The Disaster That Just Passed the Senate
President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is a bad piece of legislation. It includes trillions of dollars in tax cuts that are very much tilted toward the rich, along with savage cuts to Medicaid, nutri...
2 Jul 20251h 11min
Mamdani, Trump and the End of the Old Politics
Zohran Mamdani created a new anti-establishment playbook — in his use of social video, his focus on affordability and his position on Israel. His assumed victory in New York City’s Democratic mayora...
28 Jun 20251h 24min
A New Middle East?
For decades, Israel has wanted American support to bomb Iranian nuclear sites. But U.S. presidents, both Republican and Democrat, have resisted — until President Trump. So, what changed? And what are ...
25 Jun 202548min
Is This America’s Golden Age? A Debate.
Kevin Roberts, Kellyanne Conway, Ben Rhodes and I battled it out a few weeks ago on a stage in Toronto. This was for a Munk Debate on the motion: “Be it resolved, this is America’s Golden Age.” It mig...
20 Jun 20251h 42min
Sarah McBride on Why the Left Lost on Trans Rights
President Trump’s actions against transgender Americans have been stunningly wide-ranging. They’ve also been popular.Trump has sought new restrictions on trans people in sports, schools, the military,...
17 Jun 20251h 35min
Ehud Olmert on Israel's Catastrophic War in Gaza
It is impossible to overstate how hellish life in Gaza has been for the past 20 months.The death count is above 50,000 people — more than 15,000 of whom are children — and at least 1.9 million of Gaza...
11 Jun 20251h 13min
Best Of: Salman Rushdie Is Not Who You Think He Is
This is one of my favorite episodes of the show in recent memory. It’s a conversation with the author Salman Rushdie about the experience of losing control of your identity in the world. This happened...
6 Jun 20251h
The Emergent Trump Doctrine
Trump has been making some foreign policy moves I didn’t entirely expect. He seems determined to get a nuclear deal with Iran. He’s been public about his disagreements with Benjamin Netanyahu. He call...
3 Jun 20251h 4min
