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Back to SearchGeorge Packer on Vice President JD Vance
JD Vance has had an unorthodox rise to power. After a troubled childhood, he joined the Marines, graduated from Yale Law School, became a best-sellin…
9 months ago
BEST OF: Ed Shelleby on Being My Senate Communications Director
Episode 225
In this Best Of episode, we revisit our conversation with Al’s former Senate Communications Director, Ed Shelleby, to relive their time working toget…
9 months ago
Michael Lewis on Amazing Government Workers
Episode 224
From the start of Donald Trump's second term, he's been eager to cut the federal workforce. So, Elon Musk headed the newly minted DOGE to begin slash…
9 months, 1 week ago
Dahlia Lithwick on the Courts vs. Trump
Episode 223
We're joined by Dahlia Lithwick, award-winning journalist, author, and host of the Amicus podcast. Dahlia looks at the judicial pushback against the …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Mark Leibovich and Molly Jong-Fast on Trump’s 100 Days
Episode 222
Trump’s first 100 days back in office have been a whirlwind filled with chaotic, confusing, and authoritarian behavior and very little thoughtful pol…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Robert Reich on Fighting The Trump Autocracy
Episode 221
Every day we see this country inch closer to authoritarianism under Donald Trump. We're joined by Robert Reich, political economist, professor, autho…
10 months ago
BEST OF: Tim Alberta on Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
Episode 220
In this Best Of episode, we revisit our conversation with Tim Alberta, the author of the profoundly disturbing book "The Kingdom, the Power, and the …
10 months, 1 week ago
Atul Gawande on Musk’s Destruction of USAID
Episode 219
Elon Musk and DOGE have been taking a chainsaw to the federal government since Trump was re-elected. It could take us generations to fully recover fr…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Catherine Rampell on Trump’s Tariffs and DOGE
Episode 218
Despite widespread warnings about what economic havoc they could cause, Donald Trump announced his plan to put tariffs on nearly every nation in the …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Jessica Yellin on Our Anxiety Producing News Cycle
Episode 217
A potentially catastrophic breach of security within The White House has set off alarm bells for both Republicans and Democrats in D.C. Independent…
11 months ago