Podcast Episodes

How ISIS Returns

Episode 113

Staff writer Mike Giglio has been reporting on ISIS since before Americans knew what to call it. He documents his five years in the region for a new book, Shatter the Nations: ISIS and the War for th…

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

Understanding the Whistle-Blower

Episode 112

As a CIA officer detailed to the White House, Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin is one of the few people to have done the same work as the whistle-blower.

She joins Isaac Dovere to discuss that experience,…

Published on 6 years, 2 months ago

Amy Klobuchar, Live at The Atlantic Festival

Episode 111

As impeachment news comes in by the minute, The Atlantic hosts its annual festival in our nation’s capital. Minnesota senator and presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar joins Isaac Dovere on stage for …

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

Steve Bullock's Longshot Case

Episode 110

The Montana governor talks about his presidential campaign, his personal connection to the gun control debate, and why running his home state has uniquely prepared him to run a divided country.

Learn…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

The Heir

Episode 109

Begun with a gold-rush brothel in the Yukon, the Trump empire has long been passed down through generations. Donald Trump inherited a business from his father, who inherited it from his father.

Now fo…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

On the Road with Beto

Episode 108

This week, Beto O'Rourke took a bus out of New York. Not a campaign bus, just a regular old bus. Isaac Dovere joined for the trip and they talked about how the presidential candidate has been changed…

Published on 6 years, 3 months ago

The Man Who Couldn't Take It Anymore

Episode 107

In December, Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned in protest after President Trump announced plans to withdraw troops from Syria. As the last "adult in the room" at the White House, critics worrie…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Recession Politics

Episode 106

This week showed increasing signs that a recession could be on the horizon. Manufacturing is shrinking. Job growth is slowing. The markets are spooked — and now so is the president. But what exactly …

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Andrew Yang's Campaign Against the Coming Dystopia

Episode 105

Andrew Yang joins Isaac Dovere on the trail in Iowa. Yang’s campaign started as a long-shot from a first-time politician, but he’s found a following. His message about the bleak future technology’s b…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

Cory Booker on White Supremacist Violence

Episode 104

On Wednesday, Senator Cory Booker gave a speech on gun violence and white nationalism at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, the same church that lost nine of its members to a white…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago