the Scout Mindset |
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| 4/27/21 |
120 | Extended Q&A: Yes, We Noticed Hooters Stole Our Theme Song + How You Can Support The Realignment |
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| 4/22/21 |
119 | Zachary Carter: How to Reimagine Capitalism |
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| 4/20/21 |
118 | Dr. Kevin Sabet: 4/20 Special: America’s Decriminalizing Drugs, What’s Next? |
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| 4/15/21 |
117 | Elliot Ackerman, Part II: What Would a War with China Look Like? |
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| 4/13/21 |
116 | Lisa Napoli: Understanding Media’s Past to Build Its Future |
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| 4/8/21 |
115 | Frank DiStefano: The Next Realignment and Why America’s Parties Are Crumbling + Extended Q&A |
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| 4/6/21 |
114 | Glenn Greenwald: Securing Democracy and the Lessons from Bolsonaro’s Brazil |
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| 4/1/21 |
113 | Jonathan Cohn: Why the Ten Year War Over Obamacare Explains Everything About American Politics |
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| 3/30/21 |
112 | Josh Rogin: Inside Trump, Xi, and Biden’s Battle for the 21st Century |
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| 3/25/21 |
111 | Admiral James Stavridis: What Could a World War with China Look Like? |
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| 3/23/21 |
110 | Alec MacGillis: Winning and Losing in Amazon’s “One-Click” America |
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| 3/18/21 |
109 | Alex Kantrowitz: Are We About to Enter the Roaring 20’s? + Join The Realignment & Big Technology Podcast on Clubhouse on 3/18 |
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| 3/16/21 |
108 | Ross Douthat: America Before and After the Pandemic |
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| 3/11/21 |
107 | Michael Brendan Dougherty: Populism’s Just Getting Started |
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| 3/9/21 |
106 | Kevin Roose, Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation |
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| 3/4/21 |
105 | Mike Solana: What’s the Matter with San Francisco? |
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| 3/2/21 |
104 | Cal Newport: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communications Overload |
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| 2/25/21 |
103 | Michael Doran: Biden’s Foreign Policy and the Future of Populism |
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| 2/23/21 |
102 | Weston Wamp: Is Washington Rigged? |
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| 2/18/21 |
101 | Ben Fritz: The Fight for the Future of Movies During and After COVID |
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| 2/16/21 |
100 | David Sacks: Recalling Gavin Newsom, U.S.-China Relations, and How to Protect Speech Online |
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| 2/11/21 |
Ep. 99: Mara Hvistendahl, The Scientist and the Spy: China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage |
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| 2/9/21 |
Ep. 98: Balaji Srinivasan, the Coming Decentralization of Everything |
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| 2/4/21 |
Ep. 97 Q&A: Marijuana Legalization, the New Leadership Class, Filibuster 101, & the Origin of The Realignment Theme Song |
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| 2/2/21 |
Ep. 96: Derek Thompson, Robinhood Populism, Coastal Cities in Trouble, & Governing a Fractured America |
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| 1/29/21 |
Ep. 95: EMERGENCY POD: Saagar Enjeti, Marshall Kosloff, And Big Technology’s Alex Kantrowitz Break Down Robinhood, Gamestop, WallstreetBets |
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| 1/28/21 |
Ep. 94: Steven Teles, America’s Factional Future, Elites in Revolt, and What’s Next for NeverTrump |
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| 1/26/21 |
Ep. 93: Lee Drutman, Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop |
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| 1/21/21 |
Ep. 92: Michael Lind, The Failure of Populism and the Class War After Trump + Extended Q&A |
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| 1/19/21 |
Ep. 91: Swati Mylavarapu and Matt Rogers, Reckoning with Silicon Valley’s Power |
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| 1/14/21 |
Ep. 90: Erik Torenberg on Realignments in Tech, Media, and Education |
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| 1/12/21 |
Ep. 89: Eric Weinstein, Reckoning with Capitol Chaos and How to Save America |
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| 1/7/21 |
Ep. 88: Helen Andrews, How Boomers Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster |
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| 1/5/21 |
Ep. 87: Joe Weisenthal Returns! Stimulus Checks, Stocks, Bitcoin’s Surge, and 2020 Finance Recap |
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| 1/4/21 |
BONUS | Ep. 86: A Realignment Podcast About Podcasting with Sachit Gupta |
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| 12/18/20 |
Ep. 85: Reboot | Jennifer Harris Wants to Replace Neoliberalism |
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| 12/17/20 |
Ep 84 Season Finale: Richard Hanania on the Working-Class Realignment Myth |
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| 12/15/20 |
Ep. 83: Alex Kantrowitz on Breaking Up Big Tech, Stock Market Bubbles, and Which Companies Will Win Post-COVID |
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| 12/10/20 |
Ep. 82: Avik Roy Makes the Case for a Centrist Realignment |
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| 12/8/20 |
Ep 81: Joe Scarborough on Saving Freedom After WWII and Grappling with the Realignment |
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| 12/3/20 |
Ep. 80: Lisa Napoli on CNN, Ted Turner, and the Future of Cable News |
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| 12/1/20 |
Ep. 79 Q&A: Culture Wars, COVID Lockdown Pushback, Urban vs. Rural America + Subscribe to the Substack! |
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| 11/26/20 |
Ep. 78: Andrew Sullivan, the Best and Worst Case Joe Biden Scenarios |
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| 11/24/20 |
Ep. 77: Scott Galloway, Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity |
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| 11/19/20 |
Ep. 76: Matt Stoller on Power, Tech, and How to Solve Wealth Gaps |
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| 11/17/20 |
Ep. 75: Anna Khachiyan Stares Into the Abyss |
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| 11/12/20 |
Ep. 74: Jane Coaston Returns to Mythbust the 2020 Election |
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| 11/10/20 |
Ep. 73: Ross Douthat, Lessons for the Right and Left After 2020 |
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| 11/5/20 |
Ep. 72: Julius Krein, What’s Next for the Realignment? |
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| 11/3/20 |
Ep 71: Election Realignment Q&A Special |
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| 11/2/20 |
Ep. 70: Dr. Eric Weinstein, The Real Stakes of 2020 |
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| 10/30/20 |
Ep. 69: Reboot 2020 | Reeves Wiedeman, What Adam Neumann’s Rise and Fall Means for the Future of Tech |
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| 10/29/20 |
Ep. 68: Chris Buskirk’s Contrarian Case That Trump Will Win |
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| 10/27/20 |
Ep. 67: Chris Arnade, In Defense of Non-Voters |
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| 10/23/20 |
Ep 66: Reboot 2020 | Jarrod Dicker on the Future of Media, Record Labels, and the Rise of Renaissance Creators |
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| 10/22/20 |
Ep. 65: Douglas Murray, The Madness of Crowds |
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| 10/20/20 |
Ep 64: Zephyr Teachout, The Public and Private Threats to Freedom |
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| 10/15/20 |
Ep. 63: Joe Weisenthal, Is the Economy Totally Screwed? |
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| 10/13/20 |
Ep. 62: Keith Rabois, In Defense of Big Tech |
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| 10/8/20 |
Ep. 61: Jane Coaston, Was Trumpism Even Real? |
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| 10/6/20 |
Ep. 60: Andrew Schulz, Creators Don't Need Corporations Anymore |
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| 10/1/20 |
Ep. 59: Bruno Macaes, History Has Begun |
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| 9/29/20 |
Ep. 58 Q&A: Is Gen Z Up for Grabs? |
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| 9/24/20 |
Ep. 57: Rachel Bovard, The Conservative Civil War Over the Supreme Court and Big Tech |
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| 9/22/20 |
Ep. 56: Dr. Bret Weinstein, The Best Case Against the Two-Party System |
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| 9/17/20 |
Ep. 55: Krystal Ball, Can America Survive the 2020 Election? |
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| 9/15/20 |
Ep. 54: Matt Yglesias, The Case for 1 Billion Americans |
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| 9/10/20 |
Ep. 53: Oren Cass, The Conservative Case for Unions and the Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party |
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| 9/8/20 |
Ep. 52 Q&A: What is Populism and Where Should the Politically Homeless Go? |
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| 9/3/20 |
Ep. 51: Zaid Jilani, the Left Case Against Defunding the Police |
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| 9/1/20 |
Ep. 50: The Realignment x Andrew Yang Crossover |
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| 8/27/20 |
Ep. 49: Jacob Helberg Makes the Case for Joe Biden on China |
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| 8/25/20 |
Ep. 48: Marshall, Saagar, and Emily Jashinsky Debate the Future Of Social Conservatism and the GOP |
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| 8/18/20 |
Ep. 47: Zach Carter, The Future of Left and Right Wing Populism |
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| 8/13/20 |
Ep. 46 Q&A: How Can Republicans Ever Win the Popular Vote Again? |
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| 8/11/20 |
Ep. 45: Nathan Baschez, How Independent Media Can Take on the World |
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| 8/6/20 |
Ep. 44: Joe Lonsdale, Free Speech is Under Attack |
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| 8/4/20 |
Ep. 43: Balaji Srinivasan and Decentralized Media |
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| 7/29/20 |
Ep. 42 RELAUNCH: Senator Marco Rubio, the Republican Who Governed |
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| 7/23/20 |
Ep. 41 Season Finale: FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, Big Tech, China, and the Future of the Right |
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| 7/16/20 |
Ep. 40: Thomas Duesterberg Makes the Case Against Industrial Policy |
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| 7/8/20 |
Ep. 39: Michael Shellenberger's Alternatives to the Green New Deal |
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| 7/2/20 |
Ep. 38: Nick Timothy, the UK's Political Realignment |
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| 6/19/20 |
Ep. 37 Re-Up: Bhaskar Sunkara, Debating the Socialist Manifesto |
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| 6/12/20 |
Ep. 36 Re-Up: Josh Hawley, Realignment Senator |
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| 6/1/20 |
Ep. 35: John Lee, Decoupling from China After COVID-19 |
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| 5/22/20 |
Ep. 34: Heather Long, The COVID-19 Economy Part II |
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| 4/28/20 |
Ep. 33: Matt Stoller, the COVID-19 Economy |
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| 4/15/20 |
Ep. 32: The COVID-19 Security Challenge |
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| 4/1/20 |
Ep. 31: Matthew Continetti, Conservatism After the Coronavirus |
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| 3/26/20 |
Ep. 30: The Geopolitics of the Coronavirus |
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| 3/17/20 |
Ep. 29: Tim Morrison, The Coronavirus and China's Grip on America's Supply Chain |
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| 3/10/20 |
Ep. 28: Ross Douthat, The Decadent Society |
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| 3/3/20 |
Ep. 27: Jane Coaston, Covering the Right's Realignment |
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| 2/25/20 |
Ep. 26: Senator Tom Cotton |
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| 2/18/20 |
Ep. 25: Oren Cass Introducing American Compass |
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| 2/11/20 |
Ep. 24: Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti, The Populist Guide to 2020 |
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| 2/5/20 |
Ep. 23: Christopher Caldwell, The Age of Entitlement |
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| 1/28/20 |
Ep. 22: Klon Kitchen, the Right’s Big Tech Debate |
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| 1/22/20 |
Ep. 21: Live Show with Michael Lind and J.D. Vance |
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| 12/31/19 |
Ep. 20: The Afghanistan Papers, with Douglas Feith and John Walters |
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| 12/17/19 |
Ep. 19: Representative Mike Gallagher |
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| 12/10/19 |
Ep. 18: Chris Arnade, Back vs. Front-Row America |
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| 11/28/19 |
Ep. 17: A Very Realignment Thanksgiving |
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| 11/19/19 |
Ep. 16: Gen. Robert Spalding, China’s Stealth War |
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| 11/12/19 |
Ep. 15: Debating the Post-Syria Middle East |
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| 11/6/19 |
Ep. 14: Dr. Peter Navarro |
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| 10/29/19 |
Ep. 13: Josh Hawley, Realignment Senator |
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| 10/22/19 |
Ep. 12: A Conversation with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo |
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| 10/21/19 |
SNEAK PEEK: A Conversation with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo |
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| 10/15/19 |
Ep. 11: Mike Isaac, The Plight of Uber and WeWork |
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| 10/9/19 |
Ep. 10: Rebeccah Heinrichs, Trump’s Foreign Policy Explained |
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| 10/2/19 |
Ep. 9: Rachel Bovard, The Conservative Case for Regulating Big Tech |
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| 9/24/19 |
Ep. 8: Bhaskar Sunkara, Debating the Socialist Manifesto |
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| 9/17/19 |
Ep. 7: Eliana Johnson, Reporting the Realignment |
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| 9/10/19 |
Ep. 6: Michael Doran on the Failures of the Foreign Policy Elite |
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| 9/4/19 |
Ep. 5: Megan McArdle Defends the Market |
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| 8/27/19 |
Ep. 4: John Walters, Drug Czar |
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| 8/20/19 |
Ep. 3: Silicon Valley vs. D.C. |
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| 8/13/19 |
Ep. 2: George Will |
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| 8/5/19 |
Ep. 1: J.D. Vance |
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| 7/29/19 |
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