Politics LIVESTREAM: SignalGate and tariffs raise questions of Trump's competence | Matt Cooper and Bill Scher
In this week's livestream, Washington Monthly Politics Editor Bill Scher and Executive Editor for Digital Matt Cooper chat with host Anne Kim about the political fallout from SignalGate and Donald Tru...
31 Mar 202532min
America's abandonment of Ukraine | Tamar Jacoby and Mike Lofgren
Donald Trump's abandonment of Ukraine in favor of Russia and Vladimir Putin threatens to upend the global order. Will Europe emerge as a unified force to defend Western democracies in the absence of A...
26 Mar 202525min
Politics LIVE - Defiance, Revenge - and the Rise of AOC? | Matt Cooper, Bill Scher and Anne Kim
Two themes have animated the last week of Trump's presidency: defiance and revenge. Washington Monthly ediitors Matt Cooper and Bill Scher and contributing editor Anne Kim discuss the potential politi...
24 Mar 202529min
Why the hot new theory of "abundance liberalism" won't save progressivism | Paul Glastris and Nate Weisberg
"Abundance liberalism" is catching fire among Democrats as an economic theory that could revive the progressive left and, with it, the Democratic Party's brand. Its major focus is regulatory reforms t...
19 Mar 202528min
Can colleges survive Trump? | Robert Kelchen
Colleges and universities potentially face unprecedented financial strain under the Trump administration. While the most significant threat is cuts to funding for research, schools also potentially fa...
12 Mar 202528min
Trump's State of the Union: Rage and Revenge | Bill Scher and Paul Glastris
Washington Monthly politics editor and Washington Monthly Editor-in-Chief Paul Glastris join contributing editor Anne Kim for the Monthly's first ever politics livestream, the morning after Donald Tru...
5 Mar 202535min
Trump takes a wrecking ball to the separation of powers | Garrett Epps and Anne Kim
In this episode, Anne Kim and Garrett Epps discuss the foundational concepts of U.S. democracy, focusing on the separation of powers and the emerging threat of the "unitary executive" theory. They als...
26 Feb 202526min
Ukraine's survival on the brink | Tamar Jacoby
Co-hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epps speak with Tamar Jacoby, who is living and working in Kyiv as Director of the Progressive Policy Institute's New Ukraine Project. She speaks about the future of Ukra...
22 Feb 202531min
