“What Did These People Think Would Happen?”
Tom Nichols, Atlantic staff writer and author of The Death of Expertise, joins Charlie to discuss the anti-vax movement, the continuing crisis with Iran, and why Trump and his cabinet are "melting dow...
21 Apr 46min
How Trump Took a Hatchet to America’s “Shining City”
On today’s episode, Charlie sits down with former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, former Managing Editor of TIME, and author, Richard Stengel. The two discuss the Tru...
18 Apr 48min
Trump‘s DOJ: From Bad to Worse
Legal analyst and Talking Feds host, Harry Litman, joins Charlie to break down the Justice Department's efforts to vacate January 6 convictions for far-right extremists as well as its surprising posit...
16 Apr 39min
The Coalition We Need to Beat Trump: Lessons From Hungary
Ian Bassin is Co-founder and Executive director of Protect Democracy and a 2023 recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant. He joins Charlie to discuss what are the lessons from Viktor Orbán’s defeat in ...
14 Apr 49min
The Strangest Week (Plus the Attack on Free Speech)
Sarah McLaughlin is a Senior Scholar of Global Expression at FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), and author of Authoritarians in the Academy. She joins Charlie to explore the globa...
11 Apr 51min
“January 6th Reshaped My View of Legacy Media”
Scott MacFarlane recently left CBS News and joined Substack as well as MeidasTouch. In this episode, he tells Charlie about his transition from traditional to independent media and what drove his deci...
9 Apr 41min
Yes, the Epstein Files Are Going to Rock the Midterms
Sarah Fitzpatrick is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers national security and the Department of Justice. She joins Charlie to talk about why the Jeffrey Epstein scandal is here to stay, ...
7 Apr 47min
Trump's Easter Purge
New York Times Opinion writer David French joins Charlie to discuss the beginning of "the great Trump purge," which started with the firing of Pam Bondi but is now rippling through the Pentagon and th...
4 Apr 47min
