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What Is Personalism? (with Xavier Márquez)
Season 2 Episode 62
Samantha and guest Professor Xavier Márquez talk the nature of non-democratic politics, and why the concept of "personalism" is the key to understand…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
The State of the Resistance (with Omar Wasow)
Season 2 Episode 61
Samantha interviews Professor Omar Wasow, challenging him to reflect on the first year of the second Trump administration. What forms of resistance h…
8 months ago
Minneapolis Under Siege (with Will Stancil)
Season 2 Episode 60
Samantha and guest Will Stancil talk the murder of Renée Good and the Trump administration's larger assault on Minneapolis. Will is on the front line…
8 months, 1 week ago
Venezuela and the State of American Strategy (with Giselle Donnelly)
Season 2 Episode 59
Join Samantha and Giselle Donnelly, foreign policy analyst and American Enterprise Institute alumna, as they discuss the recent attack on Venezuela. …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
We Are Going to Win (with Adam Gurri)
Season 2 Episode 58
Take a step back and recall where you were on election night 2024. Recall the way the future looked in January 2025 at Trump's inauguration. In this …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Did the Soviets Fail? (with Yakov Feygin)
Season 2 Episode 57
As we stand on the brink of a new Cold War, it's time to look back at the first Cold War and try to understand why America won—and, more importantly,…
9 months ago
The Culture War Eats Foreign Policy (with Joe Stieb)
Season 2 Episode 56
Join Samantha and guest Joe Stieb, assistant professor at UNC Chapel Hill, as they talk about Donald Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy. This st…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Politics As Culture (with W. David Marx)
Season 2 Episode 55
Has culture stagnated in the 21st century? Do the last twenty-five years feel like a blur? What can politics learn from the inherent dynamics of cult…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
An Army Is a Dangerous Thing to Play With (with Kori Schake)
Season 2 Episode 54
Join Samantha and guest Kori Schake, author of The State and the Soldier, as they discuss the history of civil-military relations in America—and how …
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Beyond Abundance? (with Becky Chao)
Season 2 Episode 53
Join Samantha and guest Becky Chao, Director of Policy and Research at the Economic Security Project, as they talk about the never-ending conflict be…
10 months ago