Donald Trump’s Economic Warfare Abroad Comes Home
The Washington Roundtable discusses the global consequences of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz with Edward Fishman, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of the book “...
25 Apr 48min
What Pro Wrestling Taught Linda McMahon About Politics
The New Yorker staff writer Zach Helfand joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss his Profile of Linda McMahon, the Secretary of Education. They talk about the sweeping layoffs and downsizing at the Department ...
23 Apr 51min
A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
Omer Bartov is an Israeli professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University. He grew up in a Zionist home and served as an officer in the Israel Defense Forces, but he has long been conc...
20 Apr 42min
Corruption Toppled Viktor Orbán. Could Donald Trump Be Next?
The Washington Roundtable discusses how the anti-corruption candidate Péter Magyar brought down Hungary's autocratic Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, and what implications that victory holds for the far-...
17 Apr 45min
Is Zohran Mamdani’s “Sewer Socialism” Resonating?
The New Yorker staff writer Molly Fischer joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Zohran Mamdani’s first hundred days as mayor of New York. They talk about how Mamdani has carried his highly disciplined, media...
15 Apr 45min
Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI
At the end of February, OpenAI’s C.E.O., Sam Altman, made headlines by swiftly cutting a deal with the Pentagon for his company to replace Anthropic, which had balked at the Trump Administration’s bid...
13 Apr 53min
Will J. D. Vance Inherit MAGA?
The Washington Roundtable discusses Vice-President J. D. Vance’s week on the world stage: stumping for the Kremlin-aligned Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán and being tasked with leading American negoti...
10 Apr 42min
Pam Bondi Fails to Make Her Case
The New Yorker contributing writer Ruth Marcus joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Pam Bondi’s removal from her post as Attorney General. They examine the series of missteps and failures that led to her fi...
8 Apr 46min
