Podcast Episodes

Big Green

Episode 7

Walter and Jeremy discuss Taiwan, voter fraud, Imran Khan, climate politics, and how to fall in love with poetry.

Each week on What Really Matters, Wa…

2 years, 6 months ago

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Ukraine Blame Games

Episode 6

Walter and Jeremy discuss Lina Khan vs. Amazon, judicial reform in Israel, nuclear fusion, Clinton and Obama in Ukraine, and the death of nonprolifer…

2 years, 6 months ago

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The Blue Model: Rise and Fall

Episode 5

Walter and Jeremy discuss weed v. booze, the God wars in Africa, Trump’s Hispanic base, how Britain botched victory, and America’s Blue Model society…

2 years, 7 months ago

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`Cakes and Ale

Episode 4

Walter and Jeremy discuss the Sino-Russian alliance, the U.S. national debt, the rise of the European right, Roosevelt v. Wilson, and the Puritan-Wok…

2 years, 7 months ago

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The A(braham) Bomb

Episode 3

Walter and Jeremy discuss a third-party ticket, inflation in Argentina, Chicago’s pension crisis, the stupidity of Paul Ehrlich, and the rise of Abra…

2 years, 7 months ago

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Surfin' USA

Episode 2

This week, Mead and Stern discuss Jeffrey Epstein, Chinese real estate, the teen mental health crisis, and A.P. Giannini's California dream.

Each week…

2 years, 7 months ago

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The Age of Apocalypse

Episode 1

This week, Mead and Stern discuss Russia and Saudi Arabia, the remote work revolution, 19th-century French industrial policy, and living in the shado…

2 years, 8 months ago

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What Really Matters - a Tablet Magazine Podcast Featuring Walter Russell Mead

Tablet news writer Walter Russell Mead, a historian, pundit, and popular author, is encyclopedic about politics, culture, and history. On What Really…

2 years, 8 months ago

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