Podcast Episodes

Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It?

It’s hard to understand the economic logic of President Trump’s tariffs. In our last episode, we tried, but with limited success. And that might be b…

1 year, 6 months ago

Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work

Wall Street thought Donald Trump was bluffing about his tariff plans. The stock market rallied after his election. But the reality has started settin…

1 year, 6 months ago

There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon Musk

Right-wing populism thrives on scarcity. The answer is abundance. But a politics of abundance will work only if Democrats confront where their approa…

1 year, 6 months ago

This Trump Speech Was the Ultimate Loyalty Test

The economy has started blinking red. President Trump’s tariffs have been roiling markets. Consumer sentiment was already down. G.D.P. forecasts are …

1 year, 7 months ago

The Government Knows AGI is Coming

Artificial general intelligence — an A.I. system that can beat humans at almost any cognitive task — is arriving in just a couple of years. That’s wh…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy

If you’re looking for a single-sentence summation of the change in America’s foreign policy under Donald Trump, you could do worse than what Trump sa…

1 year, 7 months ago

A Theory of Media That Explains 15 Years of Politics

In 2016, when Donald Trump won the first time, a little-known book became an unexpected phenomenon. It was “The Revolt of the Public,” self-published…

1 year, 7 months ago

A Democrat Who Is Thinking Differently

After the elections, I started asking congressional Democrats the same question: If the elections had gone the other way, if they had won a trifecta,…

1 year, 7 months ago

The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours

What happens when ambition no longer checks ambition?

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1 year, 7 months ago

What if Trump Just Ignores the Courts?

We are moving into the next phase of Donald Trump’s presidency. Phase 1 was the blitz of executive actions. Now comes the response from the other par…

1 year, 7 months ago