Podcasts

How the Right and the Left Converged Against Capitalism: A Conversation With John Cassidy

More people sour on this system with every technological disruption and economic crisis even though no one sees socialism as a viable alternative

Feb 17 • Berny Belvedere

54:14

Will the Trump Administration's MAGA-Driven Foreign Policy Be America's Downfall? A Conversation with Anne Applebaum

The strong constituency for authoritarian politics in the US means that the world won't trust it even after this president departs from the scene

Feb 5 • Shikha Dalmia

44:45

Does America Need a Deeper State to Save It? A Conversation with Tyler Cowen and Francis Fukuyama

Two of the foremost thinkers of our time debate whether America has enough 'state capacity' for effective governance

Jan 26 • Shikha Dalmia

1:00:32

ICE Is Only Getting Started, the Worst Is Yet to Come: A Conversation with David J. Bier

Massive new funding for an agency that respects neither laws nor human life will turbocharge its abuses

Jan 9 • Shikha Dalmia

59:06

What Tools Does Congress Still Retain to Control a Recalcitrant Executive? A Conversation with Josh Chafetz

Eventually, though, Congress needs to fix itself to effectively rein in the president

Dec 13, 2025 • Andy Craig

50:39

A Persecution Complex Links the Pilgrims and Christian Nationalism: A Conversation With Tyler Huckabee

Evangelicals are espousing a faith based on their political project, not a sincere interpretation of the Bible

Nov 28, 2025 • Berny Belvedere

46:47

America Will Need a Reconstruction Project After Trump: A Conversation with Shikha Dalmia and Andy Craig

Liberals will have to rebuild the institutions of governance and accountability that Trump is destroying and The UnPopulist plans to lead the way

Nov 21, 2025 • Aaron Ross Powell

56:15

The Founders Never Meant to Give the President Unchecked Removal Powers: A Conversation with Noah Rosenblum

It would be a constitutional mistake for the Roberts Court to overturn Humphrey's Executor and embrace an extreme version of the Unitary Executive…

Oct 20, 2025 • Andy Craig

1:04:52

From Conservative Civic Nationalism to MAGA White Nationalism: A Conversation with Jason Wilson

The speakers and attendees at the 2025 National Conservatism conference were testimony to this terrifying shift on the right

Sep 28, 2025 • Berny Belvedere

44:17

How Should We Respond to the MAGA Right's Embrace of the Cult of Cruelty? A Conversation With Radley Balko and Charlie Sykes

A combination of appealing to the rank and file's better angles and social ostracism for the pundits glorifying state violence might restore decency in…

Aug 31, 2025 • Aaron Ross Powell

49:30

What Is the Glue Binding the New Right's Disparate Factions? Zack Beauchamp's Conversation with Laura Field

The political theorist says that nationalism and a nostalgia for old gender norms are part of the answer

Aug 27, 2025 • Zack Beauchamp

Trump Is Extorting Universities in the Name of Intellectual Diversity: A Conversation with Michael S. Roth

Yet many who claim to be concerned about academic freedom are choosing silence or appeasement in the face of an authoritarian shakedown

Jul 31, 2025 • Berny Belvedere

40:50

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