The Summer of Geopolitical Heat - with Walter Russell Mead

Bret is a Pulitzer Prize winner and an op ed columnist for the Times, where his column appears Thursdays and Saturdays.Bret is the author of "America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Gl...

5 Helmi 202159min

As we post this podcast, the US has vaccinated about 7.6  percent of our population, The UK is at 11.7%. Canada and Germany are hovering around  2.5 percent, France is at 1.7 percent, and Israel is at...

29 Tammi 202155min

We’ve had a public health shock, followed by an economic shock, followed by a civic and societal shock. An emerging crisis in public security looms over the Coronavirus era… here in New York City, and...

22 Tammi 20211h 7min

As we post this podcast, the US has vaccinated about 2 percent of its population, Canada is at 0.5 percent, France is at 0.001 percent, and Israel? 20 percent. By the end of this week, Israel will hav...

12 Tammi 20211h 2min

To call 2021 a historic year is an understatement. But what’s less obvious is how to put the pandemic of 2020 in a historical context. What lessons can be learned about our response to past public hea...

31 Joulu 202051min

Is New York over? It’s a question that’s hotly debated these days. We will return to this question from time to time over a number of episodes in the months ahead. Last week we hosted two experts from...

18 Joulu 202059min

Is New York over? It’s a question that’s widely debated these days. We will return to this question from time to time in a number of episodes. On this episode, we look at subways. During the pandemic,...

11 Joulu 202056min

Dan sits down with Billy Beane, who became famous outside the world of sports when Brad Pitt portrayed him in the film adaptation of Michael Lewis’s bestselling book, Moneyball. Since March, Billy has...

3 Joulu 20201h 15min