DSR Daily June 23: Mass Counterterrorism Firings as Iran Peace Negotiations Stumble Forward
On the DSR Daily for Tuesday, we discuss the mass firings at ODNI under Bill Pulte, the US enacting a 60 day lift on Iranian sanctions, friction between MAGA and the Supreme Court, and more. Learn mo...
23 Jun 28min
The Daily Blast: Trump Rages over Reflecting Pool Fiasco as Arrests over it Grow Darker
Donald Trump’s renovation of the Reflecting Pool is a major fiasco, and it’s getting him angrier. In Truth Social posts, he raged at a journalist for covering the story. He fulminated that vandals had...
23 Jun 25min
NTK: Killing Baby Hitler: A Conversation with Mike Tomasky
In his new novel Killing Baby Hitler, editor of The New Republic Mike Tomasky uses humor and satire to explore themes of responsibility and evil. But when our President does things like hosting a UFC ...
22 Jun 40min
The DSR Daily for June 22: This UN Nuclear Inspection Agreement Looks Awfully Familiar
On the DSR Daily for Monday, we discuss JD Vance announcing Iran has agreed to UN Nuclear inspections, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announcing his resignation, Jeanine Pirro announcing her offi...
22 Jun 21min
The Daily Blast: Krugman: Trump’s Unnerving Mental Breakdown Signals Nation in Decline
Donald Trump’s war with Iran is making it clear this presidency could have much worse long-term consequences than we expected. Yet Trump is spending his nights indulging his crazed obsessions. In one ...
22 Jun 29min
DSR Weekly Wrap-up: Trump and Vance Piss Off Israel
On the DSR Weekly Wrap-up for June 19th, we break down Israeli anger over the memorandum of understanding, a huge flu outbreak at a military base in Texas, a signal of the coming end of Keir Starmer’s...
21 Jun 23min
Siliconsciousness: AI & Group Chats of the Apocalypse
Twists of recent history have led to deep distrust of the AI sector and political decisions about AI—and with good reason for both. With expert Dave Karpf, we discuss how we got to this point and how ...
19 Jun 44min
Words Matter: Breaking News: It Matters if the President is a Psychopath
The indecency and sociopathy of Donald Trump’s presidency is in sharp contrast with the leadership of past presidents. While Clinton, Obama and Bush all had their faults that have led us to our curren...
19 Jun 52min
