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Aprés Liberation Day, Le Deluge?
Episode 71
Trump, Tariffs and an off-season Tuesday: those are the three Ts Henry tackles today in this all-rant episode! We start with an analysis of the consequences of the post-Reagan Washington Consensus an…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Wisconsin’s Cheddar-Infused Supreme Court Race
Episode 70
America's dairyland has a springtime supreme court election that is expected to break turnout records. The ostensibly non-partisan race between judges Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel will determine w…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Norm-busting vs. Lawbreaking with Yuval Levin
Episode 69
One hears of our constitutional crisis often enough nowadays that an observer of American politics might wonder what we'll say if the event comes to pass. This week, Henry enlists AEI's Yuval Levin t…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
How Data Nerds Earned Their Seat at the Table
Episode 68
Tragedy hit the once-marginalized psephological community last week when FiveThirtyEight closed shop. Henry hosts a celebration of life with two of its top contributors, Nathaniel Rakich and Geoffrey…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Smash and Grab Politics with Amy Walter
Episode 67
Henry and The Cook Political Report's Amy Walter reconvene after Donald Trump's address before Congress. They wonder how Tuesday's performance will play with the voters outside Trump's base who won h…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Kevin Roberts on the Permanent Things
Episode 66
To have any attachment to conservatism since the Reagan renewal is to have at least a glancing acquaintanceship with the Heritage Foundation. Under its current president, Kevin Roberts, that pivotal …
Published on 6 months ago
Tear Down This Firewall
Episode 65
Germany's parliamentary elections will take place on Sunday, and for the first time since the fall of the Third Reich, a nationalist party is a major player. To start, Henry breaks down the rules of …
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
The Energetic Executive with John Yoo
Episode 64
Despite the kerfuffle that President Trump is initiating a Constitutional crisis, the confusion and frustration surrounding his executive actions fit within a fairly common modern trend: Congress’s i…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Cooking with What's In the Kitchen
Episode 63
Conventional wisdom has it that the Democratic Party lost in November after moving too far to the left on its social and economic stances. But these are hardly conventional times, so why not let an o…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Bopping with the Bobos, with David Brooks
Episode 62
A quarter century after publishing his famous book about the ascendant bohemian bourgeoise ("Bobo") upper class, New York Times columnist David Brooks has found cause to reconsider the new elite. He …
Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago