Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchUnrest in China — with Matt Pottinger
Episode 92
From civil disobedience we have not seen in China since Tiananmen Square, to loosening zero covid policy, and leadership tightening its political gri…
3 years, 1 month ago
Should the Democrats have won the House too? With Howard Wolfson
Episode 91
Most of the post-midterm commentary has been focused on how the Democrats pulled off a surprise win in holding the majority in the U.S. Senate, and o…
3 years, 1 month ago
Prime Minister Netanyahu
Episode 90
Looking back with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his new book, “BiBi: My Story”. Also looking forward to his next government’s approach to Saud…
3 years, 2 months ago
Mike Murphy on the Democrats' "Good Bad Night"
Episode 89
In this episode, we go deep on deconstructing the mid-term results. We try to understand the implications for both parties heading into 2024. (And Mu…
3 years, 2 months ago
Israel’s Next Government - with Yaakov Katz
Episode 88
Yaakov Katz – Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post and a former advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett – returns to our podcast. Earlier,…
3 years, 2 months ago
Special Episode: "Taking the 5th" - Scenarios for Israel's next government
Episode 87
We join the team at Commentary Magazine for a discussion on scenarios for Israel's next government coming out of this election (the 5th in 44 months!…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Economic "Trilemma" - with Mohamed El-Erian
Episode 86
Record inflation, another wake-up call out of Beijing, a new prime minister in the UK, overhang of supply chain shocks and massive fiscal and monetar…
3 years, 2 months ago
Karl Rove's "Crystal Ball"
Episode 85
With less than 3 weeks to the mid-term elections, Karl Rove joins the conversation. Karl served as Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush and Whi…
3 years, 2 months ago
'No off ramps for Putin' - with Fred Kagan
Episode 84
With increasing talk about nuclear threats, we have three questions in this episode: What do we know from Putin’s past behavior that could inform how…
3 years, 3 months ago
Cracks in Iran’s Theocracy - a view from a former CIA officer
Episode 83
We have all seen the images of women in cities across Iran burning their headscarves and cutting their hair in public to chants of "Death to the dict…
3 years, 3 months ago