Podcast Episodes

Amb. Mike Huckabee on Gaza Aid, Iran, and MAGA’s Foreign Policy War

There are people who have résumés we might call “diverse” or “wide-ranging.” And then there are people like Mike Huckabee who, at age 69, has seemingly crammed several lifetimes’ worth of careers int…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

How Qatar Bought America

In the past few weeks, Qatar has been all over the news with flashy headlines of a $400 million luxury jet that the country gifted to President Donald Trump. It symbolized their opulence and eagernes…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Biden Cover-Up and the Failure of the Press Corps

In 2023 and 2024, there were many things that were unsayable. Perhaps the most unsayable—at least in legacy media circles—was that the President of the United States was not capable of being presiden…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

How to Examine Your Marriage and Your Life

A lot of people fall in love outside of their marriages. Some have affairs. Some leave their wives or husbands. But not a lot of people are Agnes Callard.

Agnes did something really unique. She fell…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Welcome to the Global Intifada

Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, were staffers at the Israeli Embassy. They had just planned a trip for Sarah to meet Yaron’s parents. He had recently bought an engagement ring.

Then on …

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Debate: Will the Truth Survive Artificial Intelligence?

The late biologist E.O. Wilson said that “the real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous…

Published on 4 months ago

Andrew Cuomo on His Past and New York’s Future

When you think about great political comebacks, maybe you think of Donald Trump, or Richard Nixon, or “comeback kid” Bill Clinton.

You might soon add Andrew Cuomo to that list. In 2020, Cuomo was at…

Published on 4 months ago

How China Captured Apple

The majority of people listening to this episode are hearing it on an iPhone. As most of us can attest, the iPhone is so central to our lives that if we lose it, we feel totally unmoored from our abi…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Meet Casey Means, Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General

There’s an endearing saying that the U.S. surgeon general’s primary role is to be the nation’s family doctor. They represent America’s medical community, educate the public on current health risks, a…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The Man Who Helped Michael Jordan Win

I want to tell you the story of a kid, born in 1937 into segregated Washington, D.C. He’s 9 when his father dies and 13 when his mother has a mental breakdown, disappears, and is institutionalized. H…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago