Bombing Iran Won’t Help the Protestors w/ Annelle Sheline
Iran is facing upheavals at home and abroad. For more than two decades, the Islamic republichas faced waves of protests from citizens demanding a more democratic society. Over the pasttwo weeks, these...
16 Jan 41min
The Living Legacy of Norman Podhoretz w/ David Klion and Ronnie Grinberg
Norman Podhoretz, one of the founding fathers of neoconservatism, died on December 16 atage 95. His legacy is a complex one, since in recent decades neoconservatism has beensupplanted in many ways by ...
22 Dec 202552min
Trump’s Global Culture War w/ Stephen Wertheim
The Trump administration has released a new National Security Strategy that is a marked shiftnot only from earlier administrations but also Trump’s first term in office. While the new policystatement ...
14 Dec 202538min
The Rise of the Far Right in Europe w/ David Broder
Only a few years ago, European elites were patting themselves on the back for fending off thetide of right-wing anti-system parties (often styled as populists). But recent polls in France,Germany and ...
7 Dec 202544min
The Age of Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein w/ Doug Henwood
The famed economist Larry Summers, not for the first time, finds himself the center of ascandal. He’s had to take a leave from Harvard, where he teaches, because of embarrassingemails he had with his ...
23 Nov 202542min
Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire w/ Van Jackson
The scandal around Jeffrey Epstein, who trafficked and abused children and died in a prison cellin 2019, has never gone away. It continues to explode now that House Democrats havereleased thousands of...
16 Nov 202541min
The American Right’s Civil War Over Israel w/ David Austin Walsh
Much has been written about how the Israel/Palestine conflict is dividing the left, but thesame is true of the right. Tucker Carlson’s interview with the antisemitic critic of Israel NickFuentes has c...
9 Nov 202551min
After the American Empire w/ Trita Parsi
Donald Trump claims he wants to be the peace president and has even lobbied for a NobelPeace Prize. But his foreign policy has been wildly contradictory. While the United States isclearly retrenching ...
3 Nov 202536min
