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Back to SearchDavid Brooks on Trump, AI, and Fixing America
Harry talks with David Brooks about how we can redeem the society that produced an epidemic of loneliness, a shallow public life, and of course, Dona…
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Kick Out Your Tired and Poor
Our latest Contrarian episode comes with the end of the SCOTUS term looming, primaries shaking the Democratic party, and a key court ruling threateni…
3 days, 2 hours ago
Chris Murphy on Fighting Trump and Pursuing Happiness
“The fight,” Senator Chris Murphy tells Harry, “shouldn’t just be to get rid of Trump. The fight should be to create a different economy and a differ…
1 week ago
Will the FBI Stand Up to Trump?
Three veterans of the FBI—Michael Feinberg, Andrew McCabe, and Asha Rangappa—join Harry for a special deep-dive on the Bureau. The panel explores the…
1 week, 3 days ago
Molly Mashup: “Who’s Not Mad at Trump Right Now?”
In their newest mashup, Harry and Molly Jong-Fast trade questions about the president's weak deal with Iran and latest failures in federal courts. Mo…
2 weeks ago
Trump's Birthday Bummer
Talking Feds stalwarts Norm Ornstein, Tara Setmayer, and Jacob Weisberg join Harry to break down a week where Congress and the courts put Trump on hi…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Inside the DOJ’s Downward Spiral
Veteran reporter Devlin Barrett takes Harry inside the secret negotiations that created the $1.8 billion slush fund and the transformation within the…
3 weeks ago
The Start of Trump’s Long Slide?
Harry talks with former Senator Barbara Boxer, Charlie Sykes, and Glenn Thrush to make sense of the sudden Republican restiveness, Graham Platner's l…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
David Frum’s Unified Thesis of Trump’s Failings
The U.S. war with Iran is not—despite promises from the White House—over. Nonetheless, premier national commentator David Frum is ready to declare a …
4 weeks ago
Purges, Payoffs, and Paxton
As Trump puts a blue Texas in reach, Harry talks with Jonathan Alter, David A. Graham, and Senator Heidi Heitkamp to discuss the fall’s premier Senat…
1 month ago