203: The Atlantic's George Packer on the End of Democratic Delusions
The Atlantic's George Packer joins us to discuss his recent piece titled The End of Democratic Delusions. Packer discusses the new era that Donald Trump has ushered in and what that means to politics ...
22 Dec 202441min
202: Anne Applebaum & Frank Foer on Syria, The Middle East, and Ukraine
We're joined by two of our favorite foreign policy writers to examine what the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime means to Syria and the region. Frank Foer and Anne Applebaum from The Atlantic also look ...
15 Dec 202444min
201: WaPo's Aaron Blake on The Transition
As we move closer to the second Trump administration, we are learning more about his incoming Cabinet. Aaron Blake, senior political reporter and author/host of The Campaign Moment newsletter and podc...
8 Dec 202436min
200: BEST OF: Anne Applebaum on her book Autocracy, Inc.
In this Thanksgiving Best Of, we revisit our conversation with our friend Anne Applebaum! We aired this a few months ago when Anne's newest book, Autocracy Inc., had been released. She chronicles the ...
1 Dec 202434min
199: David Axelrod on The Trump Transition
Donald Trump's Cabinet selection is about as chaotic as we expected it to be. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name for Attorney General after a number of Republican Senators expressed concern with the pick. W...
24 Nov 202440min
198: David Weigel - Political Writer for Semafor
The incoming Trump administration has started announcing some of the picks for the incoming Cabinet. Somehow, they're worse than you could have imagined. We break down some of the unsavory characters ...
17 Nov 202454min
197: Norm Ornstein on the Coming Hellscape
The nightmare we all feared came true last week. Donald Trump has been elected for a second term as President of the United States. We're joined by our friend Norm Ornstein to make sense of it all. If...
10 Nov 202450min
196: ELECTION PREVIEW with Molly Jong-Fast, Mark Leibovich, Jessica Taylor, & Jeremy Peters
Live from New York, it’s our pre-election podcast. After a contentious and exhausting election cycle, we have made it to Election Day. Last week, we gathered with some of our favorite guests to help u...
3 Nov 20241h 17min
