Podcast Episodes

ENCORE: Testimony—Part 1

Season 2 Episode 288

You can order Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation now at https://www.jonwardwrites.org/

Jon Ward (Journalist and autho…

2 years, 4 months ago

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ENCORE: Testimony—Part 2

Season 2 Episode 287

You can pre-order Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation now at https://www.jonwardwrites.org/

Jon Ward (Journalist and a…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Trump’s (Easiest) Path To Victory— The Weekly Roundup

Season 2 Episode 286

Host Ron Steslow and guests Mike Madrid (Lincoln Project cofounder) and Lucy Caldwell (Board Advisor to the Renew Democracy Initiative and advisor to…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Democracy Under Duress: The U.S.-Israel Relationship

Season 2 Episode 285

Picture this: It’s the middle of the Israeli summer and the sun is blazing down. Crowds of people are in the streets, banners aloft, voices raised. P…

2 years, 4 months ago

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“A New Club Of Thugs”— The Weekly Roundup

Season 2 Episode 284

What will BRICS expansion mean for the United States? 

Is your pension paying for China’s aircraft carriers? 

How did China spend four years conducting…

2 years, 4 months ago

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[+] "Flood The Zone” [Preview]

Season 2

Hagar Chemali, Mike Madrid, and Ron Steslow discuss how Artificial Intelligence will shape our elections and be a tool for bad actors on the world st…

2 years, 4 months ago

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ENCORE: The Power of Emotional Intelligence

Season 2 Episode 283

Catherine Sanderson (Poler Family Professor and chair of the psychology department at Amherst College) joins Ron Steslow to discuss emotional intelli…

2 years, 4 months ago

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TAPPED: Molly McKew on Prigozhin Plane Crash

Season 2 Episode 282

Ron Steslow calls Molly McKew to discuss the plane crash that killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, why Putin decided to kill his former henchman, and what it me…

2 years, 4 months ago

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The Vice Presidential Primary Debate — The Weekly Roundup

Season 2 Episode 281

Did anyone land a successful punch at the Republican Debate? (And did it matter?) Our reactions to Trump’s interview with Tucker Carlson, and the new…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Rank The Vote, Rock The Boat

Season 2 Episode 280

Imagine a world where candidates no longer need to pander to the extremes, where minor candidates don’t tip elections one way or another, and where y…

2 years, 4 months ago

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