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What Is Personalism? (with Xavier Márquez)
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

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The State of the Resistance (with Omar Wasow)
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

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Minneapolis Under Siege (with Will Stancil)
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

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Venezuela and the State of American Strategy (with Giselle Donnelly)
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

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We Are Going to Win (with Adam Gurri)
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

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Why Did the Soviets Fail? (with Yakov Feygin)
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

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The Culture War Eats Foreign Policy (with Joe Stieb)
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

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Politics As Culture (with W. David Marx)
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

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An Army Is a Dangerous Thing to Play With (with Kori Schake)
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

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Beyond Abundance? (with Becky Chao)
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

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