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Will Appeals Courts Affirm that Trump Is Abusing His Emergency Power by Imposing Sweeping Tariffs? A Conversation with Ilya Somin
Courts may stop the president this time but Congress also needs to act to stop future abuses
 • 
Robert Tracinski
6
22:40
Postliberals and NatCons See an Opening in Trumpism to Impose Their Respective Agendas: A Conversation with Jerome Copulsky
Both share a critique of liberal individualism but have vastly different ideas of what a religious state ought to look like
 • 
Berny Belvedere
1
42:00
Why DOGE Should Scare Even Advocates of Small Government: A Conversation with Julian Sanchez and Noah Kunin
It is built on lies and lawlessness and is eliminating structures of internal oversight that keep the executive branch honest and under control
 • 
Aaron Ross Powell
1
46:21
Only Moral Leadership Can Stop America From Giving in to Authoritarianism: A Conversation with David French
Trump's lawlessness and corruption is fundamentally changing the country in ways that most Americans do not understand
 • 
Robert Tracinski
9
48:46
Can Trump Really Deport 10 Million People? A Conversation with Dara Lind
Despite his draconian and lawless crackdown on immigrants and their defenders, the number of undocumented might not go down
 • 
Shikha Dalmia
2
47:59
Trump Wants to Deny Legal Representation to Opponents He Targets: A Conversation with Walter Olson
He is decimating a core pillar of the Anglo-American judicial tradition: fearless lawyers
 • 
Robert Tracinski
4
34:50
A Revival of True Christianity Would Also Revive American Liberal Democracy: A Conversation with Jonathan Rauch
The turn away from Jesus and lust for power is ruining the Protestant faith and the polity
 • 
Berny Belvedere
6
1:00:46
How the Right Uses Social Media to Create a Powerful Propaganda Machine: A Conversation with Renée DiResta
Countering its messaging will require opponents to learn from its strategies while restoring truth-telling and decency
 • 
Aaron Ross Powell
10
44:13
Zooming In: What Does an Unchecked Trump Mean for Freedom?
And can we count on the libertarian movement as such to unequivocally stand up to his authoritarianism this time around?
 • 
Shikha Dalmia
, 
Berny Belvedere
, and 
Andy Craig
16
52:56
MAGA Evangelicals' Un-Christian Quest for Political Power: A Conversation with Russell Moore
A social model that values openness and supports diversity isn't merely compatible with Christianity but allows for its fullest realization
 • 
Berny Belvedere
2
47:17
Are America's Reactionary and Democratic Spirits in a Global Duel? A Conversation with Zack Beauchamp
This country's political contradictions are bedeviling other liberal democracies too
 • 
Shikha Dalmia
2
51:35
On Libertarianism, Populism, and Progressivism: A Conversation Between Yascha Mounk and Shikha Dalmia
Why we need a recaliberation of the liberty movement
 • 
Yascha Mounk
8
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