Ep. 487 — Amb. Michael McFaul
As a high school student in Montana, Ambassador Michael McFaul became interested in Russian affairs while working on a debate team assignment concerning trade sanctions on the Soviet Union. He first v...
28 Apr 20221h 1min
Ep. 486 — Sarah Longwell
Inspired by the stacks of books in her parents’ home, Republican strategist Sarah Longwell once thought she might become a poet. But at Kenyon College, she found herself more captivated by political s...
21 Apr 20221h 1min
Ep. 485 — Maria Ressa
Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa faces 100 years in prison stemming from what she says are illegitimate charges, but that hasn’t stopped her mission of exposing political malfeasance and lie...
14 Apr 20221h 5min
Ep. 484 — Anne Applebaum
This week’s episode comes from a conversation at the Disinformation and the Erosion of Democracy Conference, co-hosted by the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and The Atlantic. Journalist A...
7 Apr 202240min
Ep. 483 — Tony Fabrizio
Growing up, GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio spent time helping out at his grandfather’s produce stand in Brooklyn, selling everything from watermelons to Christmas trees. While he was always interested in ...
31 Mar 20221h 2min
Ep. 482 — Amb. Marie Yovanovitch
Growing up the child of Eastern European and German immigrants, former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch strived to fit in. Learning to navigate other cultures ultimately proved useful during...
24 Mar 20221h 7min
Ep. 481 — Erin Burnett
CNN anchor Erin Burnett grew up on a farm in a small town in eastern Maryland, but her career has taken her around the world, covering major events from the Arab Spring in Cairo to the Bataclan shooti...
17 Mar 20221h 2min
Ep. 480 — Frank Bruni
One morning in 2017, journalist Frank Bruni woke up to altered vision— he had lost sight in his right eye during the night. As he grappled with this new reality, he began reevaluating his expectations...
10 Mar 202256min
