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Pope Francis’s Legacy and the Coming Conclave
Paul Elie, who writes about the Catholic Church for The New Yorker, joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the life and legacy of Pope Francis, his feuds wit…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
How Science Fiction Led Elon Musk to DOGE
Elon Musk, who’s taking his chainsaw to the federal government, is not merely a chaos agent, as he is sometimes described. Jill Lepore, the best-sell…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Will the Supreme Court Yield to Donald Trump?
Ruth Marcus resigned from the Washington Post after its C.E.O. killed an editorial she wrote that was critical of the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos. She …
1 year ago
Donald Trump Gets a “Spanking” from the Bond Market
The Washington Roundtable is joined by Mark Blyth, a professor of international economics and public affairs at Brown University, to discuss how the …
1 year ago
Sherrod Brown on Trump’s Tariffs and the Future of Economic Populism
The former senator Sherrod Brown, of Ohio, joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the tumult that Trump’s tariffs have inflicted on the global economy, and w…
1 year ago
Why the Tech Giant Nvidia Owns the Future
The microchip maker Nvidia is a Silicon Valley colossus. After years as a runner-up to Intel and Qualcomm, Nvidia has all but cornered the market on …
1 year ago
Donald Trump Finally Gets His Way on Tariffs
The Washington Roundtable discusses President Donald Trump’s invocation of emergency powers to enact sweeping tariffs and the ensuing global economic…
1 year ago
How Tesla Dealerships Became the Epicenter of the Trump Resistance
Sarah Larson joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss the Tesla Takedown movement, protesting Elon Musk and Donald Trump, along with the political efficacy of …
1 year ago
Senator Chris Murphy: “This Is How Democracy Dies—Everybody Just Gets Scared”
With congressional Republicans unwilling to put any checks on an Administration breaking norms and issuing illegal orders, the focus has shifted to t…
1 year ago
From “Inside the Hive”: Gavin Newsom’s Risky Podcast Gambit
The Washington Roundtable is off today, and will be back next week. In the meantime, enjoy a conversation about the California governor’s new podcast…
1 year ago